Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

v%en'ence, crowded It into his buggy.
Hnu proceeded to deposit it in his bare
tl..1e room, Romeo rated him soundly
~, ~; ans "namby-pamby homeopathic
pl.nclpies, and requested him in the
.ueure TO Keep his nag's head turned in
the other direction.
JACK Golett and Kitty had ALWAYS
3een great friends. In their childish
Gsys JACK had persisted in declaring
hltty the prettiest girl in town, in spite
OF various stylish New York cousins,
VINO a made deep impressions on less
,slen1ul hoyish hearts; and Kitty, in
iong since abandoned school-g i slang,
nad called her delighted cavalier the
pest fellow going All through the
years that Jack was in college, and
NIFTY being finished at school, they
kept up q steady correspondence, and
exchanged photographs at regular in
teryals; and now that they were both
PACK IN their native village all the Cos
sips prophesled a speedy engagement.
IL was at this juncture that the wish
OF invalid stagnantville was fulfilled;
Tor one bright morning a startlingly
new and staring sign appeared in the
basement window of the widow Nc
house, stating that DR.. Rec
quar's office hours we're from two to
i've p. NJ, beside which hung a bran
new slate and pencil, melting covet-
business IN many a passing school-boy's
heart.
The new doctor proved to be a slen-
der. handsome young fellow, just grad
uated from q school of medicine, very
agreeable in his manners, and very
anxious to succeed in his profession.
He smoothed down rutfled feathers with
consummate skill, listening deferen-
TALLY to long-winded discourscs, and
pointing out to each the best features Of
his OWN pet theory, yet managing to be
non-committal himself. This mode OF
procedure very DON began to tell upon
the slender practice of bluff young Co
lett, who naturally enough had none OF
the kindest feelings toward his success
full rival, and it soon came to be gen
orally understood that the young doc
tors were not on friendly terms.
Percival Rccquar had been intro.
duced to Stagnantville society at a gar
den-party, given IN his behalf by the
widow McGorvan; and had made at the
outset an enviable impression. The
young ladies admired his superb figure
and mustache; the young men pro-
nounced him at once q jolly good fell
low; while their elders considered his
discrimination and sound good sense
remarkable in so young a man The
truth was he was simply an easy going
young tact!cian, who found it easier
and more profitable to smooth people
over than to elbow his way through the
world. He meant to do his best by his
patients, but he did not consider it nee
essary to disturb their little halucina.
tions; SO when old Mrs. Turnbull, a
rich, crotchety old widow, who had
done more than any one one elseto pull
down DIR. Golett's practice, had said, in
her italcised way:
81 hope, DR.. Recquar, that goa arc
not one of those who think they know
more than their fathers, and persist il
killing people by giving them cold wate1
in cases of fever"
The young doctor had been dcferen.
tally attentive, and entered into a eau.
tious little dissertation on the ill effects
of ice water, and had even quoted Ger
tain cases of death occurring from it,
use.
And Mrs. Turnbull had afterware
told her friend, Mrs. Miller. that hel
views and those of the new doctor were
quite identical.
1t was not that young Recquar, wa
4 hypocrite, but it was his nature tt
avert argument.
Lawn tennis was unhear6 of in Stag
nantville, but croquet sets were provid'
ed for the young people, and Kitty Van
Meta and Recquar played against Dr.
Golett and a young lady in pink. Kit
ty looked wonderfully pretty in hel
simple, white dress, with an immense
bunch of late roses at the belt, and ONE
great, sleepy looking rose artfully nest
tied in her dark hair, where 1t greatly
heightened her complexion.
Conscious of looking her best, and O.
having an admirer there to torment
Miss Kitty assumed very coquettist
airs, and when the heavy, crimson rose
dropped from her braids to her part
ner's feet, she very obligingly consent
ed to part with it, and ven pinned il
c~onspicuously on his lapel herself. Al
this Jack tried to appear a%ssiduously
devoted to the pink young lady; but
the great, laundering fellow had beer
fond of Kitty for SO long, and was SC
hurt to see her standing on tiptoe anc
smiling brightly into the face of his
rival, that he made a fatal misshot, anC
the game passed easily into the hands
of his opponents.
The new doctor had been but a short
time in ~Stagnantville when he began,
in his morning rounds, to drive by Miss
Vannetta's house, and to slacken his
horses pace when he caught sight Of
Kitty in her pale blue morning-dress,
standing among the tall, red houyhocks,
her hands filled with flowers she hac
gathered for the adornment of the par.
lor. 1t was an exquisite bit of color, he
thought. such as an artist might enjoy
and although DIR. Recquar made no al.
tistic pretensions, he certainly likec
looking at the bright little picture.
Then there was the smiling nod anc
"Good morning" and perhaps an in