Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-03

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dian camp for some snakes continued
Snt, sand, of course. caught it there.
| When l knocked, this morning, he
called to me and told me he had the
small-pox, and to keep away, but to
send doctor if one was to be had. But,
great Scottl there isn't doctor within
fifty miles, for Doc Murray went East
last week, and he's the only one al
Smithoerg."
We all sat silent for a moment. Then
Teddy, with much concern, for he had
become quite well acquainted with the
professor, and liked him, remarked:
"Poor old chapl don'ts see what car
be done for him"
"Has he" asked Potter slowly, Sine
one at all, Mr.. Sutley9'
'Not a soul"
"Then l will go over aud take care of
him. have studied medicine"
am sure Miss Carnaham had mol
spoken to him for two days or more,
and had feared it was all over between
them; but when she started up and
calculated, "WslIace Pepper, you shall
do nothing of the sorti" 1 knew and
was glad that there was still hope foI
him and that Massachusetts, girl.
Then, while we all knew that Profes
scr Lpring would die unless some ont
cared for hin-anyhow, perhaps-we
interposed all sorts of objections. 1t
was Quixotic, wild, utterly foolish, said
the major. Why, the man was total
stranger, and the idea was moi
to be thought of for an
instant. Added to the majors objec
lions aud those of the rest, were his
daughters efforts to assert Ler authority,
but it was no use. Potter was firm. IN
is my duty" he said, simply, ''and that's
all there is to it.
"Then, Wallace Potter, if you will
do it, shall stay and take care of you. :"
And Miss Carnahan said it as if she
meant it, and every one knew that stay
she would.
don't know what Miss Carnahan and
Mr.. Potter said to each other during the
half hour they were alone together, right
after the above conversation, but
know that when he went away after
dinner, with his basket of medicine and
things, she kissed him before us all,
and then went to her room, where she
remained over au hour, joining US, later
on, with suspiciously red eyes. l know
also that Teddy that evening, overcome
by the moonlight or something, pro-
posed to Mss Carnahan, and was kind
| ly, but firmly, refused, aud informed
that the heart he asked for belonged
to Mr.. Potter-much to Teddy's after
satisfaction, as he informed Sut and N.Y.
self.
"Because, said the young man, "it
would have put me in deuce of n
pickle, aud, besides, l didn't really
mean it. 1t was because she looked SO
sweet at that moment that 1 couldn'6
think of anything else to say, guess.
Shes a lovely girl, and no mistake,
| but
And in that simple shut" was cou-
veyed world of assurance that the
little girl in Massachusetts, still held the
larger portion of Master Teddy's eccen-
trio heart.
1t went hard with the unfortunate sick
man, and for time we feared he could
not live; but Potter was lighting a good
/ battle, aud fighting to win, and one
morning, when Miss Canadian and the
scribe rode over, as some of US did every
day, with food and other necessaries,
the glad look on the worn, thin face OF
the brave nurse told US that the victory
was his.
Then Miss Carnahau cried, and called
him hero, and her dear, darling, brave
boy, quite regardless of the presence of
the scribe. "And now" she concluded,
al suppose I'll have to take care Of you,
just as | knew l should
And so she did. I suppose that, &C
cording to accepted traditions, 1 ought
to kill off poor Potter at this at this
point, or, at least, bring him to deaths
door, but I'll do nothing of the kind,
for it didn't happen that way. Potter
was i'll, it must be acknowledged, but
the story doesn't end with his untimely
demise. He didn't even have the small
pox, but was just laid up a few days
from nervous exhaustion. Then came
the end of the story-at least, of Miss
Canadians part. For Potter wa, pretty
weak to travel, aud would need good
care; SO, one day, the minister came
over from Smithburg, and performed, in
the big room of the ranch house, mar.
rage ceremony as binding as the most
fashionable kind that obtain in New
York-and when our guests went away
there wasn't any Miss Carnahan.
1t wasn't SO very long after that, that
Teddy returned to Massachusetts,, and
found that girl still waiting for him.
Cards.
1t ISN'T necessary to kill man off in
order to make hero Of him; besides, it
is so much more satisfactory to be a live
Benedict than a dead hero-Romauce.