, 1874-05-23
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blotl the doctor; always getting into tho wrong
placos, somohow. mud doing tho wrong things.
That Is tho WAY with people. Now, thoro Ia
Wclby-loo11 .at Welby: tho idea Of Wobv got-
Ting down into d country parsop, simply be-
cnuso hiB mothor's aunt regarded Tho Church as
Ills vocation, aud could hayo lnado it .inoou-
voniont for him il he lad dlAngrced with hor.
Dear mo, o,"-dropping suddenly Into woaried
sort OF abstraction, and Htar1ng ut the ,bruwn-
stone front Oil tho opposite Hdo OF the atroot,--
"wllat fools women mako Of honest mcn nome.
times, a1ll-Nlat knnvpal"
It aoonled aH II tho sight of tlle brown-sLoue
front was suggestive, and ,addol a spark to n
now train Of thought, for he sighed ngain, md
rumpled hB Hhaggy hair with Ills largo white
hand IL oil odd, disturbed faahion.
"And Durant," he aaid, in a lower voice.
kindly. gentle little fellow as ho IL. mnlc for
home lilo, and stmplo tondor homo PLEASURES
to think Of his marrying woman liko that, and
bning worked to death by: :lor, and disappointed
to tile coro OF lia soft heart by hor, and draRgod
from post to pillar to her balls and parties, and
foastu, md watering.p]acoB! God bloaH my
soul "-ghaling Ills broad shoulders like big
water-dog-"w what bl.lnler 1t was And then
there's tho child" he wont on the noxt minute,
"anu
THAT 6L1r OF 0ovERnRBs d1IlL,
with her novels, aud her romance and her biz,
lost-looking, dreamy Dyes. What right has 4
protty,. silly, vague creature like that to mako
governcas Of horaolf2 What docs she know
about naoldlng chill's mind, mud roofing out
evil tendencies, and checking little oirshoots Of
wrong, and all TINT sort OF thing? sho'sa baby
herself. ALI there she Is ut: tue window--atar-
gazing, SUPPOSE"
Tho nursery was in tho highest story of the
house, and the house was large one, SO the
window at which tho solitary young figure stood
was high enough, and near enough to tho
gtars, for all atar-gazing purposes. The window
itsclf .was thrown open, aud the light within
showed tho gir leaning upon the ulll and resting
up; Hhe was looking down. Tho stars hor
f0rlorn girlish eyes saw were the twinkling
atreot-ainps, stretching themselves down tic
street in narrowing vista. II the doctor him
self fclt rather neglected and out Of sorts to-
night, ho was not alone in lis temporary dojoc-
tion, for hiH young acquaintance across the way
was out ofaprits too. It WaB 10 lonely in TeudySs
protty nursery there when Teddy WIS asleep,
mud the world thnt seemed 80 far be-
low the high window was all lighted up,
and Tcddy's mamma wns out enjoying
hersolf In all her bravery and beauty, md even
the servants were hnying socinblo sort OF gath
ering In their own domains,
-" 1t isn't 10 dreadful in tho daytime, whom
nlivo. said Iina, her great melancholy black
eyes rowing hero and there until At thoy set
tied on tho dootors stutiy window. F" sup
poso it is because I am up hero all by myself
in the silence that everybody who paases al-
pears like a sort Of ghost.
THERE ID DR.. THEoBALp
looking out, and he looks like ghost too. /
wonder what he is thinking about2 1t would be
eafe enough to aslt him from here one needn't
be afraid of being answered. Whit arc you
thinking about DR.. Thoobad ~ sle said, Boftly;
aud Bhe gave him a littlo nod undor coycr Of
tho dnliuess, slow, dreamy smilo touching
hor lips
,5ho had observed him far oftoner thau le
had observed her. Ho had beon an object Of
interest to ler from the first day of hor arrival,
when she had seen his comfortable carriage
drawn up boforo tue pavement, md had watched
for his outcomlng with the lreary curiosity of
utter loneliness. Her life ut the third-rate
boarding-school at which sho had boon educutod
lad not boen pleasant .ons, but ahe llnd
become used to It's dull routine, and, being ouly
q girl, there had been other girls among tho
nfty third-rate pupils whom Hhe hnl learned
to like, and whom she was sorry to leavc.
There Ind been poor, much-snubbed Jenny
Aokerbury, whom she had chung to and pitied,
simply because Jeuny was tho ,shabDieat,
and lonoliest, and least popular among
them, because her bills aud her Lessons wero
!owance was such spectre and mockery. She
had criod over Jenny piteously when She had
bilden her good-by, and She had given her new
ohorry-colofod neck-tie, with vows of eternal
fidelity. Indeed, she had cried over o. great
many people that last day, and had not eyen
been able to restrain her emotion oyor the fare-
well glags of severoly-tart oumant-wiuo con-
descendingly prehented to hor in the snutf-ool-
pred parlor BY Mis-: Bilkerson tho elder, whose
habit 1t was to preside soen,nly upon all such
occasions. She had felt q yearning evon toward
the Misses Dilkerson, notwithstanding their
rather sharp discipline. So, when she hAd landed
ut her destination, with her sole worldly posHes-
Bions In her small trunk, she had
FELT HER DEsoLATlox STRONGLY.
She hn1 neither father nor mother, 4 distant
relative lad educated her rathor grudgingly, with
tho understanding that, onco educateu, she must
take care Of herself; and there the matter stoud.
Sue was educated as far az tha Bilkeraon
resources went, aud situation aa nursery
governess had been supplied her, aud she
was considered provided for But, after her
first awkward attempt at putting Teddy to bod,
sho had been ungrateful enough, despite this
bounty, to ,ory, herself to sleep, with half
Bile longing even for tho weak tea, thick bread
and-butter, aud narrow bed, of tue Blkoraon
establishment. Sllo would have had jenny and
Georgina Blair and Sophy Admins 10 contlde III at
loast il she lad boon thoro, and hero thore was
nobody.
But,u q fow dayH the grandeur about her be-
gun to attract attention somewhat by itH novelty
She found out TINT Mrs. Durant .was young
anu a Doauty, aud TINT Hlo lived q
wonlrous exciting i1o, full Of what soem-
ed to her young nurBory- -goyor1loss the most gor-
geons romance, though it wun withal triho
startling in Homo fits fashionable phusea. Sho
wore dresses such III Tuas lavorite horoinas in-
lulged il, aud seemed to hAvo boon every
where; in fact, she interested ller inexperienced
admror 80 deeply that Jonny received uix-page
letter upon tho subject, and all Miss BilLersou's
elder pupils wore stirred with envy and excite
mont for y woek. BuL it was not very long be-
fore Tina lost hor eagor interest in Tic mistross
Of the household, or ut least lost tho greater
part Of it, mid by TINT timo sho was beginning
to bo
FOND OF TEDDY.
She could not hive lived withqnt q fondnosa
for snmebody or something, and the pretty
neglected child wound himself round lor soft,
impressionablo henrt. Sho was not 40 awkward
about dressing and undressing him nf.sr all, and,
in certain inexperienced and perhaps tosultory
fashion, ahe n,anugol to teach him for q short
time each day, though tho truth was, Bllo WIS
more nurse than goyernosB. Sho took him out
every morning, and it waH in ono OF thcso moru-
ing waIka tint the doctor Ind Hrat anenuutnrod