Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-04-08
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son OF the Earl of Broadmoor. with an al
lowance that kept him in ncc!sties and Gig
arcttcs. together with bedroom and "the
run of his teeth" at the family mansion in
Grosvenor squ.:re.
Lord BroAdmoor had put down his govt
lest foot as heavily as he dared and thun-
dercd mol" And as, in addition to his
lordship, Lady Broadmoor claimed DIR.
Pillingham's attendance for five minutes
every morning, at a guinea visit, they
were not patients to be offended rashly.
So Miss Dorothy Pillingham and the
Hon Guy de Working had one meeting tc
say "Goodby,' after which they were to
meet as strangers. do one quite knew
how they had ever met at all.
you will neither write to him nor hear
from him. said DIR. Pillingham sternly.
Father, l cannot PROMISE said Dor
othy, sobbfng.
81 don't care whether you do or not.
I'll see to that!' said Dr. Pillingham. And
from that day every letter into and out Of
the house was scrutinized and every walk
poor Dorothy took was in the company OF
some one stern and severe.
''If hear Of you communicating with
that girl, you go with a shilling said the
Earl of Broadmoor to his son.
You've got to hear of it first, +" said Guy dc
Working under his breath, but his father
fortunately did not hear and soon after
sounded DIR. Pillingham as to how parental
discipline worked in the case of Dorothy
A charming nature, Lord Broadmoor,"
said the old doctor, "a charming nature.
Our affcctionate intercourse is unnter-
rupted. Every morning she helps me on
m lrIlS 10
my hat, secs that my stethoscope is in its
place. used to be continually forgetting
it-and, though I'll be bound she knows
where | IN going, says not {; word :"
81 am delighted to hear it, u said Lord
Broadmoor He had not watched his son s
correspondence, trusting rather to the
watching ON the other side, and also to the
fact that he had never seen Guy read any
thing but a sporting paper or write at all,
except under compulsion.
VERY satisfactory, said Lord Broad
moor, recurring to the subject ten months
later. "All blown over and ended"
He had been telling DR., Pillingham of
an excellent appointment in government
Office which he had obtained for Guy
Il should not have got him a billet in
London, continued his lordShip, If they
had not forgotten one another"
Il hope he likes his work." said DR..
Pil1ingham.
Its the first thing he has ever pcrsc-
vered with. There he goes to his office, ,"
said Lord Broadmoor as the front door
banged loudly. But he ought to be earli-
er all the same. How late it is! YOU too,
must he later than usual, doctor, think. !"
Il fancy | am" said Dir. Dillingham;
"Is her ladyship ready to see me-" And
he followed powdered footman out of the
room. When he came down stairs, Lord
Broadmoor was standing in the hall. II
should be obliged, DIR. Dillingham;" he
said, ''if you would take a hlirriedly writ
ten line from me to Lady Honoria Shau-
crotha to condole with her on Sir Pat
rick's accident"
"Certainly,' said DR.. Pillingham, slip
ping the little three cornered note into the
lining OF his hat Il will put it here, with
one corner projecting. l cannot forget 1t
then.
"By the way" said his lordship 81 hope
Miss Dorothy does not regard me as u ter
rible ogre. y
Tut, tut said nr. Pillingham. "She
has forgotten everything and we have re-
stored her liberty. She has been quite civil
lately to young DIR. McGrcgor. She never
would speak to him before. In fact, real
ly hope
"Quite so. A very suitable connection
Thank you, said Lord Broadmoor as he
reached his study, while the footman closed
the door on the doctor.
my dear Lady Honoria," said DR. Pill
lingham, "a note of coincidence from Lord
Broadmoor-thc sympathetic outpouring
of kindly heart"
Dear Lord Broadmoorr' said Lady
Honoria, smiling at the old doctor gra-
ciously as she opened it. "How different
the courtly grace and dignifled style of our
day from the slangy familiarity of the pres
ent time!" She gave IL sudden gasp and
sank back upon the sofa. "This from Lord
Broadmoor!' she moaned.
The note fell to the floor The com
menccmcnt, written large, caught his eye
at once.
MY own little Dolly Daddlccums"
"To me of all pcoplc!" gaspcd her lady
ship,
"Ccrtainly not, said the doctor. She
would have turned the scale at 10 stone, so
"littlc Dolly Daddlccums' was obviously
inadequate,
written in Il foreign hand and meant
Poor Lady Broadmoor-but stay You
must not read it,"
81 have read it," he said, putting it in
his pocket, and you may take it from Inc,
Lady Honoria, that it was not meant for
you, and it was not from Lord Broad
moor, And he bowed hurricdly and left
the room.
''Take this to your Mistress" he said to
the butler in the hail. putting on his hat,
"and say that it is the note l should have
given her" And to his coachman he said
sharply, "Home!'
Ten minutes later Dorothy stood before
her father in his consulting room, plant
and submissive, her hands folded together.
''And how long, miss" he exclaimed,
"has this attachment been revived? How
many of these infamous missives have l
borne in my hat to and from my patients
house?'
"Its q year since YOU said we must break