The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-02-12

as she spoke he let the mask fall again, and
| CLEAN of satisfied fun looked out of his eyes.
What made you say that2 You did not
mean itl'' said Miss Rowe, as petulantly as
| if he had been a ten years acquaintance
| instead of ten minutes.
And besides-that is an opiate, is it not?
-opiates will not stop my headaches. /
| have tried them; in fact, have tried every
| thing"
This Is not an opiate, and it will cure
| your headache-that is, If you will give it a
fair chance. Your mind must be diverted
| from the pain to other things
THAT is easier said than done. What is
| going to divert my mind?"
Il am going to talk to you"
''Indeedi''
| The indeed was so expressive that first
DIR. Richie laughed and then Miss Rowe
| laughed too. He sat for a few minutes idly
| twirling the glass in his fingers Every now
| and then the sun fell upon 1T; then flash
| of light would dart into some remote part of
the car and the nervous passenger upon
whom 1t CHANGED to fall would start like one
! of the little hammers of piano when key
Is struck.
II see you are not sure 1 am what pre-
| tend to be-
NO"
"But you do not find that headache very
endurabie either?''
| NO"
sAnd SO you are going to take this medl-
| cine?"
| Il suppose So"
/ He put the glass into her hand, and she
/ drank its contents with a half defiant, half
resigned air. Then q few minutes silence,
during which she pointed several severe
moral reflections against herself, and waited
/ to see what would happen next What
| happened next was another piece of clairvoy-
ance on the part of DR.. Richie.
II see you think the Transformation long
| time coming. We have reverted to the
| Thousand and One Nights and that was
| doubtless bewitched draught."
81 don't see that it has any effect at all,''
| answered Margaret obdurately.
"Oh, that is because your mind has not
| yet been diverted. Just mention some
cheerful subject, and 1 will enlarge upon it."
| promptly.
Prayer meetings." suggested his patient
The doctors eyes twinkled. Very good
| A bowling prayer meeting in Virginia, for
instance. Have you ever attended one?'
mo; ] never was in Virginia"
They may be held wherever there are
any colored people of the Methodist per-
sussion, for aught know; but the one L saw
1 was near Harper's Ferry
II went into a Methodist church once
with my brother when we we're both little
Children said Margaret, speaking with
some animation. Eve had no idea what
| they were going to DO, and when the 'Amens'
| began to go up all around us we were fright
| ened almost out of orr wits. 1t was crazy
| old building, full of echoes, and the respon-
ses were so confused they sounded like
groans. We thought half the congregation
| were taken with the cholera"
DR.. Richie laughed. That was mild COM
pared with the proceedings of the unedu
| Gated colored people. At the meeting 1
/ attended half a dozen benches at least were
broken in the course of an hour. / should
| be sorry to speak disrespectful!y of devo-
tional exercises, but really 1t don't seem to
me that jumping up and down as high and
| fast ones muscles will permit can be
| classed under that head.''
II shonId think not" said Miss Rowe,
| rather sea 1dalized.
"But that is what they did. And every
hop came to an end with Praise the Lordl'
| There was one young fellow standing close
| by the pulpit who jumped SO high that he
actually came down inside of it, But the
| climax came when the minister stood up to
| can see de Lord dis minutel | can see Him
step to de edge OBJ de cloud, tip one ear up
an de odder ear down to listen to de cries
/ oh his children
Such look as Margaret gave, and such
incredulous eyes as looked up to himl
Il do assure you that have not exagerta-
| ed word. l saw and heard all that-to
say nothing OF much more like it-with my
own eyes and ears. And these people had
/ not the least idea that they were guilty of
| any irreverence. They were simply praisipg
| the Lord, as they thought, II the manner
most acceptable to Him."
Acceptable" calculated Margaret. "Why
| don't somebody go and teach them better?'
Are you planning to go yourself? Better
| think twice." 1t was again the same care
less testing tone that had made her doubt
every word he had said at first. She felt
bewildered. Surely there had been strain
of earnestness in it a minute before. But
| perhaps that was only assumed to entrap
ner into the same thing. He should not
succeed again, even though he had succeeded
/ m inc hor headache r q
| wished the headache would come back; to
| prove HIM in the wrong.
"You must make a good deal of allow
ance," cody continued the enigma who had
installed himself as her physician-'allow-
ance, l mean, for their temperament, their
Oriental feryor of Imagination. 1t is not like
ours"
Very fortunate that it is not, Dr.
Ritchie," answered Margaret with resolute
indifference. She was not sure but she was
beginning to feel sleepy. Suddenly a
thought struck her that reused her for a
moment, and made ner feel doubly provoked
with herself. As If that were not enough,
another piece of clairyoyance from the
enigma.
81 fully understand that you do not be-
lieve yet that have any right to my own
name, and that you addressed me by it In
voluntarily. Let me beg you not to be
annoyed by that, but to go to sleep as soon
as possible. You will be the better for ii
when you reach Pittsburg."
Very we'll" she said, not knowing what
else to say. Possibly he would not be able
to read her thoughts when she was asleep,
and had none. 1t was not strictly true,
either, that she disbelieved his statements.
He might be DR.. Ritchle-yery probably
was, her comon sense told her. Almost any
other man in the car she would have be.
lieved if he had made the same statement
But In the case of the probiematic doctor
the very air around him seemed to be unreal
There was q steady, keen light In his eyes
that might be mockery or it might be only
humor. She doubted whether he meant
anything he said, whether he was not con
: tinually playing with his neighbors, and
experimenting upon them even in his lightesi
words. There are people who get the credit
,, of such mental chemistry whether justly o,
unjustly. DR.. Ritchie-if that was his name