The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-02-26
with another woman"

exclaimed the doctor, as he point
ed heaven wards, "dO you see that
bright star yonderjust to the left of
the moon3"
"Yes, certainly ! do; but what of
that@
DO you notice how near it ap.
pears to the branches OF that elm
tree; it seems to be within three
feet Of that large limb; ah, ha! do
you see it my boy.
"Yes, very true; it looks like it
was fastened among the branches
Of that treep
"Ah, ha! yes, very good my boy,
will you be so kind as to step up
on top of that tree, plnck that
beautiful bright star from its place
in the sky, and fetch it to me%
Harry began to stare at the doc
7 1-tor wiChfeelihgs Of anger and as
, tonishment.
This is no time to crack jokes,
DR.. Dodson, and am grieved to be
compelled to remind you of it,"
; Joking, alb, ha! who is joking? l
was never in deeper earnest in my
life; why do you refuse to do such a
trifing favor for me? l want pret
ty planet snatched from the heav.
ems and you viii! not do it for me-"
"Doctor, | confess your Ian
guage astonishes me-; | have ever
had a high regard for your opinion,
and would make any sacrifice to
serve you, but when you ask me to
, do absurd impossibilities, you can
hardly expect serious answer"
"Ah, ha! you tell me that you
= cannot snatch that star from the
) sky, yet you try to make me be-
} lieve that Edward Demar has
5 eloped with another woman" "
| WheneverI see you take that
! planet in your hand and lay it
3 down at my feet, then you may try
S t6 convince me that my boy was
9 dishonest. All, ha! yes, you see
how 1t is yourself, don't you? Did
= you ever hear OF certain monkey
. who raked the chestnuts out of the
s fire with the paw of an unsuspect-
ing cat? All, ha! yes, of course you
n have; very good then, you are the
). unsuspecting cat; and Heartsell is
n the monkey, and he has been using
0 your paw to rake out his chesnuts
o All, ha! 10 be plain, that mar
a wanted to marry your sister; she
y loved my boy, and therefore
+ Heartsell wants him out of the
i, way; he uses you as his tool to re
+ move his rival; ah, ha! don't you
v see? Heartsell has practiced {
!; fraud of some sort on you, deceiv
e ed you, cheated you, and in all
! probability ruined you, and killed
y your sister. All, hal don't you
/! see"
g "Dr. Dodson," replied Walling
g ford, Il know my faults are numer
y GUS, confess that my unfortunate
J, temper often gets the advantage
u of my judgment; may have acted
d too rashly in this affair, but it was
Y my duty to guard my dear sisters
+ honor and when tell you that she
n has been deceived by Ed Demar
r | only tell you that which ] know
:, of my own knowledge. With my
n own eyes saw him in the arms o.
4! another woman; that woman has
disappeared, so has Demar; qnd
" that he has fed with her is fac
Z beyond controversy"
O At that moment Mrs. Rockland
came to the door and requested
d the doctor to go into his patient
is informing him that she was AGAR
n in convulsions. Harry hurried ou
l. of the house and barred his burning
q brow to the falling dew, whilst hC
IL beat his brest with his clencheC
d list, hoping to still the gnawing
g conscience that was torturing hi
d restless soul. All through th'
if night he continued to wande
s. through the garden, half mad witt
it grief, muttering TO himself, whlls
S the hot blood in his veins seemed
n to be collecting in his feveret
e cheeks, and heated brow. A
le early dawn he went in search d
d, Heartsell, and found him soun,
al asleep in his bed room.
n "5et up, Heartsell," he said, a
n, be hurried in, Il must speak wit
le you."
h sWhat's up now, old fellow
Lh something serious, | guess, els
of you would not be out SO early"
ID "Ah, Heartsell, l have neve
as passedsuch a night; did not go
bed at all. My poor sister is dai
y, gerously i'll, she thinks that "
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