The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-30

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was the fifth daughter of DR.. Pulingham
tof Curzen street, Mayfair and he the third
son of the Earl of BrOadmOor with an al
lowance that kept him in necktles and Gig
arettess together with a bedroom aud
''the run of his teeth at the family man
sion in Grosvenor square.
Lord BroadmoOr had put down his gout-
TEST foot as heavily as he dared and thun-
dered = MOI And a., in addition to his
I lordship, Lady Broadmoor claimed DIR
( Pillingham's attendance for five minutes
every morning at a guinea visit, they
were not patients 70 be offended rashly
so Miss Dorothy PillinghaIn and the
Hon. Guy de Woking had one meeting to
say Goodby,n after which they were to
meet as strangers No one quite knew
how they had ever met at all.
You will neither write to him nor hear
! from him, I said DR.. Pillingham sternly.
Father, cannot promise, said Doro-
thy, sobbing
7 don't care whetheA you do or not.
I'll see to thatl'' said DR.. Pillinghaln and
from that day every letter into and out Of
the house was scrutinized. and every walk
poor Dorothy took was in the company of
some one stern and severe
If 1 hear of you communicating with
that girl, you 60 with a shilling, said
the Earl Of Broadlnoor to his SON
All right, governor; keep your hair on.
Y Ou've got to hear of it first, said Guy
de Woking under his breath, but his IA
after sounded DIR. Pillingham as to how
parental discipline worked in the case Of
Dorothy.
= A charming nature, Lord Broadmoor, F"
said the cd doctor, g a charming nature
Our affectionate intercourse Is uninter-
rupted. Every morning she helps me on
with my overcoat, just as usual, brushes
my hat, sees that my stethoscope is in its
place. used to be continually forgetting
it-and though III be bound she knows
where I'm going says not a word. "
I am delighted to hear it, " said Lord
Broadmoor- He had not watched his SON
correspondence, trusting rather to the
watching on the other side, and also to
the fact that he had never seen Guy read
anything but a sporting paper or write at
all, except under compulsion.
Very satisfactory, said Lord Broad
moor, recurring to the subject ten months
later. "All blown over ana ended.
He lad been telling Dr.. Pillingham Of
an excellent appointment in a government
Office which he had obtained for Guy.
II should not have got him a billet in
London, continued his lordship, .'if they
had not forgotten one another
II / hope he likes his work p said DR.. Pill
1fngham
It's the first thing he has ever perse-
vered with There he goes to his office. +"
said Lord .Broadnoor as the front door
banged loudly. But he ought to be earlier
all the same. How. late it is! You, too,
fancy I am, - said DR. Pillingham.
tsTs her ladyship ready to see mef'' And
he followed a powdered fOotman out of the
r0o1n- When he came down stairs, Lord
Broadrnoor was standing in the hall. Il
should be Obliged, DR. Pllllngham, - he
said, If you would take hurriedly writ
ten line from me to Lady Honoria Shau- F..
crotha, to condole with her on Sir Pat
ricks accident
Certainly" said DR. Piningham, slip
lining Of his hat. I viii put it here, with
one corner projecting I cannot forget il
then" 4
By the way" said his lordship. II
hope Miss Dorothy does not regard me as
a terrible ogre. r
Tut, tut, said DR.. Pilhngham. s'she
has forgotten everything, and we have re
stored her liberty. She has been quite
civil lately to young DR. McGregor. She
never would speak to him before. In fact,
1 really hope
quite So A very suitable connection.
Thank you" said Lord Broadmoor as
he reached his study, while the footman
closed the door on the doctor
My dear Lady Honoria. . said DR. Pill
1ineban, - a note of coincidence from Lord
Broa &moor-the sympathetic outpouring
of kindly heart ''
Dear Lord Broadnoorl'' said Lady
Honoria smiling at the old doctor gra-
the courtly grace and dignified style Of
our day from the s1angy familiarity of the
present time . She gave a sudden gasp
and sank back upon the sofa This from
Lord Broadmoori" she moaned.
The note fell to the floor The com
mencement, written large, caught his eye
at once.
My own little Dolly Daddlecums'
ITO me of all people.7 gasped her lady
ship
Certainly not, said the doctor. She
would have turned the scale at 10 stone.
30 little Dolly Daddlecums' was obvi
1usly Inadequate
Written in a foreign hand and meant
ior whom 1 know not, she groaned.
Poor Lady Broadmoor, but stay you
must not read it,
-. have read it, - he said, putting it IN
lis pocket. and you may take it from
ne, Lady Honoria. 1t was not meant for
rou, and it was not from Lord Broad
moor, - and he bowed hurriedly and left
he room.
Take this to your mistress, = he said to
he butler in the hall, putting on his hat,
and say that it is the note I should have
given her. = and to his coachman he said
harply, T Homc.
Ten minutes later Dorothy stood before
Ter father in his consulting room, plant ,
nd submissive, her hands folded together. ]
And how long, miss, be exclaimed,
has this attachment been revived2 How
many Of these infamous missives have
,orne in my hat to and from my patients
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