The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-26
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doctor WIS STUN HiH "'AhSN'N' w NY
"b,,r' all to myself hut, perhaps, dl-
,cr,cI my attention too much from what
h, was telling me by this device or no
scared me into temporary ld!ocy by his
,,im drmcanor. At any rate, was con-
,4,us that "a nurse had cut poor
Nsm&
|, seemed a special pity that roor papa
should have had that Illness juSt then,
when mtmnm and Isabel wcre In DaltI.
ron, Mamma had gone there TO be nm
der the care Vt Or, Baker, and She could
M, come home and Isabel could not
is,y, her. II we had only had our good
,ll duf.nr /: would have been better. but
nawat IN Europe, and papa HAD called IN
,Hl, pr Griffin, who, people seemed TO
thInl,, was something wonderful, TWAS
said that his practice was really some
thing phenomenal for ~ Young u man
rlr was VcrginE on forty; am sure that
d, no, very young FOR arylhnOuNt Of
rpcticr. aud suppose he had TO cconO-
mice hia forces. but Il made him dread
Wl d.sJErccahlc
| wat sitting by plpa's he'd when he
r'',f !" "lL' ia" - icy ~,
mAd" SNSn nero ~ WIN ne IVY :. Nv
10 curious 10 SEQ I'i'',' "nH ,il '"t .i'u-
Wri as Was ~" "'il'" ~ t'''. a." -
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IS man .,,,, ~, ~
ana ENuli' Ai'i ~" NN''v' - go,
1850 n llo'4 lNINt,,
WIS 'n1u' " ~. 't'' ~ -, - IL i'Ls
slanc" in my dir2ct!on ne wa, pr@oNh,y
M, Rw1tt ~ my ih'snLlon' IrS s,'Eluy
mtEaed ms mead anu EIld; ~, MHsom
wiIQIraSS so QUE, w Hieh -h!'s Macon
81! Wl't dHN cC'EF.'i'
That was 9ht tNe n'Eihi''hk VI " S'LlrS
u' sh'tnh1S-s uIIS GHTV N'"I u.'' AZ, ii,H
iG!E Illness NJ papa s. a'h "t'iE hNr
:sa. fous 10 start Nlth. pVt cEeFg i"tcr.
y'h| with thc doctor h'Ade me 4+e' Il 4o''
az wu shorter J
When I1oHri SUt % I've wihu VIM, ON
DAY an" RcIuitN saw iI'H'''''I" "t'N ,t'I +,
Sttt.nS our OF car IIlSS ~. ~ uT ~. ~
wAs as II L Ton we.Sht hau u5S i hIlru
lTom NE. nv uocNu! MH' 49, 49,
twho. however was ain'ost Mttu' "i'u !
WAS In my own room keeping oNt OF ms
way. l dashed down stairs Ike mah
ching and hung my tooi s1ifnrhow OF
caught my dress IN loose screw u nave
never known whicAl. ana IciI Nllh"SS
fFNm the top OF the hlSht 10 'hs' uut'oih'
The doctor rushed nut OF phl room
aui was AT the loot OF tHe stsiFS "IniSSS
"a -rnn As | was. Mamma IHu lsa'cI
4ppeared traniically from the oppuSitr
direction, pAp,t calling from upstairs u!t
the time 10 Know wnat u All tnr.n', l
WAS a" ashamed or having ctuScu me
,smm1iion that tried 10 ger up nHs'"'
and close the lndiden':
oh, rs rotalnS Just NNPpgu,
began" struggling 10 my Iceland tien
great. palpltat!nE darkness settled
over all. revived 20 find myself as u
were. in the clutches OK grimm u
had loug applied his name 10 nm III II
distinctly opprnbrious SenS"l
What do YOU mean by tearing apouS
the house in that fashion: ne "eH'auueu'
Stopping az the door as he was !elEihs;
Rut somehow l was not &rAo OF nun
now. and for reply l.only lauShra tecDlS
aad namely from my station on me s,ti ga;
Il was well that my terror ol Nun VA"
lcssensd, for that inlsetd uIc 1i' 90 -.
HE required his attention Hio1e OF Tess
throughout that winter.
\ strange thing happehtu SoOl' W,
mamma and Isabel came home la4uel
we're sitting together after lea "hsH
the bell rang. and who should D.. uSn-
cred In but DR.. Griffin. Ana with MS
nair cut-whlCh was not at all an nm
proyement-thOuGh l had thought mat
any change would be. IL was so "on-
Garful 10 see him sitting there LhuSh-
ing and talking. ''Nhe'fClks rs MANI
my Judy used 10 say, but couid nor
10 anything but stare at MN. Ana
when Fred Carey cam" III l was iOSi-
lively provokckd. But then ! never saw
Fred quite so stupid ana uhihtcTcS1'I'5'
Not very long after that unotheT re-
,rsrEaLIs thing happened. The first
wnnderful thing. by the way, began
10 happeE pretty frequently otter n
while. l think I have ltue knack
of rhvmIuE, and one day L magazine
a real magaziHe-took one OF my pieces
Such a thing had never happened De
fore and has never happened hlhCe: IL
Wa A sentimental little enusion, which
was not about anything or, anybody
in particular, but 1t seemed TO me TO be
rr4ity. and IL sounded as II IT meant
good deal.
was standing on the porch when
| orcned the letter which the ,postman
had lust handed to me-. | remember IL
was A beautiful spring morning, when
my cum Of happiness wa running over
anyway and this last drip was almost
too much. I was about Ia fly into the
house, us fast as my disabled ankle
would allow. when | heard the click OF
the gate. 1 waved my letter TO Dr.
Griffin as he came up the walk, md he
smiled at my absurdly radiant face. II
wus almost worth while 10 he SO grim
looking. 10 be so transformed BY smile
! thought 10 myself. did not wait
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