Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-03
SICK HEADACHE.
A HyRienic Love StOrY.

were not built In day. Early to bed ant
early to rise make fowls healthy and lively and
wise The robins In the apple trees, the swal.
lows In the barn, the little brown phH oes that
heId town, meetings In The meadow, had been
piping and lrilling that 1t was day, day, day
I'LL they half expected to hear the noon bel
ringing. The shy quail in the hedgeroW has
caled their warning OF 'hot and dry, hot and
listen. The spiders had long since hung Out
Their glltteriDg webs a. drying on the wiId.rose
bushes The Delis OF the mOrRing glory, blue
outside the buttery windoW before the de,In.
queAt Aunt Larkin lifted the latcn ana entered.
hot as ner wont was quickly, as with desire
but on leaden feet of dull resolve and LOOKING
white as her own linen.
There stood the row of milk-pails waiting to
pe emptled. TO be washed, to be spread In the
sun, already fierce and not outside There WAS
me loEg array OF pans manJling with yellow
cream. There In the corner, waited the ex-
acting churn, the dasher leaning tOWar1 her
han0 with what seemed malevOlent rea1ine ,s.
As sne look up the skinner The kitchen COCK
struck six.
lost. evenin' Crossed"
But whtn, with conscientious care sha hal
Stripped the third pan of It's rtcn abundance.
sac lafd down her weapons, so 10 SPEAK, aDd
capltulated to the ole Zoe able 10 conquer th At
resolved soul.
stairs ~
Yes, mother" answered a cheerful voice
rIm among the lilac bushes, and a bro gn
curly head, set on the slender should .rs Of
young manhood, showed itself in the doorway
Nv hat, another OF the evil brood! Go straight
10 LED, mother. I'll go right over for 90 ada n 5
age my own breakfast. Don'l you worry about
LIE. But you see 1 was right mother. You
must have girl Shall help you up stairs?'
mo Gear. You just see to you self. The
ccfree's ready. and the breads In the stone Dot,
ana there's plenty OF dOugnnuts and a currant
pie, and dlied beef. and cheese In the but
terry; and II you want to fry yourself slice OF
meat, there's the fat in The red Jar, and the
Veaps out IN the spring house.
But lhouSl the mother-iastinct insisted on
thus making the way easy for its young, human
nature Sbuddered at tnS catalogue and DOOR
Aunt Larkin staggered TO her bed too horribly
LII to speak again for bours. Sight and sound
were alike dreadful The swift Jingle OF the
woolDg bobollnk swinging outside ia the golden
ropes OF The laournum pierced her sensitive
ears Ike the Steely Clash OF swords And the
droblng hum OF bees, plunglng deep Ia the
whlle sweetness OF the syrsnsas, Was as the
bray OF trombone. Her heavy limos &C he'd
TO ache the more as she tried 10 rest then Ia
new positions 1t seemed to her that the deadly
nausea was In Ger feet. In her arms, In her
sptDe-eyeTywhere.
That the entrance OF any human bslng, even
her beloved Thanny, would be uneat1raoie.
she knew. But oh. If some phantom. some In.
visible, 1naudiDie agency, would out turn The
swivel OF The bind where ray of abnorribe
sunlight was already creeping IN! How could
sue ever have let that bottle or Bohemian glass
s AID Oh her bureau, even though rnanny had
given IL Fer, nlied with cologne for her poor
hea0. It's vivid rtd seemed 10 Smite her through
the cloud OF dali pain above her brOHS. And IL
she shut her eyes, IL did cut glare the re1der.
Thanny Drought her the tea, and IL was VILE
Presently O0adiah'S Sarah came creeping In
With demoDStrative quietness, IN shoes that
creakec and gown that cracked TO set down a
I nkllng traJ by the BEDSIDE. Aunt Larkin,
VINO would have mourRed over lie as over a
II st soul, had she been capable of telling one
nlgntd sleep 10 dismiss that amtaole yandal
Bu when she opened her eyes and saw the ye,-
low butter. The deep blue plate the brown toast.
the RED milk pitcher. the black eartnen
tea pot, she felt that sex alone, nor
gratitude nor Christian grace, bridled her
tongue from prOfane and vain babbling.
Meantime, nature, who cid not Include sick
headache, Or any other mortal malady. In her
scneme OF existence. went about her usual bu 81.
MSS The sun mounted higher and higher,
cattle broWsed, sheep fattened, buds blossoned,
crops grew Among these the plantage at the
village academy nourished apace. Here lay the
DAILY toll OF MT; Nathan Larkin, assistant pria-
domitable will. loving work. and toiilno 10
kindle Ia duller brains AID lighter natures his
own enthusiasm and his own resolve Tne
principal OF the .Qlaboag Seminary, be ng a
gentleman Of phlegma'ic temperament, much
ad 1icted 10 heavy nnefs aC monday, was
quite willing to let his esteemed young friend
90 most OF the pulling OF the double team, es.
peclally through the hard places, tho Ugh
simply for his own improvement, OF course.
THUS tie youth, taking no rest, spapttar OF
his intense personality with prOdlya, rea0ine q.
inheriting from bis mother d set of tense ana
sWifL-respondlng nerves. found himself ,set
OF &c fortnight or SO, By the same 1snd, Sick
headache, which had devast ated years OF her
useful life. He was young and heroic. S)me-
times he could grapple with it, hold 1t still, and,
thuS hampere0. go through the routine o; his
WCIk AFTER a dull fashion. Sem etlmeS yielded
unCeIgolDg fortunes greater than his mothers
as his imagination Was more vivid. But, eth. n
way, ne counted month out OF eacl year an
unrt deemed sacrifice to this Mooch
on this summer dag he felt W md; ully alert
and alive. The boys thought he made Caesar
and the AnabaSiS almost interesting, with MIS-
vivid sketch OF the splendid life Of tn repu bile,
ana his showing up OF hot-headed Cyrus. and
cool, cruel. able ArtaXerXes, ''lOng memOrledn
for bis wrongs. But In secret he was much
disquieted. For Miss AUS Putnam was to
come that afternoon, and he felt that his poor
Not that he had not his own misgivings. A
strong-minded young WON anvwho had grad.
uated flfSt In her class from the medical col.
hge, and walked the hospitals abroad for
year, VINO mad Written prize treatt on me
DISGUSTING and sanguinary subject, and no
doubt practlced vlvlsectlon should be, to his
thinking, though for quite opposite reasons,
"A maid whom thers were none to Or ,isa
And very few to love-"
he 1aDcied he knew how she would look:
Slight, sandy -complexioned, her light char
acteTieSs hair very neat and wholly unlntere5f-
log, her dress very upright and uncomp romis.ng
aoout the b1aseS collars and cuffs prim aud
spotleSs-no ''sweet neglect" about her nor
even 9TH adulteries OF art" which, notWIth-
standing Ben JonSOn, he thought most be-
whitening. She was Sd distant q cousin that
klnsnip had not made the invitation obligatory
But his mother had dearly loved her mother.
and when that gentle widow wrote that her
GEAR Alls had returned, and that sne longed to
nave her eyer-beloved Candace know her before
She settled down to her profession the ever.
beloved and ever oDliging Candace replied at
once that the young traveller should be made
welcome.
A caravan Of unexpected guests could not
upset Aunt Larkln's perfect order, nor flnu her
garrison unprovisioned. But sac con11ed TO
IL amy that she expected girl Z had lived
TO Paris would find their way OF Twin dreadful
old-fashioned and common" And he guessed
that she secretly DREADED the incursion, as b
did. Polite lie would certainly be, but he thought
he " Ould move his books out to the stable ION
and live as little as possible at home while Dr.
All1s remained. He wished women would keen
to their own sphere, and let mems work alone
By the time the two sessions were over the
compositions inspected, ali the school ''chores"
done, and his face tuin ned home ward. he was
sure that he detested unwomeniy women, and
OF these sinners he Ieckoned female doctors
chlefest
AS he opened the kitchen door, Ooadlah's
Sarah stood revealed, hlxom, red armed, & )od-
Hatured, carefully straining aromatic broth
planned. Il shouldn't never have teched the
best set-LO. nor made the soup neitheT-Jho1.
telin'. took her up the t0as. en- tea. IS you
'H~ 49,. she never looked at EN-. But she said
she must take sGthin' an she maze IL nsrselt