The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-14
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| welfare of Miss Inez Gothic.
NO. sir, I'm not i'll. I'd just like TO get
| OH fifteen minutes earlier for-I have an
engagement with a young man
With young man. eh?" unused the
learned man. kindly regarding her over
his spectacles. Il hope he's nice young
| 1an?'
''Oh. he's awfully nice-perfect gentle
| man" ratified Inez, getting her hat
| ready; Mr.. Graham. you know. His
| father owns the hat store across the
street, and Gerald-that's his name-is
general manager"
She wanders 10 the window, and, look
Ing down across the street, says:
There he is now, Dr.. Boothby. See
| him standing in the doorway with that
| man with the blue suit? That's him.
You should say that is he corrected
the fatherly doctor, coming casually 10
her side He is a likely looking young
fellow. Inez. I hope he is worthy OF your
favor"
The doctor put on his hat and took his
walking stick and walked to the elevator
with his girlish stenographer.
Good night. doctor. I'm TO meet him
here in the drug store
The good DR.. Boothby. who felt some
positive but wholly unnecessary regrets
az the swift development of the child.
watched her as she swept into the rem
devious, and then. impelIed by an impulse
OF paternal solicitude. crossed to the op-
posite corner to watch from a distance
the meeting of this innocent girl with
| young Graham. He had vague idea
that it would be well for him, and per-
hRps for Inez, If he knew how far" this
| affair" had gone, not that he could have
anything at stake, for he was a married
man, but-well, because IL was his duty
| To safeguard her if that were possible or
necessary. She was only IT, wholly mex
pcrienced and prettier than most women.
The doctor saw Gerald Graham crossing
the street airily, confidently. proudly. He
was comedy young fellow of, say. IS. DR..
| Bcothby. who prided himself upon his
knowledge OF human nature, regarded the
well-groomed Graham very narrowly.
| though at a distance. and as he entered
! tho drug store moved across the street
| again in order 10 be an unobserved OBJ
server OF the meeting. He wanted to see
| Irez's face. and Graham's, too. He want
| ed to see how far gone" was this affair;
whether il was a mere Irritation; what
| would be the mans manner with the girl.
In short, he was curious enough about
her to wish to forecast the good or evil
possibilities of her acquaintance with
| Graham. He had no idea Of following
them. That would have been beneath his
dignity. Besides, he realized that it would
have been i'll bred. meddlesome and I'M
| the prudence. maidenly modesty or good
| judgment OF Inez. And so he watched
| them intently for a moment only, be-
cause they had no sooner greeted one an
other than they turned out of the store
and walked jauntily down the street.
Now, DR.. BoOthby, being intent IN OBJ
serving Inez and her cavalier. did not no
tice that the same young man in the blue
| suit who had been standing in the door
way few minutes before with Graham
was now occupied in very close scru-
| tiny of the doctors behavior. This young
! man, doubtless a friend of Graham, saw
| that the grave and learned NJ. D. was
''rubbering" at Gerald and the girl.
do not know what was his name. and 1t Is
| wholly unnecessary TO the denouement.
7 can only guess what he thought of the
| situation by the simple and very com
mon-place elimination Of events the next
morning
| Miss Cottle looking cool and sedatc,
was at her desk in the morning when DR..
| Eoothby arrived-9 o'clock. He saluted
her with a grave smile, and she respond.
| eG with a CHEEKY Good morning" Bus
about $50, when the doctor had dismiss
Ell his first patient and was smoking a
cigar into his newspaper, a small boy,
attired in blue cloth and considerable
| furnished metal, rushed in with q note
| for Miss Cottle. She took it and read 1t
! before she signed the receipt. Then her
| hand shook so that she could hardly
write her name. She flashed around at
| the doctor and went pale and red by turns
as she saw that he was watching her.
| She washed her hands four times during
| the next fifteen minutes and made
! strenuous effort to read Mary MacLans
UPSIDE down. Then. almost dashing the
book on the floor, she stepped into DR..
Eoothbys private office and said:
-
| for moment"
! He tried to show more surprise than Re
felt, but as a matter Of fact he suspected
| something serious-perhaps a proposal
| had befallen his pretty stenOgrapher
However he was considerably astonishtd
! when Miss Cottle, her voice shaken VITA
emotion, her handkerchief rolled into
ball in her nervous hands. said:
Doctor, have you been to see my father
this morning."
NO. Inez.' with judlcious suppression
Of curiosity.
Did you write to him since-since yes
terday?'
NO, miss" a bit severely.
Doctor. oh, hope It isn't So Dld-you
didn't follow me last night, did you?''
with breathless anticipation OF q quick
and favorable answer.
"Ah, er-why do you ask. Miss Inez?
/ Row, this was a rather adroit question
r. the doctor was in earnest about con-
/ II sing the young woman. but. to DO him
( justice he was sorry he had asked it the
ne ment II was spoken. because that very
/ Instant she became the personiieation
! OF embarrassed innocence. puzzled ingen-
| business, frightened fernininity. IN other
words. she didn't know what to say or
! do. so she wept. When she had Gained
herself sufficiently to proceed she touched
/ the good doctors gentle heart with this
recital:
! Il should have known you couldn't be
/ so meant But that note. see? Gerald
wrote It, Mr.. Graham, the young man
net last evening. 1t seems somebody sent
/ him word this morning that we he and l.
/ had been watched. that an elderly man. or
perhaps detective disguised. had watc'.-
/ ea US and" Zone sob L thought, that IS,
( was afraid you
/ But the doctor. who hated the very sug-
e stion OF himself in such an ignoble
role quickly allayed her anxiety. oh
%: No. no. no, I confes. I waited till
! nc met you. I just wanted 10 see what
sort OF young fellow he was. That $
all. my girl"
"Oh?" \ query and suppressed sob IN
But why" The doctor arrested his
! tongue before the question was asked
and
That's an-John H. Raftery.
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The Father suppose you realize that
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