The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-05-14

Morgan had an authoritative way will
such people. When called to attent
patient, hc put the whole house un,
der mtrtisl law.
Mrs. Barkius, hope our patient.
better. He needs a good deal done
for him to-day. and | brought the
scho"!-misiress Ia help YOU, knowing
yan had hoHs.iuI of children and
plenty Of work"
I've got powerful sight to do
Doctor Morgan, but you had ortel
know'd better to fetch school miss
IN to spy out a body's housekeepin'
'thout givin' folks half a chance to
bresh np little. | low she haint
never lived in no holler, in no log
house with ten of the wust children
you ever seed and decreppled ole
man" She sull>ily brushed off stool
with her apron and offered il to Pat
~. But Patty. with quick tact, laid
her >anboanct on the bed, and, while
the doctor went INTO the only other
room Of the house TO see the patient,
she seized upon the wuman's dishtow-
el and went to wlplng the yellow
crockerv as Mrs. Barkins washed it,
and 10 prevent the grabbed remon-
stranrt which that lady had ready,
she heaaa Ia tell how she had tried
ta :. 49,. Ill has a. h.. ct, ,pn- i.,.la
and how She had upset the table and
spit everything on The tioar. She
hooked into Mrs Barkins' face with
So much friendly confidence her laugh
bad 50 much assurance OF Mrs. Bar.
kins concurrence III it that The square
visage reNaNea a little, and the woman
pro eeael t. show her increasing
frienlinr>s by boxing ".Isne Marier'
for ''s,an'n' too close fo the lady and
starrln al her that way"
Just then the doctor opened the
sIueskv i ,er and beckunea 10 Patty.
.'l',e b eough, you the oly medi-
{ nc that will do YOU any good" he
said. rapidly, 10 The sick man. This
is Miss l.u,nsdea. our school-mislress,
and the best hand nj sickness You
ever saw. ~hr will STAY with vun an
hour.
The aaiiaud turned his wan face
over an | loni>e'l wearilv at Patty.
He seemed 10 he man Of forty, but
suffering. and his uashorn beard had
given him a haggarl look, and he
might BE- ten years Younger. lie had
evidently som m'gentlemany instincts,
for H. looked about the room for n
seat for Patty IN take care Of
myssl'," said Patty, cheerfully see
my his anxious desire to be polite.
+" will write down some direc-
tions for yn:," said DIR Morgan, tax
ing out pencil and paper. When he
handed tn" directions to Patty they
read:
II leave Won lamb among wolves.
Blu, the shepherd is here. II is the
only chance to save the poor fellow $
life. on soul. will send Nett'e over
ia an hour with jelly, and If YOU want
to come home with her you can do 50.
| VIII stop at noon.
With that he babe her goodbye
AMI was gone. Patty put the room
in or.ier, wiped off the sick mans
temple, and he soon fell into sleep
When he awoke she again wiped his
favc with cold water. MY mother
used 70 do that !ie said.
'.ls she iead:" asked Patty, rcver-
emily
81 think not. have been a bad
man, and it is "A wonder that | didn't
break her heart. would like to see
her -
"Where is shc?' asked Patty.
The patient looked at her suspi-
ciausly: whats the use of bringing
my disgrace home to her door," he
said
"But | think she would bear your
disgrace and everything else for the
sake of wiping your face as do
i ieHfAc size Noubi. sdl'l tic
man, trcmuously. 81 would
like to go to her, and ever since |
came away ! have meant to go as
soon as could get in the way of do
ing better. But | get worse all the
time. IN soon be dead now, and !
don't care how soon. The sooner the
better and he sighed YEARLY.
Patty had the tact not To contra
dict him.
"Did your mother ever read to
vou:" she asked.
"Yes; She used To read the Bible
On Sundays and used to run away
to keep from hearing it. I'd give
'rerv'hing to hear her read now"
"~hall | read TO YOU:
III you please.
">hall read your mothers favor
te chapter:' said Patty.
"lI"N do y"u know which that is.
i dun',"
"Don't YOU think one woman
Knows how another woman leels?"
asked Patty. And She sat by the
title four light window and took out
lcr pocket Testament and read the
hree immortal parallels in the ff-
ccnih OF Luke. The mans curiosi-
y was now wide awake; he listened
% the story OF the sheep lost and
'ouni. but when Patty glanced at his
ace, it was unsatished; he harkened
o the story of the coin that was lost
md found, and still he looked at her
with faint eagerness, as if trying to
guess why she should call that his
mothers favori,e CHAPTER. Then she
cad slowly, and with sincere emo
ion, that truest of tictions, the tale of
he prodigal son, and his hunger, and
lis good resolution, and his tattered
'eturn. and the old fathers joy. And
when she looked up, his eyes tightly
,losed could not hide his tears.
"Do you think that is her favorite
,hapter." he asked.
"Of course, it must be-" said Patty,
,onclusively. "And you'll notice
hat this p,o,ligal son didn't wait to
make himself better, or even until he
could get new suit Of clothes.'
The sick man said nothing.
The -boned Mrs. Barkins came
o the door at that moment, and said:
"The doctors gals out yer and
wants to see you."