The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-25
THE DOCTORS %CONQUESTS
BIZ JOSEPHINE ROBBINS.

I was almost angry, and felt thoroughly
annoyed when ] received the letter from DR.
Grahame couched in such friendly terms
asking me to allow him TO make my hous.
bis home for the winter, while he prosecuted
some medical Investigations task full Of
painful difficulties, and one which would
keep all his energies on the strain during tn.
whole day.
~ 30 long for some quiet nook" Oh,
wrote mel, where I can crawl away and res,
after my days toll, and l have such n dread
Of strangers. / know, were my old and dem
friend, Arthur, alive, he would open his door
TO me, and SO l feel that his wife will do nc
less"
What could I dor / could not refuse him,
and yet / could but look upon his coming o,
. sort of intrusion. 1 had become SO used
o 10 my lonely way of living, that I wal
Almost happy, at least l was content; and
then In three months more my two darling
daughters would return from school, and
they, too, might not caro- to find n stranger
In their home.
Al this I thought and felt but 1 wrote the
latter of welcome which brought him ut once
glad and at rest, to find q home" he
FASTENED to tell me.
Years Ind made their change In him as
well as in myself, I thought, and he looked
much older and moro careworn than when
~ . AN A4Ck A4AAAl u ~ uftlh-Dtu " lily
husband) to whose side he hastened Mt the
frt knowledge of his illness.
All! yes, his great kindness and tenderness
10 me and my little daughters at hat dread
full time could not be forgotten, and SO /
made him welcome and when, day by day,
he grew int" my life and way Of lying, we
wsfe very content, aud rgrewro LOOK for his
coming at evening with something like in
1mRSwf and than afNar NAa 1a rz,ll -a.l A.
mo while I sat quietly sewing some pretty
hings for my darlings, and little by little l
studied the great man during those long win
Tar evenings, and learned to know him-not
only great in name, but noble, brave and
grand by nature.
None others that ] had ever met seemed
70 combine such manliness and strength with
such thoughtful tenderness and almost wo-
manly gentleness. No one could blame me
that ] dared to hope he might love one of
my daughters. / who knew his great soul.
bis generous nature, knew that naught but
happiness could be the lot Of the woman SO
hest as TO become his wife, and my heart
yearned for such happiness US this for my
children.
And now the school-days were over, and
waited to introduce him TO my two pretty
daughters, Whose fresh young beauty made
die pale mother look older and paler thar
ever, i thought, as / stood with an arm
around each while l told him how | hoped
hey might become great friends. YES, the
SCHOOL days were over, and row as ] hd
promised him all along, When fanci, d he
was wearied with the quiz; of the old house
and me, all would be changed. Thr dreary
halls would echo to the dancing feet o: youth
and beauty, and the girlish laughter would
ripple through the cold parlors whose doors
were rusty upon their iron hinges. Nc more
evenings in my little sitting-room, with no
one but me, a sedate woman of ix-and thirty.
Oh! was glad for lis sake. and SO happy
when he ser my anxious question OF
Are they not beautiful, Doctor Grahnme!r
Yes, they ar lovely indeed more lovely
Than even their mother has painted them.
We shall be very happy, our little family"
Ali I wished it with I'll my heart. and
surely if he could withstand the beaptv of
slays laughing blue eyes and golden-yeilow
curis, kntie's brown eyes and witchiu1 wnys
must capture Lis stubborn heart.
1t was a quiet spring evening, and 1 lef.
Them seated together on the wide piazza. and
slipped away TO ny quiet room, where I
listened to their morry laughter as il sootsd
out upon the still air.
They were happy, aud II W,ll. the chang.
from the LONELINESS of tine past two years 10
the joy of having my two darlings once moro
with me, had mad ne strangely sad, from
cheer happiness. ] thought. I had often
heard of joy that Killed, aud somehow l felt
IS If my hear: wou lbreal all that long even
ing-and it W long, 30 much longer, 1
thought, than even those dull evenings which
the doctor and Ipassed all by ourselves; but
il passed at last, and as my two daughters
burnt Into my room, with rosy cheeks and
eyes aelnw with happiness, Ifelt that l was
blessed d. d in their dear presence.
Weeks passed, filed full of Joy for the
two bright girls, who walked and rode daily
with the doctor aud he seemed bent upon
making their lives one endless round of
pressure, and to have almost completely for
gotten me-so stately and coldly would he
bid me ~"good-day when we CHANGED TO
meet, which was but seldom nowadays.
Tor purposely kept myself apart from them
who conld ind no amusement in poor, sad
me.
And oh! I had made a discovery which
mad threatened TO kill me with humiliation
and shame. ] had recognized the tuepino
inhappiness at my heart, the spasm off ieai,
busy which swept over Inc each time he
smiled upon my children. / loved the man
vhom i had wished to become my son, and
70 whom already my frst-born, my May. had
given her heart, not without the asking, for
10 had said to her, one evening under the
moonlight Little May, 1 hope some Cay
% nave the right to love and protect you
lways."