Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10

professor, disengaging her arms; this
display is really too public, my dear"
Il know papa" she sobbed, but
they were thinking such horrid things
about YOU
Were they" he returned We'll.
it's all over now Where did YOU sa.
my rig was doctor?"
AT the hotel stable Miss Willis is
inside, professor"
"Oh, well, ask her to wait. III ~
turn in moment"
He touched the horse with his whip
and drove away. The doctor turned 70
re-enter the building and met PnilhriCk
in the doorway,
Pleasant ending of very disagr w.
able matter doctor remarked hill
brick
Very" said the doctor, trying to
pass him.
Doctor. whispered Philbrick,
clutching him by the arm, you played
your part magnitiCently. 1t was great.
Il don't understand YOU responded
the doctor.
No? You don't need to-"
The doctor pushed on, leaving Phil
brick smiling in his curious, contcnted
way. and went to the room where he
had left Amelia with the parson.
Professor Drummond has returned"
he said, and asked me to wait with
YOU until he gets his rig
Amelia, who was very pale and ms
cradle, looked down
The professor back exclaimed the
parson. Il am profoundly glad to hear
{ His going away was very indis-
Greet under the circumstances. Now
that he is here and the verdict rendered
we shall probably hear no more wick
ed gossip"
The parson was so pleased with the
new aspect of the affair that he could
not remain still He folded his hands
behind him and paced up and down the
room. Dr. Williams stood beslue
Amelia and with his back half turned
to her. He was trying to understand
himself, more than trying to fathom
the mystery that to him was as dark
and incomprehensible as ever. 1t
troubled him that his heart failed %
respond to Louise joy. That she had
misinterpreted him was painful enough
and perhaps it meant misunderstanu-
ing that could never be healed; but
doubly distressing was it to feel a
growing sense of indifference as to
whether the love that had impelled
him would or would not reawaken 20
its former life. He actually doup,ed
his own loyalty to her.
Presently he was conscious of a gen
tie pressure on the hand. He looked
down without moving. Amelia had
put her hand in his and was gazing up
at him from the saddest eyes he had
ever seen, So great was the uepth Of
sorrow there that for the moment he
could think of nothing else, and his
own heart warmed in pity for her.
II am so sorry" she whispered trem-
ulously. Il may not have another
chance to say so, You were right.
am bitterly sorry"
The doctor glanced at the parson
who had just then gone to a windoN,
out of which he was gazing at nothing,
unless it was a vision of his audience
next Sunday, and himself in the pulpit
eXpounding text with local illusions
and lessons drawn from recent local
events
81 don't quite understand you" re-
turned the doctor, closing his h2nd
over Amelias in token of his sympa
thy.
The tears welled into her eyes.
you are SO loyal" she said, and
You have suffered so. | shall never
forgive myself for having brought all
this about. | was intensely selfish and
thOughtless Now, not only has no
Eood come Of it, but | have caused a
great wrong perhaps more than one
great wrong
Please think no more it, Miss Will
lis-at Least, not in that light" mar
INJURED the doctor, hastily "Aon know
! am not one to mince matters when
can speak at all" Che paused to gulp
down a lump that rose in his throat,
"and | shall not try to disguise the
fact that ! think you made a mistake ;
but it was a mistake tnat, under the
circumstances. is more than excusable,
Had l been in your place, it seems to
me should have had to do at least as
much
Amelia hastily withdrew her hand
and applied her handkerchief to her
eyes
The professor is just driving up,
said the parson, turning away from the
window q must at least shake hands
with him and he huni from the
room
He has come for you Miss Willis,
remarked the doctor. when she re-
NAMED where she sat
She wiped her face neryously and
stood up
II must 20 back to Fairyiew some
time she said gloomily; and ! sup
pose il will be better this way
Without looking at the Doctor she
passed him and preceded him down
stairs She was climbing into lie car