The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-06-18

q OF pure mlscn'ef 10 klss her,she screameGs
/ and ran from the roosA,. ITS abomiAable
. In DR.. Randolph to shut me up so," Rosa
r mond said "Cous:nJane," said the sur
prising little creature, she's just doing it
to keep me out Of the way of other peo-
pie. For, do you know. ! believe the
mans in love with melg
i .Rosamond, am ashamed of you!" |
said.
mo, you're rot" sld she. you'd
have cried your eyes out1--you know you
would-it had died, and you wouldn't
have been at all ashamed Of me; and I
haven't changed since then, except to get
better. So you see, logically, you can't
be ashamed Of me; you cught to study
logic, Cousin janet" Bus after all the
pretty mink had only meant to find out
what [ thought about it--an attempt in
, which she was unsuccessful
But at last the doctor took Rosamond
in his arms one day himselS, and carried
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her down 60 the great chair by the varlor
fire, | following behind with shawls and
} pillows. l caught my dress, however, in
: a rod Of the stair carpet, and was delayed
a moment, and before | reached the door
: could see him leaning over the back of
the great chair, as he pulled her shawl
about her, trembling and flushed. "Well,"
thought, "who could carry. Rosamond
down STAIRS, and not be trembling and
Aushed!" when was stopped by what
; sotlowed. ~ 1863" 500 t"Ha" t*1I#at t3
3 4 suppose you are thinking Rosa
= mond said, looking up at hlna, over the
8 back OF the chair, that you have saved
r my life!' 4.
d Il WISH" he said, SO low that guessed
d Gather than heard it,-"I wish might
8 think, then, that it belonged 80 me-" And
almost before he finished, as If he could
nc more help it than breathiag, he had
, bent and kissed that upturned forehead
And Rosamond's face was crimson then,
and she was murmuring, GLOW can you
take such an unfair advantage?n And
just as was on the point of dropping
: everything, and running awss so let them
settle it by themselves. the bell rang and
DIR. Randolph stood on the. other side of
the fireplace, leaning one aim on the
y shelf, when Mr.. Irving came In. .Ha
Rosamond was too weak Sor many of
her old airs and graces; but she had re-
lowered herself instantly, and Was look
. ling up at DR.. Randolph, wAsre he stood
glowering down at her, and was laugh
ing in her bewitchirg and irresistl BILE
way; and she turned graciousls aud greet
Led Dir. Irving, and inquired fer his horses
Hand bis dogs, and became 50 delightfully."-
Iilterested in his racy accoant of what his
Bellerophon could DO, that there was
nothing for Dr. Randolph..te do but to
make stiff bow and comsaway--onlyt to
be called back to Rosamond, As, holding
out an implorng little haEd; she SAID.
: 'But you Will come to ses me asain?"
Il hardly think you need me- he said.
"Oh, do, I dol" she saia, and her lip
: was trembling; and he did not reply; but
: when he dropped her hand he had pressed
: it SO close that it was vAhitc.
So DR.. Randolph came again; and
Emma just then had sprained ankle, so
: that his visits had an excuse for being
bot hardly think he -vexed Rosamond
with another word or sign she could re-
ipulse-whether he felt be had been
I wrong in agitaling patient, and was
0 waiting for complete recovery, or whether
: he was one of those vsho can take No fos
! N answer 08r6t "a l83.Qt
: Il sec ho.~ it's all going to end sai
7 Emma to me. "Rosamondls going to bs
: Mrs. Dr. Philip Resaolph, and I'm onay
= going to be Miss Smith! It's horrid to be
M; ss Smith--Miss Emma Smith! lt's
' dignifed to be Mrs. Anything! You're
: Of SO much more importance; somebody
chosen you out Of all the world. CHI, l
' wish was engagsa, and with something
romantic in it---so.the real affinity! What
do you think, Coasin Jane?' asaa aaflola0
Emma said Z 81 think you're q fool"
Il Meanwhile Rosamond evidently did
not know what to make Of DR.. Randoph's
behavior; and, whether it was the. effect
+ of diphtheria or love, she was losing all
her gay spirits, and becoming moody