New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-09-21

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between them and their handsome
father, and the girls themselves had
such sweet natures and so much ma
tive good sense, that they grew in the
right direc! ion as naturally as hardy
young saplings grow into tall, straight
trees.
The Doctor paid his visit and came
home and spent the evening with his
daughters in the coy draWing-room.
Dolly and Janet sang duets. to him,
while Jack sprawled over the back OF
his chair to describe the details of a
love Of a fight, asSir Lucius O'Trig-
ger says,Iin which q friend of his had
lately been engaged. The Doctor
thought, as hetoasted his toes before
an open fire., that it would take a very
matrimony.
Dolly's eyes were unusually bright
that night, and suddenly she began to
cough. The cough disturbed the Doc
tors pleasant conditions. There was
a great deal of scarlet fever abroad,
and in a week pretty Dolly was raw
ing and tossing in her pretty white
bed with the fever.
Mrs. Chepston, DIR. Brooks mar
ried sister, could not come to the girl
because Of her own housetul of little
ones. The Doctor hired a professional
nurse, who, with Bridget Ryan, the
duenna, were to take care of Dolly;
but Dolly took violent dislike to the
nurse, and Bridget was seized with
rheumatic fever. AS for Jack and
Janet, no power could have
kept them out of their dear
Dolly's room. All these things came
upon the Doctor in a few days just as
he was driven with half q dozen very
i'll patients He Wentupon hisrounds
with white and anxious face, and
fear and anguish seized upon his soul
His little Dolly! His best beloved, SO
he thought.
1t was the second evening after
Bridget's collapse, when Mrs. Enderby,
sitting by her evening lamp, heard a
fearful pull at her door bell. It
startled her so that she Jumped up
and ran to the door. AS she opened
it she saw Jack Brooke's pale, boyish
face staring at her. The two families
had a speaking acquaintance.
"For Gods sake, Mrs. Enderby, he
cried, "come over to Janet. She has
fallen down and hurt herself, and
Bridget's i'll. I must 60 and find father,
he's gone down to the hospital"
Without waiting for any other head
covering than her widows cap, which
was vastly becoming, although she
never suspected it, Mrs. Enderby fol-
lowed Jack across her lawn to DR..
Brooke's house, up stairs, where, in
Dolly's room, lying across the bed,
was Janet in a. dead faint, with Dolly
screaming with excitement, and a sort
OF delirium. The nurse was vainly
trying to bring Janet to. Her right
knee had been hurt and she had
tainted with the pain. Mrs. Enderby's
first thought was Dolly. She went up
to her, and laying her cool hand on
Dolly's throbbing temples, spoke to
her. The young widowhad winning
voice, and poor Dolly stopped her
hysterical cries at the sound OF it.
Dolly" said she, what is the mat
ter with you? This is no way to do
You are too DID," $780, st..
Dolly did not half comprehend the
words, but she answered.: r..
"How sweet and cool your hands
are. Give me some water. Is Janet
ill too?" ...... j.. .-.
Mrs. Enderby did not answer the
question. She soothed her into quiet
ness and then turned her attention to
Jane. When DR.. Brooke rushed up
stairs he found Janet lying with her
head on Mrs. Enderby's shoulder and
struggling bravely to bear the pain.
The instincts Of the doctor and the
father made DR.. Brooke almost oblivi-
Gus to who it was who supported his
child. Only when the knee was attend
ed to and Janet chung piteously to her
did he realize that Mrs. Enderby had
the nerve, the gentleness, aud the
sympathy to make her invaluable in
such a crisis. Then, when the excite
ment subsidized he realized it. He then
took Mrs. Enderby's hand in his.
GLOW am I to thank you?" he said
SBut had 1 been here, you and your
child should not have been exposed to
this risk. My poor Dolly has scarlet
fever" .#e
For the first time Mrs. Enderby
took in what he meant She turned q
little pale.
"Do you think, if take precautions,
that Archie
81 think" said the doctor decisive.
~, ''that the best thing you can do
with Archie is to send him away for a
few weeks. The fever this year has
been peculiarly contagious
Two Or three tears dropped from
the widows pretty eyes on her black
gown. The Doctors heart smote
him. They were standing in Dolly's
room, and the girl suddenly cried out
from her bed, 'tMrs. Enderby, Mrs.
Enderby, don't leave me! Ihate that
nurse, and want you to set on the
bed by me aud hold my hand"
''Pm not afraid myself" said Mrs.
Enderby, 'but ] am afraid to return
to Archie. Yes, I will telegraph my
sister to come for my boy
There was no question about Mrs.
Enderby s remaining that night, and
next day little Archie was taken
away. Then the return Of Mrs. En-
derby to her own house was mooted.
Dolly chung to her piteously, and beg