The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

get herr"
Not If you really iove her."
.. but then she doesn care for me-
mat makes no difference If you
gave your neart to her it belongs to her
| forever she may do with it as she
wills. 1t is no longer yours. But you
must Try again to win hers
Gerald drew his Tpurse from under
mis- pillow, and opening 1T took out a
little tlntype. He handed 1t to Mildred
without saying verdi
what a. dear little face she said
gently. DO not wonder that you fell
In love with it You must not give her
up. There must be some misunder-
standing between you, something that
could be easily cleared. 1t will all
come right, feel sure of that. How
could you eyer have quarreled with
that dear little girl7"
He looked so miserable that she had
70 say something comforting. Never
MIND; you and she will have all the
happiness of making 1t up
Making 1T up? What do you
mean?"
now sorry you are. That is the first
STEP
And have her return the letter.
She will not return it. Something
tells me that
But she told me she hated me-
| OHc Couoii I nate anyone, BOOKING
at the picture again.
But I don't know where she is"
miserably.
What poor excuse AS though her
letters would not be forwarded to her.
| But we will not talk any more about 1t
now, for | see that you are tired.
! Now | am going to leave you, and you
must try and take a nap,
How good you are to me- Miss
Grant. l am an awfully selfish fellow,
l know. to take up so much of your
time, but you do not know how you
have helped me today
Gathering up the dainty needlework
that she had brought with her. Mil
dred rose to leave, when DR.. Morris
was announced. His experienced eye
took in at once the changed express
sion on his patients face.
Il am glad to see you looking so
much better, Mr.. Rundell,' he said.
1t is all due to Miss Grant said
Rundell, smilingly
Mildred blushed. She felt almost
cross at RundelPs remark though why
she could scarcely have told.
I'VE will have you up in few days.,
continued the doctor, land you can try
to get about with them BY the middle
of September [ hope to send you on
your way rejoicing"
Mildred stood talking to the doctor
for few minutes before he left, but
both Of them seemed little embar-
raised. DR.. Morris at length started
rather abruptly and hurried away.
Mildred went up to her own room.
She wanted to be alone with her
thoughts. She acknowledged that she
was getting to think more and more
of DR.. Morris every day. She was al
ways looking forward to his visits, and
the days when he did not come seemed
blank. Yet, when he did come what
happened? Only few words, and those
the most ordinary. But she knew that
whenever she looked into the gray
eyes, heard the low voice, and felt the
warm hand clasp, a strange feeling of
great happiness and content came over
her. Yes, she liked DR.. Morris, liked
him very much. Had anyone suggest
ed that she was beginning to fall in
love with him she would have been in
dignant Fall in love with man who
scarcely more than spoke to her, in
deed!
AS DR.. Morris drove along the shady
reads bordered on either side with
graceful oEerarching elns, and out
through the quiet country lanes, he
did a great deal of thinking, too. Why
wasn't he rich? He could never marry
until he was in a very different posi-
ton financially And even if he had
to assume that Miss Grant might con-
descend to marry him? She was such
| a proud girl. He recalled Rundells
words spoken that afternoon. Could it
be that Miss Grant was going to marry
Rundell? He had been afraid of that
all along. 1t was the most natural
thing in the world that they should
have fallen in love with each other
The match would be a very suitable
one in every way, as far as he could
see. But he carried a sore heart as he
drove home that night
Gerald got along famously with the
aid of the crutches, and early in Sep
TENDER was able to go about with only
| the help of a cane. The doctor came
! pretty regularly still, but his visits
! were friendly rather than professional.
! By the middle of the month, as he had
predicted, Gerald was well enough to-
go home. Mildred had left the week
! before.
Mildred Grant wondered many times
| that winter whether she would ever see
! DIR. Morris again. When they parted
he had said he hoped they would meet
again, and she had thanked him, and
said she hoped so, too. He had looked
at her very steadily with those gray
! eyes of his, and had held her hand a
| little longer than usual, but neither had
/ let the other see what the parting
meant. When he had gone away Mil
| dred had run up stairs, thrown herself
on the bed and sObbed. She had been
quite ashamed of herself afterwards.
At times great longing came over
| her just to- see him. She heard of him
occasionally. Mrs. Bakers daughter
wrote to thank her for present sent
| late in the fall, and in the letter men
toned that the doctor had inquired for
her. Later on letter came from Ger
aid Rundell, telling her that he expect
ed to be married Sooni II have you to
thank for my happiness" wrote Gerald,
"for it would never have come about if
it had not been for your talk with me
that day at the farm. l wrote to DR..
Morris, whose friendship l am fortu-
nate enough to have gained, and have
just received an answer. He congratu-
lates me heartily and says that no news
could have given him more pleasure.
By the way, do you ever hear anything
from him?'
1t is the unexpected that happens.
| Mildred was strolling through the art
gallery one afternoon late in March,
when she came suddenly upon DR..
Norris. She had become separated
from her friends and in turning to look
for them saw him standing before a
painting just opposite. She was so
afraid that he would disappear in the
fast-increasing throng without seeing
her that she hurried toward him and
spoke. He turned quickly.
81 am very glad to see you," he said,
taking her hand, 81 had not expected
such pleasure. He looked at her so
earnestly that Mildred felt her cheeks
growing hot, and made some remark
about the room being 80 warm"
They were only together for a few min
utes. Her friends had discovered her,
and bidding the doctor a rather hasty
goOd-by she left him.
That night she cried-cried because