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

vssus g better. Even Asnss Rs11no'
ton was totally neglected and 70 -
day she sent GUY down to Dsvonshirs q
say that - Jessie seemed more than usu-
ally d~eitcate, she wished the doctor -
take her under his charge and visit h.
It least once a week. The doctor w.
not 1t home, bus Ton said be expected
him every moment. So seating himself
In the armchair. Guy waited unsn -
came
well. Hail." he began, jocossly. ~
the Joking words be would have uttered
next died on his lips A. hs noticed De
strange look Of excitement and anxiety
on tho doctors face. What h kT" b
asked. Are all your p~atieats deadT
Guy" and the doctor came closely b
him, whispering huskily. ron and ! are
murderers In the FIRST degree. Yes: and
both deserve to be hung. Do you rsmsmp
ber that Madeline Clyde whom you N
suited with your logic and Latin vsrbsf
She'd set her heart on that certificate.
She wanted the money, not for new gowns
and fool~ries, mind, but to help her 81
grandfather pay his debts. His plscs y
-mortgagcd. don't understand Il: bss
he asked ome old hunks to lend him the
money. and the misery rascal, whoever
be was, refused. l wish / had Il. ID
give Il to him out and out. But that's
nothing to do with the sirl--Maddy, they
call her. The disappointment killed her,
and she In ~dying-and keeps taking q
that COMPOUNDED examination. tell you,
Guy. my inward parts get terribly mixed
M when hear her talk, and my heart
thumps like Z trip-hammer. That's the
reason ! nave not been up to Aikensida.
I wouldn't leave Maddy 10 long a. there
wal hope. I did not tell them this morn
ing. ! couldn't make that pool coupb
feel worse than they are feeling; but
to side and picking At the bedclothes. I
knew II would o . be over--that when I
saw her again the poor little arms would
BE- still enough and the bright eyes shut
forever. Guy, I couldn't zee her die
! don't like to 80 anybody die, but her.
Maddy, Of all o~thers-and N l cana
away. II zen stay long enough, you'll
hear the bell toll, ! reckon. There ID
none 1t HoBedale church, which they At
tend They are Episcopaiians, you -.
and 20 they'll come up here maybe. ]
hops / shah Be deafsr than an adder"
Hers the doctor stopped, wholly out Of
breath. while Guy for . moment at with
out speaking 4 single word. Jessie, In
his hearing, had told her mother what
the sick girl in the doctors ofRcs had
said about being poor and wanting the
money for grandpa. while Mrs. Noah had
given him . rather exaggerated account
OF Mr.. Markham's visit but he had not
associated the two together until now,
when be saw the whole, and almost -
much a. the doctor himself regretted the
part be had had In Maddy's illness and
her grandfather's distress.
DOC" he said. laying his hand - the
doctors arm. II nm that old hunks. the
misery rascal who refused the money.
I met the old man going homo that day,
and be asked me- for help. You say The
place must be sold. II never shall, never.
I'll ses to that. and you must ave tAs
girl"
II aa't, Guy. I've done all ! can.
And 1ow. Il shs lives. 4 VII b wholly
ewing 70 the prayers 81 that old saint q
~ esandfathsf Ays fos her. I nsvsz
thought much OF these things until !
heard him pray: not that shs should ltvs
anyway, but that, II II were right, 4addy
might not die Guy, there's so0stAino
Ia such . prayer ~ that. It's mors pow.
srful than al my medicine Swallovsd q
~ grand gulp."
Guy didn't know very much scout
praying then, and % he did not respond.
but he thought Of Lucy AthsrstonA who's
life was one hymn Of prayer and praise
and be wished she could know q Aaddy.
and join her petitions with those Of The
grandfather. Starting suddenly from -
chair. hs exclaimed, II am gong dssn
there. It will look oueerly, too. - g
alona. An. I have Il! Ill drive bach -
Aikeasi6s for Jessie, who has talked q
much Of the girl that her lady mother.
forgetting that she was oocs . taeA9s h
aissusted."
Ito b. continually