The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-12
lFIom the Caswell's Family Magazine. ]
A Blight i'm Summer.

Was uyluB OF EOubs luis was the an
nOuncsmeat by the servant. Saying
that l lad beet consulted about 8
"terTible wherritin' pain in the hack
Of an old lady Of fseventy-tive this was
my first call.
"Fhere's Miss Kate a-watehing for
u.s."
could see the fiuttsr Of a white
dress by the gate as We drove on, but
my attention was too much taken up
by the prettiness of the place, and
vas gaping idly about, thinking moth.
ing of "Miss Kate" and her cares,
when the gig stopped and / jumped
down.
"Here lie Is, uncle dear" she cried.
"rime he was here" exclaimed
some one, with a savage rOar.
After giving various little orders !
placed the tender leg In an easy posi-
tiOn, the patient breaking out into
furious sXclamatiOns the while. Then
by meaEs Of some hoops from a small
wooden tub, l made q little gypsy
tent over the limb so that the cover.
| ings did no touch the eXqusitely tsn-
der skin, and at the end OF half an
hour had the pleasure OF hearing q
sigh OF satisfaction, OF seeing u smile
steal over the face. Which was now
smooth and bedeEsd with n gentle
perspirAtion, and directly after, 10
drOwsy voice, my patient said.
'iKitty, my darling, he's trIfIOn
Tske him into the next room with
apologize to him, and tell him.,
not always such beast"
He was half asleep already, WI ah0
even in that short hOur-e New
fallen into dream, q dream
/ VINO had never loved befCys find
thought of it, but as sickly be-
girl stuff, unwOFth of busy men. Ven-
/ can not tell you how the u.at
passed, only that Kate Anstey had
implored me net to leave her uncle
yet; and /? / was her slave, and
would have done her bidding even to
the death.
He was sOOn better, bit my visits
to the farm were more frequent than
ever. 1 went one day as usual, but
instead OF Kate being at the window
and running out to meet me, the old
gentleman stood at the door, looking
very angry, and he at once caught
hold Of my coat and dragged me into
the Kitchen.
"Is anything wrong ?" / said, trem-
bling.
ayes, lots" said the old man.
"What do you come here for ?"
"FOr mercy's sake, don't keep it
back 90 ] said, for the room seemed to
swim round me. "Is Kate i'll ?u
i'Yes-I think she is" he said
grufiy. "But look here, young man,
what does this mean >"
"Msan 2" | said. "Oh, Mr.. Brand,
if she is i'll let me see her at Oncs r
"She don't look very bad," he said,
peering through the crack of the door
into the parlOr, where could see her
white dress "but say, young man,
you'd better not come any more.
She's growing dull, and / can't have
my darling made a fool Of"
"Made q fool of 90 l stammeTed.
"Yes," he said gruffiy "what do
you come here for ?'
WAS silent for q minute, with q
WOndrOus feeling stealing over me, as
at last my lips sAid-I did not prompt
them-"becAuse / love her with all
my heart"
"And you have told her so ?"
"NOt o word" 1 said, slowly. My
hand was being crushed as In a wise
the next minute.
"Pm not n gentleman, Doctor, but
I know one when I mest 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 girls heart
would be the greatest seOundrel that
ever stepped on Gods earth"
The whole OF this part of my life is
so dreamy that 1t is all like some
golden vision. But l was at her
chair, 1 know, and that glorious eve
ming was content to watch the soft,
dreamy face beside me, as she sal
there with her hands folded in her
lap, watching the sunset.
At last we rose and walked together
through the wood, to stop at last be-
here In low, broken words 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 wife.
/ went home that night riding in 6
wonderful triumphal chariot instead
of q gig, and, to my great surprise, on
reaching the house there was Fred
Garnet :
"Baek already ?n stammered.
"AlTeady? Why the months up,'
he said, laughing. "YOu must have
had good sport With your fishing
Master Max"
1t came upon me like thunder, thi:
return, and l lay that night awake
happy, but miserable, for this meant
the end OF my visit, and what was II
come in the future ? / had no
| thought of that.
/ put it of for the time, and having
obtained willing permission from
Garnet, 1 went his rounds the mex
way to the farm.
/ fancy the servant looked at me II
| rather 3 peculiar, constrained way a
she said that her master had gone Il
ths off-hand farm.
"And Miss Kate?" said.
"She's down In the wood, sir" salt
the girl.
l Iwaited TO hear no more, but raj
along the garden, Ieaped the gate
and, crossing two fields, went through
the wilderness, and over the stile In
to the wood.
"My darling ~ 1 kept repeating, q
/ hurried on, expecting to meet he
at every turn, and then / stOppe,
short, with q horrible pang seeming
to catch my heart. l was dizzy, faint
raging with anger, and mad in turn
but that all passed off 10 leave 8 bit
ter, crushing sense of misery as
held on by young sapling, and peer
ed at the scene before me.
There stood, with her back to me
Kate-false, false KRte-with the arm
of q tall, handsome, militaTy-lOOkinI
man encircling her waist, her hes
resting on his shoulder and, even 8
1 gazed, he bent his head dOwE an
she raised her arms-her face-he
lips to meet his kisses, as he fOlde'
her tightly TO his breast.
saw no more, but stole blindlI
away, went to the stable, ssddled snC
bridIed the horse in q dreamy fashion
mounted, and rode back to Burnley
threw the bride to the man, wakes
straight to the station without seein
Fred Garnet, and went of to London
Six months glIded by, and then
was once more called upon to tax
charge Of the practice OF friend i
the suburbs.
1t was one dark night In the winte
that l was just going TO bed, ha
wishing that had had call-fOr
knew that ! should only lie and toe
about sleepless, and l was too good
doctor to try my own drugs-Whel
the surgery bell rang sharply, and th
summons that / had wished for came
1t was 8 policeman, with hand
some cab, and his oilskins shOne we
and vividly in the red light OF th