The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-11

been LOT years.
Grateful to her aunt for her educa.
cation, for the legacy she had been in.
formed she was to have, Daisy devoted
herself to the task of making the long
hours less tedious, with marked sue.
cess. She was not brilliantly &C.
complished, but she played well upon
the piano, sang pleasingly in sweet
but not very powerful voice. but
Miss Hilda loved music. She played
backgammon, bezique, dominoes. and
chess, and was an adept at knitting.
She Taught Miss Hilda lacework. some
new crockett stitches. and started a
crazy-quilt from perfect mine of silk
pieces boarded away for years. She
read aloud in clear voice, pleasingly.
without any effort at elecution, and
Miss Hilda dearly loved a good novel.
while her own eyes would allow but
very little reading.
The days flew by rapidly, and eight
months of DIR. Thormau's absence had
passed, when suddenly Daisy Cassiday
left her aunt-just one day before the
doctor came on flying visit to Sunny.
slope and returned TO the city. For
nearly three months Miss Hilda was,
indeed, alone mourning for her niece.
fretting for her nephew. until a tele-
gram was sent to him by the physician
who had taken DIR. Thorman's practice
when he went away:
Miss Cassiday is dangerously i'll.
Come as soon as possible"
Dangerously, fatally i'll. the old lady
lay, but perfectly conscious.
You will stay, HarryP" she said, as
he bent over her.
Yes! / will not leave you again"
And, by aud by-you will find
Daisy. have left her Sunnyslope and
half my money. Harry. she is the
dearest child in the world, gentle,
loving, and dutiful."
But why is she not here? Surely.
you need her now"
II sent her away. | was Just an old
IDIOT, Harry. l tried to make her
promise to marry you"
Good gracious" interrupted the
doctor.
Yes. see how silly | was. But
was sure Won would love her when YOU
saw her. And size is engaged to the
teacher of drawing at Mrs. Moran's.
She thinks he is great artist, who
will make name if he can earn money
enough TO have time to paint. Just
now he is making a bare living for
one as a drawing-teacher. / showed
her the folly of such an engagement.
told her all your PROJECTIONS and
your prospects as my heir. She was
as firm as rock. She loved this
drawing-teacher, aud he loved her.
Then | grew angry. and | told her to
choose between giving him up and leav-
ing the house, promising to cut her
out of nv will. She left the house.
Oh, Harry. did not think she would
90. She wrote me the sweetest letter,
thanking me for all had done for her.
assuring me of her love, and went
away"
Suppose advertise that you are i'll
and wish to see her."
DO so. Oh, if she was here now to
love me and nurse me as l know she
would! To-day, Harry. Send the
advertisement to the paper to-day"
DIR. Thorman promised to do so, aud
kept his word. Every day for month
the appeal to Daisy" appeared in
three leading papers. but no answer
came TO the dying woman. Then
there was parting between Miss
Hilda and the nephew who had been
like son to her, "a funeral. and Sunny
slope was closed, to wait for the heir
esS.
Five years had passed since Miss
Hilda's death, when. one morning,
DIR. Thorman was called in consulta-
ton by another physician, over little
child afflicted with some mysterious
complaint.
The mother is a widow, a music
teacher DR.. Bryne told DIR. Thor
man, land has lost one child, an in
FAINT, since her husband died She has
a hard struggle, for she is not very
brave and patient. Here we are"
At the very top floor of tall tene-
ment house, they entered a small room,
poorly furnished. but neatly kept in
order.
A pale sweet-faced woman was seat
ed by the fire. holding a child of three
years old upon her lap.
Mrs. Norris" DR.. Byrne said, 'this
is the physician | promised would call
to-day to see Freddie"
The child opened his eyes as ne
heard his name. and the examination
was made, resulting in more encour-
agement than had before been given
to the mother.
For three days the two physicians
called together, and each day DR..
Thorman was more impressed by the
quiet patience, the deep tenderness of
the young mother. more panied by
the evident poverty she was suffering
from.
1t vas in the evening of the fourth
day that DIR. Thorman received note
from DR.. Byrne. asking him to call on
Mrs. Morris, as he was detained else
where.
The door of the room stood open
when DR.. Thorman reached the land.
ing. and Freddy was sleeping. The
light in the room was very dim. and
Mrs. Morris. seated with her back to
the door, was playing Patience" DIR.
Thorman could see the cards as she
put them. one by one, upon the child's
low bed. Kings in the center! She
was playing the game he had invented
for his aunt HiIda! He stepped softly
inside the room, watched the cards
until he was sure there was no mis-
take, and then raped lightly on the
doc.
Mrs. Morris rose quickly.
"A silly pastiue, doctor?" she asked.
there is not light enough to work.
and l was trying to recall an old game
of "Patience.m