Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-07-16

And what do you think of him p
That he is very quiet and gentle
end very well suited TO physician's
rises"
$50 far so good: but * that aII?-
ABOUT the morse. ye..'
May l risk asking if your thoughts
turned from him TO his master?"
There was little pause before she
spoke, and, looking at her out of the
corner Of my eye, ! thought her cheek
aushed bit.
1T was merely a question which sug-
gested ITSELF" she said Il was won
dering whether the evident fitness of
he horse for his work meant that his
master looked upon this village as his
permanent field
1t was now my turn 20 hesitate.
Really" / said. at last, 1T is hard
question to answer. l can say neither
yes nor no. | can't get beyond the
present. May | not be content with
that?"
DO you think it is enough for you-
for any young professional man?"
But if it satisfies me?"
Does it?''
AT this particular instant, yes; at
other times. when / can't get away
rom myself, no."
There was another pause, and when
she spoke again it was to ask me the
outline to be followed by her aunt.
While | described it she listened as
soberly as if she had no room to doubt
that the invalid was close to deaths
dO0r Rafnra ba ,aos4oI x,,oe
we had begun to traverse one of the
level stretches. | frightened the reins,
and the bay heightened his strides;
a chirrup or two and his lazy air was
shaken off and his hoof-beats rang
quick and sharp upon the hard road
Away we went at a pace far below his
best. but one which would have left
most of the local trotters hopelessly
Ia the rear Pulling him up when we
reached a rise in the grade, turned to
the girl a little triulnphantly. The
swift motion had brought new Light
into her eyes, and the rush of the wind
had heightened her delicate color.
That was delightful she cric7
Let me confess at once, / misiud.
your horse cruelty. lie has wonde
fully exceeded expectations"
The brute has redeemed himself
easily" said /. Would it were as light
a task for the man.
Perhaps the man has not been mis-
judged, after all. But come. DIR. Nor
rs. you've told me almost nothing of
your adventures for the last two or
three years. Surely, you must have
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THE short and simple annals
you know the line. The city was not
generous; there is nothing more to tell.
Believe me. you are fortunate, indeed,
10 escape any risk of the monotony of
huIndrum existence. 1 envy you the
variety of scene and surroundings
which has fallen to your lot"
"As if there could be no monotony in
variety; as if one could not grow weary
of It'll" she cried. why, DIR. Morris,
it is the superlative of Inonotony. Many
time I've been tempted to recall APP
provingly the growls of an irascible
old Englishman we met in Spain.
Madam, said he to my aunt, take my
word for it, all hotels ale bad, but some
are worse than others: all strangers
are obnoxious, but some are pestilen>
tial; all sightseeing is a WEAKNESS of
the flesh. and the more one has of it
the greater the burden becomes
And Mrs. Loring?"
His vehemence startled her, and she
fled at the first opportunity"
Yet she could not have needed the
TRADE to advantage. In all sincerity,
let me say that until she cons nts to
settle down quietly for considerable
time there is not much hope of effect
ing her cure. You must have observed
that on journey she seems to be at
her best, but that when the trip is
ended there is reaction, and after a
few weeks she is off again, finding in
the renewed excitement relief which.
in turn. has to be paid for at high
rate When her greatest need is rest
she applies the spur. If ever there was
victim of the travel habit, she is one.
Can she not be persuaded to give her
Iccuperative powers Il fair chance to
assert themselves? One can't do bet
ter than to let nature alone sometimes.
This is plain talk. palmer than l should
like to address directly to your aunt;
but it is due to you. for in many ways
you can help to put it into practice"
And will help only too gladly"
said the girl, earnestly. please be as
sured of that
is it bargain, then?"
Indeed it is
May it be successful one" said 1.
And now, Miss Gray, you may be
pleased to know that from this turn in
the road can be had the only view of
BASKERVILLE which warrants claim of
beauty for the place"
| We drove INTO the town and turned
| into its principal street. halting in
front of the shop of its solitary drug
| gist While stood before the counter,
waiting for the prescription to be made