The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-10

lhot LoW hGCu-Ao pnfhI ~ $3.50 otNPSAt
and then-deathl lisa string temptation
when living is 30 hard and disappointment
50 bitter. All, Heaven HOG much hoped
for. Ard here I am, SIX fonths after my
graduation. without a dossr, without a
patient, without q hope; .ny rent for this
room due to-morrow, and Dds dime with
which 10 meet Ii, nor a prolpect OF earning
one Just such straits have made many an
honest man thief, rufsiaa. murderer
or suicide, And 1 wonder. what Miss Cor
don would think now o. thcspihable wretch
who has bad the sudacity to love her Love-
TO love I. with starvation before me, or
skisi" The young man lifted small bottle
of light powder aud held il between him
ard the faring d;mness of the poor light; a
slight curl came to bis fine 10 as he tossed it
gain on the table.
Even Cataline, in all bss wretchedness,
ben his plans had faileds aud his hopes
I ad left him, called it the ,soward's cure,
ne said scornfully; 'and Funk can be as
areat as Catalina In this Leg the power that
gsve recall my life, will got lift my own
hands against it."
he psced back and forth it the small, bare
room. On the floor below scard informed
The public that there coulc be found Carl
elsu, physician and surgeon and while Carl
l3lau waited for the public to.claim his skill
the public passed and employed better
Rnown and older men. Tit. hour was late
the fine form OF our y9nDg physician
showed graceful and athletic as he paced the
narrow limits OF his room; ais blonde head
He was thinking OF his herman home,
biz German friends, the any fair hopes
that bad lured him acro.s the ocean, 20
SEEK fame and fortune in = strange land,
among strangers; and ne wst also thinking
of a wcmsn's proud, beautiful face, which
bad charmed him strangely month before;
seen by him only as II passed him in the
street; seen by him often sinie. and now i'm
pressed upon his heart. unkr{Dwn 70 the fair
daughter of wealth and luxUty, whose name
ne had discovered 10 be MisS Gordon. Are
there many women, who, lifa this fair arts.
tocIat, win hearts to love th:m as they ride
by csreless, in their carriageS' Mics Gordon
was an heiress and q belle; BIT no one Of her
admirers gave her the utteS devotion, the
almost idoltry, which was gwen her By this
young German physician wblse face she hal
never even looked Cd.
The irony of it," Carl thought bitterly
and then his musings veis broken by a
rapid tattoo on his door. Composing MS
features, he went and openesi 1t.
my friend" he said, IN ~ usual musical
voice. to which chung slighy foreign accent.
s. is there need of 30 much taste OF energy
Pray enter; if 1t is you war;. l am most
happy to place myself at youS service"
A servant in livery entered, and spoke in
. hurried, excited way.
II could not get DIR. gray, tnd yen are the
nearest; can YOU cOme WIth ne 1t once
IA momeDt?'
caIl simply took his hat srom where il
bnLg, and placing small, md cine case IL
ms bose IN, signified his read less 10 go with
TIE ran
Who is TO be my patisnt9s he asked as be
locked the door, and pat thu Isy in his pock
ct His pulse bounded IS ne Received the an-
swsr.
sMr. George Gordon; he hse, had a fit, sir "
Then be found hImself in luxnrious car.
rieee end the man on the bGx was driving
l.- for life. IL scarcely seemed moment
later that he was following servant along
wide hall, on the marble floor of which his
steps rang softly; then up g stairway, where
the rich velvet beneath his feet hushed
every sound of their fall, and then he had
entered dimly.lighted apartment, where
woman, young, beautiful, graceful, bent
over q white face, set and rigid, on the pill
lows Of the couch that he approached. As
he neared her the woman turned, and he
found himself facing one whom he had
learned to iove-Miss Gordon, the heiress.
Her beautiful face was white as death; her
dark eyes were filed wi h terrible fear;
hsr delicate lips were tremnlous with sorrow.
You are physician
be bent his head in silence, and gently
put her ss;de while ne made an examination
Of The patient. She wa ched him without
seeming to breathe. SO great was her anxiety;
when be turned from the couch he again
met tbcse great. troubled eyes, but the man
was then merged In the physician, his pulses
were calm and his eyes untroubled, as they
net hers.
You will save him2 He is nv father
Yon will ssve his life?'
i will Try. / think / can--I know will
do my best. but you will not remain here;
yeu will allow me to send everybody from
the room but one servant. will send you
word frequently"
Ard when daylight came slowly and softly
in through the eastern window, he looked up
from the face of bic patient, which was losing
its ashen rigidity. and sent her this message;
He will live"
The papers sent forth sn account of severe
illness of Mr.. George Gordon; they told the
public that only the skill of the young Ger
man physician, Carl Blau. had saved the
life Of the millionaire; and the press did
more for the young man than the card on his
door, for it turned the stream OF public favor
toward his dingy Office and filled his time
with the care of patients. and his book with
ari-tocratc names beside Mr. Gordon M
made friend eof him and invited many to
meet the young man III his elegant parlors;
the millionaire recognized the nobility IN
The Young physician and allowed no golden
wal 10 stand between them; so Carl became
familiar figure in the elegant mansion, and
pair OF dark eyes began to light grsudly at
hi coming, TO become dreamy and soft in
Bis absence; and Mr.. George Gordon saw
and did not irown
Hes noble fellow. and hell be famous
yet, he told his daughter, ard MS daughter
did not answer.
1t VA Ayear later, and Carl was now in a
roomy office in an arisiocratc part of the
city. he kept his gig, and bis income was
promising; yet az he sat chatting with Mr.
Gordon in the latter's library, he iin't look
particularly happy.
mir. Gordon" he said. speaking with an
effort. you have surely been as good a
frief TO re SIS man ever hai bur am 90