The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-04

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b nj Sser, IL osus6i ~ whioh Only one
wo1pan knew Ahd strovs insssadn 70
bsn3ah. !. Ada shfsnk NTH actial5 dread
and ropulaion IRON ~ thoneht At has.'
ing to meet the, nan who had come TO
taks hee loved fAthee'e plaoe.
/ 4 Thrice bad Barclay spoken 70 4rA
blythe Of Z. desire p go tho childzsn q
Colonel Lawrence |. now he fslt conAdent
| that he knsw the causeiof her evasion
and pressed NO mora Bat AL through
dinner. even while speaking in the low.
somewhat measured tonea habitpal to
him, be Lost no talk in which the chill
dren were mentioned, and at Blyths'a
they were never forgotten. It was not
long before he discovered that the
Blythes and LAwrenoes-the young peo-
ple-were at the DOCTORS, Ada presid-
ing. Indeed, with much gusto, almost
o. soon as soup was served, Coljsbone
began telling Of her matronly, mother
" ways Half an hour, later q messen-
ger came to the door and asked il DR..
Collabone would please step over and
see- Mrs. De. ,Lancy a.. moment. "Tell
her I'll be there in lust one hour, +" said
the doctor, looking at bis watch. Then
he added for the benefit Of the. party
present, There's nothing in the world
I the matter with Mira De Lancy, and By
2 that time she'll have forgotten she sent
for me-" Ten minutes later came an
other call. It was the Collabones' do.
mestio this time. Little Jimmy's cut
bis hand, and Miss Ada can't stop the
bleedina, J, '.Say III come Instantly
said be, spripRinR from the table and
making his excuses to the lady Of the
house. ~. o.. ~ -.,
Barclays face shone with instant
sympathy and interest. Dessert was
nearly over. He turned to the motherly
woman, whose own gentle face betrayed
her anxiety. -.
"Will yon think me very ruder' be
said "You know 7 do not smoke, and
!, I do want so much to meet those chill
dren. I feel that Ada purpossly shuns
me-. and this is an opportunity not to
be lost. May be excusod2 / will soon
return" Mrs, Blythe's eyes were elo-
quent Of she babe him 10. ,... ....
Three minutes later lie softly entered
the Doctors sitting room. There III q
big easy chair sat q. tall, sallow faced,
tumble haired Girl, holding in her arms
d bur1y little fellow whose frightened
sobbings she had at last controlled, and
who with only an occasional whimper,
was now submitting to the Doctors ex-
animation and deriving much comfort
from bis professional and reassuring
manner. go.
"Why, this is no cut at all, Jimmy.
nv boy. The reason You bled 60 much
il that Won are 40 uncommonly healthy
and full Of blood. This won't keep you
out of mischief six hours. Hold the ba.
sin steady, Purlina. Kick all you want
to, Jimmy. Don't you dare to laugh,
Kittie Blythe. Well, if here isn't Cap.
tain Barclay, too, come in to see Won.
Here ia the little wounded soldier, CAP.
tain. You had your arm in a sling six
months, didn't your The Sioux did that
for him, Jimmy, and you've only got
to be done up in bandage till tonor.
row night. Let Captain Barclay hold
you? Indeed I'wou't. He doesn't know
how to hold little boys-like Ada. He's
got no little boys nor big Ada either
Bet your boots be wishes be had, jim.
my Thus the doctor chatted as he
bathed and bandaged the pudgy little
fist, while jimmy lay, half relieved at
the rapid termination to his woes half