Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-11-24

| ther n neculiar. constrained wav. as she
said that her master had gone TO the hand
farm.
"And Miss Kate9" 1 said.
"She's down in the wood, sir" said the
girl.
waited 10 hear no more, but ran along
the garden, leaped the gate, and crossing
two fields. went through the wilderness,
and over the slile into the wood.
"Mv DARLING - Ikent repeoting. az bur-
ried on o,nec,ipg IN meet her at every
inrp and tben stopned short with terri.
ble pa,u seeming 10 catch nv heart. Twas
dizzv. faint raging with anger. and half
~, ali in tnrn. hnt tho, all nassau otr to leave
a bitter. crushing sense of misery, as held
| on by a young sapling, and peered at the
scene before me.
There stood, with her back 10 me, Kate
false, false Kate-with the arm OF tall,
handsome, military looking man encirclng
her waist, her head resting on his shoulder;
and even as gazed, he bent his head down
and she raised her arms-her face--her lips
to meet his kisses, as he folded her tightly
TO bis breast.
saw no more, but stole blindly away,
went TO the stable, sadded and brided the
horse In a dreamy fashion, mounted, rode
back 10 Burnley, threw the bride to the
man, walked straight TO the station without
seeing Fred Garnet, and went of 10 Lon
don.
Six months glided by, and then was
once more called upon to take charge ofthe
practice OF a friend in the suburbs.
1t was one dark night In the winter that
l was just going TO bed, half wishing that
had had call-for knew that l should
only lie and toss about sleepless, and was
too good doctor 10 take my own drugs
when the surgery bell rang sharply, aud
the summons that l had wished for came.
1t was policeman with a hanson cab.
| and his oilskin shope wet and yiyidly in
the red light of the lamp over the door.
"Axiden, case sir. he said. "Dr Barker
in the next streets got il In and. sir. and
| he wants help"
learned from him that gentleman had
been knocked down by the very same cab
we we're in, and trampled upon by the
horse before the wheel went over and broke
his leg.
We we're there in few minutes, and
was shown into the back parlor of a COM
Torta bly, furnished house, where the suffer-
| er had been laid upon a mattress.
A brief conversation with my colleague
ensued, and he told me what he feared and
how he was situated. auolher important
call demanding his presence. The result
was that agreed that we would examine
the patient, and then would stay ill DIR.
Barker's return.
A faint groan from the mattress Saluted
| us as We turped 10 our patient. and as
held the lamp over his face, and the light
fell upon the fair hair and dropping nous
tache, nearly dropped 1t.
| "Nonsense," ;" thought. Mine enemy de-
| liyered into nv hand. Kate's lover lying
bruised and broken,-crushed like n reed
at my feet. And now / need not kill him
to be revenged for all his cruelty TO me,
but stand by supine, and he would die.
For n few brief moments told me that
nossessad grea,ar lnowIed,e than NV col
ieague and ,bo, ~ I xitI,belJ mine noih-
inc which Dr Rarker conId do wonId save
the fame even now trembling in the sock
a, or ,iro,s ,omn
The scspe in The wood aasbed before me
once AGAIN ma 7 Stood ihare-Kata,s sweet
,.oo rn,n,n.d o.LiDr, 70, lii &C.,, lissos
and ali So vivid that INV brsin reeled and a
mist Aoated herore nv eves
"Wbo, do Won ,bint Nr IowIarpu said
a voics nj NV eIbow and started hack in
| IN the nresent
..Tba, he,u ha mas, savin, In nm horru
said onie,Ir
"I fear so" said DIR. Barker sbrucuinp
his shorlders
,.Trnlas,n
Hero nnfoIded nv plans as 7 said bi,.
,erIv IN nvsalf "And bea coaIs or IRE nm
on his head Kate take vour lover. and
God forgive youp
"Excellent - exclaimed Dr Rarker who
was a frank eeptlemaulv fellow. without
professional iealousies and in an hours
time we had done all that was necessary.
our patiept was breathing easily. and DR..
Barker was shaking nv hand.
"He's saved. Mr.Lawler. You've saved
his life. Now pu be off and get hack in
an hour,s time. You,ve given me The
greatest lesson in surgery 1 ever had In nv
life"
And then was alone. thinking bitterly
of what had done.
Observation-Disclosures
These words feebly muttered brought me
TO myself. and was the cold, hard man
once more as rose. and taking the lamp.
bent down over nv patient, whose ewes
now opened and be stared at me.
"Wbere,s Kate ?" he asked; /; Dand where
| "a, - IL .,ooood aho.,