Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-19

Later in the night there gathered
around the bed of the sick man his
neither and sisters, the doctor and Kate
Dallas. The doctor had explained to
the others the part he had persuaded
Kate to act. if it should be necessary,
and they had thanked her over and over
for consenting. They sat near each
other; the mother and sisters wonder
ing in their own hearts that any girl
could know their Harry and not love
him, but vet, they are woIaen enough
to know that love cannot be forced or
reasoned.
"How is he now, Doctor p the moth
er whispers, and his reply, There is
no change" They await the slow turn
ings of another hour, and then the
sleeper makes some movements with his
lips, and the doctor, bending over,
catches the word, Kate" but he does
not tell it to the others. By and by
there is another movement, and the
doctor beckons them out of the room.
"In quarter of an hour he will
awaken" he says. "You, Mrs. Gill
man, and Ruth, will stand near me and
be ready to catch the first question he
asks anc answer it. Miss Dallas, you
will stand at the door and come If /
speak to you, and act as have told you
before. If we are prompt and careful.
and God wills it, we will save his life. !"
The mother and sisters step softly
back to the bedside, and the doctor,
reading the tremor in Hates eyes, waits
to speak with her.
"You will not have to say word,
Miss Dallas. I will play the tyrannical
doctor to perfection and save you, as
well as quiet any apprehensions that
come to his mind. God bless you p
1t was no common case with Doctor
Brown, this attendance on Harry Gil
man. When he came to Melville a
poor, unknown graduate, seeking to es-
tabIsh himself and earn his daily bread,
it was Harry Gilman's father who had
been the first to trust him, the first to
say friendly word to him, the one who
had taken him to his own fireside and
made him feel he was in the house of a
friend; tine one who had honored him
with his friendship in all the succeeding
years. Doctor Brown was now, with
skill and care, Replying to the son the
debt he owed the father, and he could
not have done more for his own child.
As he looked into the face of Kate
Dallas, he could not but feel it was q
fearful experiment he was about to
make in two lives, but he brushed the
thought aside, and returned to his pa
tient.
There were the premonitory symp-
toms of awakening upon the part of the
sick man, and the hearts of the women
around him seemed almost bursting
with suspense and anxiety. At last the
eyes opened; the wild look in them
gave way to one of recognition, and the
lips feebly uttered:
Mother"
She could not speak her heart was
too full for words, but she bent over
and kissed him.
Have been here long?"
"Not such great WHILE" broke in
the CHEEKY voice of the doctor, "but
plenty long enough. Here take drop
of this" and he gave him some stimu-
lating drops.
"Have been very sick?
You have been pretty sick, my boy,
but you must not talk. Turn over and
go to sleep again, and you can talk as
long as you wish tomorrow.
''Is that Ruth %
eyes, Harry"
60 Tell Kate
Nonsense" broke in the doctor,
i" take little more of this and go to
sleep without another word" but he
turned to Kate, and his eyes said cit
will have to be DONE"
She tried to still the beating of her
heart, but she had no fear for herself.
"Tell Kate"-Harry started again,
but the do ctor, after quieting draught
was administered, said
"Why don't you tell her yourself ?"
"Who? Is she here 2" he asked ex-
citedly, but the doctor caught his hand
quietly, saying, "Do not get excited,
Harry. but listen obey me exactly, and
all will be well. Miss Dallas and you
have had some misunderstanding, but
you have fancied it I'D be much more
serious than it really was. She is here
now to see after you she wants you to
get well, and if you obey me you will. !"
The sick mans eyes opened wider
and wider as his physician proceeded,
and when he said, Miss Dallas is now
here" he would have raised himself,
but the doctor was watching, and pre-
vented his making more than the first
effort. He turned to Kate, and in an
swer to his look, she came close to the
bedside.
"My ORDERS" said the doctor, "are
that you may look at Miss Dallas mo-
ment, but you must not speak, and then
she and your own people must leave the
ROOM"
Kate's face was almost deathly white
as she turned toward Harry.
skate. oh Kate p cried he with the
most supreme happiness written in his
face.
"There, there" said the doctor,
"you disobey me already. Clear out
of the room, you women, at once"
"No," said Harry, ''stop a minute
Kate, will you kiss me 3"
Yes" she said, and she pressed her
lips to his face.
You may go now" he said, and he
took the draught the doctor offered him,
turned to the wall with sweet content
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