Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-18

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for q doctor; and doctor was sent
for by little Tony Wlnton, next floor
above.
"And be quick about it, too" she
said, slipping penny into his grimy
little paw. "1ou can run round to
Doctor Browns in few minutes,
know, and tell him to come round.r
But DR.. Brown wasn't at home-out
Of town for several days-and Tony's
wits were puzzled to know whether,
90 long as Miss Lila was SO awfullv
Ill, one doctor wasn't just as good 4.
another; and, in that full belief, he
rushed off for his mothers family
physician, to find DR.. Sampson also
not available.
And then, to stand disconsolately
at street corner, wondering y hat ON
earth wOuld become Of Miss Lin. Just
as doctors carriage passed him
evidently a doctors, and well-to-do
one. too, as witness the well-appoint-
ed brougham, the proud-stepping
horse, the handsome robe.
And ragged little Tony, all una
ware he was all instrument of nnafter-
able fate, succeeded in attracting DR..
Dormer's attention. -.....-
eli! stop! You're wanted at Miss
Lila's Barton's, No. IA Canford street
sharp, too! Goin'?"
Lila Barton! Roy Dormer was
surprised, and conscious of a pleasure
able sensation along with it.
"All right, my boy! I'll be there
before you are"
And sure enough, when Tony
reached home, there stood the doc
tors carriage at the door, an object of
enviOus admiration for score of mr.
chins while Roy Dormer was sitting
in aunt Tabitha's snug little parlor,
explaining the cause of his appear
aimee, and listening to her account of
Lila's illness.
'And now, if you'll allow me to see
my patient" he said.
And then he went in, to find Lily
delirious and talkative, and entirely
unconscious.
''Of course it is not true" she said,
as he sat down beside the pure white
cot. ~ never firted with Martin
birmingham, or Doctor Dormer,
either. 1t wasn't fair of her to turn
me off without character, was it?
And aunt Tabitha and l are so poor"
And, although he knew there was
his face flushed.
"She is very ILL.," he said, gravely.
II will see her again this afternoon,
Mrs. Lawson"
That was the beginning of their
friendship; and when, three months
later, Lila was sufficiently restored to
accept situation as travelling COM
panion to a lady, she knew that her
most valued friend III all the world
was DR.. Dormer.
A perfect afternoon, even for Ia belle
Paris, and Mrs. birmingham, leaning
back in her chair beside the window
of her grande salon, thought that life
in the gay city was the one thing de-
sirable, and would be the one glorious
thing, were it not for her son Martin.
For her son, her darling, her chief
pride, for whom nothing in the world
was too good for whom manageable
and shrewd mothers had an
gled visiDly and Iinvisibly, who never
yet had been disappointed or thwart-
ed i'll all his life, was in state of des-
peration and distress that made Mrs.
birmingham wonder, in agitation and
d,smay, what would be the result of
it all.
And cit alp meant that Martin Jer-
was in love with Mrs. War;
charming young friend and
own Lila Barton,
whom, two years before, Mrs. Jerning-
ham had turned out of doors. -
''She will not listen to me-" Martin
had said to his mother, before he went
out that afternoon. 81 tell you must
have her, too-before another twenty
four hours goes over my head, mother.
Unless | get her for my wife, Pll
shoot myself just as sure as fate. l
never cared SO much for anything or
ally body before, and its only the
of your cruel treatment of
her-the fee ling that she thinks you
would not sanction an engagement
that keeps us apart"
"You think that?" she said, trcm-
bling. ...
81 know it," he answered, holly.
'She is gracious and kind, but beyond
that, tell you her just pride restraints
her. Look here, mother, if you want
to do me favor-if you don't want to
have me brought in dead some time
you will go and tell her you want her
for your daughter"
And Mrs. birmingham knew, rs she
looked upon her sons handsome, hag-
gard face, that even if it killed her to
50 humble herself, she must do it for
his sake.
sit is awfully cruel of you," she
said piteously, and he interrupted her,
firmly
"You can take your choice-Lila
Barton for your daughter, or-get
along without mel"
MARTIN ~
III mean it. She won't refuse me II
you ask her. By Jove! she is the only
woman in the world l shall over ask
She shall accept me''
81 think there is 10 danger Of he,
refusing such all Offer" she said, a lit.
tie of the old scornfulness in her voice. |
''Of course you will co." he answer.
cd, decidedly. "Whcn | come back at
seven to dinner, l shall hear what you
have to say from her."
Then he had gone, and Mrs. Jer.
ningllam had sat in trouble and dis |
may, thinking it all out, wondering
how she could accomplish her errand,
and yet not sacrifice her pridc-how
she could conciliate Lila Barton, and |
yet give her to understand it was al
honor she had come to offer her.
She ordered her carriage, and, dress