The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-11

spring had a view OF flower garden
richly decked with scarlet and gold,
ana beyond ii OF the sun-scorchea
park where oaks, elms, and chesrputs
spread great branches, clad in the tint
less foliage OF late summer. The deer
were nuddled together in the shade,
there was little sign OF stirring life,
3ll Nature seemed asleep.
The doctor was sitting near viii.
His eyes at the present moment were
So full OF sorrow that he dared not
raise them. There had been a consul
tauon that morning with great Lon
don surgeon. and the result was sup
posed 10 be fayora6le-liIe might pos
s.Ily be prolonged under certain con-
l.,ons.
VIII was a man Of almost gigantic
build. He looked like Goliath laid
low. Goliath dying by inches instead
of by one swift stroke from his own
sword.
How long will this so on. doctor? o.
he said. abruptly. looking at his friend
with great wistfuI eyes.
The doctor did not speak for a mo-
me1t. He raised his eyes. but not to
his patients lace; they wandered ROUND
tie room. the walls OF which were full
Of pictures Of hunting scenes.
How long viii this so on?' he re-
sd, insistently.
Tit may be for months-even years.
i are suffering from creeping pa
SIS. but that is often very. slow.
mere IS no hope Tor recovery, not
OF partial recovery, doctors?
God knows 1 wish there were:
us enc Of the hardest parts OF
crs life. the being unable TO do
than patch up a magnificent
me like yours.
There was a rabbit once. half
led and quiyeriRg-we knocked it on
head and put it cut OF its pain;
didn't leave ii in its misery; We
AIT feed it up TO prolong the an
81 And the very horse which fell
ne. whose legs were broken.
SHOT. that very hour; it WASH
90 linser Man is less cruel than
Nan underEands-God does
lush" said the doctor gently. He
man of great reverence Of
81 and feeling
-.elyn Godfrey came in at that mo-
III. beautiful woman with a singu-
souus. sTlish lace and an extra
nary expression Vi vitality. She
pale. With a SOFT, creamy pale
and had black eyebrows and
1ssly gray Uiack-fringed eyes.
then knelJ down by her husband
srrcked his hand.
was thought an idle man. wasn't
Lynn" he said. SOFTLY. smiling at
1-0h. what a sad smile it was,-
ut I made business Of sport and
tive games; there was no season Of
-e year when time hung heavy on
3 hands. There was hunting in the
inter and early spring. fly fishing in
lay. grouse shooting in August, part
.-dge and pheasant shooting afterward,
and between whites golf"
Doesn't il hurt you to talk about
said Lyn, with Z break in her
DICE.
"No-it's the only comfort I have.
never knew I had such a strong i'm
5.nation. ! shut ny eyes and see the
cry scenes where I have been so hap
the golf links. the meet at the
.ossroads, the mcors. the covers-but
Metimes all the pictures run into
another like a kaleidoscope.
ShGl I read 10 you?' said Lyn, gent
No-talk TO me. You're a good
woman, Lyn, aren't yOu2"
DO you know what said to the doc
lor?"
She shook her head
u spoke Of a rabbit that had been
wounded TO death. whose condition was
hope, IS. I said il a man saw that
animal be would Immediately put it out
Of It's pain; he would be thought
brute if he didn't. The mere brutes
are better of than men-they're not
allowed 10 live when existence means