The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-02-14

placed. AM sorrel again trottIus on to
ward Deyonshire. be drew after him .
nd. hesvy heart.
Maddy's disappointment was keener
than his own, md no altar tn sorrowfui
wordn. "and I failed. toe be bent him
seif ID comfort the poor child. who, lean
inr her throhhiug bead against his shoai-
Der. sohbed bitterly, ~ In tAe soft spring
twilight thaS 1rUve hack to thu low rid
csttAee uhsfs grandma waited foe them.
CHAPTER VI.
n was Farmer Green's new buggy asd
Farmer Gresn's nay colt which, thrrs
days batSs than this. stopped before Dr..
Hojbrookss Office. Not the square-bored
wagon, with old SorreI attacked; The
former vas standing quietly In the chip
yard behind The low rid house, while the
latter. With his nose over The barnyard
feace, Weighed occasionally, IN II be mis-
a The littls hands which had Aaily fed
him the oatmeal he liked 70 much, ard
which now iay hot and parched and help
teso npOn the white countcrpane Grand
NJ MARKHAM had spun and woven her
self. Maddy might have been just N
sick - shA was X the examination had
pevsr occurred. hue Il wal natural for
those who loved her TO impute Il al to
the effects Of excitement and cruel disap-
pointment, - there was something like In
dignatioa mingling with the sorrow gnaw-
Ing q tAs hearts Of the old couple A.
they watched BY their fsver-stricken darl-
iag. Farmer Green, too. shared the feel
Ing. and numerous at drst were his men
taI animadvsrsions against that "prig 81
I Holbrook." But when Maddy grew 70
had ~ 0 to know him or bin wife, he
laid aside his prejudices and suggested to
Grandpa Markham that DR.. Holbrook b
vent for.
Hiss great on fevers." he said, "and y
good On curin' sick folks" 70. Though be
would have preferred someone else should
have been called, confidence In the young
Doctors skill won the day. and grandpa
consented.
This, then, was the errand Of Farmer
Green. and with his usual bluntness -
said 70 the recreant doctor. who CHANGED
70 BE- q home:
"Wall. you nigh about killed our llttls
Aadss t'other day, when you refused the
sti6cut. and now VI want you 70 cure
nor"
Ths doctor looked up In surprise. but
Farmer Green soon explained his mean
ing. making OUT Z most aggravated casss
and rsprsssuting Maddy - wild With -
1istum.
| leaAAy's eaa lot nesAing b xR.
0foense 9eeouaA 81 ~ - ~ - -
tors horse va ready. and ~ % NJ wdy
y ths cctfass. As had arrived 1t the csn-
cluslon that ok al the villainous men cot
side tn walls o. the STATES pFson. u
80 IL most vilAinous. and Guy 10r
inston nsxG
What ! cosy little chamber Il was
wheee Naddy lay, Just such : roon = .
eisl Hike her might b supposed . occu-
-, and the bachelor doctor fSk IKE
treadins upon forbidden ground . - -
tersd the room % rife with sirlbh h4A.
IL, from the fairy slippers huas % =
peg. 70 ~ fanciful little workoox mAds
oe coass aud acorns. Maddy was asleeAI
and sitting dewn beside her he asked tlAt
~ shawl which had been piAnsd acres
~ window mlgAt b. removed % that -
could - ~, and thus judge bstt1 -
hsr conditieo.
zeal ~ pulse. doctor; Aey are last.
O. most than Jon can COURT" 0randma
MARKHAM whispered: and thus sntreAted,
IL doctor took the soft haad In his own.
~ touch ssndias through Ais frame Z
thru sucA a. the touch u no other hand
had svee ssnt.
SomeAow the act rea0ured him. All
leay q Naddy vanished. leaving behind
oaiy a intense desire to help. Il posi-
~ ~ yeung girl whose 6nsers seemed
% c1ing around his own - b. felt fou
and eeand the rapid pulsa
III ~ would awaken," b said, laying
~ hAnd eeftly down and placing hia
ethse upea ~ fssshsad. where the grsas
e~weot-Arope ~. Guy wa Z fool and
1 - : heutA" ~ doctor muttersd. u
- foa6e1 " tn bits = papsr whoss con
toots ~ hoped might - much toward
mving Ma1dy's lifsl
WAaa neze nsenlng ~ Doctor CANA
tAwe was A.tsak q dep anxiety 1poa
~ lhce = = watched The alarming
unpesns Il his deiirious patient, whs
tnlkea ineesaantly. not d ths examination
now, ut u ~ mortgAss and ths fers'
caosnro. be9giag tn doctor 10 - dat III
house va not soid, 10 tell them she va
0snlne thirty-slx doalass b. teaching
scAool, that Beauty would b sold to an
thsss Oar cd home. An tAls was strangS
ct Int - ths doctor. but tAs rather vol
uh1o Mn. Cree. Who had come 70 Grand
~ MaxkhaE's relief. s~nfishtsnsd him
dwsltny With : Kind Of malicious pleas
mr. upea ~ fsct that Maddy's earning,
had - beea psrmitted 70 ut : .stimv
cut" wsrs - b appropriated toward pay
ine ~ deht.
II ths Doctor had hated himself the pre-
sieus day when 10 rods from ths rsd COT
tase eAte. ~ hated himself douhly nov
= ~ went disabling down the road. u
teeminsd ~ resign his o0ce u school II
spector that very day. And - did.
Gummoning aropnd him those who has
been most active i eaectins him. b. -
fnssd 70 e0ciats again. assuring then
that II any mors .candidates cams b,
Should sithss turn them iron Ais door d
sivs tAsm ! certificate without asking /
eusseion.
sxut anybe6y yes llke h my place.
- aid: ~anyAody bet Guy Rsmiagse0.'
Those wae - probability Of Tia Z,
Or llvod u anethef town. and couI
- hAve o0ciateA NJ ~ wished. Bu
~ Aoc1ee - - 1ncA excits1 . ~
- vpon anytAlne avs Nadelins Cydsa
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