National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-22
FtN WITH THE DOCTOR.
" ho is il p

DR. Carpus miss"
"Ob, tddlestick on DR.. Carpus | wish
ne would stay at home and mind his own
business ~
These brief sentences passed between
Miss Mary Mayfiowcr and the servant,
who had made her appearance at Mary's
chamber door after admitting a visitor
Carpus Is quite rassable fellow" ,"
Jane, Mary's sister remarked, smiling a
little sarcastcally.
" You had better go down and entertain
bin them
" No. | thank you, miss | beg leave to
decline that honor HIS attentions are
sp 'cia, and my pretty sister Mary is the
o6ject Of them. wish YOU JOY, Mrs Or.
Csrpus"
Now that is too bad SIS | declare |
will insult him if you worry me after that
stylcn
No, don't do that, Mary. No lady can
be excused for wantonly insulting a gen
temau."
But what am to do7 He is intoera-
bic to me. and vet persists in coming here
two or three times a week II he would
Il only asked for you occasionally y-or If the
girls were at home But no, Miss Mary
Al Mayfower' is the word, and must parade
myself down and endure his tittle-tattle
II for an hour. wish I'd sent word down
Il that was not at home
" And so burden your conscience with
n he -
" Exactly that's the rub.n
II No, no, sis. That's not the remedy /;
say that You are engaged, if you do not
II wish to see him.
n I'm not too much engaged to see com
8 pany so that would be a. much lie as the
M other"
Say, then that you cannot be seen.
IA BaSe YOUR actions on the TRUTH and abide
ID there"
That is easy enough to advise, but not
8 80 easy to do"
NJ II would be easy enough for Mary
~ Nayfower, If she once set her head that
I'D way. Ny sister is not, | believe, in the
" habit Of stopping at halfway measures. or
mn 70 ask what may be the result OF an &C
III non II she feels much inclination to do It,
- must conclude that there are some at
# fractions about DR.. Carpus after all.
M Oh of course-some wonderful Y strong
attractions !" returned Mary, halflaighing,
8hali-vexed, as she left the room to attend
I4aDr Carpus below.
3 Good-evening doctor"
& "Good-evening, Miss Mary"
@ Were said with forced smile ofpleasure
81 one side, and n real one on the other.
81hen came:
8 1t is delightful evening"
8 Yes beautiful
8 The air Is soft and balmy as May"
Yes. We have had very pleasant
Feather lately"
IN The finest ever remember to have
hnown"
& pause
III How beautiful the evening is !" resum
% Carpus, eloquently. " The moon is
brilliant, and the stars shine with an un
Usual lustre. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
pr all above the horizon. IT is rare, indeed,
d tbat our armament is so richly studded
kth gems"
~ Rarely, indeed"
Have you met with Nichols Archi- /
Picture OF the Heavens p
No, sir"
8 Speaking of Saturn reminds me of the
2oume. don't know when | have been
a Pore interested in work. His nebular |
Hypothesis is most admirably sustained.
a It the rings of Saturn are more easily .
counted for than by any otLer theory
ave ever met. Likewise the zod:acai lights
a plnets systems of stars, and the vast ne
nlous masses that lie Car off in the almost
mite depths OF splce, and only dimly re
W aed by the aid of powerful telescopes,
II 30 IN fact the whole universe of suns and
taS.n
II must be an attractive volume"
Exceedingly SO; especially to the stu
w OF natural science. To me it has been
'east of reason. In the science OF astrono-
"a there is something that lifts a man out
S nlmseli-that carries him up. as it were
'he seventh heaven of his mind-some-
ne that reveals the divinity within him
pr' Carpus was young NJ. D., with a
pioma six months old, handsomely framed
y y, hung up conspicuously in his office.
Inc doctor, after taking few dignifed
rs across the floor, resumed his seat
~ Mary, and started a new theme OF dis
use, in which lie could show off to ad-
itage. At last he thought it time to
ihahk Heaven, he has gone at last y
amed Mary, glancing into the room
ere her sister Jane sat reading. 81 de-
re- he is the most conceited, egotistical
oW ! have ever had the misfortune to
t T, He is downright intolerable to me-"
heigh-ho! And Is that the way you