Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-23
THE STORY OF.AYALENTNE.
From scribnsr,s Magazine


: THE STORY OLA VALENTINE.
From ssribnerss Magazine, ,--ueg
When my friend Capt ferrfbie, u.
). N, dimes at my plain table, am all
ways little abashed. 4 know that he
has been accustomed always to a variety
pf wines and sauces, to cigarette after
Geach. course, and to cookery that would
kill an undeveloped American So,
When the Captain turns the castor round
4hree times before selecting hise cond-
Inent, and when his eyes seem to be
seeking for Worcestershire sauce and
SBurgundy vine, I feel the poverty of the
best feastlI can furnish him.. am. afraid
veteran magazine readers Will feelsthns
about the odd little story Ihave to te1ls
sFor haveobserved of late that even the,
short stories are highly seasoned and i
%cannot bear TO vdisappoint readers. $50,
lTet me just honestly write over the gate
eway to this story aeWarnings i have mo-
Cayenne pepper. No Worcestershire
ssauce. No cognac., No cigarettes No
Amurders. No suicides. No broken hearts.
S,No lovers quarrels. No angry father
No pistols and coffee. No arsenic. No
ylaudanum.~ No shrewd detectivese n, No
Ntrial for murder. No ''heartless coquette."
No "deep-dyeds villain with curling
mustache." Now if, after this warming,
iyou have courage to 60 on, am not re
Ssponsible. - fas =. Isssss 6sia
! Hubert said might print. it if I would
disguise the names. 1t came out, quite
incidentally. We were discussing the
woman question. am = woman. 8
II should say, pastor of the q First
Church. and, indeed, the only. church
in Allenville-is not, though | fatter
r.myself l have made some impression on
Shim. But the discussion took place in
sHubert's own house, and wishing to
Sgive "a pleasant turn at the end, sup
-pose, he told me how, a year and q half
before, he had fused up one woman's
rights man, who was no other than old
r kDr. Hood, the physician that has had
charge of the physical health of Hubert
sand myself from the beginning. Unlike
Smost of his profession, the Doctor had,
ESalways been radical, and even the
Mswealth that has come in upon him of
C,s1ate years has left him quite as much of
NJ "A radical, at least in, theory, as ever be-
! Irsfore. Indeed the old Doctor is not very
in practice, for he has edu-
W Coated, his only daughter, Cornelia, to his
Gown profession, and Il believe she took
her NJ. ID. with honors, though she has
lately spoiled her prospects by marrying.
But socially he has become little aristo-
cratic, seeking an exclusive association
with his wealthy neighbors. And tins
does not look very well IN one who,
when he was posoiS was. faAstiotsl@rfy F;tit-
: ter on g a purse-proud aPistocracy.ns
suppose Hubert felt this. Certainly 4
y did, and therefore enjoyed the conYers
sation that he repeated to me all the
A more. ozahlr-ss haoEgF
s. 1t seems that my friend Hubert had
e been away at the seminary for three
years, and that having at last conquered
- in his great battle against poverty, and
e having gained an education in spite of
= difficulties, and having supplied; city
- church acceptab1y for some months dur
r. ing the absence of the pastor in Europe,
IA he came back toe our native village
n to rest on his laurels a few weeks. and
S9 decide which of three rather impecuni-
:, Gus calls he would accept When lust
y about to. leave he took it into his head
= for some reason, to "drop in'' on old
u Doctor Hood. eS-Vs
= 1t was nine o'clock in the morning,
~ and the Doctors partner was making
- morning calls while, the old gentleman
sat in his Office to attend to any that
might seek his services. This particular
y morning happened to be an unfortunate
= one, for there were no ague-shaken pa
AZ tients to be seen, and there was not
= even q case of minor surgery to relieve
: the tediousness of the morning office
Y hour. Perhaps it was for this reason,
perhaps it was for the sake of old ac-
Z. quaintance, that he gave Hubert most
cordial reception, and launched at once
1 into sea of vivacious talk Cornelia.
4 who was in the office, excused herself on
, the ground that she was crammine for
I her final examinstion,and seated herself
: at window with her book. =, ~
~ am, afraid l take your time, Doc
tor, hsaid Hubert. - i 20 va
go no, am giving up practice toniy
partner, DR. Beck, and shall give it all
to him in a year or two." 49,. IA
"To him and Miss Cornelia ?'' queried
Hubert, laughing. For it was currently
reporte5 that the young doctor and
CornelEa were to form q partnership in
other than professional affairs. 80
Either because he wished. to attract
her attention, or for some other reason.
Hubert soon managed to turn the con,
versation to the subject of woman's
rights, and the old doctor and the vounp
parson were soon hurting at one another
alt the staple, and now somewhat stale
arguments about wenlan's fitness and
woman's unfitness for many things. At
last, perhaps because he was little COR
nered, Hubert said
Now, Doctor, there was a queer
thing happened to a student in my class
in the seminary 1 don't suppose. Doc
tor, that you are much interested in q
love story, but l would just like to tell
you TINS one, because | think YOU dare
not apply your principles to it in every
part. theories, often fail when practic-
ally applied, you know" 49, 7.
$50 on, Hugo on I'd like to hear
the story. And as for my principles,
they'll bear applying anywhere ~ And
the old Doctor rubbed his hands togeth-
er confidently. roU4F
This friend of mine, Henry Gilbert" ("
said Hu, "was, like, myself 5poor.o A
long time ago, when he was a boy, the
son OF Q poor widow, the lot on which
he lived joined at the back the lot on
which lived a Mr.. Morton, at that time
oaa;t s5;Ttiy,ing merchant, now the principal
As there was a back gate between the
lols, my Trend was the constant play.