The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-02
A BLIGHT IN SUMMER.

practice at Burnley belonged to Fred.
Garnet, an old hospital friend of mine,
who had taken to assimple country prac!
tice while had been roaming about the
world as surgeon in emigrant ships, and
during the Franco-German war. We
had met after seven years, when / want
/ ed q months quiet In the country, and
he asked me W attend to his practice,
lwhile he came up TO town to passa a de-
| gree, for he was a hara!studyinS, ambi-
tious fellow.
;Amaii at the door desired.me to come
/ over and see his master, who was "dyiDg
4 of gout." This was the announcement
| by the servant. Saving that had been
consulted about a "terrible wherritin'
pailp in the back of an old lady oi,sev-
| enty- five, this was my first CALL ~
'Tnere's Miss Kate a-watching for
u.s." sa...a gssn,,r a2 -',
| / could see the flutter of white dress
| by the gate as we drove on, but my at
tention was too much taken up by the
prettiness of the place, and I was gaping
| idly about, thinking nothing of "Miss
| Kate" and her cares, When the gig
| stopped, and Jumped down. ,., -Ir5
| "Here he is, uncle, DEAR" she cried.
"Iime he was here" exclaimed some
| one, with . savage roar. u .a- -
After giving various little orders l
placed the tender leg in an easy posi-
| tion, the patient breaking out into furi-
GUS eXclamations the while. Then, by
means Of some hoops from small wood
en- tub, l made little gypsy tent over
the limb so that the coverings did not
| touch the eXquisitely tender skin,a and
| at The end of half an hour had the pleas
! ure of hearing sigh OF satisfaction, of
| seeing a smile steal over the face, which
was now smooth and bedewed with a
gentle perspiration, and directly after,
in drowsy voice, my patient said:
kitty, my darling, he's trump.
Take him into the next room and apollo
gize to him. and tell him Pm not always
such beast"
He was half asleep already, while /
| even in that short honr-I had fallen into
a dream, dream of love; l who had
never loved before, nor thought of it, but
as sickly boy and girl stuff, unworthy Of
busy men. ... ~ D
l can not tell you how that day passed,
only that Kate Anstey had implored me
not 10 leave her uncle yet; and L? was
her slave, and would have done her bid
ding even to the death.
He was soon better, but my visits
to the farm were more frequent than
lever. went one day as usual, but in
stead of Kate being at the window and
running out to meet me, the old gentle
man stood at the door, looking very
angry, and he at once caught hold OF
my coat and dragged me in the kitchen.
sis anything Wrongp l said, trem-
bling.
Eyes, lots" said the old man. "What
do you come here forp'
"For mercy's sake, don't keep it
bac6W l said, for the room seemed to
Iswim around me. 'tIs Kate ill?n
s'Yes-I think she is," he said gruf1y.
''But Hook here, young man, what does
This meanP
"MeanW said. "Oh, Mr.. Brand, if
she is ill let me see her at oncew
"She don't look very bad" he said,
peering through the crack of the door
into the parlOr, where I could see her
White dress; "but L say, young man,
you'd better not come any more. She's
growing dull, and can't have my dar-
ling made fool Of"
"Made fool OF I" [ stammered.
Eyes" he said gruffly; "what do you
come here forW
l was silent for minute, with won
drous feeling stealing over me, as at last
my lips said-I did not prompt them
''because l love her with all my heart"
Sand you've told her SOP"
"Not word, }" l said, slowly. NV hand
was being crushed as i'll wise the next
| minute.
"Pm not a gentleman, Doctor, but 1
| know one when / meet one. There. YOU
may go and talk to her, if it's as you say;
for ii it's true you wouldn't make her
| unhappy; but, my lad, the man who
| trified with that girPs heart would be
the greatest scoundrel that ever stepped
on Gods earth"
The whole OF this part of my lite is so
dreamy that it is all like some golden
vision. But was at her chair, 1 know,
and that glorious evening was content
to watch the soft, dreamy lace beside me
as she sat there, with hands folded in
her lap, watching the sunset.
AT last we rose and walked together
through the wood, to stop at last be-
meath an overshadowing tree, and there.
in low, broken words, l told her loved
her, and in her sweet girlish simplicity
she laid her hands upon my shoulders.
looked up in my face, and promised to
be my little vile.
L went home that night riding in a
wonderful triumphal chariot instead OF
a gig, andto my great surprise on reach
ing the house there was Fred. Garnet,
"Back already?" stammered.
| "Already! Why, the months up" he
| said, laughing. "You must have had
|
MAXI
1t came upon me like thunder, this re-
turn, and l lay that night awake-hap
py, but miserable, for this meant the end
OF my VISIT and what was to come in the
future? had not thought of that.
l put it off for the time, and. having
| willing permission from Garnet, 1 went
his rounds the next morning, and of
course found my way to the farm.
fancy the servant looked at me in
| rather peculiar, constrained wav, as
she said that her master had gone to the
off-hand farm.
"And Miss Kate ~ said,
"She's down in the wood, sir.v said
the girl.
/ waited to hear no more. but ran
along the garden, leaped the gate. and.
crossing 1.-TWO fields, went through the
wilderness, and over the stiIe into the
wood.
"My darlingw kept repeating as l
hurried on, expecting to meet her at
every turn, and then L stopped short.
with horrible pang seeming to catch
my heart. was dizzy, faint, raging
with anger, and hall mad in turn: but
that all passed off to leave a bitter.
cru shinp GeuRe of misarV nc I bald IN i :.