Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-05
GALLIPOIIS, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY !, 1874


10 ask your assistance, that I will ex-
plain the whole matter to Harry, just
, as it is, and give him q correct re-
: port and understanding of your part
in it
"Bnt how could l ever meet him
again?'
at will he no harder then than it
is now. And | have no doubt Har-
, ry will leave the place if he recov-
ers p"
81 would be glad to help you, Doc
tor, but this would seem like profan-
ity 70 me"
"lt is to save fellow creatures
ife. and be all the blame on me :"
81 wish I could do it. hut what an
awful thing it is for girl to do!'
Il can appreciate yonr hesitation,
sid yet if you were my daughter |
would say it was your duty to do it. "
THANK you for saying that. Doc
tor; it decides me. will do what
you ask"
| Thanks; l will call for you this
evening, and explsin your part to
you"
Later in the night there gathered
around the bed of the sick man his
mother and sisters, the doctor and
Kate Dallas The doctor had ex-
planned 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 wondering in their own hearts
that any girl could know their Harry
and not love him. but yet, they are
women enough to know that love
can not be forced or reasoned.
"How is he now. Doctor?" the
mother whispers. and his reply,
There is no change" They await
the slow turnings of another hour,
aud 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
beekons them out of the room.
.In a quarter of an hour more he |
will awaken he says. "You, Mrs |
Gilman and Ruth will stand near me
and be ready to catch the first ques
tion he asks and answer it. Miss
Dallas, you will stand at the door aud
come if I speak to you, and act as
have told you before. Ii 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 Kate's eyes,
waits to speak with her
"You will not have to say word,
Mss Dallas | will play the tyran
nical doctor to perfection and save
you, as well as quiet any apprehen-
sious that come to his mind. God
bless YOU!
1t was no common case with Doc
tor Brown, this attendance on Harry
Gilman. When he came to Melville
poor, unknown graduate, seeking
TO establish himself and earn his
daily bread, it was Harry Gilman s
father who had been the first to trust
him. the first to say kindly 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; the
one who had honored him with his
friendship in all the succeeding years.
Doctor Brown was now, with skill
and care, repay ing to the son the debt
he owed the father, and be 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 a
fearful experiment he was about to
make in two lives, but he brushed
the thought aside, and returned it to
his patient.
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 soon gave way to one
of recognition, and the lips feebly
uttered:
.Mother"
She could not speak; her heart was
too tull for words, but she bent over
and kissed him.
''Hsve l been here long?"
"Not such great WHILE" said the
CHEEKY voice of the doctor, "but plen-
ty long enough. Here, take drop
of this.' and he gave him some
stimulating drops.
"Have l 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 to-mor-
row."
'Is that RUTH"
"Yes, Harry"
Tell Kate"
Nonsense broke in the doctor,
take little more of this and go
to sleep without another word" hut
he turned TO hate, anu his eyes sald,
''it 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 doctor-after quiet draught
was administered-ssid:
"Why don't you tell her yourself?"
"Who? Is she here?" he asked
excitedly, but the doctor caught his
hand quietly, saying, "Do not get
excited, Harry, but listen; obey me
exactly, and all will be we'll. Miss
Dallas and you have had some mis-
understanding, but you have fancied
it to be much more serious than it
was. She is here now to see after
you; she wants you to get well, and
if you obey me you will"
L