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A week before the sailing of Colonel Harbin's transport Jane suddenly announced that she had but one desire on earth, and that was to go to Manila with her aunt.
That was because John Harbin's father was president of the railroad that was making the extension, and John Harbin's father had no purpose to let any good thing go out of the family. I was rapidly getting my education in the ways of the world, and I was paying a high price for it. For a few months I did the work of a competent engineer on a salary that paid me less than a laborer's wage.
She did not present her plea with the usual claim that she wanted to be of service to her country; she was not asking to go out as a heroine of the ordinary type; instead, she simply announced that she wanted to go as a temporary member of Colonel Harbin's family, to endure their hardships and to enjoy their enthusiasms. Mrs. Cable recognised the true motive, however. Her pleadings were in vain.
She therefore announced her ambition to become a trained nurse and gave no heed to Mrs. Harbin's insinuating smile. Letters, of late, from Mrs. Cable, had been urging her to return to Chicago; David Cable was far from well breaking fast and he was wearing out his heart in silent longing for her return.
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