The daily gazette., 1883-09-15
Doctors Daughter.
BY shirley Browne

aP,p. they surrey
pga, n, MaKilllan sat on the ylneTcoyerep
Old VI .. 81 well mended, mohair dnster,
porch WIN ,., ~ ybite linen which Madeline
lni the sGV" 'oshed and ironed with such
beseh as paa 4 book was open, as usual,
f 0filg hAlI .I, tortoise-shell cat lay purrlng
% Die lsP and The spectacles we're pushed
. d hls lee'' ,ird a iotehead as he looked at
n lsdeline e,th.r,s onIy factotum and
Inc snr had been very busy that morn
halseSstsph nv had fed her chickens, weeded the
1l' "ions ouJ radishes, and early lettuce,
I'd o. o",hl .,ahles coat so much II you buy
"fG w .tores reasoned this Wise little
hem :, ~, o' sbe had done her ironing IN the
o01oH'ss' ". oorch. where the old blackbird
ao l,'I DsJ" ~ his cage like miniature flute
thi.ugu went ,u I The house, put fresh roses In
" " "A IA India china mugs, and prepared
,..t.tsw V. ~ and the plainest oi rice puualpgs
= .innsr. and had been planning 10 cut
y y, t,ra ,wo new shirts for her father when OLD
NJ Rouse came ly.
.nur n.5 IA ouaf draught of water from
W ,Gni,s Su wrll, tn. nix you," Madeline had
.,.,.piciou,y answered. .,ae. i,
4nS,Y, ,.:'5o.e he feels quite lost without the
AZ Ia "a look after" said Mr.. Rouse, wip
lys5 4, mouth with the back of his hand.
" isg 5'' Gaip't YOU heardl,' as the surprised
.,..iop ~, Of her countenance penetrated his
ar'sg l4r ssn.r "Well, de larel They've ap-
s5',e3 new librarian. | s,posed you
Sr.d II "a a matter Of course"
y,5elne dropped her scissors and jumped
Sbe did not stop to see whether old
y, Roi,e emptied the gourd shell a second
~. 4, not but ran out 10 the front porch
W rner to lax ler father with this strange,
ttv thing ~
Dr. Mixilllah sIliieu sauiy AZ ner ou17
aV,delipe," said he, "I'm getting to be
\ od man. It's possible, my dear-I can
,.ogpilt that fact nyself-that ! have ont
,ai nv usefulness"
sBDl. papa, gasped poor Madeline,
,aos arr sr to live! We only ji.st manage
nav the bills, with the librarians salary"
lWe must not forget, my daughter"
sId, answered the old man, "who 1t is
Nh ierdrth the raVensl"
"0h, papa papa, cried Madeline, fling
4, her arms around his neck with q curious
'r.ure of impatience and alteration, "you
|, 100 good for this crowding, selfish
,rlil We are not ravens We are human
,a-ures who wear out their boots and are
,Hgsd u eat butchers meat at least once
,ss' And there's the rent and the fish
hangers bill and the carpenters account
h mendlng the leaky roof, and-oh, talk
01t ravens"
And pretty Madeline clasped her hands in
np4f
Papa, she exclaimed, chow dared they
,nIs. YOU like a meniali And after all
h Years 10 which you have patiently served
Aen Why, there never would have been
l5fty at all, il It hadn't been for your
yulDg that tequest from old Major Monta
Mt II was you that founded It, and cat
gutl It, aud did everything for 1t |"
Aud in so far as that goes" calmly re
pldel Dr. Maxi lian, 81 rejoice that
ln been able TO serve my iellow-c creatures.
hi am not 50 young as once WAS, Made
B, lean myself perceive the slow and
nlla falling Of my faculties. And the
n PRESIDENT OF the college has undertaken
psume all the duties Of librarian, in ad-
i1a to bis own, for mere trifle. | can't
ALm, can l. my dear, to pay an extra
WhuUdred year, merely to retain the
tTtes Of worn out OLD hack like myselfW
Papa said Madeline, with emphasis, Il
NJ the new president"
NJ dear %
well, do, affirmed the girl. "What
lsle. has he to come here and overturn
rFiul little household with his hypo-
icsl oaers to save money for the college
5eg isn't everything, is 1t
'lha good deal, my daughter," said
tld gentleman, soberly.
well. papa" said Madeline, after a
la'f Or TWO Of no very agreeable midita-
0, IL very nice TO be u philosopher like
y But don't know what is to become
Ia"
lld she ran back into the kitchen to cry
HTef, where no eye but that-that
Tie sIver-throated blackbird could wit
Aher tribulatiou.
NG should we be strictly truthful chroni-
mi omitted To mention the one or
oNoR, hard wrung tears of old age that
lhsd their way down DR.. Maxillian's
tss he turned once more to his book.
,Nka dreary lookout" he thought.
" Madeline IA right there. But trust |
20 much OF Christian ever to despair.
L0rl hath been with me IN six troubles
ii tie not be with me N sevenw
aalahile Madeline, after the custom of
laldels, felt decidedly better after she
sa,hed the mists OF her heart away
y athatgoOd cry"
as heDSaw was talking about COVER
A9fler little girls last week" she medi-
8; III 90 and see her. Its Just posi-
aat, inexperienced as | am, might
ae needs Of very little girls. OF course
"a NSlIlng goyerness / should have to
Wy ron papa good deal--but that is
" i lle things that can't be helped"
Madeline brushed back her glossy
1lll bands of hair, and put on her one
M W! 0iack silk gown and the faded
s*a shawl, which had once been her
VlIage.
s.s Stopped minute at the Widow Pout-
az. eel some OF the superb white snow
~ lal lfooped, an avalanche of pearly
a.l ..,l lspf the garden gate. Mrs. Poutley
~, .9yole OIL questions to ask, and gossippy
80. " @cOlnulunieate-but all of a sudden
aoii agPPs,, and held up her finger.
NV lu'. AlSs Madeline" she said. "Do
nv .seia, tla' gentleman on the other side OF
.fss,!ti iaa tSii man with the Panama hatG
so.i,a Su Madeline, with spark of natural
s9, ,,a He's rather handsome-and he
@Isrs1 a1nguished figure, Who is it, Mrs.
%'.ae m,., new gentleman" said Mrs. Pout-
\ Io,'HISifloGsly, :, Hi From New York, Cliff
is, ,eleyeland, or some such name! A
N ,Slueu .hans man, they tell me, as knows
fa S0out .,it Greek or La in than does of
n 'is,,ue h., DIT her ip-her cheeks suddenly
Pan. tra' hr said she. GOOD morning,
mn O4'ley, lam rather in hurry to-