The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-09

for his salt, let alone Sarah's. No, it's
hopeless" said |, unless some angel of
mercy leaves us all fortune"
You needn't look at me, sha'n't.
My will was made years ago. But I
should think" she added, reHectively.
"that if a young man had any push, he
could find way to support himself and
wife too. If 1 wanted to marry Sarah,
I'd emigrate, but I'd do it. But there!
what do I carep What should l do, to
be sure, without herp No, let Arnold
Parnell marry En- or Kate, or any
other baggage. My Ssrah's too good for
him."
'"I quite agree with Miss Dehone,"
said mamma, who had walked from her
nap on the lounge. "1f a young man is
worth marrying, he will find out n
way"
"I suppose he WILL" said L, "by the
time they are both gray-headed."
Dear! dear!" said Miss Dehone.
"What world it isl" And when Ar :
nold's gig stopped at the door that
night, the old lady hitched her chair
round and deli iberately turned her
shoulder on him, having first fitted on
pair of dark blue glasses for the pro-
lection of her eyes from the fire, and
leaned back in her chair to enjoy a nap.
Arnold and Sarah sat down for a game
of cribbage, and perhaps the sound of
the monotonous enumeration and itera-
ton lulled her off-and perhaps they
didn't. At any rate, she soon gave audi
BILE testimony to being asleep; and l
went into the back parlor, where NAM
ma was playing whist with Kate and
two dummies-for En- and Fred Mallows
were so taken up with each other as to
l,o =, n l,offo,. fb dun, dooloro
said mamma, as En- trumped her own
trick and Fred placidly revoked, 1 had
as lief play with two figure heads.
Pray, Mr.. Mallows, do you follow Pole,
or Cavendish, OF De Vautre, Or"
follow my partners lead," said Mr.,
Mallows.
went and looked on at the play; and
as they grew merry and forgetful, l
glanced into the little mirror that re-
tiected a corner of the other room, be-
ing the only one in the range of its pic
ture, and 1 saw Arnold's hand pause in
moving peg, and close round Sarah's
half-suspended one-and there was no
more cribbage played in the front par
lor that night. And by-and-bye, when
Sarah came to bed, 1 pretended 10 be
asleep, but for all that l saw her cheeks
the color of two carnations, and hereyes
shining with such sweet light in them
as she put down the lamp and stood
leaning her arms on the bureau and
looking in the glass. "Oh" she muir
INJURED to herself. 'And it will be an
old, old woman's first!" And heard
her crying softly to herself whenever I
woke up in the night, as I had never
heard her do before.
But the next morning there was no
time for sentiment. Miss Dehone was
ill., And after no end of running with
hot fannels and foot-baths, she declared
it was a case for doctor, and l mnst
send for one.
"Why not have Arnoldp" said 1.
Arnold!" she cried, with contempt.
"Do you suppose I-want to make a
clinical lecture Of myself for that boyP
Do want to be subject for n young
mans experimentsp No. Iheard Ems
chattering Mallows there last night,
after you went up, telling of Arnold's
taking that Irish baby up to his own
room to get well; and of his transfusing
blood from his right arm for that dying
woman-but you see she died-and he
hadn't any right to do it. And / can't
say when l have felt more indignant
than went he told of Arnold's taking out
Il screw in the life-boat in that Septem-
wreck of the Sariana. Suppose I'd been
one of his patients, and he'd risk his life
so in the very middle of my case"
GLOW did you hear all that, Miss
DehoneP thought you were asleep"
II woke up"
"Perhaps you heard something elsep"
81 heard great deal else," said she,
with some emphatic mods, and her little
black eyes sparkling like diamonds.
"And saw too"
- don't see what there was to see."
"Just as good as a novel, my dear,
just as good as novel-a real live
novel. too"
"Do you mean Sarah and Arnoldp"
She nodded again.
Il don't think you had any right"
began.
"Now you stop just there!" she cried.
"That's my affair, and not yours. If l
| can square it with my conscience, I'm
not obliged to square by yours" J." Then
the little sprite looked up at me withithe
oldest, eeriest laugh "Do you want to
know how saw themp" she said.
"Then you put on my glasses. I'm about
done with them" And she thrust the
| blue spectacles on my nose, tilted at an
abtuse angle, and saw the whole room
| behind me reflected in miniature in the
blue glasses, as if they were Psyche
mirror.
"Oh, how meanm exclaimed.
"Pshaw! Why should they mind me
any more than an old treep am an
old tree. / saw him kiss her hand; and
and l should have seen him kiss her
| lips, guess-her beautiful sweet alps
if l hadn't shut my eyes just then. Oh,
yes, have little conscience. You are
going to warn them about mep You'd
better not. The motto on one of our
first coins was, mind your own business.
| I'll give you one of them for your col
lection if you'll hold your tongue. And
I'm glad you think it's mean, too; but
then it isn't wise or respectful for you to
say So" said the midget. ARNOLD
No, want n practical man. He's hand
some euough-oh, he's very well-look-
ing; handsome as Sarah; handsome
| like King Saul. But like an ugly doe
tor. And my throat's all filling up. !
wish you'd hurry. Who is the best doc
tor here-I mean the oldest? Who has
the widest practicep want him." Sc
l sent for DR.. Burns; and the little crea'
ture insisted on seeing him alone, and a
sweet time, we thought, he had OF il
with her.
"He's an old man, very old man,
together too old to practice, and told
him so. If like an old doctor. l DOM
mean Methuselah," said she. " But he's
done me good. feel better already.
shouldn't wonder if l. could go down
stairs"
"Do you think you'd bestP"