The Grenada gazette., 1888-01-07

ping down the street.
DIR. Beach. on eccentric bachelor,
lived in the rather lonely house at the
extreme end Of the street Lottie was
never sick herself and Aunt Hetta
never employed DR.. Beach for her oc-
casional ailments; yet the bright
hearted girl had contrived to make
the acquaintance Of the uncouth doc
tor, who liked her and called her Lit
tie Miss"
What il the dear old man was a
little gruffP He was good" And
into his office Lottie now went as.
sured Of Q warm welcome. Absorbed
in her own interest and intent ON her
errand. she approached the bay-win-
dow where stood the great monthly
rose-bush which had been the wonder
and envy Of tho admiring public since
almost before Lottie was born.
''Oh, DOCTOR" she said, II came to
ask II you would be SO kind as to
give me three or four of those lovely
budsp"
''What for?" growled the doctor,
savagely.
''You see,' she began. Il wanted to
make something pretty for birthday
gift for-for friend. but l could not"
choking little, land I had almost
given up hope Of any thing, when this
morning, as glanced down the road
your beautiful roses seemed to say:
Come after us, so here l am. Flowers
are always nice to give. you know, and
l had none.'
"Humph! Why couldn't you make
what you wanted to?'
'.Aunt Hetta would not let me"
''Humph! Is not Henrietta Henshaw
good to your" he demanded, bristling
up.
"Oh, yes, as kind as can be. But
she does not believe in birthday gifts,
she says"
Hadn't you any money yourselfP'
..No."
"She might give you cent or two
from time to time; then you would
have fund TO draw from"
'Oh. she does. / had five dollars
Monday that l had not needed to use.
But saw Jennie and Tommy Elroy,
with their little bare toes peeping out
OF their old shoes and"-
$50 you squandered your money to
clothe the feet of those little yaga-
bondsp" growled the doctor, wonder
ing why he hadn't seen the bare toes.
"Yes, got shoes and the incest red
stockings. Jennie cried and cried
when she hugged me because she was
SO glad,' related Lottie, her quick
tears starting.
The doctor rubbed his knuckles vim
dictively in his own eyes.
"Well. little miss, if you had known
you could not get any more money for
your tlummerv, would you have spent
all you had on the little beggarsP"
II don'tknow; I hope SO; I'm sorry
you asked inc. really think l should.
But l did want tho other so dread
fully that l might have saved out lit
tie"
''You could have got brown stock
ings."
$50, could. But guess I m glad l
did not; the red ones are 30 much pref
tier, and the poor like pretty things as
we'll as the rich"
The doctor looked ponderingly on
the little miss. She was pretty Great
ure, and as innocent as she was pret-
ty. Though she was seventeen, her
looks and appearance would hardly
have claimed for her fifteen well-round-
ed years.
1T is a bridal rose," said Lottie,
keeping her errand in mind, as she
boxed admiringly into the great bush,
whose beautiful blossoms rivaled the
4hiteness Of the snow.
"Humph! Isuppose so. You would
not think now that it had spoiled a
Wedding. But it did; just fifteen years
ago this day."
lLottie looked in alarm at the white,
trfacherous thing
r.You would not think, either, that
a gruf old fellow like me could ever
have got a woman to say she would
have him!'
Oh, yes, / would" said Lottie; II
think you are tho incest man in the
wofld-except''-
Except whom?'
p was going to say, Harry"
Exceedingly fine compliment you
me. You expect some of
my choicest flowers for that tid.bit of |
llattery."
Ltttie did not reply, but looked in
such CONSERVATION from the rosebush |
TO himself that the doctor could not
but }milo.
You would like to hear the storyp
Well 1t never came fir ON my lips be-
Tore, little miss, but l will give it TO
you. You see I had been a medical
student under old DR.. West, and
whed he died ! got my diploma and
'tucAmy shingle out here. Soon after
that 1gob acquainted with as trim q
built Sirl as you often see, and after
whilel somehow or other, we became
,ngadkd. Twas Young and had nv