News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-03-13

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81 think so. Yes, l would be glad to
escape from the whirl this winter fol-
a change"
''We're having a little 'whirr up here,
madam" remarked the doctor, who
had come UP to see Eric that afternoon
and was standing in the hall where
! Louise greeted her aunt.
"Ah, DR.. Saxon" said Aunt Royal,
81 am delighted to see you again" In
| reality she hated the doctor vigorous.
| ly, and the doctor returned her feeling
with interest. You are having trou.
Bile up here, you mean? | suppose it
will soon be quiet. These people will
| soon be driven to work again. They
never make anything by these upris-
| ings."
mo, ma'am, only work for the doc
tors" replied Saxon. He went into
Eric's room, and Aunt Royal and Lou
Use went up stairs.
$50 you have one OF these people in
tce house. Don't you consider that
| rather dangerousp Aunt Royal said
in her sweet clear voice as she was
going up the broad staircase with her
niece.
Eric from where he lay heard every
syllable distinctly. He had met Aunt
Royal once, and the meeting was not
| pleasant memory. He had never been
able to keep from choking when he
| thought of the condescending air with
which this woman had expressed her
self to him on the occasion of his saw
ing Stuarts life 1t was very much as
! if he had been a Newfoundland dog
and she had patted him on the head for
pulling Stuart out of the water by the
! teeth.
"When do you think I can get out OF
here, doctor" he asked almost roughly,
"Not for a week anyway. You're get
ting on we'll. Don't mind her. I'd hate
to have the job of being her family
physician. | don't believe she has any
real heart. It's a piece of leather with
valves, warranted to let just so much
blood through, and only so much, every
beat. She hasn't any more real circu-
lating system than a frog"
Eric stared at the doctor. He had
never heard the doctor at his very
gruffest say anything so harsh. The
doctor seemed ashamed Immediately
and tried to apologize by saying:
81 ought-not to have said that but
feel better for it,"
Two days went by, and still the stu
alton between the mine owners and the
strikers remained nearly the same The
owners at the lower range had not yet
succeeded in getting enough men in to
90 to work. Several of them who had
gone on from Champion had been per-
suaded to leave. The troops were still
| at De Mott, and the speeches Of the
miners in their daily meetings at the
park were growing more bitter against
them. The wounded officer at the ho-
tel was recovering. His friends had
come up to take care of him, and the
doctor thought he could go home at the
end of the week. Andrew Burke had
proved a delightful companion to the
officer. He had moved some of his
choicest roses down into the room and
had himself proved the truth Of the
proverb, "a merry heart doeth good
like medicine"
1t was Friday night that the Vas
PLANES had invited Aunt Royal Lou
Use and Stuart to quiet dinner at their
house. Stuart did not want to go. He
knew what the company would be, and
he had no liking for the young Vas
PLANE who for a year or two now was
evidently trying to win the favor of
Louise. Stuart, even before the expert
ence which made life a new thing for
him, never had any fellowship except
that Of an acquaintance with Vas
plaine, and he knew enough about him
to dislike his immoral character and
his general make up as a man.
The family was exceedingly wealthy,
and next to the Duncans' their house
was the finest in Champion. 1t was
built at the other end of the valley to-
ward the park. The elder Vaspaine
had retired some years before. His
brother and his son carried on certain
lumber and copper industries north of
Champion. They were not directly in
terested in the iron mines, except as
they were involved in the general con-
dition of business, all of which, of
course, felt the effect of the strike
There was also in the family a daugh'
ter, Miss Una Vasplaine, a young wo-
man about Louise's age. The girls
had been pharmacies
Stuart was sitting by Miss Vasplaine
at this dinner, and the conversation
was general all about him. He was
just replying to a question put by his
companion, and she had rallied him on
his serious appearance. Miss Una was
vivacious, a striking looking girl, and
Stuart in the old days had always
found her an agreeable talker. He
smiled in repty to her question and
was on the point of answering when
the whole company received a shock
that set the ladies screaming and the
gentlemen starting to their feet in
alarm.
The large dining room fronted on the
veranda, and a magnificent plate glass
window extended from the floor almost
to the ceiling, looking out on the pine
tree lawn. The night was clear and
frosty 1t was growing late in the sea