Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-09-30

contained two gentlemen and sovoru
large trunks. Ind boon watching 70
it bohind tho lilac-troes, aud l saw tim
our afternoon visitor wins now nccOmpa
Mod by n slight, very fair man, dresses
with extreme caro- in the very highes
fashion. saw also that lIs was hand
some, md was quito sure no must b.
rich, or no doctor would wait upon hin
TO subsequently,.
This doctor | had dislikcd ut frs
sight, aud | Soon began to imagine that
| had good cause to hate him. Ills con
duct TO hiS patient ! believed to ~
tyrAnnical and unkind. Some days he
insisted that Mr.. Compton was too i'll To
20 out, though the poor gentleman
begged for walk and again, mother
said, no would take from him oil his
books, though no pleaded urgently for
them.
Ono afternoon the postman brought
DR.. Orman letter, which seemed 10 DO
important, for no asked father TO drive
him TO tho next town, and requested
mother TO 300 that Mr.. Compton did not
leave tho house. | suppose it was not
right, but this handsome sick stranger,
10 hardly used, 0nd 80 surrounded will,
mystery, had reused in mo q sincere
sympathy for his loneliness and suffer
ing, and | walked through that part Of
tho garden into which his windows
looked. We had boon politely request.
ted to avoid it, because tho sight of
strangers increased Mr.. Compton's nor
vons condition. did not belioyo this,
and determined to try tho experiment.
Ito was loarn out of tho window, and
u saddcr face never saw. smiled and
conrteSIed, and he Immediately lcapcd
tho low sill, and came toward mic. /
stopped and began to tic up so,ue fallen
carnations; no stopped anu helped mo,
saying all tho while / know not what,
only that IL seemed to mo tho most
beautiful language ! over hoard. Thon
We walked up and down tho long peach
walk until | hoard the rattle of fathers
wagon.
After this We became quietly, almost
secretly rs far as DR.. Orman was con-
'erned very great friends. Mother 80
thoroughly pitied Alfred that she not
MY pretended oblivion of our friendship.
ut even promoted tin many ways; and !
Il tho course Of time DR.. Orman began
recognize it's value. was requested
walk past Mr.. Compton's windows
nd shy 'Good-morning,' or offer hi nj |
flower orsomo ripo peaches, and finally |
0 accompany tho gentlemen in their |
hort rambles iii tho neighborhood.
l need not tell you how all this 70.
Irictcd intercourse ended. We were
Don deeply in love with each other,
nd love ever finds out the way to make
imself understood. We had many
two minutes meeting no o4s knew of,
nd when this was impossible rose
ush near his window hid for mo tho
'nderest little love-lotters. In fact,
ulia, found him irresistible; no was
handsome and gentle, and though no
ust have boon thirty-fve years old,
't, to my thinking, no looked hand.
'mer than any young man could have
)ne.
AS tho weeks passed on, tho doctor
omed to have more confidence in us, or
SO ms patient was completely undor
ntroi. They had much fewer quarrels,
ID Alfred and walked in tho garden,
IL oven little way up tho hill, with {
1t opposition or remark. do not ,
low how ! received tho idea, but | !
rtalnly did believe that DR.. Orman ,
As Keeping Alfred sick for some pur. !
SO OF his own, and l determined to ,
ke tho first opportunity of arousing
fred's suspicious. So ono evening, T.
len we were walking alone, l asked T.
m II he did not wish to SEQ his rela- h
'es.
Tie trembled violently, and seemed -.
the greatest distress, and only by tho I,
'dercst words could l soothe him, Us r
1t sobbins, no declared that they were
bitterest enemies, and that DR.. Or a
III was tho only friend he had in the
rid. Any further efforts made to d
at the secret of his life were fruit A
8, and only threw him into paroxisms v
distress During the month of August "
was very i'll, or at least DR.. Orman X
d SO. l scarcely saw him, there were
letters in the rose.bush, and fire.
emily the dispute between the two m
u rose to a pitch which father serious. b,
disliked. -
>ne hot day in September every ono al
9 in tla Galda or o.aLa.l. A.