Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-11-02

little bundle of comfort In shape Of good /
wife, and II will not be strange that, not |
wlthstandlng the efforts previously made |
to entrap him, he should think only of the |
present lOveliness.
"What are YOU reading Miss Estelle 2" |
asked DIR. John, after a moment of appre- |
cative strutiny. "Wlsun's Essays, eli ~ /
and the DOCTORS face showed all the sur /
prise and pleasure felt by It's owner. "And |
upon my word, ifhcrc isn't Emerson. That
Is healthy food-rathcr heavy, though I
should think, for sick girll''
Miss Esicllc drew long breath. For |
the llrst time IN the twelve months Of trial |
had I'll" received one word Of compliment /
or condemnation from the man whom her
mother had determined she would marry.
"And As true as ! live, another book |
under the pillow. Really, | have some
curiosity to know the tile of that volume /
alsO," continued the doctor, almost caress- |
inglv,
"Oh, ii is nothing" replied the would.be !
invalid, languidly, "but II stupid cookery
book HAT got from the library. Mother
depends upon me- you see, for our dc,cits
and can tell you that sometimes my iu
gennity is soroy tested.
One little hand tucked the volume fur
ther under the pillow, while the other. un-
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lying ON his, the fair dazzling face up
turned, the words which would have
doomed him to ml-ery all the days Of his
life, were unspokCn.
now NohuriIu!y Nnu pIoN'uvn' "a sll!A
drsu'ntDn aud death The hand with
which she had striv,n To hiic the partly
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They are pretty much al allke, ! am
afraid, he continued mnlierlng s'ltly 10
1 himself.
Just then little figure in the middle of
( the street attracted his attention.
A child to all appearance not day
over five years of age, with upllitcd arms;
stood, needless OF danger, looking straight
into his face.
Quicker than ! can tell, DIR. john had
lcaped from his carriage, and seized the
/ l.t,le creature and placed her on the seat
beside him,
"You were in great danger, my dear,
said the doctor, looking down into the sin-
rularly sweet aud intelligent face "Nh hy
did you stand in the middle Of the crowd
ed street r.
"Are you a doctor was the only reply
vouchsafrd.
"By profession, yes, little Miss, and by
name. John lIcssman. Have you any
commands for his llighness :"
"If yon are a doctor want you 10 go
home with me, and il yol are not pl, nse
tell me where can find one. My sister
Kate is sick-a~f i sck-ard shc la KS
aud sings ALL the time; and haven Z rot
any muncy-nplthcr has she but she Mhl
die if somebody don't come.
81 am a doctor and will 20 home WIN
you liit daring, said or ifieni luNui
unfairly drawing Il e suhhius child to-
wards him. Don't cry can h,Ip hei
If anybody can
Before they arrived AZ the residence ol
the sick girl, Df. John had discovered ny
>killinl questioning, lhat ina rhld s name
vas Florence Brtlon lie sister s, Nate
Biitton that Kate wrote stories, ana
made reports, aud sometimes had 10 De
out late at night taking not's ana pre-
pairing articles for the press lhal she hnd
not been well during the WINTER ana lor
the last three weeks LHu hcth u'h"e 'o
attend tn her literary dn'ics, and vas now
suffering from h'ain ieVrr' ne room
which the doctor entered was pldaly and m,
neatly furnished, aud hor' nnmls'aN"ol'
marks oi refinement nnl la-l',
Kate sald the l'lic llrl' c'lnnins
-, into the hed WIZ te yer s'si "y u'"'n'u.
Wi;h pain "-i-tcr Kate, ! have brought
"a doctor T. SIC you. nave l"uhl Inn H
th' street, aud he SAYS ne caA MAKE you
we'll Look at MN hatr-hc l' very
kind"
> "Coddlc right down beside me, floiN
darling. lhrrci that 5 a Eo'd ul' GI.
3 Go 10 sleep. don't mind sister Kate, she 3
only got headache. Say your prayers
, Flora, cay your prayers, murmur'd lh'
girl, even IN d-huum thinking ol h'
precious charge.
, Here WA, cas- to rou,e Df. johns en-
, e'gics-a case "hich aplralcd To h'' 81 IA
J. p.thy and r,Spcct-a ease, 50 lar aus h
i. Was able to judge, of utter Ion 'lln,ss an'
Z destitution. So, like the man he WAs, b,
set himself lo work IN good ctrnes' :
.oud nurse was procured, necess trl
f. niic',s w-te brought ltto the house. a,
u, over all he watched as T. nd'r r'y as II ~ J..
sufferer had been his own sister III
e fourth day the invalid awohr ~ corsciou'
- ness, AMI looked at DR.. John, s'r'lShI II
ih face.
''Nhcte am T. she asked "tlelnlNh
:, 10 rise.
AT home" he replied. Please b
very quiet.
where is Flory
" Asleep by yuur side. Don ash an
D. more uu. -tiUn-
!, "Who are youl! rhc continued orlH'i
u emily uhiyiou- to thr command.
''lohn licssmau, at your -'rNlee' ana a
g, present sour sc.t constituted pliys'e.al
" who will hc ohoNrI Vow drhN 'hI
'' h.cf tea fake FloiY'- little hand in vonr'
a and 20 To Sic ~
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