Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-14
J. WHY should I turn Il over, 90

Tears rom MS eyes, the Otner 3lQe was
the right one. It was notice of the
marriage of your friend Miss Willis
And you This is the richest joke of
the season, on my wordr'
Fanny Whilst Is this trues"
"Truel Ill show you copy Of the
paper If you like. An advertisement to
remove frecklesi Hal hal hap
Nix was ashamed and discounted, and
sorry and childishly glad at once. She
had but one thought when at last she un.
derstood the matter; that was to make
her peace with. the doctor. This was not
very hard.
"You poor little pussp he said
face had freckle on IL. And SO I am
ill-manncred, am /? Whatr
II never said you were ill-mannered,"
Nix declared, with scarlet cheeks.
"You didn'tg Then that wretched
town when / came home. Nix, say, let
us make up something, too; and let that
something be our quarrel"
Nix's eyes were like stars when they
Joined the dancers again, and the doctor
was boyishly gay. But their trials were
not yet over. AMr. Leroy, from the city,
had been captivated by Nix, and vas so
devoted as seriously 10 interfere with the
DOCTORS comfort.
Don't dance with any one but me,
Nix" he said, unconsciously using tone
Of authority. "Here you've given that
fellow three dances already. l want you
all TO myself today"
"That fellow! Why, Mr.. Leroy isn't a
fellow; he's a gentleman! I've danced
with you five times, and / want to enjsy
other people little"
"Very we'll" was the unexpected re-
joinder. Go and enjoy them" And the
doctor walked off modify.
Nix looked after him with halfreso-
luton to call him back, but she was de-
tered by sense of his injustice and by
her own pride; besides, she had just
proved her power over DIR. Wentworth,
and Mr.. Leroy was very agreeable, and
very much charmed with her. Nix de-
cided to risk defiance.
Mr.. Leroy and she danced till they were
tired OF dancing, then strolled off to the
woods. They had row together on the
pond, and there is no telling how long
their tete-0-tete might have been kept up If
Nix herself had not become alarmed for
results. Twilight was gathering over the
picnic grounds when they came back TO
them, and people were departing. A dark
figure standing within the last fringe of
woods stepped forward and drew Nix's
hand within his arm, and stern voice
said:
"This way, Miss Bateman. have been
waiting for you" And before the indig-
nant and bewildercd Nix could say
word of farewell to her cavalier she was
lifted into the doctors light wagon and
whirled away.
For while she was perfectly silent
wanting words strong enough TO express
herself with. Her final remark was cold
IMPRACTICAL:
81 will thank you to go back for my
hat"
"Your hatS Nonsense. I'd rather
buy you fifty hats than go back to that
picnic ground" answered the doctor,
sharply.
II don't wish any hats of your buy.
ing"
"No. You'd prefer Mr.. Leroy's gifts to
mine"
~ see" said Nix, coldly, "that my re-
mark about your manners was perfectly
correct"
"You have just denied having made
it,"
denied saying that you were ill-man-
nered, and did not say that. I said that
you had no manners at ALL"
THANK you," replied the doctor, coolly,
but venting his anger In smart blow that
made his horse plunge sideways. "The
only thing for me to do is to relieve you
of my presence as soon as possible
was Just thinking Of e little speech my
mother once made. She said: None
but lady or gentleman ever can insult
me, and no true lady or gentleman ever
will.'n
They were perfectly silent a while, the
doctor driving at fearful speed, but hard
ly knowing that he did SO. Nix was con-
scious OF nothing but miserable neces-
sity of crying, which she was determined
not to do. Cry before the doctor? She
said, with little shrug of the shoulders,
"Drive as fast rs possible, please. 1t
Is chilly, and you've left my shawl be-
hind.
The doctor, to whom their progress
seemed intolerably slow, answered by
another sharp cut of the whip, which
drove his horse half frantic. He rushed
down the main street of the village, the
light wagon swaying and bounding fear
fully behind. DR.. Wentworth braced
himself and set his teeth, but all his
strength was unavailing. The horse was
beyond his control, yet he knew If he
could only keep the animal on the straight
road he could finally master him. But
just a little ahead was the corner of the
street where his Office stood. If the horse
turned there they were lost Dr. Went
worth pulled upon the right rein with
both hands, and Nix half involuntarily
helped him; but the horse needed 1t not
whit. Around the corner he went like
lightning. There was crash, darkness
before the doctors eyes, then a sensation
OF falling. When he came little TO him.
self he discovered that he was lying at
full length on heap of soft sand, and
people were trying to raise him. II did
not take him long to decide upon his
ability TO raise himself, for beyond the
shock to the nerves he was not injured.
The heap of sand had saved him.
But Nix! The doctor was on his feet
and staggering toward the spot where she
had fallen in an instant. They were
carrying her into druggists store near
by. She had fallen against the curb-stone,
and one arm hung helplessly at her side.
DR.. Wentworth turned away from the
couch where she Law with very white