Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-11-16

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foot very gently, though her lips quiy-
cred with pain.
"a doctor!" Nora looked full at
him in astonishment. "Not the new
doctor, surely!"
''You are going to spoil two engage
ments for me with this foot of yours,
I young lady, so you must repay me
with obedience. At one house kind |
friends arc Whiting to welcome me to
nv new home-at another, poor,
tired mother and her sick little girl
wait for the aid l might possibly rem
der, and to thank me for looking up
the poor directly take possession OF
my practice" )"
His frank eyes met the conscious
brown ones looking SO eagerly at him.
'You speak of my home, and my
poor friends!" Nora cried gladly.
"Oh, am SO reioicod you are good
for somethingl
He laughed heartily
(Which you doubted? And you
were going to see the poor woman and
sick child when this happened? Then
you are"
mora Naybrook, said the girl
quietly.
CDR. Owen Onwill, at your ser
vice." retorted the CHEEKY voice, as
its owner doffed his hat 81 know all
about you now, Miss Nora, for Mrs
Dillon is garrulous, and as you are
: bused to obedience, L expect you to
obey me now. My buggy is just be-
l yond the bend of the road. Remain
Mhere while l fetch it,
~ s~.- ss-.ss-a'r Sv---sla he drive her
q. yme?
II "oh, but you must not!" she pro-
tested.
!. Every we'll; then I'll leave you sit
1 ting in the mud, waiting for a deliver
er more to your taste, said the doc
/ tor, rising.
Nora felt her eyes droop with sud-
den pain.
''Ihank you, she said gently, with
sadness in her voice that made him
look at her. 81 will accept your help,
since must"
"Only because you must"
81 am accustomed to helping my
self, but at last l am useless.
"Then L rejoice to be the first
the doctor, to offer you help" said
I kindly; and away he sped across the
fields.
In short time he reappcared, drew
up his light buggy beside the waiting
maiden, sprang down beside her, and
before she knew what next would hap
pen, she was caught in a pair of
strong arms and lifted high above the
mud into the carriage.
"There!" said the merry voice, as
the self-reliant young man took up
the reins. ''Your foot is all right. 1t
is only strained little, and by the
day after tomorrow you may try an
other jump"
Nora listened shyly silence seemed
to protect her from herself, and
throughout the drive home she could |
only listen and rejoice at the fine ma
turc of the new doctor.
Once only she spoke; then it was to
ask him to drive in by the back way,
through the barnyard, so that her en-
trance might not be seen from the
house Then, as he left her at the
kitchen porch, having given her a
small bottle, with orders to apply its
contents to her foot till the pain ceas-
ed, she raised her eyes and said:
81 am glad you have come here DR..
Onwill. So many sad hearts need
you"
"But not brave ones like yours?"
he asked almost sharply.
She only blushed and turned away.
Little Nora grew more happy as the
months went by, for her earnest, help
ful nature reioiced that there was an
other more competent than she to
care for the poor and needy of their
own little town.
1
She smiled and rejoiced in her own
heart as she heard her cousins con-
denim the new doctor as too selfish
and hard-working to suit their idle
tastes, and her eyes grew brighter
each day as some new tale of his kind
ness reached her ears.
They seldom met. and then only
few words were uttered; but even
these few did the gentle girl much
good; she felt that she had need Of
them
One bright. wintry day, when he
met her and asked her to share his life
work, she was not greatly surprised;
it seemed only natural that his nature
saauld claim hrs when the time
came, and she wal proud and happy
IN his ch i's.