Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31

ing women know how to make thH
most of their lives. Besides, that Dr.
Mary Arnold is prosperous and sue
cesSful he can easily read
Alas, his pilgrimage has been In
vain.
He had thrown away the love of ons
woman heedlessly, selfshly, and now
another had avenged her.
So he thinks bitterly that last even
ing as he sits in the pretty room
watching the face of the woman he
loves as she sits by the window in the
shadows.
He crosses the room, and stands be-
side her.
Il go home tomorrow" he says.
Then, his heart bursting all bonds,
before she can speak he tells her OF
his love, and that he is utterly I'M
worthy of her.
She raises her eyes to his face.
"Why?"
Her voice thrilled him.
rs it possible?" he cried.
The eyes that met hers we're
troubled. sad eyes They had lost the
youth light of the eyes that met 1Set-
ties that morning long ago, but they
had lost the meanneSS too.
You made me feel how unworthy
l was he said, when you told me-
that women died for love. Long ago
l loved a girl, and she loved me in re-
turn far better than l deserved. +
broke my agement, threw away her
love because ambition filled my heart
Fool that l was! Years afterwards L
met you, and loved you; my love for
you taught me to see many things diff
ferently. My heart taught me to see
many things differently. My heart
urged me to atonement l went to the
old home, stood by the gate of the
school on the hill. Everything was
unchanged, the blue of the sky, the
voices of the happy children. I forgot
the years. l expected to see her come
out of the school among her children
as she had done so often. The same,
yet not the same! Another girl came
out with the children, just as she had
done. She told me the story of her
predecessor, in reply to my question,
speaking carelessly as if it did not
much matter. Miss GilchristI Oh,
yes, she had heard about her. 1t was
long ago she had had the school. Her
health broke, and she was not fit for
the work; she had to leave, people
said
''She left me standing there with the
full knowledge of my unworthiness,
the difficulty of finding what really
had become of her, a difficulty | have
not yet overcome you'll am mad
for love of your
She raised her eyes again, and
smiled in his face.
II said women died of love-" she said
eff they found no new interest. I too
can tell you of girl whose lover dis
appointed her, as people call it. He
babe her goodbye. She did struggle
against the dull hopelessness threaten
ing to crush the life from her heart.
1t was useless. She fell i'll, and, being
homeless, lost her situation and had
to go into an hospital. On her re-
covery, she realized how much a new
interest could do for her, and she went
into training for hospital work. She
had just begun, when an uncle return
ed from abroad. She was the only
relation he had in the world and he
adopted her on condition that she
would take his name, which had been
her mothers, and give up her fathers
name. He was not a very rich man
but he had been doctor in the West
Indies, and all his sympathies were
with those in the profession. That
women should be doctors met his
hearty appreciation, and it is to his
love and sympathy and help his niece
owes her professionally, she said
reverently, cher life"
He sprang to his feet
"Nettier'
Yes she answered gravely, Net
tie who loved you, and who loves yop
still, for we women do not change our
loves with our whims''
''Well, neverr' Miss Whitelaw said,
as she opened the door soon after.
"Our doctor in love like any other
mortal woman
'And why not?" asked Janette Mary
Arnold, laughing