The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-01-28
THE ATTIC STUDY.
By: ALFRED CRAYoN. !

took on the ruddy face and stalwart
form rr OF one OF the present day, to her,
if none else, modern herop Shelves
reaching from floor to ceiling on all
sides OF the room, where crowded with
boo s-ancient vellum-bound tones,
pohderous cyclopedias, miscellaneous
volumes in green blue and red. The
doctors table presented that litter which
literary men delight in, and which no
discreet, housewife, however fond Of or
DERBY array, would dare to set to rights
Her own table looked more tidy, though
there were a few blotches of ink on the
pretty crimson cover. The bright Oc-
tober sunshine was streaming in through
the sky-light, difusing pleasant
warmth, for the morning had been
frosty. just then the DOCTORS slow
step was heard on the stairs, and soon
he entered his attic study. "
Miss Lyster was still staring at the
arnor in deep thought. fsi}: n.
There isn't a man in it, said the
doctor. 3 55l.35 e Eissi
Nor skeleton, either, y enjoined
the young woman, with q laugh.
But if not q man in mail, there was
a letter in the mall said the doctor,
who loved to tighten the gravity Of age
with his little Joke.
s..Ve cry good, doctor,,' said Miss Ly-
3ster, with dutiful appreciation; shut it
would be better yet if the letter were
for me- 2 5 5sa
..It is for yours truly as you viii no
doubt find at the end Of it, but no, the
writing is masculine, q man in the mail
after all, and probably something rather
more afectionato than the stiff yours
truly winds it up, eh q and he handed
her the letter, which she fastened to
unseal. ss;
Meanwhile the doctor stepped into an
adjoining room and busted himself with
the contents Of an old chest, from which
he presently removed large bundle of
papers and returned to the study. The
young woman had finished her letter.
There was a cloud upon her face and q
suspicion Of tears in her dark eyes.
3sittWell, well! not bad news, I hope,
said the doctor. Z, -
4 Yes, am sorry to say, very bad
news. i ought to 60 home at once;
they are in great trouble there. Oh! /
don't know what to do. I can not leave
my school, of course, until Christmas
week, SO there it is. 2 49,
SIS it something you can tell ME
about, my dearP'' asked the doctor,
kindly. Perhaps i can advise YOU, but
of course I don't wish to interfere in
your private affairs. 3
"Yon are very kline; DR.. Warlock-
you are always kind. Yes, I swill tell
you about it, though you have enough
to think Of without being bothered with
the troubles of poor me. You know
my home is in Rockb oro. Mother and /
have3a little farm there, and we have
managed to get along quite comfortably
since father death, but the place is not
ours really, that is, it lis mortgaged for
$500. Father died very suddenly, and
his affairs were SO involved that all we
had leftwas the farm. That seemed to
be secure but all at once this mortgage
was produced, and that has been a cloud
hanging over us ever since. I have
managed to pay the interest and taxes
BY teaching, and everything would go
on as it has done, I suppose, if the man
who holds the mortgage would be con-
tent. But now he insists on having his
money. We might as well think of
raising. S., O00, 900 as, $500. Oh! 7 don {
know what to do. v Mot Their is an invalid.
You know, and it would kill her to. lose
her home, but it must come to that,
fear, 81
on say the interest and taxes are
kept up; what rate ssof interest do you
six pei. cent, and it has never run ,l
behind. We hare been very careful
about that. 3;s3 ne ;:s, 5}I +;
Dear me, 7 can't see why in these
times, when money I is SO easy, a man
should want q better Investment. q .33
You don't know the man, doctor.
He3is a sort of country speculator, and
though he is rich / suppose he has many
schemes on hand and likes to Keep his
capital moving. But I believe il he
chose he could let: this Investment re-
main. He doesn't choose, Is however.
Besides, his father, not he, advanced
the money, and il is part Of his patri-
mony. = 81 ss y
s. Dung and married q queried the
Doctor. 31f2 ~ ~ n
4 n Not SO very young, and -unmar-
ried, replied the scho olmistress, with
ID downward glance q,
Unmarried, but not because he
hasn' tasked, eli 2 Is Sit the old story
over again, tho hard hearted miser,
who, because he can't get loving
glance from o. pair Of bright eyes,
threatens vengeance upon the pretty or
phan and her sick mot her, and SO forth,
ct ceterap That the diagnosis, ehP'i
said the doctor, with d. mischieyous
smile, Come, comet in these DAYS that
sort Of wooing ism, t the thing. There's
no romance in that, 4 as Tom Hood
says: But your letter lg:,s addressed in
& masculine hand. Haven't you q big
brother now, who can set things right
IN o, doctor, y this time with b fiery
blush. & you IS see-Well i mother
can not write without dificulty, and she
had q friend Of ours write for her. ,,ss5ss:s
a & !t.A III, yes, . see. othing more prop
Ger. And now / am awful inquisitive,
but always insist upon learning all the
symptoms. In this case allow me my
sprerogatiVe as d doctor. In short, who
Us your young friend p'''
sssssssI did not say:hee was Young, doctor.
Really you are too bad Hezwell, his
name Is John Redwood, and he owns a
small farm near ours. He is not
wealthy. but -.
& But will be il he keeps Oh in the in
Sdustrious way he has started, Of course;
that is what YOU were going to say,
broke in the listener SOf course he
could not raise the money, and equally
of course you could not ask him to do
Oh
Certainly we could not think sof
such, q thing, replied the school mis-
Stress. ss sis
Both sat silent for few minutes.
The doctor finally spoke in his cherry
way.
Veil, my dear, I've been in d brown
sstudy though this is an tincommonly
bright one to day and 1 think No will
dismiss the subject for the present.
Only let me say this think i sea d