Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-05-20

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ally To lead him Ia speak of his reasons
for coming 10 Hodncytcwn. but he WAS
reticent, and had 10 he contcrt with
the explanation given by Lamar
Dorothy Gray came often to read tc
him, and he manifested much graft
tu,le for her Kindness: but even Ia hrI
he would say next 10 noihing of his
history or his projects.
Banks wrist was still weak, hut hi.
recovery from the spruin had gone far
enough ~ enable him 10 circulate in has
old fashion among his patients, and my
duties as his coad ,itor we. e ended. II"
was beginning. though. 10 rcncw hi,
discour>,.s about his desire to secure &
partner and pra, ticaily to retire, aud il
was clear that he would soon make me-
n direct offer. II Was only fair that
should prepare Ia give definite answer
hut realized that my plans were even
more uns, tiled than ever. There was
new disturbing element in the situa
tion. Could hut foretcll what Dorothy
would answer were a certain question
put Ia her, then DIR. Ranks might Ia
answered. in turn. so soon rs he Ghost
To speak. but what would the young
lady say?
Yes. what would she sayH Truly
was far from sanguinc. could find M
reason for confidence. in spite of MANY
soulful efforts 10 discover one. We were
the best of friends; we were together
4 - 4
we READ together. walked together
and drove together. We had interests
in commuu; in some lines of thought
our beliefs we're akin. Such things
were well enough in their way, buI
what ground of hope did they furnish
Would not blush, sigh. have more
meaning? Frequently ! read disscrta-
tions of the symptoms of the love NAL
adv. hut surely nowhere had ! motel
good-fellow ship set forth as distin-
gushing mark of passion. Then, too
there WINS the difficulty of the bread
nnd-butter problem. What business
had ! to contemplate matrimony, with
no well-deiined idea how even on,
mouth was To he filled, in the event Of q
break with the man who would remain
my pay master no longer than suited his
convenience? My savings would cut
hut poor figure on war-chest for a
family campaign. Resides, the girl
was supposedly wcll-to-do, and certain
~ was the heiress of her aunt. whose
wealth appeared 10 be sufficient to en-
able her TO travel wherever she de-
sired, and 10 pa, the bills of high-priccd
specialists, who charged with an appre
citation of the fact that their patieuts
would need TO take nothing with them
out of this world. II would not be
pleasing To be clnssed as fortune.
hunter. All the philosophy available
would not remove the sting from tina,
reproach.
Meditating these things, I fell int
habits entirely reprehensible from tic
standpoint Of everyday sanity. | sat
up late u nights, smoked more strons,
tobacco than was for my good. tool
to mopinp and violent language. Or
the whole, It was fortunate that M
practice was limited-fortunate fog
10th me and my supposititious patients
Whether anybody guessed the charae'
ter of my thoughts. or fathomed M
moods, was a matter almost of indiffcr
cnce. I told myself that the mast,
should always he worn in the presenc!
of Mrs. Loring and her niece: as fG-
the others, their opinion did not count.
AS a matter of fact, | imagine that ml
secret was known 10 all the
thereabonts, andperhnps to So
men. Banks how and the
jokes at my expense of
which gave ground tn beliss--I1z,s-'7sl
ha6 made a shrewd diagnosis of n
malady. But, when NIL is said an,
done, the simple truth is that wac
as nearly M my wits end, even witg
the ghost Of the coloners riTalry ex.
orcised, as probably half ths adul
males of the nation would ocn them.
selves TO have been on various occa.
sions, would they but make dOnfessiou.
Mrs. Loring was unquestionably the
better for her life in the country. She
still kept herself under the disciplins
of an invalid, though the precautioIs
was entirely unnecessary. Her appe-
tite was excellent. her nerves were al
most forgotten, the daily record of hex
symptoms was limited to an entry OF
few lines. in place of the pages she
had covered at first. She often failed
TO remember that / was her physician,
and suffered me to depart without
hearing a word bearing on her long
cherished aches and agonics She had
become acquainted with everybody in
the village; nobody knew better than
she the true inwardness of every piece
of mild scandal retailed from one end
of it to the other. She was hand in
glove with the ringleaders in its SOCIAL
diversions, and was the moving spirit
in an enterprise which promised to
eclipse anything of the sort ever al.
tempted in HOMEGROWN. This was nh
less than "Fete Internationale." "a
the programme had il, in which youthn
and maidens of many lands were to be
personated by the young people of the
village. There were TO lie tableaux,
recitations, music and dancing. and al
together somewhat ambitious list of
advertisement. Mrs. Loring had ne.
sumed tho responsibility of designing
the costumes. a duty which she va,
we'll fitted TO perform, for she vas
blessed with a keen eye for color Fl
fects, and her travels had made her 3
Trustworthy source of information re-
garding the details of the picture u
was proposed to present. There werh
no suggestions of invalidism in her ss
she hustled about on her congenial
tasks; the buster she was. the grea. or
her content. The fete was to he- a
mental and physical tonic, more benc.
fetal than any possible combination ~
chemicals. This l realized, but wits
the perverse pessimism brought about
by my season of unrest, feared that il
would result in opening her eyes tn
the truth that she needed no physician.
And when that discovery was made.
how long would she and her niece larry
in that quiet nc:ghborhood?
The weather about this time took 4
turn for the worse; for As hours a
dense fog hung over the coast. H.
thinned somewhat by the third morn
inn 1l, hat,lye, Of se& 4 e. n