The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-05-14

lifted into the doctors light wagon and
whirled away.
wanting words strong enough to express
herself with. Her final remark was cold
II will thank you to 60 back for my
hat"
"Your hati Nonsense. I'd rather
buy you fifty hats than 60 back to that
picnic ground" answered the doctor,
sharply.
II don't wish any hats Of your buy
sNo. You'd prefer Mr.. leroy's gifts to
mine"
II see," said Nix, coldly, "that my re-
mark about your manners was perfectly
correct"
"You have just denied having made
it."
II 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 q 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. I
was Just thinking of 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"
They were perfectly silent 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 as 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. DIR. 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 animation the straight
road he could finally master him. But
just 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 it not
whit. Around the corner he went like
lightning. There was crash, darkness
before the doctors eyes, then 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. 1t 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 lay with a very white
face, after q brief examination of her
injuries.
"aer arm is broken" he said. "Send
for doctor to set it. I can't"
Nix's eyes half opened, and an expires.
sion of childish terror came over her face
as she touched his sleeve.
"Dentr" she said, "don't let anyone
else set it but you! Please! please!'
The doctor was like new man
Ashamed of his momentary nervousness,
and electrified by her words and look, he
set the broken arm skillfully and tender
ly. And through the illness that followed
he was the most patient and devoted Of
nurses. One day in the last Of summer
when Nix for the first time left her cham
Der, as they sat together in Mrs. Bate
mans little parlor, the doctor said, with {
mischievous twinkle in his eye:
mix, do you know you've been in
doors so long that there isn't freckle te
be seen on your face?"
Nix glanced in the mirror, laughed
and answered, saucily:
I'D as lief have them now, since your
manners are mended !"-Harper's Basar