Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-13
Or. TINKLER'S TRIUMPH.
A yalorou. Deed Which Gsinod Him the
Girl lie Loved.

A Nalorous Deed which 6sih0u hlu INV
Girl lie Loved.
Chicago Ncws)
T. Tinker. NJ D.. was "A living re- !
mnder of that paradoXCal old saying: /
"You can't always judge man by ms .
eiZr" The doctor had Il small body. IN /
deed. but there the small part OF II /
ended. Tie might be- only fragment
physically. but he had mental moral
and spiritual attributes that We're really
l}robdugnaeian. lie hal mttr pt"o+
tic- too. which afforded him 'ullcisht
income Taken all In all. Tom 1nkier
was not Il man 90 b" snceZed ar. ihh'
all little men. he realized his Importance
and had a manner large enough 20 BItduy
increase his apparent stature.
There WAS lust one dark cloud on Tn"
Tinker horizon The doctor WAS pas
siunately i'm love and he had rlNal.
Now when the conditions ar" equal or
narh,ps a little Bit I'm your favor. a rival
nulv lends interest to a love andlr. Iut
with little Dr. Tinker TN" case was
sadly different. His rival was "a giant
a six foot athlete whose hrrculcun pro-
womau's admiration, any man envy.
The doctor. being such mite. was per
han, prone To oVerestimdt" the adNaH-
tag OF inches, and It Is yAs,rr To nnt,nm i,,'1E,
which ran riot in his heroic htt" breast
ON summer evening TN" dlhn"uN.
doctor arraN.d himself m purple ami me
liu,n and determined To place him-rh m
m. uncertain hands of fate. Belle should
d,cld. his destiny. As he tnltr'd u,I
wicker gate his rival emerHel from 'H'
doorway and they passed tach "'n't "n
the grayellcd walk. The big man i'oH,I
down and suoettu, th' HNli" man
'FH5GsiIl.." said the doctor. Il see that
fellow has been here again. ,.,..., Ia.
"a. Tom. If YOU mean MI b'N''' "'
''!I' "IirlIr." SAID the doctor, herceiy 81
love VOu
"Thcrc is no big idiot on earth who
can ever love you half 80 tcudeiW as
III IS possible. Tom"
"WeH2'
"WnI' you ~ marry me. Belle summer
She put her h1Hd ou his shoulder ana
o@H'G io'l aI "' Utmost 1s' love S. you: perhaps
do love Won. rom. but And she hrsi-
tatrd and looked at hun So Pu"'iiy 'h"l
his ba,rt WAS filed with suspicion.
"N hat is it. Belle he crltd So" a''
/ not thinking of nay size. surely
Il was. iust-you know yoh are S"''''
III .it f. foo muchr' he exclaimed desPer-
I'll. "Oh II could only prove my de-
! ~nti1n bv deeds what would | not unIer
90 You should see that stature oi
small moment" .....r,.. -,
TN, Knew YOU were brave. throw
myself under your care. nave pee"
"Insuited7 By whom ,.
she was silent: again asked 'he doc'or
ValurOuSly:
"Oh by whom
Frank Dixon"
! "br Thomas Tinker" said she. win
! e,ro,,t soInmultv. III you viii thrash that
! man | will marry you any day YOU say,
- v,iu cat him up" exclaimed the litle
doctor. reaching for his hat with iero-
/ cious movement.
stay Tom d..
! "Say' no more. Belle: will dcyour him.
! Th. renegade" cried the httle DOCTOR il
/ terrible voice and he Immediately mdicIei
out ef the house. . ,,,., :
/ done?' cried the unhappy young my
/ ri. viii he Killed. | know he VIII. l'in'
/ come back 10 me; come back, Ihoiiias'
/ lint her cries were in vain. Thomas.
/ her souI was already far down tn" street.
fastening in pursuit Of the UNCONSCIOUS
Aliss Summerson. terrified at the uneN-
pcctcI consequences pt her IASuliD77,
s.izrI her hat and followed. detrrmnrI
10 save the doctor at any sacFliice "i n''
rb. ,isuaI village crowd was IN front Of
| thn vill3g. hotel Mr Dixon had paused
b tb-re and WA chatting anably win ms
friends when the valiant doctor appear,t' a.
Frank Dixon cried me biea'hiTSS III
/ tie man. you are an intense Villaih'
/ ""Ua"' said Dixon. Hear it talk. now;
I just hear IT, Little boy run nome 10
your mamma. T ,,,,.o
/ Won warming" cried the little doctor, ana
/ Laforn the astonished athlete hld tilf
! 10 realize that an assault was ah2ul 10 10
/ be made upon him, Tom tinker tushrd up
/ and seized him by the legs ana uP9cl
| him on tn. sidewalk. II was Such sur
/ nrjsing mode Of attack and the DOCTOR
/ movements were 80 rapid that DIXON hah
no time or opportunity 70 SCI h'ii7'ii
5lAha. wretch, I will teach you. Aha
/ and IN. little doctor seized the prosltdtc
/ man by the hair and tercely pOuhued III"
! head against the pavement ,.,.
aTiairi@ cried Dixon. Take the little
! devil of he is killing me-,
/ Tha Ue0ule were either too much
/ amused or too much amazed 10 intefigr,, ERE,
| and the consequences might nave Deem
! serious had not Miss Belle Summersoh' H.
! lust then reaching the battlefield ana
/ hearing the cry for help, broke through
! the crowd and seized Or. Tinker IN her
| might. he could not free himself from
| mat frenzied embrace. All the time she
NeIPS,b Tom, are you killed? / knew you
1
! save him: he is too little 10 fight such n
| hI1 and dangerous man. You should not
| permit il, gentlemen: indeed, you should
! notr'
At last she seemed 70 realize that the
| doughty little doctor was unlnJured ana
| I'm no great danger, and she permitted her-
self to become moro quiet.
| Gentlemen" said Tom Thinker, placing
the hand OF the young lady on his arm
"under the circumstances | know you VIII
| have the goodness TO excuse me-. Good
evening" And ne marched bravely
"My darling Belle" said Or. Tinker on
his wedding day, you have never told me
| In what particular way that villain IN
/ suited YOU"
"NO?"
"Will you not tell me. my dear?"
"Oh. the poor fellow! Now. you needn't
look Jealous, you dear old goose; he
| wanted to marry me. When | declined
he grew-oh, 80 dreadfully angry. and
abused you
Abused me?'
| were little freak
| "Oh the Viliaini'
"Yes. Tom. and he said you was home
opathic mannkin."
"Ah. the heretlct'
| "And then he declared that he could
put ysu in his pocket"
''The wretchl And the insult 10 you?"
| "Nhy. gracious, Tom, IL was that. Could
IL have been anything worse? He SLAM
dered you and 1t outraged my feelings,
| for | loved you all the time, you dear
| fellow. There take that and THAR
| And this was Tom Tinklers triumph.
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