The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-30

"had never in the whole coarse of her
existence seen . nicer lady, or ono more
devoted to hsr son."
Douglas smiled rather sadly. for
though he could echo the good womaA's
opinion about his mother, from the
depths Of bis heart, he was thinking how
little his would be comforter understood
the reason of his being 90 unusually dali
and quiet.
When he was alone again he drank bis
tea slowly, and ina kind of dreamy way /;
then remembering that he had dpnc very
little work during his mothers visit, and
hat it was his duty to work hard and
try to please the father who had let him
choose the profession he liked, hc reused
himself and did his best to study. ,,.l.
After some days of hard struggling
against his inclination to dream idly of
that haunting vision. be found the irter
est of his work gaining upon him, and
though he was much graver and quieter
than he used to be-, life was net alsogeth-
or ths burdea that he had &xpScGsd.a
CHAPTER II. .asug
Years passed quickly by Douglas
Charlton was no longer the unknowa
medical student. From the frst he hal
shown great talent, and soon made way
ia his profession. ,..a sal sa.
One or two Fortunate cures he had effect
ed, soon after taking his degree, had
gtvtn him good POSITION almost at start.
ing, and DR.. Charlton was now living In
a Dice house in one of the fashionable
parts Of London with practice. which
many an older physician euvied. His
name was down among the officers at sew.
eral OF the London hospitals; for though
ho was we'll knoEn eusugh TO have en-
abled him to dispense with most of them.
he had no idea of giving up in his pros
perity what had been stepping stsne to
". ..1 s... IS.
His pecuniary circumstances allowed
} him to choose his practice much as he
4 liked; for apart from his professional in
come, he hGd ut his fathers death come
in tor large estate, bringing in enough
to have kept him without any exertion
on bis own part. He was still unmarried,
and likely to remain so,alsh"ugh he would
have had little difficulty in finding lad y
whe would willingly share his home; the
recollection of that face that had go haunt
ed him as young man was still with him,
and prevented him from ever falling in
love, or caring to marry. s" -.@"
The frse hospital of which he had been
physician, and, in consequence the Que
Iof all others,in which he felt most interest
was the one in Victoria Park for discs SEES
Of tho chest. It was associated IN his
mind with the beginning of his success,
always very pleasant association to a
successful man. Ii was his position here
which had first led TO his getting a name,
very well-ordered one had been far him
the first round of the ladder to position.
He was driving down there ore day to
see his patients, and was. as usual think
ing deeply The contrast between the
luxurious look of the west and the squaler
Of the east end Of London struck him for
chilly as he drove along, and the thought
of how this and kindred institutions were
struggling TO relieve wretchedness came
to him, and made him thankful that he
had always helped 1t on to the best of his
power. H 9 ma
There was q. very strange feeling in his
heart that day, the feeling that nearly
every one must have known some time in
their lives, as if something of great in
terest to them were going to happen,
whether foI good or evil, they cannot tell.
DrCharlton had that feeling very strong.
4 ly 'dny, and it was very strangely join
ed in his mind with the thought of that
lovely face, the recollection OF which was
-arely absent from him. 1855.
! He closed his eyes, to shut out the shqb-
by people and dirty streets through which
he was passing. and lay back in his COM
Portable carriage to indulge in one of
those day-dreams which had been the
companions of his leisure ever since that
eventual afternoon at the Northwestern
terminus. All of a sudden he started up,