Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-03

Dr. AtllOle refused. lie could not, he
said. incur the responsibility of risking
the happiness. perhaps even the good
name, of a young woman who depended
upon herself for her bread. Then it was
that Sir Marmaduke charged the doctor
with being himself smitten. @
In that case, he said, let us each
have Il fair field and no favor, and let
her decide which IS the best man of the
two. Neither of US will take an unfair
advantage. 1t shall be all on the square
The man who makes the. best running
wins
This imputation DR.. Athole disclaim-
ed with much amusement The idea of
adOring any particular Individual is so
indescribably droll to a being whose
heart is intact. But he limited at possi-
BILE danger from Mr.. Swelby, whose his
tory of Miss BOrrowdale's reception at
the Grove he rctailed, unconsciously ta-
king care that it lost nothing in the sec
Ond narration.
Now, Sir Marmaduke was accustomed
to take a good deal of trouble to accom-
plish his will-that is to say, he WAS a
man. Moreover, besides the advantage
of sex, he possessed those of wealth,
rank and personal fascination, and con-
sequently he was not in the habit of be-
ing balked in his desires. DIR. AthOle on
the contrary, possessed the advantage Of
sex only, in consequence of which he
had been occasionally obliged to yield to
the will of others. Thus it came to pass
that the stronger will prevailed, and af-
ter some discussion Sir Marmaduke Dor
caU Nf A la,c
household, under the style and title of
Mr.. Killem, qualified assistant. He was
thus introduced to Mrs. Athole, the doc
tors mother, that very evening, after
having changed his hunting gear and re-
ceived his portmanteau from his inn.
Mrs. AthOle was naturally surprised at
the suddenness with which her son had
engaged an assistant; but, being told
that the opportunity of meeting Killem,
his old fellow student, was one of those
golden ones that it is criminal to miss,
and being charmed by the gentlemanly
and modest demeanor of the new assist
ant, received him very graciously.
BY the way. Killem,' said the doctor
at breakfast next morning, you may as
well go down to the surgery, and keep
an eye on the dispenser while he is MA
king up the medicincs-he isn't to oe
trusted--and make up bottle yourself
for little Tompkins: two grains sp. ill
up with aqua
The assistant stared for moment, and
then meekly acquiesced, while DR.. At
holes countenance behind his Lancet
would have made good study for
L'homme qui rit.' .
When the assistant found himself a
few moments afterward in the Surgery
experimenting the compromising of
nauseOus things by the dispenser, who
evidently looked down upon as a subor-
dinate in the establishment, and listen
ing to the symptoms of woman of
fourscore, who appeared to have inher-
tied every i'll occasioned by Adams
transgression, he began to feel that he
could realize the emotions of Jacob du-
ring bis seven years shepherding. After
carefully noting down the symptoms of
a dozen people in little book, he sat in
the doctors chair in the consulting room
and laughed aloud. Then he took a
stethoscope, and looked through it tacross
the common at the ancestral trees Of the
Grove, vainly hoping to hit the school
room window. ...-.. .,t...- =.
l must keep diary-"Diary of a
Physicianp' he said to himself; my ex-
periences will furnish me with laughter
in hoary age, and they give me some
thing in common with her. Yes; she,
too, is oppressed by lmcongenial toil,and
subject to the wishes of others. And,
alasl dependent for bread upon such
things THAT is, if bread be necessary to
so divine creature, which Doubt My
diyinel Iwonder what delicious name
belongs to her-Doris? Hermione? Ger
aldine P-ask the children, they will
know. Suppose it should be Matilda or
Betsyl Well! even Betsy would be
beautiful if it were hers! "When tongues
speak sweetly, then they name her
name!''
AT that very moment Miss Borrowdale,
sitting in the schoOl-room at lessons, was
also devoured by inward mirth:
What diary mine will ber she was
thinking. The cow incident will give
it relief. 1 shall call him the Handsome
Unknown, or the Deliverer. At lunch
l will get the names of the resident gen.
try from the Bobbinets, and guess at his.
1 am glad that 1 shall never meet him.
| am not sorry that the bonnet was
smashed-and the spectaclesl what
would he have thought of those?
Ten minutes later the wheels OF a car
riage called the attention of the schol-
ars from their books, and they were with
difficulty kept in their seats. Then the
door opened, and Mrs. Bobbinet-Tomp-
kins, with face heated from ascending
the stairs, and with her cap-strings fly
ing, hustled in.
'Dr. Athole is sent for to case of life
and death, my dears' she said pantingly; f;
so he's sent his assistant, Mr.. Killem,
this morning. just to report progress
and the tall figure of the. Handsome Un-
known entered behind her.
The old custom Of professional attire
has gone out. so that there was nothing
unsuitable to Mr.. Killem in the plain
morning suit Of Sir Marmaduke; nor
was the well-bred ease of his manner, as
he saluted the presiding deity of the lit
tie domain, startling, though decidedly
agreeable.
Now, why did Miss BorrOwdale's
heart sink as she beheld the hero of yes
terday? And what could she mean by
murmuring within herself, Only doc
tors assistant Do governesses usual
ly require their male acquaintances to
be dukes?
(T0 be oOntiRued.)