Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-04-26

r ily, 70 be answered almost Immediate
" by the Doctors head thrust out o.
an upper window. a
WHATS up?"' he inquired With t'aar.
acteristic briefness. SsF
MRS. Eddy's baby, sir---hts; don't
think you'll find it alive when you set
there" replied the messenger with
curtness that rivaled the Doctors.
MRS. Eddy Of Westbourne?" IT.
Eyes, sir. She caught me as ] was
passing. and begged me very particu.
larly to tell YOU"
"All right, TIL be of in ten min
utes," said the Doctor, closing tho
window not in the very best Of tenn
pers. He had been up ssthree nights
running, with the result that his
groom had a violent chill, and must
not, in common humanity. be dis
turbed. \ u #+& gsh. ! g
II must put my own horse into tho
dog-cart and drive myself, unless"
thought the Doctor, with rather grim
smile, II wake up that worthless dog
who is asleep on my surgery sofa. 1t
would do him no end Of good to drive
five miles out in the night air. He
shall help me to harness the horse,
and can hold him for me at the other
end; and on the road I'll talk to him
and let him hear piece Of my mind"
- Needless to say, the worthless dog
referred to was Neville. whom Doctor
Drake had taken in according to ia
netta's request; but, determined not
to pamper the youth, had offered him
resting place upon the couch In his
surgery, which Neville had accepted
rather shamefacedly.
wake UP, will you?" said the Doc
tor. putting his hand on the lads
shoulder. "You can help me II you
like. My groom is i'll, and I'm sent
for into the country; I want a hand
with the horse"
"All right" said Neville, looking
round him with rather dazed eyes. His
sleep had sobered him, but he could
not remember clearly where he was
you'll do now-you are fairly So
ber," continued the Doctor, with blunt
frankness. I'll lend you great coat;
the nights are cold.'
In a few minutes moro they were
ready for the start, and presently the
dogcart passed at rapid rate up the
hill on the side Of which lay the
Grange, standing out white and clear
in the moonlight.
The Doctor pointed at 1t with bis
whip.
"That is where your sister lives"
II know was there last night,
said Neville.
II though it more than probable tina
you did not remember anything abou
, it." replied Drake, not unkindly. "Yo,
, may think me queer fellow to bring
you out with me like this in the deat
, of night did it partly for my owl
convenience, but more that I may Civ
, you word or two OF warning. know
little enough Of you-only that yo'
came half-seas-over to my house las
+ night, and that you are giving tina
o sister Of yours a bad time Of 1t. IT
older than you are-ever so much
p some fifteen years should think; an
! it seems a pity to me that youn
a fellow like you should b goin
v straight to the bad"
q The Doctor said much more IN tn
q same strain during the drive, and M
y Vile had time for reflection as b
= walked the horse up and down tn
a road whilst the Doctor watched b
= the cradle OF the baby, whose life /
y was so anxious to save. Perhaps Il
# the first time in hiS life he was tho
Il oughly ashamed of himself.
, No man had hitherto troubled hin
= self to put the boys conduct befol
;, him with such unvarnished simplicit
!, as the Doctor had done tonight an
a Neville was considerably taken abac
l.. by the picture.
7 "I've been perfect BEAST" he sale
g. "but there shall be an end OF it fro
: tonight"
q He repeated the assertion to the Do
> tor when at last they were upon, the
a homeward way.
r. (To be continued)