New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-02
Polly and tie BIarney |fone.
TIE Story Of a Peacemaker.
BY aIARGARETTA BYRDE.

she could not speak for fear Of betraying IL II
ana Or o FerreH had once been alike in one thing
ieiHE In b98 he,rt5 1 tLie went on Mr. Burton
By The possession OF a family. while Or. Offer
Win hey had Shenesd he eg Oli ut 5Gfe' BURDENS
9,san TO lack reality II had been fun to hear the
Doctor say as he rose from the simple supper: II
must really be OF % see my patient; speculat re
Wb.s en- 'R 1s,f GhaRSg OK sGeceedns to Canon
most unexpected manner, and by It to the cond-ct
risiag prartiJ.oHer. So the old jokes didn't flow
spontaneously at No 10 Cathedral Row where
i.e Ola Trend was losing ground In his profession.
hy and oy hum9r had nrst forced and then a
S!-teF tang. and then began a strain upon the
best OF dispositions. generous. II hasty. to be
patient and piuful toward the growing want OF
maSnamity IN disposition once generous as
rs own, and stlil SO when the good was allowed
There had never been a question Of money on
either side while DR.. O'FerraII was struggling
he had come % them when hard up. as freely as
q brother might and had tended his friend in his
turn IKE "a brother. But now the patient fretted
gdsF SRe ola kEl wsy5 a5d wounded the doctor
long then before alienation begani
DO ANYBODY 50 much goqd as Or. o'Ferralil.'
wei. Or. Sherwood Is now our doctor" said
i won't take his old medicine" exclaimed Polly
sat uH6 9e S 81 kissed be be TS she e
the room. Possibly she felt much the same. only
Bow dreadful was the time that followed It
Ea hear The cfeerv voice with its te1der q nto4a
lions for any one who laid aside II even with
putting up the stairs and grumbling because he
had been up the night before. or because people
whoever heard DR.. O'Ferran grumble. thought
IRONY. or aude 60 his own worries. IN the presence
Dr. Sherwood. eruT as he was. took fancy
reciprocated Indeed. she had more than one scold-
ing for her want q response TO hts kindly meant
her part a disloyal and even reasonable action
Every morning she awoke with exciting
thought: Maybe I shall see him before night"
Every day she passed his surgery door on her
way TO and from r-. school But whole month
once did he come out as she dawdled by.
To think that never again might she ring the
sit With him among Sn The Sics smelly G drugs and
help him sonetil1,es In LITE ways To think that
rounds. and mold Vixen while he went into the
had belonged TO a milkIna1; and needed no great
persuasion TO stand stiiL But one gay Poliy, ana
her grandmother met the doctor. He was driving
new horse, with a dapper groom beside him:
this new turnout" which had brought the strain
to swapping point for grandma Looked yncom-
for Polly. she burst into tears there in the midst
Of being straIehtvay conveyed to DIT sherwood
Novembe~ had set IN. orninously mild One morn
iogs S RoDtd G fr Moment arrived The door opened
upon the street and down the steps ran the doc
tor. Polly squealed. and stood still with throb-
9s9T stood s a155 2? b n 5fh' Gt 4Sss 2g
He stopped and kissed her and held her hand in
ooh. Or. o'FerraIlf' all poor Polly could find
loved face IN wasn't 3 very handsOrne face bur
She wouldn't have missed one OF its rugged lines
for worlds
Little wcmanr' said the doctor just as he used
to. And how are you? Have you lost that nasty
pain IN your side?
yes" answered Polly. that one. Bqt'-and
one You know why
DR.. O'Ferrall bethought himself he said.
kindly but in a tone Polly didn't like. All
mind that That VIII go by and by. fear
cit will never GO said Polly. And then. deeply
hurt. she pulled her hand away.
You see, mavourneen." said the doctor in his
old way. 1T win be better 70 forget the old fellow
who used to play with you"
Polly shook her head forornIy.'' People don't
foreet" she said.
He dared not say They do" The chlds faith
shanned the unbellef
But re had to send her away. however tenderly.
And then went of in the opposite direction and
tried 10 forget himself the old friendship No 10
And November went on blandly for a while but
suddenly changed her mood Foss and winds rain
md seet they all came in succession. in couples
and Carmnster was gray and cold and dismal
Polly had never another glimpse OF the doctor al
though she still sauntered by the surgery. how
ever bad the weather might be-
one day Mr. Burton. VINO architect. came
home from his Office Ill that he yielded per-
suasiOn and went TO bed.
Polly shall call at DR.. Sherwood's on her way
to school," said Mrs. Burton But the invalid