The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20

and soul into tho field OF duty. The
first cases led to others, and homo
hours were taken up with sewing for
some OF the poorest of>the children.
But in the intervals of week Nell |
took a mischie7ous delight iny upset
ting Claigs nervous system. She |
sang only her most dashing brnvuras
at the MONDAY repose. She stole bot
ties of tonic. and filled them With mo-
lasses and water. She made bread |
pills and put them upon the tray of |
dainty food, especially prepared for
the patients dainty appetite, She
put red pepper in the eau-decologne;
pins in the lounge pillows, and paste
on the afghan. She reused Craig toll
energy, il only to protest that she was
the plague of his life.
He tried to salve his concsience byd
Offering Nell money for her proteges.
and she told him brusquely that she
had all she wanted.
Letters from Nice informed Nellie
that her aunt was far too i'll to return
home, and, after two months, death re-
leased her, and DR.. Warrenton, being
in the city once more sent for his
daughter
A suddeh dismay seized Craig For
the first time he realized how much of
sunshine Nell would carry with her.
He studied it well, and to his cousins
unbounded astonishment, made her an
offer OF marriage. - f..fs
"Thank you,' she said shortly, 81 do
not fancy home hospitals" Then, see
ing the panied face, she added more
gently "When | marry, Craig, my
husband will be a man doing d mans
work, not miserable hypochondriac
whining out his life upon sofa.
1t was caustic medicine, and craig
rejected it at first. But as the days
wore on, the sting, ranking deeper,
touched chords of conscience, and
Craig Warrington roused himself to-
self-communing that was bitter but
wholesome It'was not easy tocast off
habits that were life long, fostered by
some actual suffering, encouraged by
his aunt, and most assuredly not dis
couraged by village physician draw
ing yearly income therefrom.
Nells astonishmenent reached a eli
max at the new year, when CraigsWaf
rington walked into the room' Wbefe
her father was giving her a lesson in
: practical chemistry. asa .t,
"Uncle Rolf" Craig said, "Nell OBJ
: jects to home hospitals, but ] have
come to you professionally"
"My dear boy, what can I do for you
Lookout Nell. Ii you mix those acids
we will an explosion"
) "To avert which calamity / will re
tire while Craig tells you all his new
ailments. Poor fellowl1 ah@t
+ She flashed away, and Craig, looking
after her, said: a., s.t
"Uncle Rolf, | love NellieP .,.is.
| Dear mel thought she tormente(
!, you to the verge of insanity"
r $50 she does, aNeyrtheless l. want
S her for my wife. Sheobjects toneIyes
t so have come to get rid OF mine
Seriously Uncle RolfsI want. you I
: take me. for your patient, and see Y
t there in stuff in me for man, usefu
t and honorable. A man in, short tha
i you will not reject for a son-in-law, j
!, Nell will have me-"
"With ali my heart" sN
4 Nell was saucy and sarcastic whel
y DR.. Warrenton told her Craig was tt
be their guest, and yet the invali,
knew that she gave sweetest encoul
= agement in q thousand ways It wa
a hard task to follow Dr., Warrenton'
rules, and Craig might have oftel
# tainted by the WaN.only; Nellie ava
d there to see, to rouse him BY her wi
II or by her .gentleness to keep him on.
/, With physical strengthcame a men
e tai health, a desire to be up and doin
e. in the worlds work. Wealth see
Is through this healthiel' medicine wa
n ennobled as d means OF zusefulnesl
!e and even labor. became ,honorabl
). where there was good to be .wrongh
d out.
lc Itsaroused,NelPs' 4fespeee first to 'se
or how selfshness was trodtteng down
:. how actual ply pairrahd weakness
le were conquered by resolution, An
u where NelPs respect was given, he
az heart followed till she bent her prom
saucy head and owned her master !,
er 4But if | marry YOU shessrid, ha
y laughingy i may be the DEATH of yo
" Jas you feared"
er Not new, 1t will kill or r'cure, ali
j. think am cured. -'--
And Dr. Warrentonsfnds.in his III
!" works of'charity and usefulness aliia
IN tive helper, not only in the child h
love trained to the duty but in Gpai
le, his son'in-Iaw..
- Grants Memorial ;'what sliah be
- is discussed IN the September nnmbt
~ of the North Amelcdn aIsegiem, /
go Launt Thompson, Karl Gefhafdt;
~ L. Warner, and Wilson McDonal
sculptors w. Fl. Beard, ~paintef1Ga
vert Vaux and Henry Van Bruu
10 architects and Clarence Cook, d