The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-11-24
AGURI0USGASE
BY Itta Allen Fellner.

~ able boarding school for young
ladies. 1t was delightfully."- situated in
the suburbs of small city, and was
near neighbor to the medical college.
At the beginning of this story the fac
ulty of lakewood was giving little re-
ception to the elder pupils, and few
guests were present, among them
Charles Sanford, senior in the medical
school.
The school year was drawing to y
close, and it was we'll for Charlie that he
was safely through his examinations,
for he was past all studying for the
present. The fact was he was dead in
love. The object of his ardent affec-
ton was Miss Lucy Long, one of the
very young and very pretty teachers in
lakewood.
No one attempted to- blame Charlie
in the least for being in that serious
condition, for Lucy was a charming
girl, who was not only beautiful but
so sweet and lovable that she was~ad-
mired by everyone, although it was
we'll known that she was very poor.
AS both her parents had died when
she was mere baby she had been left
to the care of a wealthy uncle, who,
some Is years previous to the opening
of this story, had placed her in lakewood
seminary while she was only wee girl.
Her uncle was her sole guardian, and
he was to have paid her expenses and
look after her; but he had suddenly
and very mysteriously disappeared
:. soon after Lucy had entered the school,
. and no trace of him had ever been
found.
For a long time the teachers in the
school had kept Lucy as swell parlor
boarder, expecting her uncle to return
and pay for it, but as year after year
went by and no news of him could be
obtained, they allowed Lucy to remain
and continue her studies; and being an
extremely clever girl she was able at
20 to teach in the school, thus trying
to repay them for their kindness to
her.
At this reception Lucy was every
where an object of pride and admira-
ton, and somehow before he left the
seminary Charlie Sanford managed to
ssee a good deal of her and secure her
{ promise to take drive with him in the
park the following day. The drive was
i q brilliant success. Charlie declared to
her his great love and she listened to
him. Charlie was poor and had worked
his own way through college, and Lucy
was even poorer, and although they
contemplated marriage and loved each
other dearly, they saw that it must
necessarily be long way off, But DR..
Charlie had great ambitions, and he
proposed to seek for place to locate
a and to begin to practice Immediately
DR.. Charlie was very young for prac-
ticing physician, so they both agreed
that he had better locate at first in a
country village, where doctors were not
so numerous as in the city, and where
\ he would have better chance to show
his skill. They parted with many good
wishes and good-by kisses and in the
best of spirits, Charlie to seek his for
tune, Lucy to remain at the seminary.
One ,balmy June evening not long
after their engagement had taken place
+ Charlie found himself quite a. distance
I from his native city, in a small, pic
turesque village. He was looking for a
/ place to locate. He took room at the
village inn, and after supper he started
out to inspect the town. His fancy
took him to the village graveyard, and
finding the gate open, he strayed in and