Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-04-24

couple of months of il at least. my lad. >
The boy was very much disheal tened
at this intelligence; and the next morn
ing, when we were all under canvas
the doctor, having finished his immedi
ate duties, sat by his bedside, and
heard him tell his patient how wien h,
was doctors boy he had not learned
much of medicine: and how in making
an experiment he had nearly dosed I,
death boy little oder than himself
When he was about to leave the tent
said: doctor. l am the boy whom
you nearly dosed to death. What
have you been dong through all these
years."
l had recognized him on the proceed
ing night, but he had not known me-
and he was astounded when | accosted
him. He had certainly improved both
in appearance and manners. and
found afterward that he was grea.
tavorite with the command to which he
was attached We soon became very
good frieniS-far better, indeed, than
we had ever been in the old DAYS when
| SO candidly expressed my opinion OF
him. His success was due simply to
common sense and industry. On leav-
ing Or. Harris service he had hired
| himself to another doctor, who gave
him farer play than his former prir
clpal, and he was enabled to study
medicine, attend the necessary lectures,
and finally to obtain his diploma.
At last | asked him why he had left
the five-dollar bill in the drawer when
he was leav ng. He laughed.
ut was the only MONEY" he sa'd d,
that DR.. Hart ever gave me. He
handed it to me, grulgingly enough,
about a year before l left. and | never
changed it. You viii think it, per-
haps, a strange sentiment for doctor s
boy; but when | was running away
without giving him any notice | thought
| had forfeited all claim TO com pensa-
ton for my services; so / returned his
money. By-the-way, how is the old
doctor now?''
/ had heard of DR. Hart since | left
the village, and | was able to give Dir.
Dorlling Gor SO he was called) good
deal OF information about him, and,
with the rest, told him that he was
anxious TO Sc his practice.
''0h. indeed said Dorking quietly.
"Then | tn nix | will 90 and buy it,
And then, in answer to my look of sur
prise, be added: Il have saved some
money, and don't see how can en-
ploy it better than in settling down in
the Old village"
AS the weeks went past, my wound
did not improve, and Dorking was O ten
with me. The final scenes of the war
closed without our presence. In TIE
conversations we had | suppose told
him enough to give him some inkliny OF
my old affection fer Agnes Hart. for l
noticed that as | spoke OF her he grew
We Y t oughtful, and 10 ked furtiy ely al
me. My love, perhaps, was not very
deep, but it was nv first love, and did
not easily die. AS lay on my couch,
tossing at times from side to side, and
mutter NC in a low fever. saw always
that sweet young face before me. and in
the days OF my convalescence resolved,
as soon as | could travel, to start for
the old Village and ask her to be nv
wife
At last DR.. Dorking left me. going
back, he said, to try to secure DR.. Hart
practice. and | passed three very dreary
weeks alone. All sorts of m servings
tro ibled me. Oh. why had | not cast
sentiment to the winds, and asked 4 gnes
for the promise of her hand be ore !
joined the army?
1t did not take me long to reach the
village after | had once started. and nv
heart was beat NO very fast as l stood
be ore the old doctors. house. The
still twined around The |
posts at each side of the door. |
door, and the four years that had
passed since [ was there last did not |
seem to have made much change IN the |
gu ct old homestead. The plate on the
door. bearing the words doctor Hart"
was perhaps little rustier than former
y. but that was all.
The servant who adm tied me ushered |
me into the front parlor with Hem
captain Douglas - and [ saw that there
we're two persons in the room Now
I'm not particularly quick Of apprehen-
son, but l knew precisely the situation
between these two the moment | en-
cred. Agnes rose. while her compan.
on. who was seated very close TO her.
remained in his chair. and the bushes
hat few to the fair face of my old
were clearly not for me.
You see, Douglas, said Dorkine.
lalf an hour Later, agnes had prom
sed to be my vie long before | lett the
loctor's house. 1 could never have
'ifered her home had remained here,
nd that was the reason ran away.
Inc has known Of all my movements,
or we have correspondent regularly ever
ince'
So it was Just as well that had not
roposed for Agnes before the fighting
egan. Even then the Doctor S Boy
ad won the DOCTORS daugh ter.-Ed- !
'"nd Lyons. tn Harper's Bazar.