The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-06-06
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Dear nc, how 6, raias, said Hetiy
Wal8s
she bad opened The door lbe least biI
10 The world, 70 zee II there vac Any pros
pocl Of i,s ciesring up, bat The rush Of
wibd and r.ln ths, sSspl 10 Al he srey
ice compelled her 70 close il again almost
instahtaneously.
I, wasa little brown house on The edge
Of the lonely western ioresI-a brown
house, With slopiug caves and bsy win
dow, and dooryAFd fall Of roses whose
crimson clusters gieamed iaintly 10 the
late autumn twilight.
Doctor wallis lived here Doctor Wal
! 10, who bad come west, with his two
daughters scarcely six months ago, and
was the only physician IN radius Of
thirty good miles around
Heuy stood BY the fire, one foot on The
fender, ber dark dreamy eyes fixed on the
red glow Of the burning logs. Sibyl, the
other sister, lay luKariously back in I
cushioned easy chair, waiting for the
lamps 10 be lighted before abe went on
with biz OF Berlin wool work in her lap
Sibyl Wallis was rosy.eheeke1, scar
let-lipped beauty one Of those fair hu.
man flowers, which like the lilies Of
Solomon, are destined neither to toll MOI
TO spin.
Doctor Wallis was poor man aud
kept no servants, but no one ever ex
pected Sibyl to do any OF the rough and
dissgreesble offices consequent upon
housekeeping.
Sibyl busted the parlor, kept the vases
full of flowers, washed the tea china, and
did up her own pretty laees and pocket
hsndkerchiefs; and Hetty, the second
daughter--a brown little elf, with jetty
hair growing low ON her forehead, aud a
colorless olive skin cheerfully took the
prosaic part Of life, as il 1t were her nat
ural inheritance.
~ lhihk VI pun papa Out III al Ahle
tempest! said Hetty, mournfully.
Gentlemen don't mind such things,
said Sibyl; serenely. And, of course, it's
Just what a doctor must expect,
Hush said Helty, suddenly turning
her head in a quick, bird-like fashion
Some one is knocking at the back door.
Perhaps you had better go and see who
1t is, remarked Sibyl, serenely.
1t was man all wrapped up in oilskin
until nothing more than the tip of very
red nose was visible.
Oh, say, miss, sal | the dripping vis-
tant, where's the doctor2
lie isn't in, said Hetty.
Where's Doctor Wallis2 reiterated The
man.
He's out, answered Betty, speaking
loud and distinctly, under the impression
that the inquirer was deaf.
Irs Dakln's boy, said the man; he's
choking TO deatbl
Oil said Hetty. Group, suppose7
Don't know what 1t is, said the mes
senger. Amt no doctor myself. All |
know is that must bring back DR.. Wal
lis, said be, with nod at bis lumber
wagon at the gate.
But you can't il he is out, said Hetty.
The man stood moment, shifting from
one foot TO the otaer, evidently in a
quandary.
Pm blamed If | know what to do, said
he. Well, III tell.ee, Missl Yee just
send the doctor on to Dakin's just as
quick as he comes back. If Dakin's boy
chokes to death, it amt no fault of mine
Aud away rumbled the wagon into the
mist and twilight.
II had hardly disappeared when little
lad arrived with note for Hetty.
It's from papa, said Hetty, hurriedly
opening it, and reading aloud the follow.
ing brief message
DEAR GIRLs:-Old Eldwood Is very
bad, and shall probably be detained all
night. Lock up the house as usual, and
don't expect me until come. Affection.
ately, ii. W.
Oh, dear, said Hetty, blankly; and
what is to become Of Dakin's childf
never saw such girl as you ale
Hetty, said lovely Sibyl, with pettish
contraction Of the brows. You're always
shouIdering other peoples troubles
What is Dakiu's child to us, I'D like to
known
But only Ihiak Of it, Sibyl, said Hetty,
clasping her hands, dear little baby suf-
locating TO death, all for want of the sim.
plest remedies.
We can't help il, said Sibyl, settling
back composedly among her cushions.
Bat am not sure Of that, said Hetty,
briskly. | know the remedies papa uses
for case Of Group and how to use them
I'll 20 myself.
Hetly, cried the elder sister, are you
crszyI
Crazy! said Helly. No, I'm only or
dlnsrily human. The child shan't die il
| can help It.
She went TO her fathers drug closet,
opened il, and took out several littls
yiAls.
Syrup ipecae, said Hetty, with littlC
nod Of her head to each. Asafetida, hive
syrup. simple remedies, but very eiIee
tua II taken 10 time