The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-23

glances. You are so beautiful, my Bes- sic " he had said with all lovers pride and tenderness.
 70 Dick Dickl" burst from her lips with great sob of agony as the past was so wildly recalled.
 There was strong, firm tread, and be- fore she could recover her self-posses- sion Dr. Jay was beside her.
 "Why my dear child this will never, never dol" he said kindly. "Wnat is it i? Will you not tell mel
 How very dear all his fatherly sym pathy and kindness seemed if she could but tell him all,-lay the burden of care on his broad shoulders-which seemed so fitted to bear them!
 But no she could not, it would seem like asking for charity. So she forced back the tears and tried to answer calmly
 .i was only thinking, doctor-and fear am little discouraged"
 "But you must not think anything about it. You must leave all to me. My shoulders are broad enough to bear all your care and more beside" and he shrugged them with comical grimace as he spoke.
 "Now suspect this is the prescrip- ton you need most, just now," and be- fore she had the slightest intimation of his meaning, he had taken ten dollar bill from his pocket and tossed it on the bed beside her.
 With look of surprise, and little startled cry of" On, doctor, cannot indeed cannot ]" the tears restrained by great effort burst forth afresh, and she hurnedly drew the sheet over her face to hide them.
 But my dear child, you mustr' Dr. Jay said emphatically, removing her hands and the sheet from her face. "Now listen to me, please. I am old enough to be your father. wish from the depths of my heart that was your father. l cannot see you lie here and die-as be- lieve you are dying-from want. You must permit me to help you. It is % little, and it would be such a pleasure to do it. Now take this, like a sensible little woman as you always have been, and spend it for what is needed for your comfort. When that is gone there is plenty more ready for you" "You are so very, very kind, doctor. l do appreciate it so much, but cannot, indeed l cannot, take it. It is not so bad as you think" Her lip quivered as she told the little fiction, for indeed was it not much worse than he thought2 He saw it was useless to urge the matter in this way, so taking up the bill he folded and replaced it in his pocket. book. "You will not misunderstood me, doc tor?" Bessie said, imploringly; " am not ungrateful, but indeed" and she broke down again and hid her face.
 Dr. Jay bit his heavy moustache signi6- cantly, and despite the pathos of his patients appeal there was half smile in the depths of his dark eyes.
 Taking advantage of her covered face, he hastily selected some bills from his pocket-book, and folding them into small compass, he wrote few words on pre- scription paper, aud covering the bills with it, laid them on the table.
 So rapidly had this been done that Bessie in her agitation failed to observe any break in the conversation.
 "I understand you," he said, reassur- ingly, in anwer to her last words, "and respect your independence. But you are weak and nervous, and have written a prescription which think will help you. l must hurry away now. have dozen more calls to make to-day. Now don't cry any more, but try and cheer up a little. Remember if you need anything l am always at your service"
 It was many minutes after his de- parture before Bessie could regain com posture enough to look at the prescription.
 It read: "For baby's sake "-and en- closed $25.
 "God bless him l" she said with grate- ful tears. She could not refuse it " for baby's sake."
 On his next visit when she tried to thank Dr. Jay, he put his hand over her lips, saying:
 "There there you have nothing to do about 1t. It was all on baby's ac- count. That boy is my godson, and am going to make great surgeon of him some day, and must keep you alive to bring him up properly.
 For week Dr. Jays heart was re. joiced by the steady improvement of his patient The color began to return to the pale face, strength and appetite in- creased, and at the end of the week she was able to sit up for a short time. But the next day she was worse. Boston's s chill east winds, the facilitating effects of protracted cold weather, were too severe for her frail body.
 Alter making his call that day, Dr. Jay rode away, more perplexed and anxious than ever. The baby still re- mained weak and frail. There seemed no help for either mother or child except by removal to some warmer climate until the chill winds of February and March had passed.
 But how was it to be accomplished ? He would not have hesitated an instant over the financial part of the question but he had no hope of inducing Bessie to accept his aid so far as that, not even for baby's sake "-and the world
 "Curse the worldI' he said savagely, under his breath-"o or rather curse the men who have been base enough to make kindness an excuse for evil, SO that m a NA