Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-24
HER FIRST PATIENT.
The Pretty Romance Of a Little
Woman Doctor.

Jack and / had been at Rugby to-
gether, and afterwards at Corpus, and
therefore l saw good deal OF him and
got to know all about his character and
ways.
Jack had always during the ten
years had known him--that is to say,
from the age Of fourteen to twenty
four-been known as mice boy"
which means that he was always frank
and engaging, modest and ingenious,
that he was manly boy at fourteen
and boyish man at twenty-four; his
other name was Derrivale, but nobody
who had known him week ever called
him anything but Jack,
His father came home on leave from
India the year after he left Corpus,
and Jack and the old general were
very fond and proud OF each other--as
we'll they might be.
1t was about a year after his visit to
England that the old general died and
Jack inherited some four or five thou
sand pounds.
This was very we'll invested and
brought in nearly three hundred
pounds year; land you'd better let it
stay where it is, my boy" said the Gym
ical soldier chum of the generals, who
was the executor.
So Jack entered his name at the
Inner Temple, read law and wrote two
or three articles month for the papers.
IL was at the beginning Of the last of
March that, feeling seedy, proposed a
holiday Mt some quiet seaside place,
and so we packed up our traps, locked
up our rooms and went of one bright
morning to Ellington, small town on
che coast of Yorkshire; and it was
there that we first became acquainted
with the doctor.
Ellington Is one Of those delightful
little places, not uncommon in York
shire, where You can get the combined
benefits of both sen and mountain air,
which is distinctly ''score" for men
who have allowed themselves to run
down and want bracing up.
For week or two you are delighted
with the novelty, the glorious air, the
complete restfulness of the whole
place. Then, perhaps, you find 1t mo-
notonous and get bored. 1t is gen.
orally the evenings that bring on this
feeling.
During the daytime, Of course, you
can ride, walk, battle, visit the ruins OF
the Norman castle, go TO the witches
well--any of that sort; but the
evenings-well perhaps you play bill.
lizards on the only table the town pos.
sesses; or perhaps you fraterniEe with
the landlord or boots, and get to know,
In the course OF conversation or two,
the family histories of all the inhab.
itants of the town; but this comes To
an end very soon, so-we found it dull.
Dull until one evening, when Jack
came home in an excited state, and told
me he vas in love.
This was not an uncommon thing fol-
Jack at all-in fact, it was rather un.
common for him not to be in love; but
IL was usually with some friends sis,
ter, who knew his weak point, and
how to treat it.
But this time he was very much up
set; he said:
''Phil, old man, it's really case thi.
time"
I filed my pipe slowly, and sale
questioningly: "Ah?"
Then he went on:
''She's the loveliest girl in the
world This was a popularity Of al
Jacks loves-they all answered &c
that description
''Of course l haven't spoken TO her
or don't even know her name. But by
Jovei''
He stopped here, evidently expecting
some remark fr 7m me.
said: "Ah?" again, and then hi
went on.
ats all very we'll for a cold-blooded
are sture like You to keep on saying 'ah
lu hat tone, bu' tel you it's serious