Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-11-07
4 PAIR OF BLUE EYES.

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Howard put both arune around -
Aead har close for an instant, and thea
SsDenssd her. ID wns in broad day
1ghk, On "a crowded xtreiet croulngs
they weEs not related TO each othnr.
and he did NOT even know her mama.
7 munt be said On his defense that she
was aoGe to blame than he was; In
deed. IT would have been a great i'm
politeness. not TO say unlindnens, on
hs part, TO have done otherwise. She
was hurrying TO catch the car from
which he had just descended. The
street WAS wet and muddy;she slip
ped and she WOULD have fallen bad hs
not caught her just dnnme. She bluah.
ed Celestial rosy red" and raised
pair Of startled blue eyes to his face.
20, thank you," she Stammered. Yet
never WARS thank you" said in a tone
of less gratitude.
She was gone before he could speak,
and caught the car, which was Just On
the point of leaving.
ALI day the blue eyes haunted him.
Ihey were betwe,an HIM and his writ
ing and danced on the pages of the
Lanceta ALTHOUGH tas helsaid to himself
severely, he had no time for such non.
sense. Had he been less devoted,
hsanIt and soul, to his profession it is
fealrsd that even his paluents might
have found him absent minded, tor he
dalled ITO !Seel 1.-TWO of his best friends ON
the stredt and at dinner that evening
was SO preoccupied that his mother
worrUed lest he was working too hard.
DR.. Howard OarSoon was rising
young PHYSICIAN with "a downtown
office and a falr practice. He cared
almAsd nothing for society and here
tofore the brightest eyes that ever
shone would have interested him less
ithan a cut finger
Now, In a moment, AID was changed.
Chicago as big city, yet Howard
vowed to himself to find tho owner OF
those blue eyes. L1ersstance was one
OF his strong points. He never en-
tered "a street Car without scanning
the face of every woman in Ut; he pat
ronized department. stores, which he
had formerly avoided because of their
crowds of women shoppers; and he
estonished his sister by taking her TO
Hha Hheaueir more timex i'm a month
than he had ALL the previous year.
The young lady was also surprised
and graItified by his snakching from
bis professional duties time to attend
tea and receptions, and by his re-
markaibleJ inlberess DIN social functions
blue eyes" had worn gray. So.
again amd agin, he pursued "a gray suit
and a felt halt half a block, only to
find, when the wearer turned, that
her eyes were not the violets of whdoh
he had dreamed
Weeks passed and the memory Of
the eyes w'als fading into regret. The
sensible lectures which Howard had
not fa6leh to administer to himself
began ITO take effect. In the frat
place, DIT was absurd Ito hope to find
nlDcSe blue eyes. We're not there sew.
ea,al hundred Thousand women In Chi
caWo9 Besides, Blue eyes might be
miles AWAY. If found, she might b.
long to another main, Or she night Z
anything butt charming.
Howard told himself that he was a
fool, land determined to forget the
eyea THAT was hard to do, but he
gave up his quest.
DR.. Carsbon's telephone rang sud
denly one night, in the small hours
He had just fallen asleep after "a. nine
teen hour day, but he could not ignore
the ring. The summons was impera
tive. stranger hlad CALLED the near.
est physician.
'Pray come, she implored, "for an,
afraid my father will de-" The swee,
| gdrlnh tones were eloquent of distress
| Howard dressed himself halstily and
| went down stairs. He could scaircoly
open the hall door 50 STRONG wan The
wind
"A doctor leads q dogs idfe," hs
mutte,red to himself as he went out
intso the storm
| The address was given him wab thar
OF q boarding house on the next block
lone to which this was by no meanl
hdS first visit. He found Mrs. Madison
the boarding house keeper, awaiting
him In the hall.
| Il am SO glad you've come" she
said. MI. Wharton is awfully siok
and the poor young lady, his daughter,
10 most scared to DEATH"
The patient was 50 dla as TO OCCUPY
Hye DOCTORS entire attention. Mrs
Madison gave him the efficient assist
ance which he had learned to expeca
from her in such emergencies.
She was ably seconded by Miss
Wharton, whom Howard scarnceay Ne.
Uced.
The BATTLE was Tor lite Hours pass.
ed before it was won and the tired
but glad physician was free TO 60.
Nov, your father needs nothing bu,
rest. Let him sleep 'as much as possi.
bic, and see THAT he has a cup of Mrs.
Whanton's beef tea when he walpsa
I will call this AFTERNOON" locking al
Mrv. Madison. although he spoke %
Miss Wharton.
| Howard went home to refresh him.
self with an hours nap. bath, and q
cup OF coffee before his Office houra
At O'Clock he visited his new paItaens
and found him doing we'll.
| you have saved his life said Mir
Wharton. in a voice tremulous w4t&
gratitude, and she badsed her eyes to
| DR.. Oarston's
Towards head swami He saw again
IA crowded street crossing. waftine
car, and held slender, sirlish form
in his arms