The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-20

. "We're both afraid to try; we mightn't
get anything"
ooh, you cold-blooded, worldly people,"
calculated the little doctor "pm glad |
was brought up in poverty stricken New
England town. Pm glad I'm as poor as
church mouse! I'm glad have only two
hands and head and heart"
II was on the afternoon preceding the
day of the unceremonious wedding thN
Alice Lyons made second descent upon
the study of her bosom friend.
We'll, y she gasped, Give seen him!"
"Well?"
He called at the house this morning.
He's about thirty-ive years of age He's
tall and suppose some people would con-
slider HIM good looking, but oh, l just
loathe the man"
"Alice!"
You should have heard US making our
conditions. l made mine as well as he.
You would have been very glad that you
helped me get my Nj. d. He wasn't a bit
embarrassed. When he spoke of the will
he actually laughed and said it was the
most ridiculous thing under the sun, OF
course it was, but there wasn't any need
for him to say so to me. l can't help it.
lie guessed that we could manage to put
up in the same house, he had his books
and his cigars and his painting, and if
had any occupation (this was an after
thought) mustn't for a moment imagine
that the new tie which necessity had
forced upon us should interfere with that
occupation. don't pretend to know what
he meant for he was evidently taken
aback when responded that / was ply
stefan"
Alice, - said the bosom friend, impress
siyely, If you cannot get along without
the luXurles to which you have been ac-
customed, l suppose you must marry this
cousin of yours, but if you decide to give
your attention to the profession, which
for all your foolish talk you cannot fail
but grace, you can go among the ailing
poor and bless them And as Miss Comp
ton clasped he nervous hands in the fervor
of her devotion she wished in her heart
that she was not as poor as a church
mouse and stationed upon the cold world
with no other possessions that a pair of
hands and head and a hungry heart.
you can lead a noble life, Alice"
Il will, " declared the girl. Her eyes
were misty and faint glow was in her
cheeks. She would lead a life among the
ailing poor; she had stood the dissecting
room, but she could not stand the other.
But, oh, it was rather sad to have such
thoughts on the eve of ones own wed
ding!
1t seemed a very ridiculous arrange
ment for newly married couple possess
| ing luxurious nome ana Superabun-
| dance of means to spend their honeymoon
in literal hard work, and yet that was ex-
| actly the state of affairs going on in the
| antiquated brown house. John Munster
| had let the fresh air and strong sunlight
| into the moldy Old library and gone stead
/ lily ahead creating through the medium
! Of the brush and canvas Across the
! hall there was another workshop, the doc
| tors Office. 1t was in the furnishing of
! this apartment that the great labor was
! expended for it was destined to be mod
! ell office. Miss Compton lent her assist
/ ance and when the two womens CHEEKY
voices came floating out into the sombre
| hall, the man sitting before the stretch of
! canvas in the sunlit library would rise
| and close the door with a somewhat petu-
| liant bang.
| In truth, if there was one thing in the
! wide world that John Munster objected
/ to it was a woman doctor The sign on
! the right side of his front door almost
made a swearing man Of him "Ahce
! Munster, NJ. D., indeed Why had he
/ said that the forced tie should not inter
/ fere with any occupation that either he
! or she might have on handl He had
/ been fool. He had simply meant that
J the forced tie was not to interfere with
! any occupation that he might have on
| hand. He had not dreamed that the
slender young woman with the soft hair
and the pretty eyes would tell him the