The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08

to slide down hill when the snow is
packed. For q couple Of years The rail.
road company maintained gates and a
watchinan at the foot OF the hill. and
then they found II cheaper 10 night
the death claims for the boys who
were killed by the passing trains. IL
was always contr!butory negligence on
the part OF the killed and crippled. and
the coIrts were lcnTent WITH The cor
poration.
II was said that two or three doc.
tors had settled in the town because
of the many accidents at the Castle
Hill crossing. but II Is only fair TO say
Of young DR.. Rush that he was ig'
norant OF localities when he hung out
his sign. lie had secured his diploma
rs an NJ. d., and he had to settle down
somewhere to establish a practice. lie
selected Greenlcaf In June. and there
he was when the snow came, ard ne
hadn't earned his salt He was for,
tunate enough to have a rich mother.
however, and he wasn't worrying
great deal.
Three blocks from Castle Hill lived
the Warrens, and the Warrens we're
known through little Nan. their only
child, rs much as from any other
source. A. a girl Of IL she WAS called
handsome. cute. cunning, and lots OF
other things. She was a young lady
when she wished to be. and romp
and tomboy on other occasions. She
knew Of tho hill: she knew OF the
trains; she knew OF the danger. Ana
yet she had been found one winters
night when she was IL years old lead
ing the procession Of so sleds down
the hill and over the tracks.
When Doctor Rush had been In
Greenleaf three months he was called
to the Warren house to bind up a cut
finger for Miss Nan. She had been
practicing throwing the tomahawk In
the back yalG. As doctor attending
his flrst patient. the young man should
have looked and acted very dignihed
and demanded that Miss Nan stand IN
awe of him. But the contrary was
the case. II was case OF mutual
like, and when he left the house and
the cut finger behind the girl said TO
ler mother:
Aunt Irene "a coming to visit MS
his winter. and I'm going to have her
marry DR. Rush.
What"
"She ought to have married that
-ich fellow In Fall River. and ! heard
you tell pa so" .
II don't think you ever heard
anything Of the kind. Even II you
aid it's not for you to talk about such
things. ....
But Aunt Irene has got to marry
somebody. hasn't she?"
mo. She may marry. but she hasn't
got to-" '..! ''..
But It will be nice II have q man
picked out for her 1t will save time.
and then he's a doctor besides. He'll
doctor us all and not charge cent
There are lots OF things going to all
me. and don't want pa to have to pay
a big doctors gill"
Aunt Irene wasn't an old maid. as
the title would seem to imply. On
the contrary. she wasn't 90 years
old yet. She could have been aun,
and not been ten. She arrived on heI
visit ut Thanksgiving time. and I: was
TO find Miss Nan looking very impor
tant and mysterious. There had beer
no further conversation between thu
child and mother on the subject o
marriage. but one party had cultivated
DR.. Rush for the last two months. On,
dressing was sufficient to insure
cure for the cut finger. but Miss Nal
had hunted up tho doctors office I,
have the wound looked after three o
four times, Then she had, dropped Il
to see II there was bug In her lei
ear. and to see If her heaE was al
right, and to ask II riding down hil
on IA sled at geewhiz gait thinne
out the blood and brought on cor
sumption. Or. Rush understood he
fairly we'll up to certain point. an
they became good friends.
The point he overlooked in Mis-
Nan was her uterior motive. Youp
as she was. she had set out to max
a love-match. and she wanted thing
ready against the arrival of her aun
She studied the doctor as deeply a
he did her. and the conclusion arrive
at was-. r.~y'-I-r 'r.,, rI
Aunt Irene may get scaldcd tai
ing the tea.kettle of the stove--sh
may fall from tree - she may &
humping down the cellar stairs. and
will be handy to have doctor In III
family. The money she'd have to pa
out will buy her a set OF mink fu,
every winter And then he sings. an
is a good talker. and he has q gcl
watch and likes to- go to- the movin
picture shows. Oh. yes-I sha
strongly advise aunty to marry him
For two days after the arrival (
the condemned" the marplot carrie
that Eknow.something great In ht
looks and attitude. Then the stral
became too great for human cudu
ance. and she took Miss Irene u
stairs to the spare bedroom. an
after locking the door and pullir
down the shades proceeded to- III
nounce:
We'll. aunty. It's all settled"