Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-01-31
HAWTHORNE, EsMERAIDA COUNTY, NEVADA, JANUARY 81 1884,

| thing within reach wish sprawling red
roses or startling white daisies. and the
doctor was of opinion that his sisters ar
tistic talent was of the first order Miss
Ada. too, sang songs by Pinsuti aud Mil
ton, Wellings. The doctor liked Miss
Ada's vocal efforts; while Miss Emily
was literary, she assiduously read Miss
Edna Lyall and Rider Haggard, and of
these authors we discoursed solemnly
until "tea" was announced.
The air was full of ominous portents.
The doctors manner, when he invited
me for the second time to partake of
cold chicken or pressed uror me with
northern hospitality the currant cake
was full of certain protecting pride
while a humbly conquering expression
was in his eyes when they rested upon
me, 1t was with intention" as the
French say, that he showed me the pho
tograph album, full of aunts and cous-
ins, after tea, and the good doctor
looked quite sentimental when later on
Miss Ada warbled romance, with
waltz accompaniment, entitled THE
Love That Will Never Fade" began
to feel cold all down my back.
Five times did get up. cross the
room, engage either of the solemn Misses
Wedmore in feverish conversational
always ended by finding the doctor at
my elbow. At last resigned myself to
my fate and sat down to talk to him.
imagined that the state of drains in the
suburbs of Northaw would be safe
subject and one unlikely to lead to
declaration of a tender nature, but in
this, it appeared, was mistaken. We
got on to the subject of fevers, and to
convince me on "A certain point the doc
tor suggested reference to one of the
medical books in his surgery. Once in
side the little room, which lay just across
the passage. DR.. Wedmore shut the door
and advanced toward me with that par
ticular expression which is so intolerable
in a young man one doesn't care for
l put on my most Indifferent manner
and inspected with much interest the
rows of medical books in their glass
cases.
$50 kind of you," l said hurriedly to
fill up the dreadful pause, Ito take so
much trouble. Most doctors only laugh
at you if one wants to know any real
fact-about your dreadful trade"
added with flippancy, seeing that the
man was not listening to word was
saying, but was gazing at me as the
snake is popularity supposed to regard
the sparrow.
nh 10 ha ot 1oc OF
anything be trouble that is done for
you? wish you would let me tell you
how much how much r.
A sharp rap at the door interrupted
this speech. A servant came in.
please, sir. Mr. Brown is very bad,
and Mrs. Brown says will you come at
once, and bring some of the drops, and
she hopes you won't be long"
"a three mile drive" said DR.. We'd
more. with sigh, land | shall not see
You again tonight" He took my hand
and held it fast.
81 will bring the book tomorrow
morning." he said Shall | have
chance of seeing you alone? Try to be
alone when come" and. wrenching my
hand violently, the doctor disappeared
Daisy" said hurriedly. in the car
riage going home, II am sorry to say
dear, shall have to go home by the
1915 tomorrow. IL had telegram
just before we came out"
"You had fddlestick! What nom
sense, Peggy. Why, you came to stay
a month, and you've hardly been twelve
days"
"Twelve days! Good heavens! Why
how has he"-
"Oh, it's that, is it? And SO, you don't
like him? Well think you're silly
You might do much worse. How much
better to marry some one like that than
some of your fipperty London young
men. He's sensible, clever, good fell
low, well off and very fond of YOU
"The 1915, please, Daisy"
And sure enough by the 1915 went
AS the Yorkshire fields flew before me
ON my rapid journey back to dear old
London, the whole thing seemed like
some nightmare from which had just
awoke. Great heavens! From what had
not escaped? A lifetime of high tea,
suburban gossip and provincial self suf-
ficiency. of rose bedecked door panels,
the novels of Mr.. Rider Haggard and
1.-THE Love That Will Never Fade
am very fond of Daisy Drysdale, but
it will be long time before again trust
myself to the seductions of that suburb
of Mudchester. Buffalo News.
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