St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-22

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aches - And | have shown you the
way"
Having put myself in your hands,
Doctor Putnam, am bound to follow
your prescription, suppose. The pre-
serves shall mould upon their shelves,
the cake box shall rust upon its hinges,
tlapjacks from henceforth he called ac-
cursed, and the majestic shades of Syl-
vester Graham and Dio Lewis com
mand my obedience.
Slowly their phantoms arise before us
Our loftier brothers, but one in blood
At bed and table they lord it Ger us
With looks Of beauty and words of good"
"Admirable, Master Nathan | can
stay two weeks longer to see my RENE
dies in action, and then you are to be
on honor. At the Thanksgiving vaca-
tiOn come to town, and will admins
ter the course of thcaters advised, and
measure your improvement. To-mor-
row afternoon, if you please, we will
go to the top of that beautiful purple
hill, up which you have not had the
civility to invite me. As IL young lady,
and your guest, could not, of course,
mention the omission but as your
physician, and in strictly remedial
manner, proceed to rectify it."
From that day IA new king arose over
Egypt No sparkling brook hid itself
so cunningly among the leaves that
Nathan and Allis did not find it in the
long summer afternoons, when work
was done. No hill was too difficult for
their nimble feet, no berry patch too
far, no lily-bearing bond too inaccessi-
BILE. Sometimes Aunt Larkin Joined
them i'll their frolic, wondering at her
self for electing play when work wait
ed to be done, feeling herself apOstate
to the faith of her fathers, yet delight
ing in the fun of these children, and
rejoicing to see her son so brown and
hungry.
Then Dr. Allis had to say good-by,
and betake herself to town, evolving
what she called her 'oflicc" from con
fusion of books, pictures, flowers, pat
terms of wallpaper, white muslin, and
the spoils of her life abroad. When
Nathan saw it, in November, his no
tions of the fitness of professional life
for women underwent further disinte-
grafton.
Nothing could he more refined" he
said to himself. "My mothers house,
even, does not look half so feminine"
expected that her pretty and prOfes-
sional daughter would establish herself
in another vocation when she sent her
on II missionary visit among the Frank
lin hills, hers was IL hope deferred.
For it was year after this before the
correspondence, of which Il specimen
is appended, enriched the department:
HE TO HER.
$50 | have been offered the Pro-
fessorship of the Classics at - Col
lege. VIII you come too ; | would
not ask you while my lines were fixed
ut Franklin, wanting to leave you free
to live your own life of books and
thought and work, which there you
could not do. At - the society is
delightful, and | think you would he
happy. If it is your wish still to prac-
tice your profession, have no more
right, as | trust | have no more wish,
to object, than you would have CON
cerning mine. And, indeed, | hold
that there is no nObler work in the
world than yours. Personally it would
i'll become me to limit your benef-
cence. For know, Doctor Allis, that
have not had vcstige of sick head
ache i'll six months. | said | would
give IA third of my life to save the 9th
er two from its ravages.
Take, o doctor, thrice the fee
Take, give it eagerly
For, invisible to thee,
Devils blue have gone from me.
"Does not this sound like II love let
| ter If don'tsay that adore you with
all my heart, and soul, and mind, and
| strength. it is because you found it out,
/ !,
! by witch craft, believe, months on
months ago. And if seem too jolly
| for the attitude of prayer | assume, il
is because the hope of having you al
ways is gone to my brain weakened,
us who knows better than yOu, by in
tervals of agonizing pain from my
birth, and intoxicated me, as with the
mead of the gods. Would not Doctor
Larkin' serve every end IA well as
doctor Putnam p Brutus will start Il
spirit as soon as Caesar.
II use this form of entrcaty rather
than another more familiar to poets and
lover, because you assured me that,
before all things, you were profession
al. My little darling, | am hedged
about with dangers. At - the other
day ! was even offered and pressed
upon with-PIE If | have house
keeper / doubt not that poisonous com
pound will be daily on the table, and
presently, in an unvigilant mOment,
perhaps when | am lost in reflection on
a doubtful ictuS, shall fall My life,
OF ut least my digestion, which in your
view is more than life, lay at your
feet. We are rich for country folk,
little Allis. | have bought a charming
house at -, and the reception room
seems to me peculiarly eligible as an
Office You shall have it on the most
favorable terms, and permanently, by
addressing at once,
"YOur devoted, n. L."
SHE TO HIM.
.'DEAR SIR,-My diagnosis is favor
able. Your summary of symptoms !
find satisfactory. No headache in six
months. Good. A capacity to laugh
over serious issues, and make the best
of things, such as wonld have been
quite impossible to you "A year or 50
AGO. Better. A hopeful, bccause
gradually developed sense of the ne
cessity of obedience to your medical
d adviser in all things. Best. What
YOU say of the advantages of the office
; yOu offer me has received my atten-
ton. / consider myself well placed,
with rapidly growing practice. But
as my greatest success has been III the
, relief of maladies of the nerves and
: digestion, and as a college town is a
settlement of dyspeptics, martyrs to
sick headache, the temptation to en-
large knowledge in my specially is
Overmastering. ! will therefore take
; the office on the terms proposed, re-