Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-06


Il wonder.' he fefiecresf. IF mOefIsz
tnowsr"
And then he thought Row saran.e rs
was that two weeks ago he should
have been burning with lore for Lou
Use. U now his whole life was Cen-
tered upon this invalid. IL puzzled
hin, sadly. fer Ii reawakeoed dosabts rs
10 bis own loyalty. Vas 1t possible
shat his nature was so fickle thst is
might be stirred by any passing wo-
man, until. like a shallow pond, dis
sturbci by a light breeze. he shouLa3 sEN
@p"ar to he moved profoundly
"A pond so his thoughts ran. might
sconceitcdlly imagine itself To be AN
Q when its surface ripf,t-s- Is IL
right. then. for me to foster . low for
this girl and lead her to believe in ne,
when l Am so liable to cha nGcT~
Many and diverse We're the consider
atoms suggested by this honest query
aiccug them. Of course, n COMPARISON
OF the two girls who had affersad hin
lie felt that he could rely safely EN-
What reason told him row with respect
To Louise; that. without p~rejudice TO.
her good qualities, she was utterly sn-
Gifted 70 be his companion. Closer ac-
a%uIintance had revealed characre@iNN
tfcs in her which were not in accord
with his own nature. He recalled now.
even when he lad no doubt ~ his love.
she had said and done things that
Jared rpon him. That love must have
been a mistake. one Of natlre's fre2ks.
in whach. perhaps, his n nad heeD
attracted by beauty alone. AMI hayszs
been aroused to a Consciousness Z nj
traction, the emotion had Deen eazed
lCve by himself. when others more ex-
perienced might have found b term
s~.attracticn" quite sufficient
The doctor found the problem present
e1 nv his own character q hard one 40
sclve. as every man does who is given
to rigid sclf.analysil He mad. hsw~v
ar. toucncd upon the right .ns1nd Ii
the slIpp0sition that his sentiment fox
Louise had been an att acfsn rather
than love. Ii Is q remarkably easy
thing for n straightforward, honorabie
man to idealize the emotions within
him, and set himself to act according
10 what he concieyes they are or Ough,
t. he. whether it be i'm matters Of love
or the more commonplace Affairs Of
life, but it is most easy In lore. Lou
Use and Amelia were the first yOuns
women with whom the doctor had cezns
In familiar contact outside the admit
scd,y good ard admirable. bIt uncns6
waited girls OF h:s native viEa-s- II !.
lar.ily to be wondered, therefore. tina
he Should have been influenced by ths
more vivacious and beautiful nf tn,
two and should have believed the ger
eral emotion SHE Gus Was cenreres
upon herself us an individual
This Is not To say that the doctor va
I'm love with Amelia while he thnayh
.ae Y IN love with Louise: b ..ttras
tim for the second had to wait 90
events to develop 1t, and as he szf l
the sick room cogitating the naaitel
the one thing upon which he ypuld lea
with assurance was his present unmis
taxable love for Amelia
Later in the day, when b muse
from sleep and seemed brighter TN
he permitted her q tai NE
frsely. and ore or two tliogs b sai
were helpful in stilling the doubts ths
he permitted to torture hiIA ale wei
to her side the instant he sRw she ~
awake.
.liow nowg ?" he asked, theerfIily-
lie observed tie impulsive mov'
merit uader the coverlct that Shove
how her haLd had started toward hi
She did i,t put 1t out, for, with E-Os
IT. strcngi h. seif-consciou sness was Z
ernring 10 manifest itself. The -soct,
with . fras.k smile. reached under Il
coverlet and grasped her hand.
al wish l were not yonr pays,cz
my dear girl" he said. Though
should ha miserable IL anyone 81
were privileged to care for you-
"Why do you wish Won were NOT n
physiciany" she asked.
''Hccause l AM so tempted 10 4epaI
as l am departing now. from 6 profe:
i0nal attitude
IL didn't know" she responded, p
that you thought this was the b
thing for me-" and she sniiied rsgEia
".
perhaps IL In. I hope %. and ev
n a physician I nri II hard 10 shi
that earnest love can - aurfful