Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-30

come diverted 10 science. In which. un
fortunately, he could afford 70 indulge
from the fac, be possessed a small bu
comfortable income. len him by hi
grandmother. so ,hs, Law eoald be made
only an ornamental part Of his life.
More than this. he Was remarksbl,
handsome fellow. aud. outside OF hi
'eieniif: studies. possessed more thar
ordinary common sense. The fac, VA
he had ovsrdons the matter. aud he wa
suffering. accordingly. from iasomni'
and over brain work Ea,ire aud CON
ple,e cessation from study Was bis onl,
hope. jus, q. | hal told him ,hi, there
came gentle tap =, my door. and TO my
slmmoa. Of l, "Coms." Il opened and
t~o ladis. eniered-one. Mis-, Msrih'
Mesrim,. an oil maid OF sixiy.hve. m,
patient. with nothing a, all the matter
With her ba, the wani OF exercise and
employment. aud who ~Oald no, vai,
fof me to call on her. ba, hunted me
down with her moans aud troubles daily
Her companion W. her niece Lillian,
and "siry. fairy LilliAn" she was. A
more beautiful little creature | never
.a-. and never sxpee, TO see again. and
q, COOL a, she was pretty.
Their coming jus, then embarrassed
me exceedingly. ! could no, dismiss
Mis-. Mssrim.. and | mus, bear with he'
usual half hour Of gro,ns aud gruns.
for .hieh I W. 90 we'll remanefated,
and. q, the same time. did no, dare TO
le, Clym 70. for knew he Was In a
dsngsroa, coalition Of mind. and | was
afraid ,hl, he nigh, carry on, hi, threat.
Introducing him and bringing him into
our conference Was out Of the question,
and there vas ba, one way for u. which
va, 10 stuff him into my little back
room. from whence there W. no escape
ba, by .kylish, OF the door which led
into the Office.
Th. | turned on him TO DO when |
saw that he had risen from the lounge.
and vas standing. a. one en''aneed,
Caring on Mis-. Lillian Btown with a
most unmi,,ak.ble look OF admiration.
which I f.neied va, returned 'hyly by
the young lady.
"Clsm. you'll obliss me II you'll step
into the next room for few minutes.
| said ; "rll soon be dissngaged."
Certainly. certainly" he said. mo'ins
slowly aero. the Office. bowins TO the
two ladie, t. he wen, bat no, 'hui,ias
the door after him on hi. disappearance.
90 that he could hear all thA, might be
said Thi. VI. no, mach that eoald
entertain ot instruct him. consisting oa'
IL Of the old womsn's usual reeoun,ing
Of the maladie, which she could no,
have had IL she had been poor and
Obliged 20 walk instead Of ride. and the
occasional musical tones Of Lillian. al.
.werine my questions or encouraging her
aunt Over q quarter OF an hour was
passed In ihi. way. which would have
been longer had no, Lillian. knowing
that had clsm ia the other room wait
log for me. hurried Mis-. Mesrims away.
"who i. that, Doc" said Clem. ca.
serly. a, he rushed back into the room
as soon q. the office door closed on the
l.die.
"Tha, /, the rich Mis-, Msgrim'. !
said. "she'. 10, more money than
shes 20, time to spend /, in. and 50
plays sick"
"oh. p,hs~'" h, said pe,ullnily. 81
don, mean the old one"
"Ah I that's her niece and supPosable
heire.., Mi. Lillian Brown" replied,
earelesly. "shes rather pretty
Rather pretty" he almo', shouted.
"By the grsa, ieh,hyo'suru'. cir. shes
lov.ly-,imply lovely. | never saw
anything more beautiful in my entire
existence"
"Oone :" | though, to myself. "His
brain has given away aud | took poor
Clem by the hand aud felt hi, Pal's.
"oh. I'm all right Doc" he said.
laughing, and then re,uming bis sea,
upon the lounge and beeoming quite
calm. "Ba, really she is very hand.
some. and don, know ,ha, I've ever
seen any one ,ha, has made such an i'm
dre,sion on me. Can't yoa Introduce
me. doctor" ,"
"Oh, you're too much mixed up with
mss.,heriam. aud prehi,,oric power to
even talk sen,ibIy to a lady, and Miss
Bo~n i. very sensible aud practical
girl
"Oh bother the mssa,heriams and
prehistoric. I'm no, thinking Of them
Iu., now. wan, an Introduction TO
Nj. Brown" said Clem. earnestly.
"Tll give |, to you tomorrow" an.
swsred. "if you'll promise me to do ja''
VIA, tell you until then"
Certainly. will." he exclaimed
eagerly.
"very veil I AN to call on Miss
Megrims tomorrow at 5r. n. Promise
me ,ha, you won't open = book. touch
pen, or think OF mes.theriums or pre-.
histories until then. and that you will
20 TO the theatre with ms tonight. and
I will TAX. you with me tomorrow
"Done 80 he said enthusiastically.
"Then we'll 20 and take walk in
the park" and shook hands with
Clem on the bargain. and We marched
away for q smoks aud a talk all aeou,
Lillian Brown.
Th., nigh, I took Glen to see an es-
ceedinsly funny barle'qae. snd was
gratihed q, his appreciation Of !, in
hearty bursts Of laughter. aud the fol-
loving day he made his sPPsarane, at
the Office isulilessly dressed, 'omsthing
| had no, known him to be ,ince be en-
braced science. and looking 80 much
hsnd.omer and better than the day be-
fore ,ha,i, hardly seemed possible he
va. the same man. Of course. l car.
ried ou, my promise, and OF course
Nj. Megrim, looked surprised At my
bringing Clem. bu, | did no. care for
that, for at the same time saw that
Miss Lillian Vas grstihsd.
For the frat time within my memory
Mi. Megrims seemed TO forget her ell.
ments, and devoted heself to Glen,
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