Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-08

NJ Il Ia cruel OF you to say you
don't believe me! No, / won't
forgive you, and won't let you kiss
me-not for very long time. You
are not nearly as nice as-as you used
to be-"
"Will you listen to reason, Dora?"
"No, won't! That is, l am always
reasonable. 1t is you who are unrea-
sonable, and altogether horrid!'
"And all this because l pressed you
10 marry me at once, and"
"And you said 1 could not love you,
Tor that IL really loved you, l would
agree to It,"
$50 you would"
THAT is just the same as saying that
\ don't love you"
ut doesn't look as If you did, does
lt?"
Harry" said the girl earnestly, Il
lam going to be reasonable, as you say
you are. l have said loved you, and
would marry you. But we must wait
until Aunt Mary gives us leave"
"Gives us leave, indeed!'
"For the very good reason that we
can't afford to get married without
help from her."
II don't see that at ALL" cried the
young man. my practice is not large
yet, but every day my fathers old pa
kients are coming back to me, and leav-
ding that odious cad, Maloney-"
I'D like to know who you call an
,Odious cad, young MANI" broke in a
sharp thin voice, and tall lady wear
ling front" a set of false teeth and
e pince-nez came suddenly round the
,corner OF the laurel hedge.
Young Harry Lawrence stood
speeches., for he knew that Miss Ma
tiida Prendergast professed great es
TEEN (and possibly cherished yet
warmer feeling) for the plausible, red
haired Irlshman, who had stolen away
his fathers patients while processing
TO keep the practice together for him
while he finished his course at Guys
That evening, Mr.. Denyer, the sole
itor, sat in his dining room, celebrat
ing his recovery from fit Of govt
which he owed-the recovery, not the
Nout-to the skillful prescriptions Of
Michael Maloney, M. r. G. S., and 9th
or initials, who now sat opposite tt
him.
"A doctor should be a married man
feel that" said DR.. Maloney, will
a sentimental air. 1.-THE ladies dom
altogether like an unmarried man. AnG
there's only one objection to Miss Prem
dergast, and that is that / can't fine
out anything definite about her posi-
ton"
''The aunt do you mean, or thu
nieceT'
"Oh, the aunt, to be sure. I'm awar,
the money belongs to her. She's a!
much as said so in my hearing many
a time"
"Humphw
"But I'd think it safer, as a pruden
man, to have few particulars. II
like to know, for one thing, whether
the money belongs to her, to do as sh,
likes with, or whether she has only /;
life interest in it,
Lawyer Denyer was occasionally al
deaf as a post He chose to be dea
now.
You and l have done one anothe
many good turn" said the doctor
edging his chair little nearer, "an(
L hope we shall live to do each othe
many more. Now, should be eter
nally- obliged if you would tell me il
strict confidence in the yer,
strictest confidence-how much Mis-
Prendergast possesses in her own RICH
with absolute control"
Are you aware, DR.. Maloney," sal,
the lawyer, speaking very slowly, "tha
you are insulting me in q very gros
manner The late Stephen Prender
CAST was my client, sir, and you calm
ly propose that l should make his al
fairs known to you, perfect stranger
And you have the audacity to d
this"
Hang you, STRIP roarcd the hot
headed Irishman, flinging out OF tn
house.
At his next attack, which happene
not long after, Mr.. Denyer, Of course
called in another medical man, bu
whether 1t was that DR.. Maloney knev
the patients constitution and habit
better, or that he was in possession Q
a drug of singular efficacy, the fac
remained that the lawyer did not r,
celye anything like the same relic
from the new doctors remedies as b
had been accustomed to obtain frol
those supplied by the Irishman.
The lawyer had fully made up h
mind that under no circumstance
would he ever speak to DR.. Malone
again. but pain is wonderful stimV
liant, and In one Of his worst parol
ysms he sent message to him, be,
ging him to come and do what he coul
to relieve him.
Or. Maloney promptly attended til
summons, but on entering the sic
room he advanced to the bedside an
said with a frown: