The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-10-26

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They had parted ON the footing of
friends as result of the small fayors
he hadebeen permitted to render then;
and afterward, when of her own sweet
Wal she wrote to him first little note
of thanks and later letter of in
| CURRY in respect to a work of charity
| which had occurred to her, only he
could ever know what vista of hope
had opened before his dazzled magma
ton. The doctor was man enough to
feel that she was woman whom Tor
herself he might love with all his heart;
while he was moreover sufficiently prac-
teal not to overlook altogether the
wealth which by her fathers death had
become hers, consideration delight
fully restful to contemplate after the
long years of struggle against poverty
and disappointment which had been
his. And so he had builded his fair air
castle but to see it fall like house oil
cards before the sick mans unconscious
bombs of truth. But the doctor was n
good fellow, and, better still, a good
friend; and so he only called himself
fool for his dreams and thanked heaven
he had excuse to write certain letter
which he hoped might bear good fruit.
And soon after this Harvey began
to dream of seeing Dorothy standing
now and then by his bedside, dream
which seemed to fill him with peace
more potent for good than all the doc
tors medicines-the fancy so possess
ing his Imagination that when one day
he awoke, his great, hollow eyes, eager
| Nv searching the room, came back to the
doctors face with a look of helpless
disappointment. 81 thought she was
here" he whispered, weakly. 81 have
been dreaming"
"Oh, it's all right, old fellow" his
friend returned, swallowing something
in his throat as he clasped the poor thin
fingers in a tremulous grasp of graf
ulation. 1t was as by miracle that
poor Neil had been saved. cts all
right. Go to sleep and dream that she
is coming by and by" And, family
smiling, as though he accepted the
promise with the simple credulity of
child, Neil closed his eyes obediently
and slept again.
, next he awoke, seeming listlessly to ac-
, cept the conditions as he found them
the trained nurse, deft, quiet fellow,
: who had replaced loquacious Mrs.
{ Bowen, the doctor coming and going,
the flowers on the table, the recur-
rent broth and potions. But in a few
days the doctor, sitting by the bedside,
: cheerily observed: "By the way, you're
getting almost strong enough to begin
$ to think about business a bit, aren't
( YOU, old man? The terms of compro-
1 mise between the mines, now-you re-
member that Miss Meredith's lawyer
wrote you about it. Of course you
haven't been giving II any thought
= but-er-"
| ''No, haven't been giving it much
I thought" the invalid returned, a shade
e passing across his face. They must
. see Bartels, if there is any hurry
, s'H'm, yes" the doctor indifferently
, rejoined. 'But-well, you remember
: my telling you that Miss Meredith had
written to ask me about the families oil
:, the men who were killed in the mine;
: she wanted to do something for them
d Neil looked up with startled expires
Il sion in his great eyes. 81 did not
/ know" he faltered, plucking nervously
n at the bedclothes. 'You said she haC
l. written, but"
: Possibly it did not occur to me tC
explain the doctor nonchalantly re
Ii joined, staring hard at something out
/, of the window "But she wrote to ask
/ about that just at the time of her law
S. yer's letter suggesting terms of com
c. promise-just before you were takeI
. down with this relapse, owing to YOU
: COMPOUNDED lunacy in rampaging round
o when you should have been in bed.
o dropped line to the attorney telling
3 him you were beyond business pro tenn.
IS and then, as was answering Miss Mere
: dith's letter, it occurred to me to eX
plain to her as well why her proposition
:; must be laid on the shelf. But he
heart seems to have been set on ar
v ranging that compromise somehow
when a woman will, she Will, you know
G and so-well, you recall how Mohammet
IL went to the mouptGin under the stress
4 of circumstances"
% ''Do you mean-oh, what do YOU
= mean?" gasped Neil, his gaunt feature
strangely working, his eyes hungril,
questioning. ''Is she here?-Dorothy?
Eyes; she is herewith her aunt,
I'd typical society old maid. She vii
amuse you, that aunt" So the docto
to placidly went on, thinking it wise t.
tn say no more ef Dorothy for the me
d. ment. ''She is so obviously out of he
~ element here, so uncompromising!
~ down on the west and all things west
~ ern. 1 fancy she leads Miss Doroth
st rather a dance with her protests an
ly aristocratic agonies, but"
s. when can l see her?" demanded th
I'd sick man, in tone Of breathless plead
n ing. "Will she see me? - will sh
Mt Gomez"
&c why, certainly. AS said before,
e, rather think she has come on purpos