National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-15
SAVED FROM DEATH.
"cau you save him, doctor"
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"Damfno"
Winsome Lillian Mcclure looked up with her
rare blue eyes, dewy with tears, into tho face Of
the young physician who had been summoned in
hot haste from the restful quiet of poker game
to the palatial residence ofstuyvcsant Mcclure IN
order that his skin and lnowledse-the fruit of
years Of study and toil-mlght, If possible bring
back to health the gray haired old man who now
lay tossing In mortal agony.
Lillian MCGUIRE had known Aristldes W. Hen
nessey since the days when they were both little
children, and not six months agone she had stood
before him in all her regal beauty, her velvety
eyes draped with mist of tears, and while the
soft, peary flesh of her beautiful arms touched his
neck with pulslng warmth that would mako
your head swim, had said that she could never
love him except as brother.
As Aristides had three sisters, and had passed
the greater portion of his life sparring with them,
this statement did not strike him favorably, and
he went away with n dull, dead feeling In. his
young, blilhesOme heart, and n large chunk OF
plug tobacco In his merry spring pants.
And now he was back ogain in the house-that
house from which he had erstwhile so often stolen
silently and sadly away. when the proprietor was
unexpectedly found at homo and which lie had
left, as he supposed, for good, In the bamy days
summer was kissing into life the myriad forms of
floral beauty that lie with such silent sweetness
upon the yerdure;cla bosom Of the earth.
he mounted the mt steps in obedience to the
hasty summons of the livored servant. He saw
| the old familiar doOrmat with the word Well
come" worked in its centre-that fateful word that
had cleaned up at him in all its lurid distinct
ness and moekery, one night when old Mr.;
Mcclure opened the door in response to Arisiides'
| timid yank at the bell and said, in the cold,
County Antrim tones he knew so we'll how TO use,
| that Miss Lillian was not Mt home and probably
wouldn't b. for seven or eight years. And in the
hall stood the Int rack, beside whose gaunt frame
with his spectre like arms he had so often fingered
| in the mellow hHlf.light Of the turncd-down gas
| with Lilllan's head resting ,rustfully above his
| liverpad and her cornlinc corset pulsing gently
sn 5 bm wR RTd nsss ss Ro doS
| by the bedside of the sick man and looked ten
derly down at Lillian, who with pale fec and
| rumpled bang, had knclt by her fathers side and
buried her nose in the pillow which supported
| his head.
weary, yearning. 81. Louis look, that would have
melted Charles Francis Adams.
The young man bent qnicsly forward. Lillian,
my love-" lie said, ,'can II he possible that"
"Kneel by my side,' said tho girl, in tender,
blood
Unmindful of the bagginess in the knees of his
pants that such au action wOuM produce, un.
| mindful Of everything but the fact that he loved
| Lillian Mcclure with wild, passionate, Dearborn
avenue love That recked not of matinee ucke,s
and ice-cream, Aristidcs knelt by the girls side,
and placing his strong right arm around her taper
waist, he Kissed her tcnderly just aft of ber star
| board ear
1t wasn't very easy job to rattle this young
"Do you still love me, Arlstides?" sail Lillian,
making u bluff to blush as she spoke.
| You know do" was the reply, and that
would risk my very existence to gain your love in
| return"
| The girl smiled glad, six-button smile
81 believe YOU" she said, land tell you now
| here in the presence of sickness, perhaps death
that If you save my fathers liie-my darling idol
| lied, sour-mnsh papa-1 will marry you ere the
| cfocus sprouts"
| Enough" replied Aristides, rising to his feet
| "Your father be saved, swear II by my halidum
/ don't know what halidum means and like
| enough haven't got one, but swear II all the
| same. Bring me a bottle of Riordans Railroad
| Relief
The medicine was brought and the sick mar
| Quafed It. In two minutes he was we'll.
| "You have saved him. my darling" said Lillian
| kissing Aristides fOndly "and l will rcdeC'1 my
promise. But tell ME, sweete, what allied tho old
| mann"
| collie" was the reply, and with wild, mockinl
| laugh Aristides fed into the darkness-ErOm n r.
| Fairy Llian," by Aurdt HdiStedd.