The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-27

4.- 'iouraey. and of his state of heaish. He omitted to give any opinion as to the probable length cf his tenure of life.
 Dr. Maitland was s,ill a young man in his profession, though he was th;rty~four years of age. He had entered it late h prospects were fairly good. but hith- erto his practice had been restricted in country town it takes time fer new man to make a position, as every family of standing already possesses a medical m Tn and is unwilling to change How ever. he did no, despair of getting on. He had every reason for wishing to do 60. tor he ~as desirous of getting married He was not yet even engaged. he had s.cre, reasoss for not proposing at pres ent to the girl he loved. Whether he would ever be in a position 10 do so vas more than he could as yet foresee.
 MT. Fletcher had been his patient for the last tive years fact. ever since he began practice. This was partially be- cause he had quarreled with all the other medical men of the town. but chiefly for reason he would no, own. This was ] ;ha, Maitland had been d grea, friend 1 m any years before of his only son Char ! .ie
 Charlie Fletcher vas of d very d:tiere l, stamp from his father. The latter WIS as rule selhsh and arragan,-dlllgent n ouslness and economical m hab,s He 1 had bred hls sen up Tn his own footsteps. bu, had found tha; he could not mould his character as he wished. Charlie was inclined 10 eNiravagance held the op,nion that money vas of no use unless spent. l thought ;h2, life should be valued for is opportunities ct pleasure rather than oi gam. and ln countless ways ran counter ,o hls fathers lifelong maxisls- oaatrel ! followed quarrel the fac, that he loved his son so vel only made the father more bitterly resent the wan, ot affection and ] respect with which he was treated III one day the crisls arrived
 NIT. Fletcher had determined tha, h.s son should marry cary. hoping bv tht> l means 10 m Ike hlm sctle down. He m ] formed him oi his wishes accordingly . pointing ogt ihli he intend ed to make h.s ] idiere prospects depend or ,he proprie.N ef his selection. Charlie postponed he mater as long as possible un,il a, la,, l confession became inevitable lie N4s narueG already
 -s7 ftNs N rtVf Rf At+ hA'BC oi iCttI- ciliaton there-was A Vlolcn, $ enc, dur ins which the father refused 10 recognize the marriage, and told his son he ms, shiii for himself. This Charlie sad he was quite ready to do and ,ha, his father need no, ieas any applications for assls- tance from h.m | money made men behave like hls father the less he had q, II the better
  4 year afterward Charles Fletcher died Tn Paris his iathe, refused even to make in4liry as to h.s wife, but WAS m formed shortly .fter~ard of her dea h also by paper sem to him from some unknosn quarter. He said nothing to any of his friends. but hls health gradg ally broke doSn. and from being robus, active man he bee ame in the course of years an invalid. \ second attack of plralyss was the immediate cause of NIT l M iitlands las, visl,. and no one knew better than the pa.ient that his days were numbered
 An. we'll he used to say. " don | want 10 live, and several people wa7, m- 10 die-;he majority ough, ;o have thei, wish
 CHATTER IT.
 However. when Mir F.e;che. found himself a, Nee. with is charming sur rouaiings and delightful climate, he alm 5, began h have regrets ,ha, he mas; so sool b,d fArexeli 70 ex- isteace.
 = wish. Maitland, had com. here sooner" he sad one day Why dldn'; yoi order me here long ago.
 l. wouldn', have done you any good: ani though; you preferred E1s land
 50 d. 70 ii.e in, b.: ;his Is the sos, ] of place 10 dIe in.
 Maitland m ide no attemp; to turn ms thoughts; has piueai al~iys resented II If he did
 :" hope yol arc having pleassn, tune here as we'll continued Mr Fletcher I don't want to monopolize you. you know
 Tn.nss: ,hink h i've showa yoa can leave you alone occasionally"
 Il didn't know you had any friends here. Who are those people 1 saw you talking io this mDrn'ns in the gardens
 The k-s,erons 1 only know them slightly"
 II m :" coushei Mr. Fletcher shoa'e nave tnoGsn, yoG knes o1e oi them rather well Shes pleasan: look ing girl
 NJ ,l;land triei hls b.s; n look uncon scious. and d.;serei himself he s4c- eeeded.
 "Ol, know tn. one y3l mean" he said. 'bu, she ism, one osthe k-s:erons shes Miss Fletcher
 Same name as mine: We'll, F.etchers are common enough"
 Yes. bu; no. s,ch F.e,chers a she. remarked Maitland.
 The old gen,lem an d,d no, reply; his thoughts had evidently wandered back 10 old times. Maitland was careful no, to disturb hlm he had noticed lately th a, his resenes had b-com. more frequent. and ,ha; they seemed to soften the as- cerbisy of his nature
 They were seated on the terrace, where they often came to watch the pAssers by 1t seemed 10 please the invalid 10 sec the T f.f Af k~ L