Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-12-26

from the wind when he agathc rtIUed
it. All warmth had gone our OF it and
out of life. There was much, malcll at
fault in the world Courtesy WIS quite
gone; no consideration for age or
merit anywhere: And one metihgrEt-
itude at every hand. That young wO-
man, now, in rustling skirts; which
she drew aside as from contamination
as she passed. him with icy bend Of
the head-theren wal some reason why
she should be gracious and kindly to-
1 him.
His step Jagged slower and hisseyeS
were glazed with tears. And thersilk-
\ en-. clad young woman of haughtyman-
ner was explaining to her companion,
a recent resident of Ileriaville. 1t WIS
a task that came often to Dr. La
Tours acquaintance.
Ridiculous, isn't it. to speak, to
such looking creature? tell In0rifer
don't know what strangers must
/ think, but she insists on my speaking
to him, because he was once the best
doctor in this part of the country, and
he saved my life when / was a. Baby.
But he got to using morphine anal has
simply gone down to the dregs Avn
full, isn't it?'
| 1T certainly is can't for ths life
of me comprehend how person can
/ do such things, Especially doctor
who knows what the consequences
must be-"
"Oh, of counse mot" the other
agreed.
They were young; health ran fun
in every vein, and life had been kind
They went on with a high sense Of
virtue lifting them above those whose
feet go down i'm slippery places
DIR. La Tour was not obseFvant OF
his DWELLINGS, deficiencies as he agafn
viewed 1t from his sagging gate. He
stumbled up the broken WALK and into
it's barren walls quite without thought
of plan for improvement.
i The room he entered hads once been
spacious apartment, WITH fresrOed
ceiling ana paIeled wallis; but the
Cupids and garlands were blurred to
vagueness now, and signs; of all pro
cesses of living were in disOrdered ev-
idence. Ia was. indeed, the only hahi'
table ro0gA in the house, Books and
bottles numbered shelves and tables
and were heaped upon the, fiooT. An
unmades bed with soiledl clothing stood
In one corner; cooking Stove with
an overflow OF ashes In another. There
were remnants Of frugal meal upon
an oileloth-covered tablb, near It, and
a sm0nldering fire in the hearth o.
the great fireplace.
: The doctor stirred the embers t
what life was possible ana, sinking
into rickety arm chair, spread hi
: thin, shaking HANDS over them as I
to gather their warmth to himself.
He was tired, very tired. His hea'
sank ON his breast, and his eye
closed. But surely there was seasol
! enough for wearihess. With scarle
7 fever raging and but one pair Of hand
: to fight It, the strength OF man We
& sorely tried. Back and forth-bacl
! and forth--fr0m this house to thai
g NO time to eat or sleep. Fight, nigh
fight INCREASINGLY, the subtle forces 9
g the disease And the weight Of spen
q flesh. Back and forth--day aid nigh
q with now the wronched heart Of d.
= feat ana now the exultant pulge Z
a triumph. And always the need. u
q demand, for alert senses--f for strengt
y that was more than human. Still theT
q was much that was good IN II all q
n very much. The grateful tears {
2 mothers the fervent grasp Of father
irrzse. Iga made d eroning gesture