Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-28
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 wife. Yes, married luy second husbands daughter. slup,S" you have heard "f m St, ,nd husband: Mr. Barker had nutni':A in Che world hut n daughter. who cllIl,' [, 1.-Two with uS after wc were married and pa married her. Pa gave uS our home. and touk in sewing l never would have married Mir. Barker if he hadn't hrrn ', kind Ia me. Ito loved In''--,,h, y,~ |. really loved me. I often w.'nd,r why ,' many men havc loved me- I,ey,uS,' N :- a!w.:|> Llir ;.nd l'v.'r r,.l'ly we'll ln r'N life, h.!I l INC h..I l"'.irtr!tAuc,~ ." n.'rr! well than siIlS who wrn' pretty.
 ''What waS the trouitir with NIT Ear kcr;'
 ''Driuk. Between lis tr4strsrut u!.d th, dr,s>uL.king I th"u''l w,'Ild g'' !'!tnd and crazy. At last tivu..;- I'' | rnlrnl'.I George ,uy first hu-l'in.!'> c'lid. E'u~l" MArlha!-and Ta's wiEr said il M;.~ Un uut rn4,,, and must a,,t t ,!i,"-'-r f. 'in Mir Barker. May, my >,y;u:l,'t':. :, .: ! it WA> shameful the WAY i'...t her i..,Ina :.r,It,"I me. She is Is yv...-S yoi;u.,.r li!u" a':i. but sur,iy nn wnrIan cI,r lad a !"'tt'' stCpIu"iirr She ErIrr ~'u! -,', Il" H'N thing that lql G,es f." '.Ir :.- H IA k.r.i's Us up hrtr-and ',rs,!,~ .hr s.'':GS 1..'' yr'> cnts and lL~; y,'ur ,l:.ir Hl.d l.Hr s'.! int through q. spell ot sirHn,'~>. s.'.r &.'l lN want Ipr la ,,Inc au'i ~.,':.i t..r W.".rl with them Oh, No~, ,'.rt N.i"' me 't l:>' doctor along, t,'n. h"t NC can't l,'AN'', un less We could >vil "r rrI't "ur h'l~y
 "Whrr,' is Mr BLrkrr' lir h,,~ w'lh pA and his daughter in d li,th'L"l!>'' lntht Nard and takes his meals wI,h lhrm
 ''I~l.t winter N hen WA~ "n a Vi il |, pa and hi> wl!v Mir UIrh..r >,,id hr v,.u1d ! \ tt., | kgp'p me away t.,Hs: ny lH!.rr'~ l,nu.". but of cnur,,' IW.,u.d n d:iNv him NY from his h,''.r, uI.d w" H!'t just a~ "c!i'"-y @' quain,anc,S lEul'It Iim i,n.Itly vh.!I -,,i. He has stopped ,ltj'.hin-, and l.r snH> that hc treated me hadly. I'm quite >IrV that he loves me yet.
 "Iuu srr. doctor. while q E,sl kind man, k not fitted tu Cumpt'tC for pr.lCt lrt in town like this. For oI.c thing, tt other doctors cry him down h,Vausc ht practices n different kind uf m,Niicinc from theirs. He is very well posted in his school and reads and studies all the time.
 But rCadinG and studying arc not all, and tell doctor that he ought to push himself mOrC. We 1.-Two away of to one side, and he never makes an effort tO SCt pa ticnts or hOarylCrS. Poor, triflinG wrrtChcs come tO him, and he never r'fuStS tu tr'ai them but they do not IHy. Why, they would not do A day washing for Inc 'I haul load of w,"L fur him Ia save "ul lives Oh, the lNr'plV in this town arO things to shuddcr at! High and low, rirl and I,u,r. there k n stain ul,ru t..,''u ;.!l don't suppose ought [" s:'y anH SLinE against tho placC, bVCstlIsr il certainly >IN ed my lif".
 II camc hrrr nearly d,rl,l, and t!'e Hil Or the water set nlr up wonderfully fnl r,- prisCd to s,c me walkina; over tl!o>" hills tell you was the Irt of the town. wrote it up in pr,,Se and verse; and WA | tho leading spirit of the literary >'N'i"ty | Many q meeting hHVU wr had in this ll1r Tor. Well, tho health Was just a lNNa>t | You s,S, what a wpTk l am n''w. IL Wa | just like taking a wurn"ut old dr,Iy h"r~' l and turning him out into a fine IEI>iur' | He fattcns up and s,CmS young and strn; | again, but put him hICk in harness an' work him n little while. Then you II s,N' 'It was just alNurst. have a complain | that doctor says k incurlblC, and that am just as we'll herr aS l can hc anywhere but think that this place k ton damp f" me in winter. Doctor thinks, tU", that hr could get to another place he could d' | better. but thrrc's the hous,' again.
 If wu locked it up and left il withoU a tenant. somebody would set tirc to il | just out of malice and wC cant inSurO un less wo havo sonc ono living in the house.
 Its wrctcru,! I!aCo in wint"r-th lower rooms so da:Hp th..: il Is unhcalth. to 1.-Two ovor them. and tho nUighborhoN is unspoakahlc. tnll every one tho trut about tho house.
 Wo woro silent whilc Sho caught Inc bre0th, silent and thoughtful. Was tn story complete?
 | Doctor cnrcs for nothing in the worl but his medical books and his professions but when he is called to sco Il patient h never hurrics. often say if the paticn was going to die he would die bcforc doC tor got there, but hc says that hc rcache his patients with all his wits about hin and can do more good than if he had hun ried Not oven firc upsets him!
 Why, the town nearly burned up las winter, but doctor was tho sHmo slON coach.
 "He is very good to me, but feel some
 times ikc would go crazy. 1 have bee
 used to stirring men.
 Now, pa, when he was on visit to Il:
 did everything, while doctor sat in rock
 ing chair and read, and pa is an old mar
 would say Doctor, bring Us a bucket (
 water from the spring
 "'YcS, directly But pa would talk
 the bucket, run down the hill and be bac
 again before doctor would stir. Then
 would be: 'WEy, colonel, what made yo
 goy 1 was going for it.!
 "The samo way pa was running abor
 town hunting up bills against Us and pa! ing them while doctor read. Pa said to n
 before he left for homo, He is a good ma and kind to you, my child, but'-hcre I scratched his head turiOusly-'d-n
 all, he would tlFivo mo nadI He says u same thing about pa, and SD don't knO whether we will spend tho winter with I and his wife UT stay here and try Ia keC . --"rm. Pa says Inc will provide the woo' l pnnr pa ls, NJ ARN R HFArD