Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-12
THE DOCTORS COURT
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my dear fellow said BARLEY, you
can no more afford such 8 wife than
you can afford steam yacht or an
ivory mounted billiard table
There's no occasion to tell me that,
mournfully replied Dr. Dale. 5 I'm
quite aware of it already. If I was
rich I'd marry Miss Clarke tomorrow
always providing that she thought
me worthy of acceptance; but | am
only a struggling young doctor. I'll
10 my best to keep away from her
destinations in the future.
"a sensible decision, observed Bait
ley.
But she is so prettyp yearningly re-
marked DR.. Dale.
Stick to your colors, mani cried
Bartley. 'Clissy Clarke is nothing on
earth but society belle. What you
want is a helpful, willing, working bee
for wife-one that can aid you with
heart and hand to climb llfe's hill.
You saw Miss Clarke at the Winfield
masquerade last night in white satin
and pearls?'
| And very beautiful she looked
cried the young physician, firing sud-
denly up at the recollection of Miss
| Clarke's auburn hair, all twisted with
ropes Of seed pearl, and violet blue
eyes, sparkling with 8 girlish aIima-
tion.
| Did she look like poor mans
wife7'
NO, hesitatingly.
He recollected, now, that he had
said something to Clissy about going
to the Clarke cottage that day.
1T won't do he said to himself. L
had better keep away"
And so, instead of following the
dearest inclination of his heart, he be-
took himself, with Spartan resolve, to
the public library.
I'll read up that case on the investi-
cation of cholera microbes, he thought.
J If man expects to make any mark
IN his profession he must keep posted
up in these modern discoveries of
, science
So he disappeared in one OF the
alcoves of the library with the medical
.. quarto and his memorandum book,
and set to work in good earnest.
, But he had not fairly entered into the
microbe question when the twitter OF
sweet girl voices from the adjoining
alcove struck upon his ear.
, oh, Clissy Clarkel said one. 4
: called for her and she wouldn't come.
1t was baking-day, and there was
; Clissy up to her elbows in -four and
lspices.
!. well, never!n said the other, with
a glggle.
oh, she does all the houseworkl
! said the first speaker, scornfully, like
!, any hired servant. Even the fine
it washing--they only keep one little
r bound girl--and Mr.. Clarke doesn'
/ wear shirt unless Clissy has ironec
t it.
tt How does she find time for hel
: music and oil painting2' asked sec,
! ond.
e oh, she rises at dawn. She says
d the best time of the working day il
d before breakfast. She finishes tht
. housework, sews for the family
' Makes all her own dresses, dom
a sheY
, Yes, and her mothers too! Tha
= = Fsatin dress she wore at the party las
: night was her grandmothers brida
: lgown made over, and the pearls wer'
borrowed from Miss Layton, I
n doesn't cost her anything to dress
= = She'll take the horridest old affair
: remodel it with scrap of ribbon or
o. panel of velvet until you'd think j
b was made by French dressmaker.
= = declare / wish I had her knack. Pap
y is always grumbling about my bills
ID But that amt all. Do you know sh
Fe gives Bessie Layton music lessons ant
earns quite nice little income TO
: herself7 And she writes book review
r. and things for the newspapers, an
Nd keeps Mr.. Clarke in books that way
L Dear mel! said the other, with
\ y yawn, who at the party last nigh
: would think ofit?'
sHumphl' remarked the other, She
live and die an old maid, see If sh
!, Idon't. Such girls always do. Come
here are our novels at last. Let's 90
ee The pertumed silken founces rust
in ed out of the library; the sound c
81 81 chattering voices died away and sti
lis DIR. Dale sat with his pencil in hanc
be staring down at his memorandum
d. book. It seemed that the gloomy We
which had dropped between him an
his future life was lifted. In his heal
he could have blessed the angt
tongues Of those, idle, gossiping girl
Clissy, then, was no mere 'putterf,
but true, noble hearted workin
grill
He carried back the ponderor
medical tome to the assistant librarian
Much obliged, he remarked, sut
cinctly.
Got through with it pretty quicl
: haven't your said the assistant ibr'