The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-18
IMPULSE.


BY I. y. W..
Ar. Mills sat in his Office casting M,
nis yearly accounts.
"Nes. he said, after careful con-
s~ideration, II think next year.I can get
. carpet and some new chairs here. 1
want one new chair, anyway" moving
Nneasil!y. II ought to paper and paint,
too. 1 wonder ii. / could afford to do
both! Ii j made my old harness last,
could; perhaps I can find q second.
hand one.s
Like many other country physicians.
DIR. Mills was. though Welt educated
and possessed Of more than ordinary
ability. very poor.
He was interrupted by o summons
to . lady visitor at the rectory. In .
moment he had stepped from the
dingy office to. . room filed with bits
of the tropics, in the shape Of rich,
bright shawls and jewels, and on q
sofa . woman pressing her hand to her
brow.
DIR. Mills sat down by her, laid his
finger on her pulse, and gazed down
OF her face.
DIR. Mills was . plain country doc
tor, thirty years old, Just from calcula-
tions about secondhand harness: but.
as he sat with his hand ON that hot
brow, l am afraid his reflections were
not exactly of nerve disturbance and
his infallible remedy.
Have You been subject to these 1T
tacks?" 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. at will take
time to cure it,"
but you give me something to
relieve this pain, can't you, Doctor?"
and b large, melting eyes looked up
At nun with infinite e%ntreaty.
Certainly, he replied; sbut some.
thing temporary for tonight. I must
see yca again if 1 am to do you much
II you will only give me relief
s. NJ" said Miss Lyle, II shall be 60
grateful that I shall be glad to see you
again as often rs yon will come"
At home once more in his shabby
office, there came another knock, and
his landlady appeared at the door.
Its Mrs. Blacks child again, sir, y
And what's the matter with Mrs.
Blacks child?" asked he, impatiently.
His mother thinks he's eaten some-
thing that isn't good for him, and it's
got tangled round his heart" replied
Mrs. Podgkins.
Tangled round his granny" ex-
claimed DIR. Mills. sIs the woman ont
side?"
@Yes. she's here
@Yell her to come in. Well. Mrs.
Black, what has your boy been gorging
himself with now Z"
sIcan't tell, sir" said Mrs. Black.
sIve given him every remedy I know
Of"
sNo wonder he doesn't get better,
them" muttered thu. doctor, and sat
without speaking for some minutes.
I'D been taking home some fine
things" pursued Mrs. Black, sthat I'd.
been getting up for the lady at the
rectory, and I see the light in mere. 40
/ thought I'd stop.
DIR. Mills faced round and stared
fixedly 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-
timed Mrs. Black. Maybe you've
been there"
~Yes. I've been there answered
DR.. Mills, shortly. I'll come round
and see your boy, Mrs. Black"
Two hours later saw him again seated
BY Miss Eyle'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. andthrough his whole frame would
run o thrill. When morning began to
steal through the windows, he with
drew his stiffened fingers, and bent
low over the sleeper. Did his Inns
touch her brow? Mrs. Everett, who
sat in q chair by the fire, thought 80.
but the next moment he was tip-toeino
his way out of the ROOM.
Can I know the outward of
all this" he asked, the next morning.
Il do not think the knowledge wou1d
guide You st all; but the shock-for IL
was . shock-was not peculiar
beg your pArdoni Everything
that happens to you must be peculiar.S
sYou are mistaken. / am not an nm
common woman" said Miss Lyle.
Immersed in his profession, DR..
Mills had heretofore had no time for
love; in fact, he had regarded il only
% schoolgirl pastime. But now,
after weeks which might have been I
hasheesh dream, he woke suddenly TO
realize his folly.
One morning, Miss Lyle announced
70 him her departure the next day, snd
WAS staftled by an abrupt, hoarse.
avowA 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-broMn masses Of hair from his
brow, and let the warm, thrilling
weight ret there. while Abe continued
TO Gaae vistfnlly and intently.
MOTT me TOO l6ng. he said.
Sis6s 81 s. I'd, -bus
.Andfhsn her 1aoe clona9d Dr.. Nnls'
andesstood II ard took ap. his lot.