The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1882-01-07
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to her infinite dismay and amazement,
Doctor Dulany took lo more notice of
her than he did of old Mrs. Percy, who
wore wig and blue spectacles. He
was coolly polite-that was all; and
Miss Granger did not know what to
make of him.
"But he's rather handsome" she un-
willingly admitted to herself.
Miss Granger. put on her prettiest
dresses and decorated her hair with the
sweetest flowers out of her aunt's little
conservatory, and really devoted herself
that autumn to the business of captiva-
ting Doctor Dulany.
"The man must be made of cast
iron," she said to herself. "And only
an insignificant little country doctor at
that! It's perfectly ridiculousl The
idea Of his visiting Miss Herbert just
because she has mania for charity and
poor people And he took Lucy Viii
lars down into the woods to botanize
after autumn fowers-the hateful
school-miss! And he's going to join
Mrs. Gracey's Shakespeare Society. 1
never was blue-stocking, and never
will be. Let him goP
But Geralda couldn't content herself
with this system Of philosophy. Doctor
Dulany was the first man who had ever
resisted her fascinations, and she was
determined that he should be the last.
And she tossed her head, and froze
up, like fair icicle, in his presence,
and the finty- y-hearted fellow never. even
seemed to know it.
"a charming young man." said
Mrs. Gracey-"so intellectual, so per-
fectly we'll informed on every subject" {"
$50 truly generous and good to the
poorl" said Louisa Herbert.
''The most delightful companion in
the world" said little Lucy Villars, who
wasdeveloping into dangerously pretty
blonde. .."Oh, Geralda, if you could
only, hear him talk about his home and
his mother"
s.Pshawr' said Geralda. so short and
sharp that Lucy looked up, wondering
what was the matter.
/ Miss Granger was somewhat pensive
that evening. She had always re-
garded Lucy Villars as q child; but
3 after all, she was nearly seventeen, and
, undeniable pretty. But what fool
I Doctor Dulany would be, to fling away
8 his rich nature and rare capacities on q
I thoughtless elf like Lucy, just out Of
boarding SCHOOL,
"Aunt SUSIE" said she, suddenly,
IT think should like to join a sister
I hood, or go into convent, or some
a thing Of that sort"
Q "What ?" said Aunt Susie, in dismay
r "Tm tired Of all these senseless ba.,,'
= and PARTIES" said Geralda, bursting
, into tears.
s "My love-" said Aunt Susie, ''yor
are not we'll. Your nervous system il
6 all run down. Well send for the
I, DOCTOR"
Doctor DulaSy came just exactly lik.
}. q "human machine" as Geralda de-
Q clared in her anger, felt her pulse
/ asked half dozen conventional ques-
" tions, and advised early hours and {
tonic.
~ can't bear that mani" sale
70 Geralda; and she burst out crying.
o "The poor darling is quite hysteri-
., CAL" said Aunt Susie. "Never mind
good old Doctor Holden is coming
% back next month, and he will under
stand your constitution I"
Y And then Geralda cried more bitterly
than ever, and Aunt Susie was hope
y lessly puzzled. n
II Doctor Dulany was at the hospital
:, next day, just at twilight, and as ht
came into the feverish ward soft-gra,
It shadow glided out at the other door
% way.
It "Who is thatY he asked, quickly
g "Not old Kate, nor yet Alice Evans"
d "It's Miss Granger, SIR" said th'
head nurse. "Alice has the neuralgi
is in her face, and Miss Granger aooac
d take her place.
"She must not do it again eait
q Doctor Dulany, with quiet authority
1t 81 am not quite sure Of the nor. contar
10 gious character of some Of these cases.
"A ''She says, sir" declared the ol,
l. nurse, "that she wants to do some goo,
le in the world. But we was to be sur
d and not tell you, sir.'
Q, Doctor Dulany smiled.
n 'There are more ways Of doing goo,
in the world than one," said he
II Sand Miss Granger must come here n
" more"
He hurried through the variou
Of wards and made such good speed bac
= along the lonely road that he overtoo
; the gray, gliding shadow at th
entrance to the village street.
"Miss Granger" said he, 'I detecte
ID your identity at once"
IS "What Of it?" retorted Geraldf
is almost iercely. II supposed had
n right to enter a Public Hospital so lon
Of as my uncle pays taxes for its support.
Possibly" said Doctor Dulany
al "but 1t is my desire that you will nc
q come there again."
q sis it, then, an offense even to eros
"a v0ur ,,okh 9r inEiUnank1v cr;ad IN