Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
an ,rer,oon chat also. And the way

Win me all morning, luHCu VIII uc os
the clubhouse, and go on a tramp in
the woods in the afternoon. And, by
Jove! even after all that she was as
fresh as a daisy!' For a moment a
CLEAN of professional pride lit up his
gloomy face.
"'Look here said I, putting my
hand on his shoulder and looking him
square in the eye, if you made love to
that girl
at suppose l was awfully nice to
her. he said, after a pause. But l
never proposed. I never did do that,
on my honor. Oh, it's an awful mix
up
keep cool. Jim, and tell me this
aren't you in love with her?'
""No.'
"'But you certainly were in love
with her for the moment
"No, 1 never was-not for one mo-
ment.'
Jim Stillman fell like a thunderbolt.
And l knew he spoke the truth.
Maybe you lost your head and
proposed l suggested namely. That
will happen sometimes
Nothing like hat for me- said
Jim with fierce conviction.
"I don't know how 1t was, doctor,
but I felt from her manner at lunch.
con that she wanted the people at the
clubhouse to know / was interested.
She was looking as we'll and healthy
as possible and l determined to let
her gently down. For, to tell the
truth, l vas about sick of spending
two hours a day on giggles and CUR
giles. Her little air of proprietorship
couldn't tell her. On our walk she
a on about things and seemed to
take it SO for granted that I Just
couldn't tell her just then, but I shut
up like a clam and resolved to let it
die a slow death so as not to hurt her
feelings
THAT was so like Jim that 1 half
smiled.
"'Well, We got through thai walk
and I was Just shaking hands with
her in her hall when her mother ap-
peared and Margaret excused herself
to take of her hat.
"'Mrs. Scott and I were alone. She
made ONE remark about Margie and
me being so suited to one another, or
something like that. And the first
thing l knew she was leaning on my
shoulder dramatically ~beseeching,
"Oh, doctor, be good to my child-al-
ways, always"
"'I don't remember what l said
just then, but If l ever longed to
strangle a human being, it was that
purring, clinging old cat. l suppose
1t was brutal, but I came out and told
her that I had v been In love with
her daughter, was not now, and never
would be.
"'"But % attentions" she hiss
ed. "She lever had any other gentle
man show her such attentions, buggy
riding and violets. Your attentions
"'"Were in the interest of SCIENCE"
said I ~cold-bloodedly. II cured your
daughter. From the sick girl she was
less than a month 6 she is now the
pASIuAo vi Cd1lA 4ou WILL duullI
that"
Eyes" she snapped, and 1 never
saw a human being so bottled up with
rage::
1.-THE case is dismissed, Mrs.
Scott" said 1 shortly. You forced me
to this declaration. Good afternoon"
"'"Dr. Stillman," she fairly scream
al of mo stvO11'ro a hr1,fo-o h0r~{I
brute. I shall ruin your reputation
in Greenfield. I'll publish you as a
trifer with my girls affections and a
murderer. I'll have this case taken
up. Margie will die and you will be
her murderer"
Doctor, I vas SO furious I never
thought what I said, and I retorted
and left the house. This was my part
ing shot,: "She won't die. That's part
of the theory. Pride will bolster her
up" l left the house and came home.
and after dinner every one in Green
field knew all about it and more too.
Isn't 1t a mess, thought
Romance versus science I re
marked.
Don't joke. DOCTOR begged the
poor chap. This morning / made nv
calls and the Kennedys Sent their
maid down with a note from Mrs.
Kennedy. saying she didn't need my
services any longer. Half the people
I bowed to cut me dead. The Joneses,
the Wilcoxes, and the Lords all passed
me by-no, not all of them either he
finished. Miss Susan Lord came up
and spoke in a very friendly way
The poor boy said 1t gratefully, with
out n CLINT Of humor."
DR.. Leavitt paused and pulled his
pipe.
How did it turn out7" I inquired.
well, Dr.. Wilson. it's a queer
world. Science isn't as popular as ro-
lance Will you believe it, Stillman's
practice fell OF and people were cut
ting him on all sides. AL Greenfield
was lined up In one faction or another
and things got SO hot I advised him
to leave-go somewhere else-and he
did. / hated to lose him, for he was a
medical genius, thoroughly scientific.
I believed his story and do to this
H. NJ, To -1. -xAl - 4.