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pleasure and coldnaSs cropt over hel
| face as she listened, then inclined hol
head in her naughty way.
81 am sure you know best, Dr
Marks. PRAY pardon me il / have an
noycd you l shall never forget what q
grand, kind heart you possess, DR.
Nor,h And do be suroand call at my
nsxt Thursday evening reception"
She bowed her adieu, just tingod with
little feminine piquc,to DR.. Marks, into
whose eyes half amused smile crept as
he grayely returned it, Then she turned
to DR.. North with . charming grace and
bewitching smile,
He assisted her into her satin cush-
ioned carriage, and ventured to slightly
press her hand at parting; while Jennie,
her face flushed, Sturned impulsively to
the quiet looking, elderly lady in black
silk ON the front seat.
"Isn't he Just too splendid for any
thing, Aunt LenaW
Mrs Goodfellow smiled oddly
eff you think so, dear; but tastes diff
fer"
Jennie flashed an indignant look at
the gold spectacled eyes.
80 auntie Why, he gave me fifty
dollars for poor Mrs. Brown and her
children"
"And he'd better have kept the money
himself, to my thinking. But where
next, Jennie2'
While in Dr. James North's aristo-
cratic office, with it's velvet carpet,
plush furniture and rich paintings, that
gentleman was sitting complacently in
his official chair, his hands in his pock
ets his handsomely booted feet stretched
and returning Charles sarcastic look.
swell, you look as though you didn't
approve it, Charlieg"
81 DON'T" he replied, shortly. "The
idea of your giving away fifty dollars
just because the fair beggar happens to
be Miss Osborne, the heiress You can
no more afford it than I can, North.
Your practice is no larger nor better.
Not ten minutes before Miss Osborne
came in you said you vera in debt for
all this costly furniture and these adorn-
ments."
North smiled sickly smile.
'That's a fact, Charlie, am running
behind every day, and / owe the best
Of thousand or So All the same, I
never made better investment than
when I gave Miss Osbore the last dollar
l possess in the world"
Charles looked surprised.
"You don't understand me-" DR.
North said, lightly. "It's just this in a
nutshell: I'm going to marry Miss Os-
borne If L can"
For just a moment a frown swept
across Charles thoughtful face.
Cor her money-which y he asked,
with,a little bitterness in his voice.
North interrupted him with laugh.
sHow in the world had you the cour
age to tell her-yes, actually tell her i
you could not afford it 2"
All the nobility in DR.. Marks nature
flashed into his eyes as he spoke.
SHOW could you give her money that
was not your own to give9 Answer me2'
81 can't see it in that light" retorted
North, lighting a cigar.
Then the subject was dropped and Dr.
Marks went on his rounds Of duty.
Day in and day out he faithfully per-
formed them, building by his skill a sure
foundation that would one day be a
glorious structure to his name and
credit.
Jennie Osbornes gentle eyes were
full Of womanly pity and sympathy as
she sat patiently listening to Susie
O'Rea's story. Susan was her upstairs
girl, a faithful, intelligent creature in
whom and whose affairs the young mis-
tress had always taken the warmest in.
terest.
Sand it Is the smallpox your mother
has2 Oh, Susie, that is dreadful Oi
course it will not be right for you to
come here amongst us from her, and OF
course you must 90 to her and take the
best care Of her you can. Don't worry
about your wages; they will go right on
and after the doctor thinks it is safe, you
must cnme back. What doctor do you
have Susiel
"Indade, and that's the sore throuble
ma am; It's siyin or eight doctors ",
bccn afsker, aud niver a manll 90 to ms
poor mother bskase its q bad disase
ana III not have her tux % the hospita
net II dies wid hcr in the house
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