Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
THROUGH IMPULSE
BY L. B. w.

Dr. Mills sat in his Office casting up
his yearly accounts.
Yes" he said. after careful con
{ Iteration, 81 think next year I can get |
a arPet and some new chairs here.
wan one new chair, anyway" moving
uneasly. 81 ought to paper and paint,
too. 1 wonder if I could afford to do
both If 1 made my old harness last, /
1 could; perhaps L can find a second
hand one"
Like many. other country physicians,
DR.. Mills was, though well educated
and possessed of more than ordinary
ability, very poor.
He was interrupted by a summons
to a lady visitor at the rectOry. In a
moment he had stepped from the
dingy Office to a room filed with bits
of the tropics, in the shape of rich,
bright shawls and jewels, and on
sofa a woman pressing her hand to her
brow.
Dr.. Mills sat down by her, laid his
finger on her pulse, and gazed down
on her face.
DIR. Mills was q plain country doc
tor, thirty years old, just from calcuIa-
tions about secondhand harness; but,
as he sat with his hand on that hot
brow, am afraid his reflections were
not exactly of nerve disturbance and
his infallibIe remedy.
"Have you been subject to these at
tRcks ?" he asked, at length.
"Yes, answered Miss Lyle, "for the
last few weeks. This is the worst,
though"
There is serious arrangement of the
nervous system" said he. "It viii take
time to cure it.
"BUt you can give me something to
relieve this pain, can't you, Doctor ?"
and the large, melting eyes looked up
at him with infinite entreaty.
Certainly" he replied; "but some
thing temporary for tonight. I must
see you again if I am to do you much
good"
Of you will only give me relief
now" said Miss Lyle, g shall be so
grateful that 1 shall be glad to see you
again as often as you Will come"
At home once more in his shabby
Office, there came another knock, and
his landlady appeared at the door.
cts Mrs. Blacks child again, sir
"And what's the matter with Mrs
Blacks child ?" asked he, impatientIy
"His mother thinks he's eaten some
thing that isn't good for him, and it's
got tangled round his heart, replied
Mrs. Podglins.
Tangled round his granny" ex-
claimed Dr. Mills. els the woman out
side?"
eyes, she's here"
"Tel her to come in. Well. Mrs,
Black, what has your boy been gOrging
himself with now ?"
CAN'T tell, sir, said Mrs. Black.
Give given him every remedy I know
of.
"NO wonder he doesn't get better,
then, muttered the doctor, and sat
without speaking for some minutes.
I'D been taking home some fine
things" pursued Mrs. Black, shat I'd
been getting up for the lady at the
rectory, and [ see the light in mere, so
thought I'd stop"
DR.. Mills faced round and stared
fxedIy at the woman. She had the
handling, then, Of the lace and frills
that chung to that soft, warm neck.
"She's quite poorly tonight, con-
tinued Mrs. Black. Maybe you've
been there.
eyes, I've been there" answered
DR. Mills, shortly. "Pu come round
and see your boy, Mrs. Black"
Two hours later saw him again seated
by Miss Lyle's couch. His drops had
failed to quiet that surging brain. He
tried magnetizing her. While the
hours of night thrObbed away he sat
with hands pressed on the knotted
temples. Every now and then the
snowy eyelids would tremble and half
rise, and through his whole frame would
run a thrill. When morning began to
steal through the windows, he with
drew his stiffened fingers, and bent
low over the sleeper. Did his lips
touch her brow? Mrs. Everett, who
sat In a chair by the fire, thought so,
but the next moment he was tip-tOeing
his way out of the room.
Can I know the outward cause of
all this ," he asked, the next morning.
81 do not think the knowledge would
guide you at all; but the shock-for it
was a shOck-was not peculiar"
81 beg your pardon! Everything
that happens to you must be peculiar.
SYou are mistaken. / am not an un-
common woman" said Miss Lyle.
Immersed In his profession. Dr..
! Mills had heretofore had no time for
love; In fact, he had regarded 1t only
/ as a schoolgirl pastime. But now,
+ after weeks which might have been
/ hasheesh dream, he woke suddenly to
! realize his folly.
One morning, Miss Lyle announced
! to him her departure the next day, and
was startled by an abrupt, hOarse
avowaI of devotion. She turned
around. looked at him steadily with
/ parted lips and wondering eyes. Then
/ She raised her hand and lifted away the
/ dark-brOwn masses Of hair from his