The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-09-02

Then Doctor Montresor went I'm 81,
other and still another grocery star
uh'i ne mad finished the list of stor.
that dld not take the Laura Bell.
hlaEohhalse AT each he went through
virtually the same transactions
me next afternoon Laura Belle wa.
pe"hllhG when he called on her
beaInlng and very busy. Four of tht
Sr"cerS who had held out had mr. ir
big orders. While Doctor Montreso,
was calling, fifth gave an order owe,
the telephone
80 wei acquainted did the Young
doctor and the young maker of may
onnalSc become In the few weeks fol
lowing that Doctor Montresor folt !,
rs dnty TO mention the fact Of his
| engagement.
re 'rled TO do 1t casually. not wish.
ing To give the slightest suggestion
that he felt Laura Belle would foo,
an! regret. The emotion that she had
diIhculty in concealing was first of
all surprise.
I'm glad you told me-" was all she
said. '''e
really forgot you didn't know :"
said the DOCTOR Il little confused "It
iias peen such Il long engagement that
az my friends seem never to think or
me IN any way but as the sometime
husband of Kathaleen Mayes."
Is that her namey said Laura de-
iioerately. And then, "KathaIeen is n
pretty name - lots prettier than
Laura"
oh' dont know" said the doctor.
fou see, she's my uncle's ward He's
ANXIOUS to see us married. | suppose
we slaii De some time, but not until
III abe to support her myself.
know III make good here, but il Is
SLOW. In the meantime | don't want
10 accept my uncle's proposition to
give me 10000 so can marry Katha-
ieen before l can support her."
Laura Belle listened attentively but
with a certain listlessness. "Can't
things just drift along?' she said. not
knowing exactly what she meant by
this query
Hang it. no." said Laurence Mon
tresor. Uncle Is coming on with
kathaleen tomorrow. They want to
see how / am getting on. If uncle
sees how slowly things are going here
he's sure to offer me that money. And
he's sure to say that it's my duty to
take II, since it isn't fair to Kathaleen
TO keep her waiting so long If could
only show them an office full of pa
tents. then there wouldn't be any ex-
cuse for speaking Of money-and
things could just be put off"
But aren't you impatient? Don't
you want to marry herr"
Not especially" said Laurence Mon.
fresor. "Oh, We'll get along wonder
fully. We're Immensely congeninl and
all that. Only-well, l guess I'm not
he marrying sort"
The next afternoon Mr.. Lidley, Doc
or MontresOr's uncle. arrived with
hathaleen Mayes and insisted on sit
ing In the young doctors waiting room |
o observe his patients as they arrived
or evening hours.
lie consented reluctantly. "Oh, YOU
ant expect beginner to have many"
lie said.
But when Doctor Montresor and his
'arty arrived that evening there
we're already four patients whiting in
he corridor. Ten or eleven arrived
hOrtly. There were not enough
hairs. Some of the younger ones
r0pped themselves against the win
Owsills or on the arms Of the chairs.
The thing sthat struck MontresOr
nth surprise was that five Of them
,ere members OF Laura Bellies imme-
late family. The rest were cousins
r aunts. Their maladies seemed to
e Of an indefinite nature, but they
anne in separately. and all seemed to
ike the thing seriously The last one
the patients was Laura Belle, who
ad slipped in after the rest She re-
lained in Doctor Montresor's private
flee for some time, and when she ,
ent the doctor saw her to the door. /,
"Good-by, Laura Belle" he said, but !
othing more, because Kathaleen and
err uncle were sitting there waiting. I
Without further ado Kathaleen ex-
aimed. "This settles it," she said.
4 l had found you here fighting
,ainst bad business. and friendless, I
as going to stick t out. But l find {
III with practice any doctor might {
, proud Of Then there is this little {
aura person. I know from the way {
le looks ut you she loves you, and
ire say you love her. too. Honest.
said Kathaleen putting
r hand on the young mans arm
IN in love with some one else I
ant to be released-and l dare say !.
~ do. too"
And that night. after the uncle and :.
s ward had departed by night :
ain. Doctor Montresor sought Laura s
ellie out at her home and told her =
hat he had not felt free to tell her :
fore. and Laura Belle looked very !.
ppy. :,
Overheard In the Office. ),
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