The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-11-07
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s. The doctor received "a favorable
answer to his sait. MiIly only plead
cd, In faint voice, with o frightened
look in her face, that there might be
No hurry I'll i time might bergiyen
her -because because she SO wanted
her fathers health to improve be-,
fore she left him, if only for a day
Oertainly, certainly" said the
elateds doctor, l"Your will is my
Law, - he added, gallantly; but, at the
I same time, he thought she need not
have. seemed quite, so much scared at
. him. Then, not little embarrassed
at SO unacolstomed q performance,
he kissed her on the forehead. It
was hard to say which was the most
confused the kisser or the kissed.
After this, the doctor was more
than ever at the Captains lodgings
IN Ualthorpe street. His care for his
patient was unremitting. Captain
Lance mended-slowly but certainly.
T; The. Doctors coaehman treated
+: himself to more and more smiles of a
furtiVe sort, especially when the doc
tor. persuaded Milly now and then
to take a drive, and accompany him
on q round Of professional calls; she
remaining in the carriage, of course,
while he saw his patients, wrote pre-
scriptions, and fingered pulses and
fees. The coachman even ventured
to confide to q few favored intimates,
his opinion that there would, before
long, be o ''young missus" presiding
over the establishment in Harley
street.
q DIR. Dendy was very happy. Per-
haps he wished, now and then, that
Milly would look little less grave;
but then he consoled himself with
the reflection that it was best SO.
"It would be too absurd, at my
time OF life, to marry romping, gig
Cling girl. I have no right to expect
from her extravagant affection. 1
must work for her love and earn it.
In that way. shall surely gain it at
last; at present, it is little too like
gratitude. But time will change that
time and my own affection for her.
Dear little Millyl"
He was himself staid, forbearing,
rather stately lover. In such wise
he surely recommended himself to
esteem. For her love he was content
to wait, and labor, and hope.
Like most men of great mental
activity, the doctor was always very
. busy with his fingers. His abundant
vitality demonstrated itself in GER
tain restlessness of body and limb.
AS he talked, he liked to curl up O
string, of fold up q pipe-ight, or
snip paper with a pair of scissors.
He toyed with Milly's tapes and cot
tons, let loose her needles from their
case, stuck pins into her pin-cushion
in curious forms and patterns. One
day, as he sat by her, in playful
mood, Captain Lance being asleep
in an adjoining room he turned her
work-box over bodily, strewing its
contents all about the table.
He took up carved ivory card
case, and examined it curiously.
"That was o present from Hong
/, Kong. Is it not beautifully cut?"
Milly asked.
There was flush upon her cheek
as she spoke. He had opened the
card-case, which was deemed, per-
haps, too good for use; indeed, Milly
had few friends upon whom to call
and leave cards, and her case con-
tanned none; but a photograph fell
ont.
''That is my cousin, Mark Lance.
BE it was who sent me the card-case.
He represents a mercantile house at
Hong Kong" Her voice trembled
q Little as she volunteered this expla-
nation.
"Has he been out there long?" the
doctor asked, quietly.
''He came home two years ago.
He went out first of all quite boy"
"a very good-looking young fell
The doctor closed the card.case.
He next took up small, carefully
tied packet.
.Those are Marks letters" said
Miily, rather breathlessly. "He gen.
eraily writes about every other mail.
OF late, however, he has not been so
regular. I thought we should have
heard from him last week, but no
letter came"
CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT.