Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-16
THE DOCTORS STORY.
BY Katherine whitesIde

LIE DOtIOkS SIOR1.
BY Katherine Whiteside
ut Is five years, isn't it. since you were
here:' asks the doctor as we two lag
little behind the rest of the equestrian
party, who are winding along the road
through Mission Canon, in Southern Cali
tornia.
Yes l responded, land think now, as
then, that Southern California is the gar
den of the earth, and Santa Barbara the
most delightful spot in it,
Thanks he replies; "of course | en-
dorse such sentiments to the fullest ex-
tent
And the people" proceeded enthusi-
asiically ARE certainly unusually enter
tanning; those that one likes are charming
and those that one dislikes generally have
thrilling history as a background"
That's true" he says. by the way,
we're the Luckeys here when you left?'
Il think so. Weren't they a family of
girls with widowed mother, who lived
Just beyond the Arlington?n
That is the family, and the second
daughter, who was Miss Wilhelmina, is
that third lady yonder in advance, with
the dark blue riding habit
What a lovely, pen profle! 1 ex
claimed, as the lady in question turns her
head in response to some remark of her
escort. 1t is lovely face with delicate
iy cut features and a knot of blonde hair
on the naye of perfect neck. The doc
tor enjoys my enthusiastic
admiration to the utmost and contin-
ues:
You shall Judge whether she would
make the heroine of thrilling romance,
when I tel! You her history during the
last five years"
We are walking our horses toward the
camp in the canon whittier we are
bound and the delicious air like cham
payne, The doctor, an old friend, has
promised nae a new lease of physical and
mental yigor if | will spend a month
literally out of DOORS and | am only to
glad to join his family party for that
purpose. Accordingly he has come
down to the hotel to act as escort, and
large riding party has volunteered to go
to to the camp for dinner and return by
moonlight. The doctor in consideration
Tor the weakness that compels me to ride
slowly, has refined in his staid little bay
pony, which upon occasion can distance
all the other horses, and we have slowly
fallen behind the entire party; So the
doctor begins:
1T was the next Autumn after you left
that Harry Stayman's father moved his
family here. He, the old gentleman, had
patent for making paper from the
caches plant, and made an astonishing
amount of money. Harry was a good
BOY not brilliant you know, but he sent
10 New York for his clothes, and duly
adorned his outer man. Well that winter
There We're the usual number of hops and
private theatricals among the young
people and about Christmas time the
engagement of Whilhelmina Luckey to
marry Stayman was announced SO in
spring they were duly married, and went
down to coast to live, as Master Harry
was to have a new paper factory establish
90 there for himself. OF conrse the us
~ual number of talkative folks said she
never would have looked at him If it
hadn't been for his money. and that he
would lind pretty face wasn't all wo-
Aau needed to make a good wife. Rut |
4gagh. there was the usual amount of
affection between them. What that is
q ,1e usual marriage | will leave you to
judge"
we uoCtOF cuuChleo IlIll6
.ahclously end then more grayely con
'lnge,.
'l' was about a year later that Harry
was caught in some machinery and found
h7nsed and dead
AZ TINS I heaye a sigh and unconscious
:. quicken my horses gait to catch a
s"Apse Of that pure, proud, womanly
1aes' The doctor. after a sufficiently i'm
t.',-lFe pause, resumes;
We We're all shocked and of course
f, -g entire town was full of sympathy for
"4eimina. She came back TO Santa
.t'otTa' bat couldn't 60 to her mothers
t1'e Where everything reminded her OF
so she went to stay little time
." some friends living near by
..s Gay as | was riding past they called
81 y 70 see Wilhelmina. They to told
-s mat She had tainted and that they
a not revive her. applied the usual
.'5siIyes with no effect, and was com
puzzled by her condition. At last
4'.tced one little spot of blood on the
ae q her waist, and, upon having
+ 1Alressed, the mystery was explained
Aal placed a small pistol next hei
ana snCt herself. The clothing had
ed her aim and the ball had missed
'-'t here a curve of the winding road