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I could at least be a hospital nurse, and I
believe it would be better for me to be doing some such work."
"I believe it would be better for me also," she answered, her eyes
full of tears.
"No, Helen--no, indeed. You have the higher mission of healing the
heart-wounds which the war is making in your own vicinity. You
should not think of leaving your father and mother in their old
age, or of filling their days with anxiety which might shorten
their lives."
"It will be very hard for us to let you go. Oh, I did not think I
would have to face this also!"
He glanced at her hastily, for there was a sharp distress in her
tone, of which she was scarcely conscious herself. Then, as if
recollecting himself, he reasoned gently and earnestly: "You were
not long in adopting the best antidote for trouble. In comforting
others, you have been comforted. The campaign is opening in
Virginia; and I think it would be a good and wholesome thing for
me to be at work among the wounded. If I can save one life, it
will be such a comfort after the war is over.


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