The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-03-19

graph album, full Of aunts and i cons.
ans, after tea, and the good doc -
looked quite sentimental when later
on Hiss Ada warbled a romance.
With q waltz accompaniment, enti.
tied; The Love That Will Never
Fade. / began TO ieel cold all
down my back.
Five times did I get up, cross the
room, engage either Of the solemn
Misses Wedmore IN feveriah CONVEX
setton-a always ended by finding
the doctor at my elbow. At last 4
resigned myself to my fate and sat
down to talk to him. I imagined
that the state of drains in the sub
nrbs of ,Northaw would be q safe
subject and one unlikely to lead to
q declaration Of a tender nature,
but in this, it appeared, 7, was mis-
taken. We got on to the subject Of
fevers, and to convince me on GER
tain point the doctor suggested a
reference to one Of the medical
books in his surgery. Once inside
the little room, which lay just across
the passage, DR.. Wedmore shut the
door and advanced toward me with
that particular expression which is
80 intolerable in q young man one
doesn't care for.
I put on my most, Indifferent man
ner and inspected with much inter
est the rows of medical books in
their glass cases.
$50 kind Of you," said hu1riedly
to fill up the dreadful pause, ssto
take so much trouble. Most doctors
only laugh at one if one wants to
know any real fact-about your
dreadful trade" I added, with flip
Fancy, seeing that the man was. not
listening to q word I was saying,
but was gazing at me as the snake Is
popularity supposed to regard the
sparrow.
sTrouble," he said at last. eHow
can anything be trouble that is
done for you? I wish you would
let me tell you how much I-how
much I''-
A sharp rap at the door inter
Tupted this speech. A servant came
in.
'Please, sir, Mr. Brown is very
bad, and Mrs. Brown says viii you
come at once and bring some Of the
drops. and she hopes you won't be
long e. 49,. 49,.
IWedmore, With a sigh, aand I shall
not see you again tonight" He
took my hand and held it fast.
II will bring the book tomorrow
morning" he said. "Shall I have
chance Of seeing you alone? Try
to be alone when I come" And,
wrenching my hand violently, the
doctor disappeared.
Daisy" I said hurriedly in the
carriage going home, II am sorry to
say, dear, I shall have to go home
by the 1878 tomorrow. III had
. telegram just before we came
out"
seYou had a fiddlestickl What
nonsense, Peggyl Why, you came
to stay Q month, and yoa've hardly
been twelve days"
TWelve daysl Good heayensi
Why, how has hen
ooh, it's that, is it2 And 30 you
don't like him? Well, I think You
are silly. You right do much
woIse. How much better to marry
some one like that than some OF
your fipperty city menl He's sen-
sible, clever, q good fellow, well of
and very fond Of YOU
s.The 1918, please, Daisy
And sure enough, by the 1O:15 I
went. AS the fields flew before me
on my rapid journey homeward the
whole thing seemed like some night
mare from which I had Just awoke.
Great heavensl From what had I
not escapedp a lifetime Of high
tea. suburban gossip and provincial
SELF suffciency, Of rose bedecked
door panels, the novels Of Mr.. Rider
Haggard and soThe Love That Will
Never Fade"
I am very fond Of Daisy Drysdale,
but it viii be q long time before I
again trust myself to the seductions
Of that suburb OF Mudchester.
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