The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-16

love with him. Why aren't they en-
gagedP Why don't they marry? Goo'
gracious it wasn't so when 1 was young
Love has turned his bow into a money
bag. Well hasn't he professiopP"
40 yes, you know he's. physician
But he practices in a country villag,
ten miles from here. and drives over t,
see US. And, dear me, it's the health
est villager'
$50 1 suppose. Why doesn' he settle
herep'
Because there's no opening. Th,
towns full of doctors now"
"And there's no hope of anything
better-let me see, ought to say worse
in the villageP'
"No. He doesn't earn enough pay
for his salt, let alone Sarah's. No, its
hopeless" said /, "unless some ange
of mercy leaves us all fortune"
You needn't leok at me. 1 sha'n't
My will was made years ago. But
should think" she added, refiectively
"that if a young man had any push,
he could find way to support himself
and a wife too. If I wanted to marry
Sarah, I'd emigrate, but I'd do it. Blu,
there! what do 1 careP What should
do, to be sure, without her? No, let
Arnold Parnell marry EN- or Kate, or
any other baggage. My Sarah's too
81 quite agree with Miss Dehone," /"
said mamma, who had walked from her
nap on the lounge. IF young man
is worth marrying, he will find out a
way"
al suppose he will," said I, "by the
time they are both gray-headed."
"Deari dearr' said Miss Dehone.
"What q world it isr' And when Ar
nold's gig stopped at the door that
night, the old lady hitched her chair
round and deliberately turned her
shoulder on him, having first fitted on
q pair of dark blue glasses for the pro-
lection of her eyes from the fire, and
leaned back in her chair to enjoy q nap.
Arnold and Sarah sat down for a game
of cribbage, and perhaps the sound of
the monotonous enumeration lulled her
off-and perhaps they didn't. At any
rate, she soon gave audible testimony
to being asleep; and went into the
back parlor, where mamma was play
ing whist with Kate and two dummies
for EN- and Fred Mallows were so
taken up with each other as to be no
better than dummies. II declare"
said mamma, as EN- trumped her own
trick and Fred placidly revoked, 81
had as lief play with two figure-heads.
Pray, Mr.. Mallows, do you follow Pole,
or Cavendish, or DE Vautre, or"
81 follow my partners lead" said
Mr.. Mallows.
Iwent and looked on at the play; and
as they grew merry and forgetful, I
glanced into the little mirror that re-
flected q corner of the other room, 1
being the only one in the range of its
picture, and saw Arnold's hand pause
in moving the peg, and close round
Sarah's half-suspended one-and there
was no more cribbage played in the
front parlor that night. And, by-and-
by, when Sarah came to bed, I pre-
tended to be asleep, but for all that I
saw her cheeks the color of two carna-
tions, and her eyes shining with such a
sweet light in them as she put down
the lamp and stood leaning her arms
on the bureau and looking in the glass.
"Or she murmured to herself. "And
it will be an old, old woman's firstr'
And heard her crying softly to herself
whenever woke up in the night, as 1
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 fiannels and foot baths, she declared
it was . case for q doctor, and must
send for one.
"Why not have ArnoldP, said 1.
''Arnoldr she cried, with contempt.
"Do You suppose 1 want to make a
clinical lecture of myself for that boyP
Do / want to be a subject for q young
mans experiments? No. I heard
Ems chattering Mallows there last
night, after you went up, telling of Ar
nOld's taking that Irish baby up to his
own rooms to get well; and of his trans
fusing blood from his right arm for that
dying woman-but you see she died
and he hadn't any right to do it. And
l can't say when have felt more indig-
nant when he told of Arnold's taking
out q crew in the life boat in that Sep
tember gale to rescue the people on the
wreck of the Sdrid,sd. Suppose I'd
been one of his patients. and he'd
risked his life SO in the very middle of
my case"
.'How did you hear all that, Miss
DehoneP I thought you were asleep"
Invoke up"
perhaps you heard something
elseP"
81 heard great deal else," said she,
with some emphatic mods, and her lit.
tie black eyes sparkled 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 a novel-a real live
novel, too"
"Do you mean Sarah and Arnold?,
She nodded again.
81 don't think you had any right"
[ began.
"Now you stop therer' she cried.
That's my affair, and not yours. If
can square it by my conscience, I'm not
obliged to square it by yours" Then
the little sprite looked up at me with
The oldest, cheeriest laugh. "Do you
want to know how saw them?" 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 obtuse angle, and 1 saw the
whole room behind me reflected in
miniature in the blue glasses, as if they
we're Psyche mirror.
80, how meanr' 1 exclaimed.
"Pshaw! Why should they mind me
any more than an old tree. 1 am an
Did tree. saw him kiss her hand; and
and should have seen him kiss her
lips, 1 guess-her beautiful sweet lips
If hadn't shut my eyes just then.
D, yes, 1 have a little conscience.
You are going to warn them about meP
You'd better not. The motto on one of
BUR first coins was, mind your own
business. I'll give one of them for
your collection if you'll hold your
tongue. And I'm glad you think it's
mean, too; but then it isn't wise or re-
'pectful for you to say so," said the
midget. "Arnoldp No, 1 want a |
man. He's handsome enough |
oh, he's very well-looking; handsome |
IS Sarah; handsome like King Saul. |
But like an ugly doctor. And my |
.hroat's all fillinO I'M L wish would [