Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-04

her goob-by, and she had given her a
$ new cherry cOlOred neck-tie, with
s VOWS of eternal fidelity. Indeed, she
y had cried over a great many people
% that last day, and had not even been
- able to restrain her emotion over the
farewell glass of severely-tart currant-
wine condescendiDgly presented to
her in the snuff-colored parlor by Miss
BilkersOn the elder, whose habit it
,. was to preside solemnly upon all such
0 occasions. She had felt a yearning
Q even toward the Misses Bilkerson,
. Notwithstanding their sharp discip-
line. So, when she had landed at her
\ destination, with her sole worldly
). possessions in her small trunk, she
G had
d FELT HER DESOLATIOS STRONGLY.
She had neither father nor mother. 4
, distant relative had educated her
rather grudgingly, with the under
standing that, once educated, she
, must take care of herself, and there
i the matter stood. She was educated
/ as far as the Bilkerson resources went,
rand a situation as nursery-gOvernesS
had been supplied her, and she was
considered provided for. But, after
her first awkward attempt at putting
Teddy TO bed, she had been migrate
ful enough, despite this bounty, to
cry herself to sleep, with a half
frightened feeling of desolatiOn, and
la terrible longing even for the weak
tea, thick bread-and-butter and mar
row bed of the Bnkerson establish
meEt. She would have had Jenny
and Georgiana Blair and Sophy Ad-
ans to confide in at least, if she had
} hon fIova onH haro fhara yvaa M
body.
But in q few days the grandeur
about her began to attract attention
somewhat by its novelty. She found
out that Mrs. Durant was young and !
a beauty, and that she lived wond- |
rous exciting life, full Of what seemed |
to her young nursery-governess the |
most gorgeous romance, though it /
was withal trifle startling in some |
of its fashionable phases. She wore |
dresses such as Tiua's faYorite hero !
ines INDUCED in, and seemed TO have |
[ been everywhere; in fact, she inter |
/ ested her inexperienced admirer so |
deeply that Jenny received a six-page /
/ letter upon the subject, and all Miss |
/ BilkersOn's elder pupils were stirred /
with envy and excitement for a week. /
/ But it was not very long before Tina
| lost her eager interest in the mistress
of the household, or at least lost the
greater part of it, and by that time
she was beginning to be
FOND OF TEDDY.
She could not have lived without a
fOnduess for somebody or something,
and the pretty, neglected child wound
himself round her soft, impressionable
heart. She was not so awkward aboTt
dressing and undressing him after
all, and, in a certain inexperienced
and perhaps desultory fashion, she
managed to teach him for 4 short time
each day, though the truth was she
was more nurse than governess. She ]
took him out every morning, and it
was in one of these morning walks
that the doctor had first encountered !
her strolling on the grass in the near {
est park, an open novel in her hand, !
and her small charge wandering before
her. The fact was, she had been so !
much interested in her book that she {
had almost tumbled over the doctor, t
and had looked up at him with such a /
frightened start, and such an almost t
childish appeal in her great, melan- s
choly eyes, that he smiled in spite of l
himself. They had often met since
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each other, and Tina had watched the 1
great man from her nursery window, {
never dreaming that now and then he I
was watching her too. In his profess {
sion DIR. Theobald 9CdS q great man. I
He had done much for science, and s
his fellow-workers regarded him as an '
authority; lac had been a man of
ideals and enthusiasms, and had pos /
sessed courage and power enough to s
live up to them. He had even be-
come a fashion, too, with great peo- '
pie who would never be great enough '
to understand him. He had been '
generous and steadfast, and had reap {
ed his reward as few men have the !
fortune to reap such rewards. So I
Iina heard of his fame and prOweSs
more than once, and, in her innocent I
romantic admiration for all great {
things, became {
QUITE INTERESTED IN SECRET.
She liked TO watch him from her win !,
dow when the study was lighted, and {
she could see him at work; she liked
to weave grandiloquent romances :
about him; she even went so far as to
plan n three-volumed novel, built :
upon one of her pet plots, of which )
he was the hero, and a certain large
eyed, rather vague young person, who
died early, after a most touching :
death-bcd scene, the heroine. 1t was
because Ethelinda had died young
that he had not married. Sometimes ,
she even fancied that she could tell !.
by his air when he had been to visit
the spotless cross of marble on which
was Inscribed her name, "Ethelinda," !
and nothing else. She would not have !
been sorry to have been Ethelinda l
herself, and died young, and have :
been mourned for by such a man.
''He looks so kind" she said, watch
fancy he was a great man if l had !
not been told"
In truth, DIR. Theobald was a sort
of companion for her in many of her |
lonely hours. She talked to his silent, ,
unrespOnsive figure often when she |
was tired of her novels and Teddy
was asleep; and the fact that lie
seemed entirely unconscious of her l
existence at such times was to her 5
the great charm of her conyersa-
tions. g
But she did not talk to him long S
this evening. In short time he turn :
cd away from the window, and was
lost to her sight for a few minutes,
and when he appeared in view again 6
he had his hat on, and was drawing 6
on his gloves.
:" He must be going out" muir
INJURED Tina; q dare say to see a |
patient-perhaps a poor one. They
say he Is very good to poor people. " !
And she watched him until he left [
the room, and then watched him de-
scend the stone steps into the street, .
and then she smiled her dreamy,
half-unconscious smile again. Good {
night, DR.. TheObald," she said and, I
when he was out of sight, she turn {
ed away from her window. s
The room seemed more silent and {
desolate than ever. Teddy's soft,
regular breathing only added to the
general NoncliRess. She took up a {
book, aud turned the leaves listlessly,
but she was too restless to read, and /
even the adventures of one of the
most thrilling of heroines failed to
interest her.
cit is very tiresome," she said, !
with a little yawn. - l wish l dare {
go out" And then, Frightening sud ,
denly. And
WHY CAN'T?
1t is not late, and | could buy Ted
dy's birthday present tonight instead
OF waiting till morning."
1t was such a novel idea, this one !
of going out in the world below
herself, and having a share of the (
light, and passing too and fro, that !
it quite took possession of her, and
IN two minutes she was standing be-