Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08

4 PAIN OF Blue EYES.
W%aeleeeueeeelss asa asEaMn


ho'A her close Aar nm Instant, and thea
rsieaped her. II WAS In broad day.
hight, ON " crowded street cro0anes
they were not relhGed NO each othnn,
and he did not even know her mans.
IL mud, be said In his defense than abs
WIS more 10 blame than he wns; In
deed, H. would have been a great Inn.
poihcnots, not 10 say unklndntsn, ON
his part, 10 have done Otherwise. Sht
was hurryiDg TO caItch ghe car from
which he had just descended. IN.
streeE was wei aud muddy; she slip
ped and she would have fallen had ht
nc. caught her Ius lnGme. She blush
ed "celesIhlal rosy red" and raised !.
pair Of atarIled blue eytis to his faos
20, thank YOU she Hammered. YcL
mover Nlas "thank YOU sa!d in u zone
OF less grat0tude.
She was gone before he culld speAL,
and caught the car, which was Just o.
dhe point Of leaving,
AN day the blue eyes haunted him.
They were between him. and his wrdi-
ing and danced on the pages of tina
Lancet, allhough as he said to hlmBeh
severely, he had no lime for such non.
sense. Had he been less devoted,
htaHlt and couI, to his profession Il b.
fearei that even his patients might
have found him absent minded, f,G he
GIlled TO seeIlwo Of his best friends an
the sla'ett and at dinner that evening
was 30 preOccupied that his mother
worried lest he was working too hard
DR., Howard CaN,tOn WAS a rlaing
young PHYSICIAN with a down town
office and a fair practice, He cared
almewl nci,hlng for society and harr.
tofore the brightest eyes that ever
Shone would have interested him lean
Nhan Rcut finger
Nav, In moment alll WAS changed
Chicago is u big cjly yet Howard
vowed 10 himself to find the owner ~
Nhcrs buq cy,s, l',rssiunca wals one
81 his strong points lie never EN-
tc,Gd q street car without scanning
tho face of every woman In IT; he pat.
1,onlled department. stores, which ha
had formerly avoided because OF their
crowds OF womCI shoppers; and ha
nSionlshed his sister by taking her 10
thd thur,ur more Slmet in a month
than he had all the previous year.
The young llIN WAS also surpriBed
and gIuIlicd by his snaschlng from
his professional dudes tlme to attend
tea and receptions, and by his re-
markabl,I Interest In social functions.
"lllue eyes had worn gray. So,
again and Ngin, he pursued a gray suit
and felt halt haf u block, only to
find, when the wtNrcr durned, thak
her eyes were not the vloldts OF which
he had dreamed
Weeks passed and the memory Of
the cy,s Nals fading into regret Inc
sensible lectures which Howard had
not f1dil to administer to himself
began TO take effect IN the hrst
place, Il, WAS absurd no hope TO find
rh.Sc blue eyes, We're not there sew
elspl hundred Thousand women in Chi-
clgo? BESIDES, "lIluc eyes might be
mites away II found, she might be-
lang to another m3n, or she might be
anything but charming.
Howard tJid himself that he was a
fool, aud determined TO forget the
eyes, rhUIi waB hard no do, but ha
gave up his quest
DR., CaglJ3ns telephone rang sud-
DENY one night, in the small hours,
he had just fallen asleep after q nine.
teen hour day but he could not ignore
the ring. The summons was lmpeea..
Give, A stranger had called the near
e1l phSc'cIan,
'Pray come, "shc lmplorcd, "for lam
afraid my father VIII die" The sw0at
grlish tonys were cloqucnt Of distress.
Howard dressed himself hatlbly and
went down stairs. ,Ilc could scarcely
open the hall do0r so strong was the
wind.
"A doctor leads dogs life" he
mlpltcrcd to himself as he went out
unto The STERN.
The address wie given him was than
OF a boarding house on the newt block
one 70 which this was by no means
his ilr', VISIT. lie found Mrs. Madison
the boarding house keeper, awalltnR
him In The hall,
81 am so glad you've come" shs
said MIR. Wharton Is awrulIy sick,
and the poor young lady, his daughter,
iS most scared 10 death."
The patient was 50 ill as TO occupy
line doNer's entire attention. Mra.
Madison gave him the efficient assisa.
anre which he had 0carncd to expect
from her in such emergencies.
She was ably seconded by Miss
Wharton, whom Howard scarcely no
Gcrd,
The BATTLE was for life. Hours pasgA
ed before il was won and the hired
bu' glad physician was free to go.
Now, your nalhcr needs nothing but
rlt. Let him sleep ans much as pOssk
be and sPe THAT he has n cup of MIRA
Wharton's beef tea when he wakeI
] viii can this afternoon" looking al
Mrs Madison, although he spoke t0
Miss Wharton.
Howard went home TO refresh him.
self with an hours nap. a bath, and q.
cup OF coffee before his office hours
Mt O'Clock he visited his new pa,den6
and found him doing WE'LL
"Nou have saved his life" said MIN