Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-13

walk for some weeks, though you need not
tell her so, said DR.. May.
No sooner was DR.. May gone than Enid,
who had not seen him, dashed into Grace s
room, all curiosity.
"What is he like, girls?' she demand
ed, eagerly.
He is young" said Sophy.
That is bad, said Enid.
And very handsome, said Grace.
That is worse | wonder if ne is mar
ried?" said Enid.
THAT can't matter to US, said Grace.
mot in the very least" said Sophy.
''Of course not, dears; only | wonder
ed, said Enid.
Now, it is a strange thing, but life be-
came much more interesting to these
three young ladies after this accident; and
yet it ought to have cast gloom over
them, for it must have been rather bad
case, since Grace required DR.. Mays at
tendance twice a day for the first week,
and three times on the day he set the tibia
and put it into splints. But before he
did this he asked for second opinion
He was physician-the case was surgi-
cal; he would not undertake to set the
broken bone unless a rtgeon were present.
So q certain Mr. Ford an army surgeon,
was called in, not without some scrupIes
but DR., May represented it was a necessity
and necessity absolved them from keeping
their vow.
MEN are necessary evil, said Enid
They are certainly useful " said Sophy.
And undoubtedly NICE" said Grace,
soto voice. She dared not utter this sem
timent aloud.
1--WE have only three more weeks to be
here, said Enid one day
How DREADFUL" said Sophy
at is too sad, said Grace.
Il am truly thankful, said Enid, Il
am sick of it.
Enid" exclaimed Grace in amaze
ment.
Enid" echoed Sophy in horror.
Enid, whose temper was supposed to be
ING like d naughty child, rushed out of
the room to Rachel.
Il won't stand it any longer, Rachel, |
hate picking gooseberries. -
why, my dear Miss Enid, there are no
goosebeTries to pick; they were all finished
before we came.
Don't be an idiot, Rachel A woman
of your age must know what picking
SOOoCOCIIICo LICClIo- L dE4 WOII OuU Will
it. have shrunk nearly an inch since we
have been here; and no wonder, it is such
dreadful hard work. First | have to
chaperon Grace and Dr. May in the morn
ing, then | have to chaperon Sophy and
Mr.. Ford IN the afternoon, and now they
have both taken to coming together in the
afternoon; and how can be In two rooms
at once, | should like to know? A dragon
could not do it, and | won't. Why can't
they ask their brother over here to help
me? Nasty, selfish thingsi And you are
stupid old thing, Rachel, not 10 have
thong ht of it; and hate you, and | hate
those girls, and horrid DR.. May, and nasty
little Mr. Ford. And-oh, dear! what a
dreadfully bad temper am int
Enid did not join her friends till the
gentlemen had gone.
81 am so sorry you are not happy
here, Enid, darling" said Grace, gently.
Il was only dreadfully cross, and now I
am dreadfully sorry, so please don't talk
any more about it.
1--WE won't; we have something to tell
you; we have had letter from Max, and
he wants to come over here for few days;
he says he must have our signatures to
some documents, so we want to know if
you will consent to his coming; it will be
breaking our rule that no man is to cross
the threshold, but as he is our brother, it
won't matter to u.s.
no more temper.
The evening he arrived DR.. May and
Mr.. Ford stayed to supper.
May, how long 90 you Intend to keep
this game up?' asked the lawyer, as they
cIOonlyn1 q ofto- tbo crIrlc 70
bed.
What game, asked Mr. Ford.
The simple fracture of the tibia. [ be-
iieve it is called" said the lawyer, going
into peals of laughter to which both his
companions Joined.
Poor old May, she Ii never forgive you,
my dear boy, said Mr. Ford, as soon as
he could speak"
And Sophy will never forgive you,
Ford" said Max.
The doctors both looked very cast down
at this
Need they ever know the truth?" asked
DR.. May.
Not unless you like to tell them; at the
same time, if you could manage to take
those splints off Grace's leg tomorrow, we
might have some picnlcs while | am here
| can only stay a week. If you two can
undertake to manage that. I'll undertake
not to reveal the truth with regard tc
Garce's sprained ankle beg Sophy's
pardon-fractured tibia.'
At last the reckoning came.
"Sophy," said Grace one night, truth
is stranger than fctioa.''
Yes, dear, | know that
$50 | have given up fiction, mean
literature
They are MOI always synonymous, but
have you really done SOP
Il have, and what is more. DIR. May ha
asked me to marry him, and-and dldn
say no
"Oh, Grace, how dreadful; but it il
strange, too, for Mr. Ford asked me tht
same question, and | said yes
''Oh, Sophy, and you have forsake1
sciencer'
Eyes, my love has turned to hatred;
hate science, and love someone else. LIE
us 90 and break it to Enid"
Accordingly, two white. robed figure
crossed the landing to Ends room.
Enid, we have something dreadful t.
confess; we have given up literature ant
science, we have broken our vows, and W,
are engaged to be married; isn't it terri
ble?"
Dreadful! | have done better thai
that; Max has persuaded me that law anC
art were made for each other, that one i
nothing without the other; so, instead o
wedding art myself. am going to unit
art to Max"
And you will be our sister after all
We are so glad"
Then there was great deal of kissing
| Good by to hteratureI | am happy