The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-29
KILL OR CURE.

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KILL OR CURE.
One evening, late in November, an
elderly man, with beetling brows, pierc-
ing grey eyes, thin compressed lips, and
long bony hands, sat in shabby fur
nished room in splendid old house,
casting up accounts by the light of q
single candle. The weather being cold,
one Of those baskets for live Goals which
ale sometimes appropriately called '.kill
joys" glmmered in the huge CRATE. The
door Of the room, which opened into the
fine oak pannelled hall, was ajar, and
presently servant girl, bearing light,
fitted by from the stair case. Her mas
ter called her; "Ri, Jenny! come here.
What makes you look so sca1eds Is your
mistress worseg'' a.s. 9 .r.....
Tim afeard so, Sir Timothy -
Sch! what9 really bad?'' .g ....
.sYe-es.'' e~: ~ z .-.,..-sl 5.-
"Going to dies'' 5s .....
"She says so, Sir Timothy, and oh she
looks it, too. 20, sir,'' cried the girl
earnestly, hurting out what was on her
soul, eff she were to die without a
doctor" a~
This abnormal possibility shocked Sir
Timothy Grabham also, the invalid being
in 9 manner dear to him.. It was very
general notien amongst his neighbors
and tenants that the man was incapable
of caring for anybody; but this was pre-
JUDGE; he did care for his wife after his
own fashion. It was not perhaps an en-
thusiastac attachment, or deep one: I
dom suppose he loved her as well as q
good bargain, for example, but compare
sons are odious. $50.
he renamed silent for while look
ing, down and then muttered: I declared
that would never send for that fellow
Radford again. which was an error on
his part; he had never made that rash
observation-1t was Mr.. Radford who
had vowed he would not come. '
''shall Charles 60 for DR.. Radford,
please, Sir Timothya'
"There is no one else, so suppose he
must" ...rs =
Jenny vanished in search of that foot
man-groom- gardener named Charles and
her master tined to get back into his
sum, but made q mistake Of twopence
farthing, and relapsed into reverie. -..
Sir Timothy Grabham was not a nice
man, but If he had remained Indifferent
to his wife's condition, he would have
been monster. She had now, for thir-
ty years, devoted herself to the difficult
task OF pleasing him; she had brought
him money, and saved him money; born
economical, she had developed the facul-
ty into extreme meanness to gain his ap-
probation. Passion would have been
out of place at his age, and hers, but he
esteemed her. ....:.. s..
After hard days work Mr.. Radford
had turned into bed with the snug con-
viction that he was going to remain un-
disturbed up to eight o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning, tor his last GLADYS cases.
was going On as favorably as if civilizs-
ton had been unknown, and no fellow
creature looked to him for introduction
into the world for the next fortnight to
come. But at halt-past eleven hls sleep
was broken by the night-bell, and he
had to wrench himself from his warm
nook in the feathers, feel for his dressing :
gown and slippers, blunder into his dress
ing room, which looked out on the front
of the house, and opened the window.
'sWhat is it2' he shouted, shivering as
the frosty night. air blew in upon his face
and played about his unprotected legs.
"Please, sir, it's me.
aIdiot!-your name2''
"Charles, from the Hail."
ssThen, Charles from the Hall, you may
60 back again, for am not coming.
"My lady is very i'll, sir.''
"Can't help it. Tell your master that
I won't attend him or his family, and
he need send no more messages, as
shall mufRe the night-bell.' And with
these words the doctor banged down the
window.
"What are you doing, Wohn2' SAID a
voice from the bed presently.
"Tylng a stocking round the clapper
of this confounded bell.
what for2'
"To get a good sleep in spite Of Sir
Timothy Graham.
why, he has never sent for youp
'sHe has, though, the insolent screw
his wifes i'll. -
go s..Well, well, don't tie up the bell,
John; she may be really bad-dying you
know. -
80! What is that to me2'' .,5s i*
81 know they have treated Us very bad
II; rich man Like that to refuse to pay
for your attendance; It is unheard Of!
But other people might want you"
.394stessNet likely s. s..
lnsNo, hut it is just possible. Don't muf-
de the ball. isia Ii aoan 1Esss4y d -
|aeI need hardly tell the married reader
that thu doctor got groNling into bed,
with tho hell clappe freest0Iouse him
out agan. II IN hours timst tie p1Dy6ki..
ing bit Of iron availed itself Of that lib
cry. hut for e0mA uinufea Mr. Ra6fnnd