Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
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"Ah! this Is interesting. How Is he |
Affected" 4.
"He signs frequently and then looks |
around as If he was going to confess !
something awful; but he doesn't. Then
he will say: Mr. King (that' mel, will
you please ask Mr.. Whitewright to step
here for n moment?' Bob Whitewright
is little fellow Of fifteen that runs
most Of the errands. Well, Bob steps
up To the doctor and stands there for
minute before the doctor discovers him.
/ What j. wanted?' oh ahr he signs;
/ yes, ! sent for YOU. but! (and he
presses his forehead and draws in his
breath through his teeth. like child
eating hot soup without n spOon) have
/ forgotten what 4 wanted with YOU. You
can go; | will remember it presently
and send for YOU
"Now let me tell you / was up
stairs this morning before we went To
press he called up through the tube
/ that he wanted me to- step down a mo-
ment--he meant a hundred steps down.
| went down for the ninety-ninth time
and reported. Mr.. kim (and he
/ sighed). there are two or three matters
| pressing that I'll have YOU attend to |
guess. Here's special notice to
| be- written about Biddlc'S sale: then
write about n iingcr-lcngth editorial on
I the dangerous, condition of Myrtle and
! Ilyacinth streets; :hcn 20 over all our
standing advertisements and make a
/ list of them Well. wruts the notice
aud the editorial aud made out the list
and handed il all over to the doctor.
/ OF course none of them were done right.
but didn't expect they could be. The
doctor can't bc beat in improving other
peoples work. When YOU do the lob
anil are tirrl out he comes up all fresh
and smiling, with a pair of micro scopes.
/ The special noticrwas too short and the
editorial was too long. and he was sure
I that he had toll mc'to be- eNtraortlina-
rily careful with that list, and he re-
mcmbcrcd distinctly telling me some
thing that | never heard. "
That may be- hallucination, joe"
suggested Richard.
Joe was about To make strong state
ment Of what he thought il was. when
\ his father entered and Joe stopped like
/ a horse before n scven-barrs al gate.
go on. joe urged Lucy; tell us
the rest
"Not now; it'll keep" said Joe,
| going ont OF the room.
whats :his?' asked her father.
"Oh. nothing said Rachel.
! Il see he was ut the doctor again,
wasn't he9'
No one replied.
" \ mighty. clever fellow the doctor
j.. Nothing Eighty or sensational about
him.
"No. indeed" said Rachel.
/ Her father looked steadily ut her for
} n moment. lie had evidently expected
some mild contradiction, and. as there
was apparently only one side To- the
I quest ON Of the doctors merits. he was
not M all satisfied.
After q few constrained remarks
Richard took his leave. promising Lu-
cy and his good friend Rachel that he
would report on Monday just a. soon ~
! possible after the arrangements had been
ma lc.
A. Richard went out he met DIR. Ston.,
who was about to enter. They smoke 10
each other in a friendly manner-aftcr
the fashion of pugilists who shake hands
before the combat
For some time pas, the visits of DR..
some To John Kings house had seri-
OuSly disturbed Richard, making him
feel ungcncrous towards his prosperous
rival. lie wished that he stood a. well
in the estimation of Lucy's father aS
the doctor did. and ne was ANNOYED
that ne did not. But this unreaSona-
bic young man never for n moment
thought Of copying after DIR. Stone.
The doctor bought his success az a
price, and Richard wanted that sue ess
without paving the price. But tonight
. l IL .shurI frlf o, haV,t,.r NJ
Ot Monday being so near tO drudge the
doctor the barren pleasure of pleasing
the fa'hcr-as for him, he preferred
pleasing the daughter He sympa-
thiZcd with the doctor because he could
partly realize how he himself would
feel il the ease were reversed and
there once had been remote possibility
OF the case being reversed. Like the
rest ot ~. his sympathy was aroused by
y similar case To- his own. or what might
be- his own.
Monday came like anyothcr Monday.
Dawn drew the familiar world out of the
ohscurity into broad daylight. where.
having pass'd it, allotted time. dusk led
IL back into the darkness.
Monday evening Lucy and Rachel
were sitting together IA the twilight
Ills u>sing subject upon which they
could never agrc'. because they never
tried To agree. Lucy's position i'm this
standing debate was that she couldn't
love poor man enough tn marry him.
while Rachel dc Jared that if she loved
a man she did not carc how IuOr hc was.
They hal not said the last word when
Richard cam" in
Even before the room Wa lighted the
sisters knew that something was wrong.
Ia fact il was all wrong Monday the
suspicious day. the browning success
Monday had brought utter failure and
ruin tO his most cherished hopes. At
the critical moment in the presence of
the capital II, who came prepared to
invest all the money needed. the ma
chine failed. Something vas lacking.
bat what Richard could not tell The
unexpected turn II affairs ~ hcwildcrcd
Richard that hr stood looking cp n
helpless ~ any IT the Others. In spite
Oi the weary months uf industry and in
g,nuity the machine was practically
useless. Aud 80 the goose that was To
lay the golden egg was lifeless.
Rachel took an early opportunity to
slip out If the room. 81 thai Lucy aud
Richard would not be d disturbed by the
presence Of third person.
At the end If half an hour. during
which less was said than ever hal been
IN five minutes at any other meeting.
Richard. who had ever one thought i'm
mild. could withhold it no longer.
Lucy said he. nervously. but with
mo- hesitation, ''for long time past I
have been looking forward to this even
ing as the time for me to speak out and
to act; and now il is here and / can do
neither
Lucy quickly rrpHcl. saying that she
was very sorry for him. hoped that lac
woul I succeed some day. and telling
him that she would always take an in
terest in hi> welfare. All Of which.
from n casual acquaintance. were good
sentiments, bat coming from Lucy. and
said with AN evident feeling Of relief AT
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