The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-03
DR.. DENIES DIVINITY.
BY Edith Dunaway.

Copyright, 1905, by w. r. I1carst.)
Dr.. Dene MAS d young man Who by
mach over study and supertlous cram
min Lad managed to scrape through
his many Na,ns gain his degree, and
yet be one of the simplest men that
ever ate bread and butter.
He had Il good practice in 4 fashion,
able London suburb. and although too
shy a ~man-apart from his profession
al character-ever TO make many
friends, especially among the fair sex.
still he was universally admired for
skill and integrity, and laughed at as
Well, because of his extreme g~ullibility.
Instead of growing better in this re-
spect as he grew older, the doctor sud
denly became rapidly worse.
More dreamy, more absent minded
more eccentric every day.
Truth to tell, Theodore Dene had fall
len in love.
To a serious, single-minded, shy man,
such as he, this was q fearful calaln-
!ty.
His divinity, too. was the veriest
h~igh-heeled. always f~ashionably
dressed. The very sort of a girl that
a medical man. who hadn't quite for
gotten all his anatomy. would tell you
was a disgrace to civilization.
She passed his house frequently,
INV d tds Lll IooklIIS up
at his surgery window one morning
her big eyes had caught him peeping
behind the blind-had made a conquest
of him then and there.
Kitty Coraln-for that was the di-
Unity name-was very quick to per-
ceiNe-as indeed. what ordinary wom-
an is not?-the impression she made
on the reticent, studious man. From
a friend of ~hers-Gerald Thorncroft-
she managed to CLEAN a great deal
at odd times about the doctor; OF his
goodness, his simpleness, his clever
ness.
This Thorncroft had, indeed. stud
led for some time at the same college
With Theodore Dene.
n man of the world, a dashing fell
low was Gerald; handsome, passing
rich, we'll connected. and a thorough
paced %scoundrel withal.
He paid assiduou court to Kitty.
and at first she smiled on him. al
though, wondrous TO relate, she kept
herself as straight and pure as if she
had a chaperon ever at her elbow. Self
reliant, Witty. ambitious. Kitty did not
let her morals run askuw.
When she heard so much about the
doctor. thought of the security of his
position, the happy home he could offer
q Wife, a great disgust came over her
for Gerald Thorncroft. with his swag-
ger and dash and style.
He swears he loves me. Yet he's
never asked me 10 marry. Ii he did.
he's drowning in debt. and would make
Il brute of a husband. oh! il l could
only marry DIR. Dene."
The thought grew in her mind until
she could picture nothing else.
Her head was n clever as We'll MS n
pretty one. and this is how she set to
work.
one day, passing the doctors house.
she caught him watching for her at his
g window, which closely over
looked the road. Just as nervous and
shy was he as any silly schoolgirl
when she Sees her lover in church.
Kitty, Who vas a arst-rate actress.
let her umbrella slip out of her hand.
staggered a step or two, clutched Wild
ly at The lamp post. and finally fell
very gracefully on the unimpressiye
pavement.
DR.. Dene was at her side in a mo-
ment. Lifting her little figure very ten
derby in his arms he bore her 10 his
surgery.
She has tainted! Poor child," he
said compassionately to his housekeep-
er, who had been a witness To the
scene. Mrs. Grant tossed her head and
deluSed the pretty face with cold water.
This quickly brought Kitty to, and
She went on with her acting.
She was better, much better. So
ashamed and sorry TO have given so
much trouble. Thank them both very
much. She was quite ready 10 go now.
She had not far to walk, only to Cara
man street.
The doctor told a white lie for once
In his life, and stuck to it like a
man.
am passing Ca-aman street on a
professional visit he said. NAV i
offer to take YOU in my c%arriage""
She refused Very prettily II with
sweet hesitation.
Hole IT, =. -.
the doctor pressed the matter and
%overruled her objections.
Mrs, Grant tossed her head again as
the little. dainty thing went lightly
down the steps on Dr. Dene's arm and
then into DR.. Dene's carriage.
on the way Kitty was laxative.
Told the doctor all about herself. There
was no mention of a theater in her
narrative, though, nor of anything else
connected With her real life. Just n
cleverly told, high down little fiction of
fallen fortunes-a helpless orphan-no
one to befriend her, and so on. The
doctor was charmed With her woes. and
re would nave asked her to marry
him on the spot. if he only had dared
She made good use of the twenty
mute drive, you may be sure. and
when they reached Caraman street she
gave his hand ever so slight a pressnra
and said modestly:
Il will ask YOU to set me down at
the corner. My landlady is very strict,
and might be harsh to mo If she saw
me get out of our carriage. Unfor-
%tunately for me, l am in her debt, and
the world is so censorious."
"How delicatei How houghtful,"
unused Theodore a~fterward.
But she no more lived in Caraman
street, reader, than you or l do. But
before nightfall she had secured two
top rooms in one of the highly respect
able houses there; had cut her con-
nection with the theater under the plea
uhat she was going to America to ioin
some rich relatives. Had ever Dor
rowed ten pounds from Gerald Thorn
croft to aid her on her voyage out.
You can pay me how and when you
IKE, kitty-in coin or kisses, dear"
! 1t won't be in Kisses" said She. very