Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-11-19

by accident. If we meet again 1 shall
not recognize YOU"
He smiled good-humoredlY, bowed.
said:
| eve shall see," and turned quickly
away.
felt vexed with myself for having
conversed SO freely with a stranger.
and made good resolutions by which
my future department was to be gov
erned.
/ do not understand what there was
IN the trihiDg event just narrated to
STIR my nature to its depths, but that
night did not close my eyes till 8
o'clock. began to hate myself for
having remained so long in mental
position without single struggle to
rise above it. A beautiful thought
came to me at last with the sudden>
ness of inspiration. I had in many
instances proves myself to be good
nurse for the sick. I had more than
once administered simple remedies
with success in the absence of phys
stefan. had been fascinated by the
study of anatomy and physiology; why
not add to these knowledge Of thera-
peutics2 Why not become a physi-
clan, practicing among women and
childred?
The thought was healing oil to my
troubled spirits, and [ was soon asleep
happily ignorant of the long struggle
entailed upon me by the resolution, of
the cost of medical courses and the
difficulty of persuading patients that
woman can be fit to undertake the
"case"
It was wonderful how otter Mr..
Gleason found it necessary after that
to come to the pump at the kitchen
door for drink, and how he persisted
IN not noticing the glass | placed
there for his accommodation, but must
always come into the kitchen, 40 mat
ter how busy I was, and trouble me to
get one for MIN, and pause awhile to
talk.
I found out one thing. I could talk
and no one had ever tried to draw me
out before.
We talked on every subject, from
the love OF legends to international
politics, and [ never dreamed that it
was more than the pleasure of speak
ing on subjects remote from buildings
and pies that made NE care for the
society of Mr.. Gleason.
| had a terrible awakening. One
day he was just leaving me when a
voice on the lawn was heard to call
out:
"Where's Mr.. Gleasons'
Down in the kitchen, I suppose,
counting the cook" was the answer
nors suggestive than ladylike.
It was not the heat Of the stove that
made my face burn at that moment,
and the Thought flashed into my mind
that had an unquestionable right TO
be courted, just as Mr.. Gleason re-
entered the room and said:
''That coarse joke on the lawn has
made me resolve to ask you now what
I had Intended to defer to later day.
I love you, Miss Allston; will you be
my wife,"
"Oh, no, no, Mr.. Gleason. Where
is your honor, to trihe with thu affec~
tons OF Elsie, then seek to wed me?
I am surprised beyond measure, I
thought better Of you. Coz
Il cannot tell what you may have
heard" he replied, with a pale, stern
face, ''but I have certainly been no
more attentive to Miss Elsie than
courtesy demanded. I had dared to
hope for different answer. You
have accused me of dishonor. That
parts u.s.
Then he was gone. The same day
he departed from nay Aunt's "a
sudden fancy for sketching among
the mountains. Never thinks OF any
thing but his art" complained the
guests. The following day Elsie's
engagement was announced to the
person whom Aunt Deborah had
chosen for her. She could not live
without plenty of money, she said.
Six years passed, during she most
Of which was notin communication
with Aunt Deborah or any of rela>
tons, they having with one accord
refused to forgive me for being
''strong>mindsd," and persisting in
the study Of medicine. They were
years of hard work and almost unen-
durable loneliness. I was engaged IN
professional labors in a village in
Vermont.
One day messenger came IN great
haste to cali me to the bedside Of
stranger who was very i'll, perhaps
dying. No male physician could be
found. Would I go? I hesitated but
a few moments. How thankful was
I afterward that obeyed the impulse
of mercy and cast aside that of pru~
dery It was Mr.. Gleason!
When he became conscious. DAYS
afterward, he reached feebly for my
hand and said:
''This is what I have been praying
for. I have found you at last, Ham
nah"
That was five years ago. and now
we have been married just four years
and eleven months, and are as happy
as mortals, subject to the ague and
their neighbours chickens, can ever
hope to be. On our marriage day I
threatened to ''throw physic to the
dogs" but my husband said:
tsNo You shall ALWAYS he NV