Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-02-19

of thing one reads Of hut doesn't be'
iieys In. ehT Dear me-" and the doc
tor took of his spectacies for no ais-
parent reason. and polished them
carefully on his silk handkerchief.
''You didn't see the meeting betwsen
them. did yoaT The women We're cry.
Ing all round me, and they've made
my speetaeies quite dull"
Then. passing his arm through the
others. Come along" he said. you've
had quite enough OF this. Come and
spend the evening with me. You
know where I live. SoT Well. any
one can tell you that. Goodbye, !
must be off-got lot OF sick people
to look after"
Ted had no difficulty In finding out
the house. The door was opened To
him by an elderly woman servant.
who. as Ted thought. seemed To re-
gard him with u certain amount OF
suspicion. Howbci,. she badc him
enter. From an Inner room voice
hailed him.
.'Huiio.-that you! That's right
bo with you In minute. Just wait
until I've finished poisoning on tho
parish And. through the half open
door came the ciink Of glass aud tho
sound OF liquids being poured from
on. receptacle To another.
Tho next moment DIR. Cartwright
emerged from his sanetnm. and greet
cd him with Erea, eordlally. ,.
so you'y. comc-thoush, you
would. Glad to soc you. And what
do you think OF my little placer" was
the next inquiry. accompanied by n
comprehensive sweep OF the hand.
Pretty snug. oh: Not bad quarters
for n bachclorT"
His visitor expressed approval OF
his surroundings. which certainly were
well worthy OF the appcilation snug"
bestowed upon them by their owner.
| At the same time there was an air OF
| compnctncss. Of severe attention to
detail. which was suggestive OF the
fact that the present occupant had. ut
one time or other. been restricted In
the matter OF elbow room.
Yes. I'm pretty comfortable" the
doctor went on. i've got very
good housckccpcr. on the whole. Her
chief fault Is that she's so confound-
cdiy suspicious!''
"SuSpicious'" rc.cchocd tho other.
well. I thought she looked ut me
rather strangely when she lot mo In"
Tho little doctor chuckled. and
showed symptoms OF great inward on:
Joymcn,. All you thought 80. did
you! The fact is. she's in mortal
terror OF my getting married.
We'll. but that wouldn't make her
suspicious Of mel"
My dear fellow. she's suspicious OF
everybody. She's jealous OF every
woman. single or married. because
the single ones. being single. are open
TO offers. while the married ones arc
liable to lose their husbands Mt n mo.
mcnt's notice, and, as widows. would
be more to be feared than the others.
"But belong to neither category"
said the young man. Surely"
"My dear boy" cut in the other. ''as
n young man you are likely to pos.
scss female relativcs-a sister or n
cousin or an aunt, either OF whom
my peace OF mind" a
Ted Burritt actually laughed. to the
little mans great satisfaction. as the
idea presented itself to him OF his
sister May ns n possible aspirnnt to
the position of Mrs. jeremiah Cart
wright. In less that n moment, how.
ever. the laugh had aied away. and
corresponding expression of despond-
ency settled down upon his features.
He thinking Of that inquest tomor.
row." thought the doctor, "and his
fathers body lying In the vestry. l
must get him out of that groove again.
Hcre"-starting to his feet-"come
and have walk round my premises
before 1t gets dark!"
He took him out through the sur
gerry, and showed him n neat little
domain. which was divided into por-
| tions. in which grew. respectively,
flowers, fruit and vegetables. At the
bottom was fowl run and very
small circular pond, about the size of
an ordinary wash-hand basin, in which
padded a solitary duck who, as soon
| as he caught sight of the doctor, for
| sock his favorite element, and came
waddling towards hi:n, quacking loud.
| ly.
'He seems to know you" said Ted.
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