The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-05-28

life. Only when it was CONSISTENT WIFI .n9
rigid course he had marked out for himself, dld
he mingle in the society OF the gay ana
thoughtless ones Of his own age
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aWell daughter, what tidings?" asked Mrs.
Mann Of her daughter, Helen, as she entered
the breakfast-room early one morning on her
return M from the neighborly duty of watching
with sick child. >,
"What told you to expect" said she, sadly:
seLittle Willie, my darling playmate, is dead"
"Dead," continued she, after few moments
pause with impassioned earnestness, yes,
murdered. I can weep for him, but not with
his parents. Three children gone before with
the same disease, and yet so blindly bigoted
and preiudiced were they, that no one must be
called in but the old doctor who signed the
death warrant of the Others"
"Our little Nell is angry now" said the
father good-humoredly. "Have a care what
Won saw YOU NAV repent it when calm."
"Well, but father, is it not outrageous that
people will continue to employ man that
don't know anything when, for the same
money, they might have the attentions OF one
who is we'll qualified TO discharge his dutyY"
s'That means that it is outrageous for our
villagers to employ the old doctor, and suffer
the Young one to have nothing to do but to
wait upon the young maidens to pic MICS and
parties"
che don't spend his time so," said the young
girl earnestly. "He studies, keeps up WIN MS
age. and goes into society only as recreation.
And it is a shame that he has been here four
months, and had never a professional call:
Who knows how many little graves might still
have been unclaimed had he attended the little
sufferers who now tenant them. On, have
lenged to speak out my feelings to those fathers
and mothers who have thus sacrificed their
little ones on the pile of blgotry! I have been
silent only because the doctor was young
man, and my motives in speaking might have
been misjudged. y =,
Her cheeks crimsoned as she spoke; it would
be rude to question why
"There is much truth in what you say,
daughter. I am convinced DR.. Arlington un-
derstands we'll his profession, and will, in time,
be a prominent member of it. But how to
bring him into practice, I know not. AS for
me, I never have any ails, and unless your
mother &. you can manage some way to get
sick and furnish him patient, see not but
he must be idle yet. 1t only needs for one or
two of the first families here to give him prac-
tice, and his way is clear. Say, daughter, have
YOU not some neuralgia pain Why, your
cheeks are hot and flushed. Don't she look,
mother, as though she were in the lnclplent
stage of fever?" And the fond father patted
the delicate face, and felt the slender wrist to
note if high or low beat the pulse of life.
every far from WE'LL" continued he, in jocose
seriousness Shouldn't wonder if the heart was
affected guess I'll call and see the doctor"
"Father father, do be good now," cried the
Young maiden, springing after him as he reach
ed the front door. "Don't carry the jest too
far"
"Jest, daughter" exclaimed he, in affected
seriousness; "it's 40 jesting matter tor father
tosee his only daughters heart affected. But"
seeing the tears start to her eyes, perhaps, as
this is serious case, and the young doctor has
no experience, had better call in the old one.
Shall # be sop And he kissed her tenderly.
"Your word is law" whispered she; and she
came back with a calmer heart.
Had the young doctor known what bright
eyed beautiful maiden champion had entered
the list for him, he would have been more pa
tent than ever, and hope would have sung to
him sweeter songs than she yet dared to breathe
into his ear. -,
A few weeks after this conversation, as the
doctor was seated in his Office, deep in study,
he was startled by some new and strange
sound he could hardly tell its nature, and IN
| an instant, something dashed with hgntnlng
speed, past his window.
It was the work of an instant to rush to the
door and ascertain that horse had run away,
that he had broken the carriage, and thrown
the occupant but it took less than an instant
to carry his feet steps to the roadside, where
motionless and insensible lay the beautiful
| Helen Mann.
BE was a physician, and the only gentleman
| near to help, and he had thus right to lift
her carefully and tenderly in his arms, and
bear her to his Office lounge; but, because ne
was physician, had he right to press upon
her pale lips such passionate kisses, to call her
! by such endearing names? Well tor him IT
was that the little bird that carolled on the
did elm that shaded the spot where Helen had
fallen. was a discreet little creature, and not
one of those gossipping ones that tell all they
see. and more too But she only carolled the
louder and sweeter, and thus drowned the love-
tones of that human voice.
Long and anxiously did Edward bend over
his patient, and the pride and JOY ne feit on
winning his diploma were slight indeed COM
pared to what he felt when at length the golden
fashes of the maiden were slowly raised, and
the color came back to her whitened cheek.
Not till then did he call his aged aunt to assist
him. Perhaps he did not think of it before;
he was indeed busy in applying restoratlyes,
and, doubtless thought it would be time lost
to wait for other help to come.
Helen had been driving out alone when her
horse took fright and ran. Fortunately, she
was more frightened than hurt in her fall, for
though severely bruised, there were no bones
broken. Her parents found her an hour after
ward ensconced in the spare chamber of the
good goo aunt very pale and weak, with swollen
wrist and ankle but so much better than they
had feared to see her, that their hearts were
glad indeed, and they would have carried her
home forthwith but to this proposition the
doctor objected strongly.
"She fainted," said he, "as we were bringing
her from the Office here. 1t would be death to
move her."
"Wel!, well, said the father, in tone that
brought the color again to the cheek of his
daughter, cas- she is your first patient, l sup
nose it won't do to interfere. You've a repu
| ttot;on To earn and You must do what you