The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24
BY. G. B. BURGIN,
copyrighted. 1895. BY c. B. Bursin

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tween Miss Marcia. who was a lady. and
/ her father, who was a very vulgar old
man AAueeus especidliS Nheh ne hau par
I age called dogs nose" the component
1 parts of which We're known only TO him
I SELF and failed TO bear the slightest re-
/ semblance whatever. TO any canine nasal
4 organ On festive political occasions,
/ Mr.; Jones was wont to brew what he
+ called forum" of this mixture and stir
\ u all up together with a redhot poker.
/ The result would have undermined the
| constitution of an iron-clad.
/ I'm getting tired of this nonsense
said Nj. Jones' angrily. Very tiredi I
| tel you what il is, Narrowscissors, don't
/ Sou come dangling after my girl here any
I more / wont stand it,"
] BE calm, my dear sir said DR.. Mar
cissus. all his professional instincts
| aroused at the sight of the others apop-
/ lectlc visage-'Be calm, or l shall have
| TO bleed you"
You've been bleeding me in Goals and
| candles for the last five years., said Mir.
! Jones, vulgarly, and I'm tired of it,
don't want to see you about the place
any more"
Papa" said Miss Marcia. very quiet
/ ly ana sweetly, you forget you are talk
ing, to my betrothed husband"
| Now, don't you interfere, Marcia,
| tween man and woman said Mr.. Jones.
| I'm 'asty man myself, there's no de-
| nying of it, and don't want TO deny it;
| but I'm a man for all that, and not a
| long, narrow tallow candle like Narrow
| scissors. When he can give up contra
dieting his betters-nen as make politics
him.
Miss Marcia looked at Dr. Narcissus.
/ DR.. Narcissus regarded her reassurins-
". My dear sir" he said, quietly, las
| you are the honored parent of the lady I
| love, ] am unable to express in plain Eng
| lish all l should like to say about your
/ fatuous obstinacy If / were to do so, you
| would probably go off in an apoplectlc
| fit. You can, therefore, imagine the con-
tTol J am putting on myself when l do
not say IT, For five years you have in
! suited me- for five years you have made
this dear lady live a life of sorrow. 1t is
! time you behaved better to both of us.
1 honor her nlial obedience, and would be
the last person in the world to weaken
you can't" said Mr.. Jones. rather i'm
pressed by this plain speaking from ~, the
can't. She promised never to marry with
out my consent
Very well then, my dear sir said Or.
Narcissus' soitly. am AFRAID sh2i
| tain it. You have robbed you daughter of
all happiness for"
Hasn't she got me to look after? Isn't
that happiness enough2"
Il might like a little more variety In
it, papa" suggested Miss Marcia. For
instance, suppose you looked after me a
"Whatr' Mr. Jones was amazed.
Haven't given YOU a comfortable homer
This is what comes of sending you TO a
| Quaker school where they teach people TO
think for themselves. What do you mean
/ by thinking, Marcia.
II have been taught to honor my faith
cr," said Miss Marcia; and this discus
sion is exceedingly painful to me. You
have a right to rob me of the sweet hap
piness of being an honored wife, but you
have no right to insult my future hus-
band"
DR.. Narcissus bowed tenderly, and Miss
Marcia made him a gentle curtesy, which
| involved a low backward bend and grad
ual uprising in his direction. Miss Mar
| cia's curtesy was famous in Puggleton.
The vicar pronounced it quite Chester
hedian. Then she gracefully glided out
of the room, deeper color than usual
| upon her beautiful cheeks.
Now I viii prescribe for you" said
Or. Narcissus as he shut the door after
Miss Marcia.
There's nothing the matter with me, .
said Mr.. Jones, angrily.
Pardon me. but there is. You have
'dogs's nose on the stomach and the
nerves. If you go on as you are doing
now, you will be dead in year"
"Ww-what?'
preying on your mind. l should say that
you We're naturally an active man. and
since you retired from business-by the
o Gfe been seem asked the question?'
Never you mind" said Mr.. Jones, re-
covering himself Never you mind. It's
10 business of yours"
Nare i1s p suayeiy What / was going
to say is that enforced idleness is very
bad for you. You can't work off what
Burton calls the gross humours Of the
body"
whats he know about my body?''
demanded Mr.. Jones. He's never seen
it. / don't drink his ale. l call it very
disrespectful of him.
mo, he's dead; wrote book called
the Anatomy of Melancholy
well, there amt an atom OF melan-
choly about me-" returned Mr.. Jones.
I'm q plain. blunt, 'ealthy man l am,
and don't you dare go and say different.
"Oh, very well. l had intended serving
seven years for your daughters hand, If
we could not be married sooner. have
already waited five. Let me see II you
go on as you are doing now, you will
last almost year, perhaps little less
: That will make it six years; and there
will be the customary year of mourning
for you, to complete the seven. You see,
it doesn't make any difference to me
whether you live or die, except that your
death would cause intense grief to the
gentle lady you have the honor to call
daughter"
/ regarded DIR. Narcissus as a weak, irreso-
lutte fool. Il didn't know you'd so much
backbone in you" he said grudgingly
Il love your daughter; the responsibility
for her happiness makes me patient,
said DR.. Narcissus, quietly. Many men
without conscience, but possessing my
special knowledge of toxicology, would
have removed you from your present
sphere Of inutility long ago. But | have
a conscience and couldn't do 1t. He took
a little bottle from his pocket-a little
bottle with tightly-tied up glass stopper
For instance, this bottle contains the
matter of fact voice; If We're to take
out the stopper and hold 1t under your
nose whilst you are INDUCING in one OF
your afternoon dinner maps, you would
never wake again."
Mr.. Jones grew purple IN send for
the police" he said What do you mean
by carrying poisons about in this MUIR
derous way?'
"Oh, l am an expert in toxicology."
whats that got to do with poisons?
1T means the same thing.
Take it away. l can't breathe easy
with it in the house. 1t might fly at one
or be split. l can't breaths, ] tell you.
THAT isn't the effect of poison; it's
dogs nose and conscience. l mean to
continue my visits as usual and j shall
do all l can to prolong your life for your
daughters sake. although I'm convinced
you can't live like this for more than
another year, possibly ten months.
think if l were you l would go away to
the seaside from Saturday to Monday
every week. The arguments with rail-
way porterS, rows with cabmen, and run
ming after trains may do you good, give
you something to live for ] shall make
a point of calling on Miss Marcia when
/ you are absent Aren't they waiting for
you at the club?" And without exactly
knowing how, Mr. Jones found himself
walking down to the Puggleton Arms
| leaving Dr. Narcissus in possession of the