Louisiana capitolian., 1880-05-29
BATON ROUGE, LA, SATURDAY, MAY 49, $780,

time, an underlined apprehension some
times think may die, as mother did
Of consumption.
Got any religion 2
why, certainly, doctor, should
hope SO, | am Il church member, ant
have been for years, love my religion,
and quick, sympathetic tears affirmed
the truth of the prompt assertion.
Ever seen Jesus Christ sick and Wis.
tied Him. or naked and clothed Him, OF
ministercd to the thousand-and-onc
wants Of the little ones forever repre-.
scnting the Saviour's symbolizcd suffer.
ings"
Alas, no' sighed poor Miss Lacey.
q have wanted for years, but this ncrv-
BUSINESS units me for anything useful OF
practical. ! give regularly to several
charitable objects, and hope some good
is done in that way
EH,mph. Well, I'm going now.
Don't know just what shall prescribe,
but feel confident ! can help you. Per
'haps III run in again before night with
dircctions-blcss me, what looking
gloves! VIII You mend these for me,
my dcar'
Certainly, with pleasure laughed
Miss Lacey, and for an instant there
was no trouble III her clear eye.
'You see,' added the doctor, apologeti-
cally, "my housckecper isn't much on
mending, according to my idea, and
then there's only my boy, the young
doctor, as people call him-thc most
giacclcss piece. As for wife,'-and the
voice grew wonderfully tendel-'dca1'
wife has been singing in Paradise those
dozen years or more The door opened
and closed softly, and the doctor was
gone.
what funny doctor! what Il queer,
dear old gentleman thought Miss
Lacey; and these gloves! Well, have
q piece of work here, no mistake; must
get out my piccc-bag and find some bits
of silk Or something and forgetting her
fears and weakness, she was soon doing
her best towards repairing the doctors
wcll-won riding gloves.
Presently there came knock at the
door, and Mrs. Cameron was admitted,
the every respectful Scotch woman"
whom Mrs. Lowell had recommended
as a first-class laundrcss, neat, and Il
church member
The woman bore in her arms Il goodly-
sized basket in which were various arti-
cles Of clothing beautifully done up.
As Miss Lacey rose to receive them,
Mrs. Cameron remarked
Perhaps some one is sick i the house;
saw the doctor gang ava just as l was
coming in
Il was not fceIin very answered
Miss Lacey; 'hc came to see me-
Oh, did he miss and isn't the auld
gentleman .jis'l lovely" And in the
most enthusiastic terms she told me of
the great goodness and kindness ex-
pcricnccd at the doctors's hands. Told
how all her life was bound up in her
'onc wee grille, her bonnie little Janic,'
who had never been strong since the
first time she had commissions caused by
Indigestion, and how 'mony was the
night the guide mon had Stad until the
mornin,' and niycr apcnny Of pay would
he take for it,
DO you know the young doctor,
mann ?
no, | am a stranger here, and know
very few persons
well, miss, the young doctor is a
winsome lad, and a Christian indeed.
He tells me oft | shouldn't fret for fear
my Iassic will be ta'cn from me. but
pray the guide God to spare me one eve
lamb, an it be His will. Slie practiccd
with his father the year or more, and
how the auld doctor loves him! He has
4 funny way Of calling him all kinds of
ncamy names, but livery one knows
he is the light of the auld mans eyes"
And soon after Mrs. Cameron gathered
up her basket and departed.
Miss Lacey had had success in clos
ng up the gaping rents in the doctors
gloves, the tca-hour had come and
gone, but no doctor had reappearcd.
"Oh, he thinks me too comfortable a
patient to need much attention." she
thought, rcpiningly, "but he might at
east have told me what my complaint
was.' ''l'hcr! the bell rings perhaps
hat is he now.'
And the next moment a rap at her door
being answered, Dr. Blunt entered, hur-