The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-04-13
THE VALENTINE.

When my friend, Capt. Terrible, U.
s. N, dimes at my plain table, I am al
ways little abashed. I know that he
has been accustomed always to a variety
Of wines and sauces, to cigarette after
each course. and to cookery that would
kill an undeveloped American. So,
when the captain turns the castor round
three times before selecting his cOndi-
ment, aud when his eyes seem to be
seeking for Worcestershire sauce and
Burgundy wine, feel the poverty of
the best feast can furnish him. am
afraid veteran magazine readers i'll feel
thus about the odd little story have to
tell. For I have observed of late that
even the short stories are highly season-
ed; and l cannot bear to disappoint
readers. So, let me just honestly write
over the gateway to this story warn-
ing. I have no Cayenne pepper. No
Worcestershire sauce. No cognac. No
cigarettes. No murders. No suicides.
No broken hearts. No lovers quarrels.
No angry father. No pistols and coffee.
No arsenic. No laudanum. No shrewd
detectives. No trial for murder. No
''heartless coquette." No "deep.dyed
villain with a curling mustache." Now
if, after this warning, you have the
courage to 60 on, am not anyways re.
sponsible."
Hubert said might print it if l would
disguise the names. 1t came out quite
incidentally. We were discussing the
woman question. I am ''v.' iua"'s
RICHTER" Hubert-the Rev. llunelt
Lee, should say, pastor Of the "First
Church," and, indeed, the only church
in Allenville-is not, though 1 flatter
myself have made some impression on
him. But the discussion took place in
Hubert's own house, and wishing to
give me pleasant turn at the end,
suppose, he told me how, year and a
baif before, he had used up" one wo-
than old DR.. Hood, the physician that
has had charge of the physical health of
Hubert and myself from the beginning.
Unlike most of his profession, the doc,
tor has always been a radical, and even
the wealth that has come in upon him
of late years has left him quite as much
of a radical, at least in theory, as ever
before. Indeed the old doctor is not
very inconsistent in practice, for lie has
educated his only daughter. Cornelia, to
his own profession, and l believe she
took her NJ. D. with honors, though she
has lately spoiled her prospects by mar
rying. But socially he has become a
little aristocratic, seeking an exclusive
association with his wealthy neighbors.
And this does not look very well in one
who, when he was poor, was | articular-
ly bitter on purse proud aristocracy."
suppose Hubert felt this. Certainly
did, and therefore l enjoyed the con-
versation that he repeated to me all the
more.
1t seems that my friend Hubert had
been away at the seminary for three
: years, and that having at last conquered
: in his great battle against poverty, and
difficulties, aud having supplied city
church acceptably for some months du
!, ring the absence of the pastor in Eu
rope, he came back to our native village
to rest on his laurels few weeks, and
decide which Of three rather impecuni
Gus calls he would accept. When just
about to leave he took it into his heaC
for some reason, to drop i'm on old DIR
: Hood. 1t was nine o'clock in the morn
ing, and the doctors partner was max
t ing morning calls while the old gentle
man sat in his office to attend to any
:. that might seek his services. This par
ticular morning happened to be an un
fortunate one, for there were no agu'
: shaken patients to be seen, and ther,
" was not even a case Of minor surgery t.
: relieve the tediousness of the morning
= Office hour. Perhaps it was fer this rea
sou, perhaps it was for the sake Of OLD
: acquaintance, that he gave Hubert
, J. most cordial reception, and launched a
once into a sea of vivacious talk. Cor
nelia, who was in the Office, excuse.
herself on the ground that she wa
crumming for her final examination
!, aud seated herself at a window with he
book.
: II am afraid take your time, doc
tor" said Hubert.
20 no, | am giving up practice to m.
partner, DIR. Beck, and shall give it al
to him in year or two.'
"To him and Miss Cornelia?" querie
Hubert, laughing. For it was current
ly reported that the youn" doctor an
a. Corneiia were to form a partnership il
y other than professional affairs.
Either because he wished to attrac
her attention, or for some other reason
Hubert soon managed to turn the cor
versation to the subject of woman
rights, and the old doctor and the youn
parson were soon hurting at one anothe
all the staple, and now somewhat stale
arguments about woman's fitness an
woman's unfitness for many things. A
{, last, perhaps because he was little CO.
nered, Hubert said:
ly "Now, doctor, there was thin
Id ,..,.,o,l 10 "a .t,.l,,t T., ,,>,, oloc, n 1 l.
lis AappeASu w q StuucuI III ny S'"'' ~ go
& seminary. l don't suppose, doctor, thu
Is rs you are much interested in a love stor.
III but would just like to tell you this cn
at because think you dare not apply 20.
Is principles to it in every part. Theori'
-. often fail when practically applied, yo
'ie know.n
ys "Go Oh, Hu, go on; I'd like to he'