The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

Thames. / have only q clouded recol-
lection of the scene when we went
ashore, though perhaps the most wildly
recalled incident Is the impressive fare
well of burroughs and his inamorata,
by force of circumstances more panto-
mime than dialogue. Mrs. Loring and
her niece were bound for Paris. Ny way
lay westward.
$50 sorry to lose you. doctor-so
sorry," Mrs. Loring declared. "Actu-
oily, really actually, doctor, I believe
you understand my trouble better than
anybody else 1 ever met-and oh, DIR.
Morris, have met SO many! 1t makes
me shudder, sometimes, to think OF
them all. But now we're going to Paris.
dear Pnris-Dorothy. don't let that cab
tnan handle that valise 30 carelessly!
The government shouldn't permit such
men TO have cabs. Yes, as I was say
ing, Paris is SO delightful, and it would
he SO pleasant II you could be there
with us. Dear, dear! he's dropped it
just as IL it were a stone! Dorothy,
please do caution him. Now, doctor.
we must say au revoir; not good-by.
YOU know, for we shall meet again,
really we shall, but au revoir. And
I'm SO grateful to you! really can't
tell you how grateful am. You must
send us our address, doctor. and We'll
send you ours; and when we go back
% America we shall see you again.
oh, l know we shall. Goodness gra-
cious. he's got the bag with the medi-
cine-Bottles in i'll"
Mrs. Loring dashed forward to pre-
vent catastrophe.
Il trust that your aunt ia good
prophecies" i said to Miss Gray.
When do you think you will return TO
the states?'
"Before very long. 1 hope; it may be
within year"
"Then where will you make your
home?"
Il can hardly guess. Our plans, you
know, are most uncertain"
Dorothy, Dorothy!" Mrs. Loring
called.
II trust that you will have a de-
lightful trip" said 1. "Our voyage on
the Betlouin-most pleasant -er-er-
wish you-er-er-all manner-good
fortune"
"And aunt and I wish you every sue
cess" she answered. "Remember, Us she
says, it is au revoir, and not good-by."
She drew her hand from mine - l
don't know just how long it had been
in my clasp-and had the melancholy
pleasure of assisting her to enter the
cab. Then the vehicle rumbled away,
leaving behind q sorrowing young man.
who stood watching it grow smaller
and smaller in the distance, and who,
physician though he was, risked pneu-
monia by forgetting, for a most unrea-
sonsble time, to replace his hat upon
his head.
".
landed in New York on the third
day of the new year. woefully lacking in
projects for my future. The metrop-
oils seemed to offer no promising field.
snd I soon gave up my idea Of adding
another unit to its hundreds of thou
sands. Then came thoughts of the
west, but a chance meeting with an
old classmate, who had ventured into
that FL Dorado of impoverished youth
and had returned even poorer than he
went forth, was taken Ms a warning
against initiating his example. So, ut
last, accepting lIobson's choice, 1 re-
appeared in the city from which Capt.
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sicians. II was . growing, bustling, &C.
tive community, but my share in its
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secured cheap quarters in one Of
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