The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-14
II can remove it safely, my darling

Il can remove IL safely, my ddTteng
/ Trust me 20
Through the look of agony in the
brown eyes there flashed for a second a
/ light that lent fresh nerve to the pracuced
hand. The bright steel instrument glided
TO its task; then. as he Withdrew it, the
Doctor shuddered little, but the danger
was over.
Can't you fancy how that instrument
was flung observation-disclosures how the
graceful head rested. for an instant, where
never wOman's head had lain before?
The mothers tears flowed fast now, for
with all her icy rebukings June's mother
loved her child, and she could find no
words to tell her gratitude.
Once more the Doctor bending over his
patient, message was given and received,
though no syllable was uttered.
/" will come again before evening""
said the Doctor to Mrs. MarstOn. Mean
time, please keep all pins at safe dis
tance !"
They were happy thoughts that kept
him company till he sprang upon the steps
of his own residence, with the brightness
in his heart shining in his face, and he en-
tered his sanctum singing gayly:
''Nita, Juunita, lei me linger by thy side!"
and then his eyes fell upon Ruskin, with
the paper folder still between the leaves,
marking that eminently proper passage
about girls"
Aunt Rachel never disturbed him till
the dinner hour, and then she met him
with a lofty air of displeasure that was
comicaI, considering the culprit's six feet
of manhood. Utterly ignoring her dis
pleasure, Reginald slipped his soup, re-
marking pleasantly, "Mr. Niles can walk
on crutches now, aunty. | shall take him
to ride tomorrow ~
"Indeed! | should imagine you pre-
ferred daintier company" with a little
sneer.
Sometimes | do, and then | take it;
as, for instance, this afternoon. Eth,
Aunty! is that what you mean -
= You were sufficiently conspicuous in
your devotion, and she was evidently in
high spirits. Ugh! can hear that loud
laugh nOw!"
There was dangerous flash in DIR.
Deane's eyes, but he only answered quiet
ly:
" Pardon me, Aunt Rachel! June never
laughs cOarsely or bOisterOusly. Her
laugh is music itself.
- June, indeed - retOrted the irate maid
en-. You treat her-and she seems to
like it, too-just as if she were little girl.
NO young ldtlN Will II VI StIl-Ic-
spect would allow herself to be spoken of
in that way. You are making yourself
the subject of most unpleasant remarks -
Not word from the Doctor, and Miss
Deane was much too eager to notice how
the brows were bent together.
Reginald! What do you mean? You
have never paid any lady the slightest at
tention, though you have met the most ele-
CANT girls. and now this saucy chit seems
to absorb all your thoughts. 1t isn't right.
and"
"Wat aciU do!'' came in clear, even
tones from across the table; yet there was
a ring in them Aunt Rachel had never
heard before
Il believe | am old enough to choose my
own way. have chosen it. Aunt Rachel,
and you may as well know itnOw as at any
time. June. ''-ah how tenderly he spoke
the name" June MarstOn will be my wife
when the May roses bloom, and there will
be summertime for me all the rest of my
days.
Poor Aunt Rachel, speechless for once.
All the Doctors anger vanished as he saw
her utter dsmay; the old spirit of fear re-
turned, and this was what he said as he
left the room:
- You told me aunt that 'ons s10aLLo10 Z
didn't make a SUMNER Well, perhaps it
hasn't; but a SloaLiOU has certainly hasten .
ed the promise of mine. In this case it was .
the stoaLio11 Of pinf''
Then he went to his pets, the flowers,
and whispered to them his new delight /
He peeped into the parlOrS, stately and de- .
SOlate now. and fancied how the bright .
presence of June would change their formal .
look; then, going upstairs, he chose the .
room that should be hers, and dreamed .
how it should look when she had taken
possession.
Oh, the old, old story. The German
poet knew it well when he wrote that
Love has power to give in moment .
what toll can scarcely reach in an age"
Prophet and sOrcerer both ,-foreteiling
paradise and yet seeming to make us in
herit its bliss at once!
How delicious do we find the enchant-
mentl How rarely exquisite are the
dreams that surround us. How divine the
JOY that thrills us, the ecstasy that makes
us faint with rapture!
1t came to our hero with all the dazzling
splendOr of revelation. For weeks there
had been about him les aUants cOmiers OF
the willy Cupid. They had whispered
sweetest hints of the joy that might come,
and now our lover thought no other heart
had ever known such supreme happiness.
Meadtime, June quite forgot her pain, as
she lay with closed eyes recalling the look
and tone she had met in the moment of
peril. Her cheeks grew bright-sO bright
with the leaping blood that Mrs. MarStOn
was anxious lest fever was imminent.
",June, dear, doesn't your head ache ?
Your face is flushed"
The brown eyes opened moment with
a merry laugh shining through them.
Don't be worried, mamma. The Doc
tor said there was no danger now. He
will tell you all about it this afternoon.
Mamma. Tn glad / SlcaLlolDed that PIN"
Mrs. Marston shuddered.
",June, how dare you? II was horrible.
If the Doctor had not been here you would
have strangled."
" Yes-but-mamma "-and the eyes
danced again. the Doctor was here
that's just it. never was so glad in all
my life-hut it hurts me to talk"
Always an enigma to the mother, who
never had an impulse. Mrs. MarstOn simply
thought this some new freak that would
explain itself by and by, so she resumed
her work.
For once, true love ran smoothly. The
Doctor . ''asked mamma " in his own frank
way. The assent was given, but con-
VlctlOn OF uuty required MIS-. MarSlOn 10
give him at length a catalogue of June,s
peccadilloes and flults; to all of which
the Doctor listened with polite impatience.
Fred nearly crushed his hand with a
grasp of cOngratulation.
q All. Rex old fellow; so you propose
to have June all the year round? Well,
she is darling. Anyhow, one proverb is
in spite of its age. One S1Oat-
lo10 did make a summer this time!'
And that was twenty years ago. In this
year of our Lord 1874 girls of Aunt Rach-
ELS pet pattern are quite obsolete, and our
. June " is . '',Junen still. in spite of the
gray curls that cluster where the brown
ones used to be massed.
That " swallow " did make a lifelong
summer for DR.. Deane. who loves his