Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-06-02

northern hospitality the currant cake,
was full of certain protecting pride.
while humbly conquering expression
was in his eyes when they rested upon
me. It was with intention" as the
French say, that he showed me the pho
tograph album, full of aunts and cous-
ms, after tea, and the good doctor
looked quite sentimental when later on
Miss Ada warbled a romance, with a
waltz accompaniment, entitled "The
Love That Will Never Fade" began
to feel cold all down my back.
Five times did | get up, cross the
room, engage either of the solemn Misses
Wedmore in feverish conversational
always ended by finding the doctor at
my elbow. At last resigned myself to
my fate and sat down to talk to him. |
imagined that the state of drains in the
suburbs of Northaw would be "a safe
subject and one unlikely to lead to
declaration Of tender nature, but in
this, it appeared, was mistaken. We
got on to the subject of fevers, and to
convince me on a certain point the doc
tor suggested reference to one of the
medical books in his surgery. Once in
side the little room, which lay just across
the passage, DR.. Wedmore shut the door
and advanced toward me with that par
ticular expression which is so intolerable
in young man one doesn't care for.
Iput on my most indifferent manner
and inspected with much interest the
rows of medical books in their glass
cases.
$50 kind Of you," said hurriedly to
fill up the dreadful pause, Ito take so
much trouble. Most doctors only laugh
at you If one wants to know any real
fact-about your dreadful trade"
added with flippancy, seeing that the
man was not listening to a word was
saying, but was gazing at me as the
snake is popularity supposed to regard
the sparrow.
Trouble" he said at last, chow can
anything be trouble that is done for
you? l wish you would let me tell you
how much l-how much r.
A sharp rap at the door interrupted
this speech. A servant came in.
please, sir, Mr.. Brown is very bad,
and Mrs. Brown says will you come at
once, and bring some of the drops, and
she hopes you won't be long"
"a three mile drive" said DIR. We'd
more, with sigh, land | shall not see
you again tonight He took my hand
and held it fast.
81 will bring the book tomorrow
morning." he said. Shall have a
chance of seeing you alone? Try to be
alone when come" and, wrenching my
hand violently, the doctor disappeared.
Daisy said hurriedly, in the car
riage going home, II am sorry to say
dear, shall have to go home by the
1918 tomorrow. IL had telegram
just before we came out"
you had fiddlestick! What nom
sense, Peggy. Why, you came to stay
a month, and you've hardly been twelve
days"
"Twelve days! Good heavens! Why.
how has he"-
"Oh, it's that, is it? And so, you don't
like him? Well | think you're silly.
You might do much worse. How much
cOooSA w ooiuO ouO lih0 Iudt bIldu
some of your fipperty London young
men. He's sensible, clever, a good fell
low, well off and very fond of you"-
''The 1915, please, Daisy"
And sure enough, by the 1918 went.
AS the Yorkshire fields flew before me
on my rapid journey back to dear old
London, the whole thing seemed like
some niphtmare from which I hod ;,st
awoke. Great heavensl From what had |
not escaped A lifetime of high tea,
suburban gossip and provincial self suf-
ficiency, of rose bedecked door panels,
the novels of Mr.. Rider Haggard and
1.-THE Love That Will Never Fade
l am very fond of Daisy Drysdale, but
it will be long time before again trust
myself to the seductions of that suburb
Of Mudchester.- News.