Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-13

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YOU may, nc not lay all 10 the party.
E,sfeiIe is 7 quuite i'll, too, doctor, and
when YOU have written out my pre-
scription,' I wish you would walk
into the next room and see her
Dr. John knew that something;
must be administered, or his profes7
sional reputation would be irretrieva-
bly, damaged, so with a quiet smile
playing round his large m0uthE(Dr.
Johns mouth was really very: large
and truth compels us to state that he.
had an under jaw to- match, though
the rows of .unexceptionably white
and even teeth, and the silken chin
covering, glossy and soft as a woman s
hair, entirely redeemed the lower
part Of his face from ugliness) the
physician wrote the few necessary
Latin words, among which aqua
seemed really the most conspicuous,
and then passed into the other room.
The doctor knew what awaited him.
This little game had been tried more
than once before. !.
Good morning, Miss Estelle, :"
said DR.. John, approaching the sofa,
where the .!anguid beauty reclined;
:" Your mother tells me you are i'll.
Miss Estelle, with an almost impa-
tient gesture, brushed back the float
ing hair from her temples-carelessly,
and really unintentioually, it would
seem, barring by the motion one of
the most beautiful arms that sculptor
ever raved about replied: -
/" Your manner seems to say, "Miss
Estells, you are alaoays i'll. Why
don't you behave yourself?' On,
how happy 1 should be-, DR.. John, #
you would once in your life be kind
to me. I do really think something
is the matter with my heart. What
| if I should Ge?" - -
| No pictureof Watteau's could ever
havebesnmors w;tchiug, moreeharua.
iugly eslorsa, than the, little form
before him. Every accessory Of toll
ct had been brought to'besr upon the
citadel of his heart and to a hand
some woman no dress is 30 becoming
as the negliges Of her boudoir, with
its lace and fantastic embroidery,
slippered feet and graceful postu es.
Then the vases flied with flowers,
the mirrors and jewels, and perfumes,
and enticlng lohipg-chairs. Heigho
many a strong man has bowed to
such shrine-made a fool of himse.f
for life-when in the glare and glitter
of the drawing room no such non
sense would have been thought Of.
DR.. John acknowledged the beauty
If this picture. It was dainty, ,pi,,
quaint, dangerous. 1t had been dished
up for him on several previous ocea.
sions, but never so much to his mind
as now. The beauty's manner was
earnest, and almost supplicatlng.
What man could fail to be apprecia-
tive under such circumstances Re-
member, too, that DR.. John was long
ing to be eloved-had that very morning
almost prayed that heaven would
send him little bundle of comfort
in the shape of good wife, and it
will not be strange that, notwithstand:
ing the efforts previously made to en-
thrall lin, he should think only Of
the present loveliness.
"What are you reading, Miss Es-
telle?" said DR.. John, after a moment
of appreciative scrutiny. Wilson's s
Essay, eh?' and the doctors face
showed all the surprise and pleasure
felt by its owner. And upon my
word, if here isn't Emerson That
| is healthy iood-rather heavy, though,
| l should think for sick girl y
Miss Estelle drew a long breath
For the first time in the twelve months
If trial had she received one single
word Of compliment or commenda-
tion from the man whom her mother
had determined size should marry.
And as true as l live, another
book under the pillow. Really, l
have some curiosity to know the tit e
OF that volume also, continued the
doctor. almost caressinaly.
"Oh, it is nothing" replied the
wonl,l be invalid, lAnguidly, Z" but Il
.siupij cookery-boot that | got from
the ;ibrary. Mother depends on Inc,
you >ee, !or our desserts, and | can
tell you that sorer!mes my ingenul-
sy is sorely tested.
One llttIc hand tucked ;hr volume
further under the pillow, white the
other, unconsciously Of course, dropped
upon the doctors. With the wliite
ieweled fingers lying on his, Fir
dazzling face upinrned, the words
which would have doomed him to
misery all the days Of his life were
almost spoken.
How wonderfully and providen.
TALLY little things sometimes appear.
to save from desoiation and death!
The hand with which she had striven
to hide the partially concealed vol.
ume had strangely enough lifted the
frill Of the pillow, and disclosed both
title and author of one of the most
lnischievous and recklessly wri ten
book, ever translated into The Eng
lish language.
For moment he doctor sat silent
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