The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-09-17

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There's a new book on surgery to
amuse yourself with until [ come
back. Capital article where the
leaf is turned down-a man blown
almost to pieces-but find it for
YOURSELF
THANK you,' said Payne, 'brt if
it's all the same you, old fellow, I
prefer something not quite so
amusing
When DR.. Stone arrived at the
dwelling of the Philips's, the
nurse-maid informed him, as she
opened the door, that the baby
had taken a turn for the better,
dear lamb, and had been sleepin'
peacefully for the last ten min
utes.'
sI'll take look at the little fel-
low said the doctor, springing
lightly up the stairs and gently
opening the door of the nursery
The baby lay in it's crib fast
asleep, and by it's side, holding
one tiny hand, sat very pretty
woman, who, at first glance, the
doctor decided to be about twenty
at the next, at least twenty-five.
Her golden hair was knotted with
artistic carelessness at the back OF
her small, shapely head, a few
pretty tendril-like curls escaping
to lie like little sunbeans on her
low broad brow. Her eyes were
large, soft, bright, dark-brown
and shaded by long silky lashes.
Her nose slightly 'tip-tilted' as
Tennyson has it, lent an archness
to her face. which otherwise, with
such eyes and so perfect a mouth
and chin, would have been fault
lily faultless.' Her dress, Of some
lustreless gray stuff, with a bright
blue ribbon at the throat and
soft lace ruf1es at the wrist, clung
close to a beautiful form; and the
hand that held the baby's was
small, snowy white, and delicately
shaped. All of which did the doc
tor take in at three quick glances,
after the manner of his kind.
"A seamstress-a princess ? was
the judgment he pronounced men
tally as be drew off his gloves,
and with unusual urbanity, pro-
ceeded to make some professional
inquiries about the child.
=. The seamstress answered in a
wonderfully pleasant voice, and in
remarkably well-bred manner.
Baby seems to be all right now,'
said she; 'but think you bad
better wait a little while doctor,
for fear the spasms might return
The doctor seated himself, not
at all unwillingly, it must be con-
fessed, and while the baby still
slumbered entered into converse
with his beautiful companion. In
few moments be found himself
turning over the leaves ofa Brown
ing which he had taken from a
small table by her side, and then,
in another few moments, giving
her to his great surprise, his. .opin-
ion of that writer and his works.
say to his great surprise, for
the doctor was really a shy, re-
served man, and not at all given
to talking poetry to pretty wo-
men, but this woman was so pref
ty.
AS be went on waxing eloquent,
it suddenly struck him that a
needle-womau would not be ia
miliar with these poems, and be
paused, to have her, to his great
surprise, take up the subject and
deliver a criticism far better and
clever than bis own.
From Browning and that more
resplendent genius, his wife, to
Tennyson, Dickens, Thackeray,
and at last George Eliot, OF whom
the seamstress spoke with a deeper
crimson on her cheek and a bright
er light in her glorious brown
eyes. 'Silas Marner,' she said, is
the loveliest-' But by this time
the doctor had become so interest
ed in watching the play of the
prettily curved lips, and the be-
witching dimples that came and
went with every smile, be ceased
to hear what the enthusiastic
speaker was saying; and when
she, looking him straight Id the
face, asked. Don't you agree with