The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-05-23

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tingeIcy i spoke Of l will not say
to you what YOU ought to do, my
dear young lady, but ! promise you,
il am compelled to ask your as
sistance, that | will explain the
whole matter to Harry, just as it
is, and give him q correct report
and understanding ofyour part in
it."
"But how could I ever meet him
agains"
sit will be no harder than it is
now. And | have no doubt Harry
will leave the place if he recover"
II would be glad to help you,
Doctor, but this would seem like
profanity to me-"
"It is to save q fellow-creature's
lite, and be all the blame on me-"
Il wish / could do it, but what
an awful thing it is for a girl to
dop
81 can appreciate your hesitation,
and yet, il you were my daughter
! would say it was your duty to do
it,"
"Thank you for saying that,
Doctor; il decides me. | will do
what you ask"
"Thauks; | will call for you this
evening, and explain 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 tothe Others the part he
had persuaded Kate to act, if 1t
should be necessary, and they had
thanked her over and over for
conenting. 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 be now, Doctor?'' the
mother whispers, and his reply,
/" There is no change" /" They
await the slow turnings 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, aud the
doctor beckons them ont Of the
room.
"In a quarter Of an hour more be
will awaken he says. "Yon,
Mrs. Gilman and Ruth, will stand
near me aud be ready to catch the
first question be asks and answer
it. Miss Dallas, you will stand at
the door and come it / speak to
you, and act IS / have. told you
before. live are prompt and care
full, and God wills It, we will save
his life.p 9i'q Ifll ,f3F lr.
The mother and listers step
softly backtu the bedside, and the
reading the tremor in Kste's
eyer, waits TO speak with her ~
"Yoawill not have to, say "a,
word, Miss Dallas. / will play
the tyrsnnical doctor 10 perfection,
and save yo9, % well as quiet any
that come TO bis
mind. God bless youI'' ~
8s was no. common case with
Doctor Brown, this attendance on
Harry Gilman. When he came to
Melville d poor, unknown graduate,
seeking to establish himself and
earn his daily bread, ii was Harry \
Gilman father who had been the
first 10 trust him, the first 10 say q
kindly word To him, The one who
had taken him tOhis own Aiireside
and made him feel he was in the
llctise n sftieRd, the one who hsd
holnmd him with bis fEiendship ID
al the. succeeding years. Doctor
Bghvh Ris nov, With ll end
Ssro, repaying 70 the son the debt
be owed the father, and ,he, could
not hayesd0nes more for bib OTsy|
shila. As hsioOkea iRao the tqce
Of. .KsCa Dallas OStld hot but
Ieslif iaaytRg tiAeqt 10
was about 70 make IN two lives,