Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-11-16

50 cruels" As she t-raet her head
so-rywt-liy away Ler glance te.l upon
q small boy standing iy tie roadside.
Little boy" SD. called stopping tie
horse. -do you blow whose Dog this
Es
4 pli- II stJLl ey-s were otel.eutly
focused upon tie puppy.
Yep" La announced after mo-
meut's survey, ~'L4rs sammy Casey's
Patsy Doodle. NJ. ypl cau't fud sam
nay. Him an bis uaw moved e. Plrts-
vile Day for yeSfe'Iay. Sle's "a widow
woman. Course they didn't take him
torss IS too easy g1t-aa' t4ey had
'nouEh = car- along IrL5rt Patsy
Doodle Why. cLey had three Bur.
her Interest 90 tle Caseys' movements
having been satisfied. Elizabeth sudden
IS touched the horse with the whip.
and In moment trey t-si t.It the dis
CUrsive ureEin fc- behind
once IN Ha1lav's uE-e tie uftle dog
was deposited uuou The table and hi.
broken leg h1g-d Up with deft ami
tender fingers. With the intelligence
often vouehsaf-,l his kind. Patsy
Doodle seemed content 90 I.e quite till
and relaxed IN tie atmosphere os sym
patay 50 uatgu.a~S was his attitude
that they thought Pc was sleeping. but
when Elizatu-u withdrew Ter hand
from the lead she had been softly
st-oSn- the great brown eyes. SIN
blaodshot with pain, opened immedl-
ately with an anxious expression. and
tie puppy lifrei LII, dropping ears in
qU.r.nEly
see, BeSs; lie misses YOUR touch
said Hadley. dropping the towel with
which he was drying his hands
With a Earuur Ok tenderness, Eliza
beth s..qrnl her hand under the soft
little head ald after smuggling move
neut OF the nose. which was becoming
moist again, Patsy Doodle gave u,JIe
breathing o. content and closing his
beautiful eyes fell asleep. Ike tirel
child
When the Office had been restored to
Its former lmmscu,at. ORDER uallev
walked 10 the Qneu window and stood
looking modify out gpaa the summer
street, Int when EI.zahr.a stirred Ia
her chair be turned eu. a.y. for bis
mind Was renEered only gFsa tie oc-
cupaats Of the Office ST. heclan-d
him, and be came q ross at 1aee. scat
ing himself % q corner Of I'll. table.
For moment neither spoke: then
the girl lifted Ler face and SAID IN q
tone that thrilled her companion:
Ned dear. I've done y1u a horrible
injustice"
Hafley leaned forward suddenly
How" ha asked. with eager cves.
Elizabeth caught a Huty.r.ng breath
'You remember the night they brought
you tie message that that old lady
was dying and how you hated to gof
Well. I Thought your profession had
made You cold and hard and ulfpeliuc
as II has 50 many men. and after you
had gone II decided that couldn't
love q mani ike that Her voice
tralled off unce-ta tLly.
The doctors eyes darkeaed. That's
another and tho worst Of the tricks
that miserable old woman has played
me-" he declared h9rlv Sweetheart"
his eyes claimed her attantioa-"I
knew there wasn't thing on earth
the matter with her when they sent
for me. Some member of her family
had probably got uD sufficient nerve
70 put into execution long cherished
plan or something Of that sort She'd
been dying regularly for the Inst two
years whenever things didn't 20 10
suit her And to think she came 80
near separating u.s. He slipped his
hand under the one In which the little
dogs head lsy. 4 owe everything to
the intervention Of Sammy Casey's
Patsy Doodle"
Our Patsy Doodle" gently correct
ed Elizabeth.