New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-28
A PHILANTHROPIST.

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grease or cranes lard, rendered, rubbed in, and,
says he, in few days your arm Will be as lnnDer
as Timber So went to the keeper at ssgt So
much lard in it as l thought there'd be, because
il was just after rearing chitch.'
Well, we must try and get you petler one
rext time" said the Doctor, nodding farewell to
his lOquacious patient, one OF those non-paylng
ones who look on dispensary ticket as con-
veying an unlimited right of discourse on The one
hand and attention OIL the other. But the Doctor
was just now in position of vantage pelhg
seated on his car on winch ne Slowly 51E Ism Who
mad stopped him still eXperimentauy RUBBING tue
joints OF his arm. $500, -.
II was the first Of June by the calendar, but
the outward signs of the season were put slgntly
visible in that gray West Country, where stones
lay as the chief crop In the fields and nnumerabIe
walls took the place of hedges. and drizZhng
mist from the Atlantic hid all distant outlines.
The Doctor had been all day face to face with
snch cherries surolndihgs ana was Oh tSe W cn
trance of little bOreen," where wrnkled, red
skirted dame was standing sentry Leaning Oh
ont for, Mrs Capel?" he asked. 90 hope Mary
is worse to-day.
She's the one way always" was the reply
and it wasn't Of you l was thinking, Doctor, but
standing | was to watch that rufian OF pig OF
Mr. ROurEe's that had me grand cabbagcs eat last
night and me IN Gloon Sus Pp OGno at Of him now
standing there by the wall watching me out OF
the corner of his eye" and fourishing her stick
the energetic old lady trotted of to the attack.
-" may as well go in and see Mary muttered
the Doctor, tying the reins to an isolated gate
post and walking , up the narrow lane 10 'he
God save all here" he said, putting his head
in over the half-doOr
God save you kindly" was the reply from an
old man in corduroy l<nee-breeches and a tall hat,
who sat smoking a short pipe IL the deep Chin
ley.cOrDer and watching with interest tie ASSAULT
of various hens and geese upon the heap OF potato
skins remaining in a basket-lid which had done
duty as q dinner-tablc.
The Doctor passed through to o little room be-
had and mi
post Bed The invalid, gentle, consumptve-
looking girl, lay on the pillows and smiled
Ills eve. however, passed her, and rested with
startled curiosity on visitor who was sitting by
her side, and who rose and bowed slightly; The
stranger a lady, young and slight, with dark
ewes and hair ana a small. graceful head. He
guessed at once she must be Miss Eden, the new
Resident Magistrates sister, of whose ministra-
tons to the poor he had heard much since his re-
turn from his late holiday.
He stopped awkwardly, rather confused at so
unexpected q meeting but the stranger held out
her hand and looking up at him said Il am SO
glad you have come back; we have wanted you
much.
voice with no touch of Irish accent, was new
sound TO him, the little hand that she gave him
was fairer and smaller and more dainty than any
he had ever touched To say the truth, lis early
farmhouse life and his hospital training and dis
pensary practice had not brought him into con-
TACT with much refinement, and this girl with her
Slight, childlike figure and soft. earnest eyes
seemed TO him TO have stepped from some unreal
world. Then, nnOlnG ne SuI Delu uhe uulle manu-,
he blushed and let it go.
How are you getting on, MaryP" he asked,
turning 10 his patient.
"Middlng, sir thank you" said the girl. u
do have the cough very bad some nights, but more
nights it's better: and the lady, may God enable
Il could not do much said the lady, with an
appealing glance, and you must not be angry
with nue. for meddlng with your patients. But
now that you nave come 1 am sure tnaC Mary
Don't be troubling yourself about me-" said
the sick girl, gently III never be better till l
see Laurence again.
Oh. don't be giving yourself up like that
said the Doctor, cheerily; I'VE won't let you die
yet awhile.
u won't die she answered. grayeely. It'll
same day that Laurence died: the 18th Of Sep
TENDER There's fear of me till then"
She looked tired, and her visitors left, the Doc
tor telling his new acquaintance as they walked
down the lane what strong, bright girl this
lied of consumption From that day her health
had begun to fail, the winter had brought
cough, and Easter had found her kept TO her
led. 1t a hopeless case, he thought, though
slc might linger for time.
Indeed and she's a loss TO us, put in old Mrs;
rom ONT her pursuit Of the predatory pig She was
great one for slavin', and as strong as any girl
IN the estate but she did be frettin' greatly after
her brother and then she got cold out of her
little boots that let in the water, and there she's
sing now, and couldn't get up if all Ireland was
The mist had now turned TO definite rain, and
Louise Eden accepted "a lift" on the Doctors
ar, as he had to pass her gate in going home.
His shyness soon wore off the girl talked 10
him with complete case and simplicity, fra of
some OF his poor patients, then of herself and her
She was halfIrish, she said her mother having
cone from this very West Country, but she had
lest both her parents early and been brought up
~ school and with English relatives. Lately her
brother or rather. stepbrother. having been made
"a r. NJ, and appointed to the Gloon District,
had asked her TO live with him, and this she
VAS but too happy to do She had always longed
r. give her life TO the poor, and especially the
Irish poor, Of whose wants she had heard so much.
She had even thought OF becoming deaconess;
hut i-cr friends would not hear of IT, and she had
been Obliged to submit herself to THEN conven-
sail. b" find my hands full anu my heart also.
Thc'r people welcome me so warmly and need SO
msch. The whole day is filed with work for them:
,:lded. smiling at him, can do so much more,
Ter YOU will tell me how TO work under you and
10 nurse your patients back 10 health again"
Il vas almost dark when they came 10 the gate
e lnach, the house usually tenanted by the Resi-
dent Magistrate OF the day, and here Louise Eden
i0J> leave Of her new acquaintance. again giving
him Ter hand in its little wet glove. The Doctor
watched her as She ran lightly toward the house.
Me wore a gray hat and cloak, and the rough
ntdlcI-dyed skirt of the peasant women Of the
district. None Of the young ladies' he had
hitherto met would have deigned TO appear in one
II these heecy crimson gafments 50 becoming to
hand al the corner OF the drive. and the Doctor,
having sazed moment longer into the gray mist
Ina cnshrOuded her, went on his journey home.
His Ettle house on the outskirts of Gloon had
rob many outward charms being built in the in
vrricd box style usual in Ireland. A few
lnshes of aucuba and fuchsia scarcely claimed
fol The oblong space inclosed in front the name of
garden. But within he found cheerful turf
fire. and bis old housekeeper soon put subStan-
tiai meal Oh the table.
Any callers to-day, Mamie?" he asked as he
sat down
Not one, sir, only two" was the reply.
." The first was a neighborng man from Killeen
that was after giving himself great cut with
raaping-hook where he was cutting a few thorns
out OF The hedge for TO stop gap where the
did be coming into his oatteld. Sure / told him
yon wouldn't be in This long time, and he went
10 Cloran 10 bandage him up"
And who was the other, Mamie? ?"
The second first, sir, decent woman,
Mrs. Clohery, from Cranagh with a sore eye
she has where She cuttln' potatoes and a
hit few up and hit il. and she's after goin'
Er.ars a Louoh rea a rnh off The