The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1897-07-14
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would need to take nothing with them
pleasing TO be classed as q fortune
hunter. All the philosophy available
would not remove the sting from that
Feproach.
Me,litsting these things, fell into
habits entirely reprehensible from the
standpoint of everyday sanity. sat
up late o nights, l smoked more strong
tobacco than was for my good. took
70 mcping and violent language. On
the whole, It ~as fortunate that my
practice was limited-fortunnte for
both me aud my supposititious patients.
Whether anybody guessed the charac-
ter Of my thoughts, or fathomed my
moods, WIS q matter almost Of indiffer-
encc. told myself that the mask
should always lie worn in the presence
of Mrs. Loring and her niece; as for
the others, their opinion did not count.
As a matter of fact, I imagine that my
secret was known TO all the women
thereabouts, and perhaps to some of the
men. Banks now and then cracked
tokes At my expense Of . character
which gave ground to believe that he
bad made . shrewd diagnosis of my
halady. But, when all 10 said and
done, the simple truth il that Wa
rs nearly ut my wits end, even vita
the ghost of the coloners rivalry ex-
orcised, ns probably half the adult
males Of the nation would own them
selves to have been on various orca-
sions, would they but make confession.
Mrs. Loring was unquestionably the
better for her life in the country. She
still kept herself under the discipline
Of an invalid, though the precaution
was entirely unnecessary. Her sppe-
lite was excellent, her nerves were al
most forgotten, the daily record Of her
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 aeonies. She had
become acquainted with everybody in
the village; nobody knew better than
she the true inwsrtlne.a Of every piece
Of mild scanda. retailed from one end
Of IL to the other. She was hand in
glove with the ringiesders in its social
diversions, and was the moving spirit
in an enterprise which promised &c
eclipse anything of the sort ever At
tempted in Rsdneytown. This was no
less than . Pete Internationale,~ -
TIE programme had IL. in which youths
and maidcns Of many lands were TO be
sersonsted by the young people Of the
village. There were TO be tablenux.
recitations, music and dancing, and al
together q somewhat ambitious list Of
advertisement. Mrs. Loring had as
sused the responsibility of designing
the costumes, . duty which she was
well fitted to perform, for she wss
bSe.sed with . keen eye for color ef-
fects, and her travels had made her .
trustworthy source Of informasiuu re-
gardine the dessils Of Tie picture u
was proposed 70 present. There were
no sugRestjeas - iavnlidism in her as
ahe bustjei ahsus - her euaeeaiaI
t.ks; the bssees sAs w., Ne gyeasar
her cossent- The feee wss 10 Sses .
nestsl asd pAySiral tssie, Dsse bese-
sesai shsa sny ps-sth,e cooAsnsatoa ~
ehemicsis- This I REALISED, ~ wita
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