Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-03-25

ldrIng. lie WAS as unSA mpathctic aS
nn iceberg, hardly more loquaciouS.
aHd the mystery be maintained was
not OF ihc fascinating sort. In the
Ncch Ne passed together came TO dis
. Ike him exceedingly. Sonnet ines. W hen
a DAYS lahorS were ended hc would Sit
for h"urS putin" away NJ his cigar
Natchin. tie wrraihs az smoke. hu;
! speaking nos a word, and hardly honor
| ing mc with a glance. What his re-
Elections might hc MAS beyond my
/ power of conjecture; yet managed.
/ With considerable satisfaction, To con
aimee mNSClf that lac had committed
some crime Of particular atrocity. aud
. tfdt hr WAS no common political CNii"
Never. however. did he give me caus,
Ia suppose hlH IL lc 4 sufferer from
.rul"rSr. Whatever his reasons for
Fight might have ncru. he seemed nov
Ia regard himself a. rr~pitrd from
pursuit. and li~ look lost something nf
is resi-. '->nr>S though il Mas c,idrut
that he lid NOT feel that his Jcril IVA.
erdcd. lie had strengthened the door,
4 o. the house and fitted them " ith hCays
4 hults. while stout tars were ready tn
I L. stretched ACROSS the lower windows
! Mt a moments notice.
In these early daNs Of our STAY NJ
Rodney town my acquaintance with tn
townsprnllc stood ms in good stead.
f or course our coming and the purchaS'
/ ~ the old house set the tongues of the
/ village gossipS wa"p ne, hut the cha
] ter Was not very ill-naturcd. and thr
| explanation that |. an old Rndncytow
hoy. had brought an inNaiid to the shore
( for the benefit of the sea air was accept
+ ed With even less drmur than | han
I looked for. for the villagers were proud
/ of the hcaithfulncss Of the place. The
I additional statement that the sick man
required complete quiet, aud for the
/ present was unable To receive visitors.
! Mas successful IN its object. Lamar Was
7 not muirstrd hN iuGuiSitiVc callers. ami
after a little the people whnm | met
ceased Ia question me about him. save
AZ rare intervals. \ barn-huTning
I about that time did MS great service
la giyin" the townsprople more vitality
/ Interesting topic than a sick stranger
forced nv his malady 10 lead a solitary
existence.
Among the most delicate tasks fall
ing TO my lot was the securing of &
servant for the invalid. hut, here again.
fortune Icing Kind. an old ncgress
WAS installed as nominal nurse ana
actual housekccpcr She had been
, born slave. according to Village talk.
4
grated north. She was an excellent
cook, but 80 surly and Grabbed was her
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES she was very
deaf that at last nobody would emf
pioy her. \ recital of her disabilities
sent me post-hastc after her; for. il
she waS as uusociahle as she was repre-
scented 10 I've. she was the woman in
thousand for us. When she took charge
of the kitchen We were relieved of one
point AT least; there would he no Cos
siping AT that end of the house.
Meanwhile. had contracted for food
and lodging a; one of the farmhouses,
and had put out my shingle in due
form-much 10 the satisfaction of nv
hostess. who confessed that il pleased
her 10 have evidences given that there
Mas "A grown man bout the place" Sh,
Was Mrs. Elvira Weston. a widow. AMI
the mother of two boys. neither of
HON was yet old enough TO relieve
her of the cares of the farm. She
MAS n CHEEKY soul, who had endured
many misfortunes without losing cour
age, and ] WAS glad TO Sc ure quarters
under her roof. She allotted to me-
wing OF the house. which, having an
entrance of its own. would serve ad-
mirably as an office. soon had my den
fitted up in a way to excite considerable
local admiration. \ few books. a couple
of anatomical charts and some walls Of
drugs were disposed to the best adj.
vintage TO impress patients with the
mysteries of the healing art.
In its beginning my practice in Rod
n"ytown was much like an early spring
in New England-more promise than
realization. \ Gaily visit to Lamar was
the basing-point of my routine. As
rule, il WAS very brief, though occasion
ally he let me understand that nv post
WAS no siDecure. Now and then he seEl
ne on trips to Trent, thriving hive
of manufactures about 80 miles from
the village. On the first of these Jour
neys one of my duties was to mail a
letter to New York banking house;
on the next was informed that a large
sum was on deposit to my credit wita
the principal bank of the place. Thus.
while my patron kept some control over
the purse-strinoS, | was the acting nav
master. From first TO last there could