EUGEHE WEEKLY GUARD
EUGENE
OREGON.
That shoe trust will pinch.
There la no man so deep but that be
tías at least one shallow spot.
An appropriate wedding precent for a
bachelor is a copy of ''Paradise Lost.”
Borne men resemble pyramids broad
at the foundation, but narrow at the
top.
Young Indies and promlaaory notea
ahould lie settled when they arrive at
maturity.
A man should not lie Judged by an
occasional exertion, but by his every
day actions
A Montana reader asks If dentists
have a right to pul! a patient's leg. No;
but they do sometimes.
There are exceptions to all rules. No
doubt It Is true, as the women declare,
that men are all alike, excepting your
wife's first husband.
A lovely young thing has escaped
from under the Sultan's wing, ami
threatens to lecture In this country.
Perhaps she'd compromise on comic
opera.
One of King Edward's daughters con
templati« matrimony, but she has not
fully decided as to the man. Bhe can
probably have her pick and no ques
tions asked.
Gen. Chaffee urges American army
officer* to employ goisl tailors on their
uniforms so as to set a useful example
In dressluesM to the privates. The fact
that the American army captured San
tiago and Manila In Its shirt sleeves and
without Lt* laiots blacked must be 11 vol
down If possible.
I*etli-leucy In the teaching of hand
writing in the common schools of the
country receives vivid Illustration iu
the fullure of many possible winners In
the land lottery of Oklahoma. The pen
manship of numerous registered appll
cants was so bad that their names and
addresses could not be made out.
Uncle Nam does many generous things
for bls old soldiers, but now and then
be is guilty of a small act. For In
stance, be kept *25 of a soldier's pay
thirty years ago to offset possible de-
llclencleM In the man's clothing account.
The other day the soldier received a
check for the *25. Is lie not entitled to
Interest also?
France Is the only great nation In
Europe that has had the strength of
mind ami of purpose to establish a re
publican form of government. It Is the
only nation on earth which has made
successful attempts to solve the prob
lem of the equal distribution of land,
Its percentage of pauperism Is the low-
eat in Europe, its percentage of Invid
ual efficiency In production Is the high-
eat among the great nations.
Whether we need more battleships or
more cruisers appears to depend large
ly on the question w hether, ill the next
war, we shall have more need to catch
and capture the enemy's merchant ves
sels or to meet and fight Ills men of
w ar. A cruiser Is a fighting vessel only
a little more lightly armed ami armor
eil than those classed as battleships,
and with somewhat greater speed. In
the great majority of sen tights she
could give quite as go<sl account of her
self as the heavier vessel; so there Is
some merit In the argument that It Is
tieter to build five cruisers than four
battleships for the same amount of
money.
A correspondent, noting a recent edi
torial on lamp explosions, calls alien
tion to a great danger. Instances of
which are not uncommon. Persuns or
dering kerosene, says the correspond
ent, frequently receive gasoline in
stead, and fatal accidents sometimes
result from the error. Mistakes of this
sort are the result of culpable negli
gence on the part of storekeepers or
their clerks. Insurance companies take
cognisance of the dangers Incldeut to
tbe handling of kerosene and Insist
upon strict regulations concerning Its
storage, but no rules will prevent tills
takes by careless employes. Merchants
dealing In Inflammable and explosive
materials ahould exercise especial care.
Kerosene and gasoline should lie kept
In separate locations In the building
and extra pains should be taken In
tmoklng orders. The merchant owes
this to himself, as lie la liable for the
uiiatake. A vendor may la- mulcted In
civil flamagea and an explosion Involv
ing death might result In making him
criminally liable. Americana are some
what reckless concerning these things,
hence the many accidents and fires.
♦
The Itowager Empress of Germany,
Queen Victoria's first ls.ru child, w ho
died recently, was not so fortunate as
her mother. She did not possess so
much power, she did not have ao happy
a life, ami she died slowly, from a pain
ful disease.
Iler husltaud loved her.
but the German people did not, and
Bismarck did uot. While her father-
In law lived ami Bismarck ruled she
bad to stay 111 the Imckground. which
was not pleasant for an ambitious and
an able woman Iler hust>and came to
the throne al last, but he lived for only
ninety nlue days. Then she became
the Ih.wagei Empress, and a nom-nlty.
The Dowager Empress of t'hlua has
been tar from lM-lng a nonenity, and the
KmperttMf Frederick's widow would
have preferred not to 1 h > one. but the
fates were against her The stories told
of the unfriendly or (trained relations
existing between her and her son. the
present Emperor. doubtless are to a
great extern without foundation, but It
la .-ertain that their relations wen- not
epeetally cordial It Is doubtful whether
she could exercise any Influence w hat
ever over him For more than ten years,
while her mother was still reigning
over a great kingdom, am! was wltnesa
Ing from time to time tbe manifesta
tions of the growing affection of tier
people, her daughter was living out-
aide tbe world of action, wltb -ut luflu
PALMER, WHO GAVE A MILLION
DOLLARS TO HIS OLD EMPLOYES
m e and without popularity. There Is
g.Hnl reason to believe that in her cas»
royal lineage and high station did not
bring much happiness with them. Her
career was not what she thought It was
going to I m - when she married the
Crown Prince forty-three years ago.
Evidence produced from the libraries
of this country that fiction la losing
some of its overwhelming popularity la
followed by testimony that the same
phenomenon is observable Lu England.
A London correspondent of tbe New-
York Evening Post quotes one of the
principal British publisher* to tbe ef
fect that novels and romances are giv
ing way la-fore "bellee-lettre*, travel
books and Issiks on practical subjects."
The change apparently Is even more
market! iu Eugland than It Is on this
aide of tbe Atlantic, for the correspond
ent goes on to add: "Novels that have
sold a hundred thousand copies in
America are selling only five, six and
possibly up to ten thousand here." But
whichever country may I m - leading In
this Intellectual reform, there can be
no doubt that a movement of the kind
would I k - most desirable. Most novel
reading Is worse than a mere waste of
time. It weakens the power of mental
application, wrecks the memory and
forms a disastrous habit of Inattention.
It Is no more an exercise for the brain
than sitting In the stern of tbe boat Is
exercise for the b<Mly, and to confuse
such reading with what Is called Intel
lectuality Is one of the most absurd
mistakes
Imaginable.
l*>o>wlng
a
straight furrow Is a much more Intellec
tual employment and one quite Iw-yond
the capacity of the habitual and omniv
orous novel reader. The confusion <ks-s
the greatest harm In childhood, when
the time should be Improved to produce
Intellectual ns well as phyt slcal athletes,
A training Is then needed which should
be felt ns the training of the gymnasl
um or of outdoor sports Is I felt upon the
muscles. Stories should be admitted
as an occasional luxury, ami only the
liest at that. Indiscriminate browsing
around among books that nre neither
literature nor science Is Infinitely worse
than an exclusive devotion to the play
ground. It is to be hoped, most earnest
ly, that the change of taste Is reaching
the Juveniles.
i - ai . meh .
It has been noted In the news dis
patches that General William J. Pal
uier, of Colorado Springs, Colo., had
distribute stock worth *1,000,(100
among the employes of the Rio Grande
Western Railroad. The reason for bls
action and the method In which the dis
tribution was made add fresh interest
to his sensational gift.
About twenty years ago General Pal
mer started out to «s ure the construc
tion of the road which he recently sold.
He bad to fight against terrible odds.
HOW
HE
FIXED
THE SPOTTER
I'u luiun Con tuctor*. Original Method
of Hqnarlng Accounts with a Hpy.
Not only did he have wealthy and de
termined competitors but the country
through which the projected road was
to be built was extremely formidable.
There were mountains to be tunueled
and swift rivers to be crossed, and of
ten General Palmer was driven almost
to desperation. Gn one of these occa
sions he made a trip over the proposed
line ami called together all the men who
were in any way interested in IL Sec
tion foremen, track laborers, clerks In
the ottlces, all were present. To them
General Palmer made a frank state
ment He told them that only the faith
ful and enthusiastic co-operation of all
the men in its employ could have the
road from disaster. The employes re
sponded nobly to his appeal, and when
General Palmer sold control of the
road he remembered them. He made
the rounds again, ;a-rsonally visiting
the homes of engineers, section men,
and other employes, and at each he left
a gift of stock, the amounts varying
from *2,000 to *100,000. To many old
employes the gift came as a fortune,
which will enable them to spend their
old age In peace and happiness. All
General Palmer asked was that noth
ing be said al>out It.
things that fill the air unquestionably
have considerable Influence on vegeta
tion In the cities. Electricity, Inde-
pendent of its uses for lighting pur-
poaea, has a bad effect on vegetation.
“The overcharged condition of the
earth, because of the electrical currents
that are constantly finding their way
back to the point of generation, cannot
be healthy from a viewpoint of vegeta
tion. The construction of large build
ings Interferes with the natural flow of
air currents, ami the plants of a city
are. In a measure, smothered because
of a lack of proper aqd natural ventila
tion. The flower loves and craves the
kiss of the breeze. Tbe Joints of the
oak must be loosened by the heavier
blasts. The dead leaves must I m - blow n
away In order to facilitate the growth
of the bud and the twig. liead bark
must be shaken from the limbs and tbe
trunk In order to Insure a healthy
growth. 1 might go on and multiply
these Influences Indefinitely, but it 1s
not necessary. Every man lias observ
ed the effect, for we have seen the
toughest of plants, plants as hardy as
the oak. wither ami die In cities on ac
count of these very Influences, and tlie
matter at least affords a vast field for
botanic speculation, and. as speculation
Is the forerunner of solid, logical, phil
osophic deductions, much good may
grow out of these musings.'*
“No, ITu not with the Cullman com
pany any more," auld a man with tbe
unmistakable cut of u railway man to
Frank Kennedy, the "night manager.”
"Must have got onto your graft
hey?" said Kennedy.
"Yep. We all get caught some tdme
or other. Nome manage to hang on for
a longer time than others, but it always
ends tbe same way. Off cornea your
head, and another man is on tlie run In
your place."
"I thought you and the si>otter on
your run stood In together all right?”
said Kennedy in a sarcastic tone.
“Yep, we did. But the company put
a new man on the run and 1 didn't
know him. lie made out that I should
have turned In about *15 more than I
did, and hence the lay off. But I never
Sociologists and business men have told you how I fixed the spotter, did 1?
been declaiming for thirty years against Now that 1 am out 1 don't mind telling
the tendency of young Americans to de you. You see, the conductors on tbe
sert the country and flock to tbe cities. Pullmans, if they are so disposed, can
All the arguments advanced, all the make a few dollars on tbe side. Of
vivid picturing the dark sl<le of city course, when they do tbe company la
life, all the records of privation, demor just that much out. but the company Is
alization. ami disaster In the cities have rich and can stand for it. Noon after I
had little or no effect. Country bred was put on tlie St. Louis run I had an
boys and girls, thrown on their own re op|M>rtunity one night to let two or
sources, drifted by common Impulse to three berths and keep the money, pro-
the cities. There was reason for this viiled u ‘spotter’ dhl not board tbe
Shows How Our Aneeaors Cooked.
drifting cityward that was bred In the train.
“You can well Imagine that we al
I'rof. N. Trojanovfc, of Belgrade, has
bone. The Immigration movement that
liegan In the '(Ml's, and that carried thou ways kept a pretty good lookout for for several month* been making in
sands of people from the Eastern and these gentlemen. Tbe porter on the vestigation with the object of aster
Middle Western States to the Isolated cars always stands Iu with the con- tabling the exact manner in which food
farms of the Far West, aggravated con ductor and gets Ills bit of whatever la was cooked In Europe In primitive
ditions that had prevailed in all farm made. If any one we are a bit « lis times, and he has now arrived at the
ing districts. Houses were often mere ph-lous of gets aboard we have to keep conclusion that tlie general practice
excuses for homes. Families camped tub on him. The porter will wait until was to place the food In a pot and to
down in localities where they hoped In he 1s In his Is-rth and asleep and then warm It by means of red hot stones,
due time to become possessors of com bring out bls satchel to the end of the says the New York Herald. Nuch a pot
fortable homes. In their eagerness to car and open It. If the mau is a spot w as usually made of the bark of a tree,
possess land many Immigrants failed to ter. there Is always evidence of it Iu Ills and two or three sticks ran across It for
the pur]MMe of holding the stones In
measure properly or prepare for prevail satchel.
"On this particular night that I sjH-ak proper position. When a meal was to
Ing conditions. There were disappoint
ment. loneliness, and a longing for tbe of I was uneasy about one of my pas be prepared the pot was partially tilled
conveniences, comforts and privileges sengers. 1 got the porter to get the fel with mean ami water, nnd then In the
low's satchel and when we opened It vacant places were put the red hot
of modern life. Denial of these led to a
sure enough we found that he was a stones. The food was quickly warmed
migration toward the cities, and the
rullman inspector. That's what tbe iu this way and it was eaten before it
circumstances of life In many rural
company calls them; we always called grew cold.
communities Justified It. Grandually
In various parts of Nervfa primitive
there lias come a change. Wherever them 'spotters.” In the morning I
went up to Mr. Spotter as bold as brass. pots of this kind ari- still used. In
mortgages have been lifted country
1 had seen him putting down some fig other parts of Europe, notably in Mace
homes have taken on an air of comfort.
ures in a little memorandum book, so donia, pots formed of the bark of trees
The young people w ho thirty years ago
1 asked him: ‘Well, ho« much do you are also used, but the food In them. In
looked In vain for the advantages of
stead of being warmed by means of hot
city life In country neighborhoods now make It?'
"He tried to come the Innocent dodge stones. Is thoroughly cooked by a tire
find them at their doors. The mall that
on me, but I wouldn't have it. 'I know which Is lighted over them.
mine once a week In the old time, comes
you.' says 1, 'and you're a sjiotter.
I’rof. Trojanovlc has made a collec
now every day. The extension of the
Don't give me any blarney about It, for tion of these pots, and he regards them
rural delivery system carries letters and
I went through your satchel last night ns of peculiar Interest and value, since
newspaper to the homes of farmers Just
and know all about you.' Well, he al he is confident that In old days about
ns they are tarried to homes In the
cities. The building of trolley lines most had a tit. It was then bls turn ( every nation in Europe cooked Its food
to be scared, for If the cou>|Miiiy ever In utensils of this kind, though he
brings villages ami farms closer togeth
found out that lie was known lie would thinks It quite probable that a different
er In the matter of time. The better
be hunting a Job Iu a jiffy. But I soou method of heating the food prevailed
organization of country schools ami of
iu each country.
teachers’ Institutes puts the education put him at his ease.
"I’m afraid,' I says, 'that my returns
al privileges on a par with those In the
Homething of n Difference.
city. Fashion Itself has changed. The won't tally with yours. Hadn't we bet
"Sir," he said to the malinger of the
well to do people of the cities are look ter fix them up?'
"You're *10.75 short,' he says. 'I'll store, “I w ant to w arn you against that
ing countryward. The wealthy are In
have
to report It.'
clerk at the ribbon counter. I under
vesting money In country establish
“‘Oh, no. you won't,' says 1. 'If you stand lie has a wife In tbe East and left
ments. People tired of the Incessant
activity and the stress ami noise of city do. I'll have to let the company know her on account of his bad habits, and
life nre longing now for the quiet and your satchel was gone through with, his character, sir. his character----- ”
The visitor lievnme emphatic and ex
ntr of the country. This reaction given and then where will you be?
"He saw the point, all right, ■ltd we cited.
new value to many farms. It acts new
I would
"I beg your pardon," Interrupted the
standards for country boys and girls, then fixed up a compact that If
always manager; "you were saying something
keep
my
mouth
still
he
would
ami the fact that city people admit a
liking for the country may do for the keep hfs eyes shut when aboard my al»out his character."
He did. and I have had a good
"Well, sir, they say----- ”
young |Hs>ple of the country more than train,
for
three years. But this new
graft
“Ah, quite n difference, my dear sir;
all the arguments that have been
My friend, such
thrown at them for the last quarter of man queered me." — Chicago Inter quite a difference.
Ocean.
people aa you may establish a reputa
a century.
tlon for a man. but you can't touch his
UNHAPPY CITY PLANTS.
character. A man's character Is what
PHILADELPHIA MILLIONAIRES
he Is; his reputation la what people say
Many Forces " hieh Conspire to Re-
terd The r Growth.
he Is. Good day. sir.”
Quaker City < la nu I •'», W hose Fo*ses-
"I have liven giving some study lately
sioas Amount to
M),000,(M>A
And the young man at the ribbon
If the city of I’enn were to atari a to the question of affording better pro counter Just kept on working and
Philadelphia millions Ire's club, there tection to the vegetation of cities," said didn't feel a breeze Denver Times.
would I h > eligible for inembxvrshlp la a lo< al liotaiiUt several days ago to a
Whore Matches Were First Made.
this extraordinary organisation it? men New Orleans Times Democrat man,
The oldest match factory In the
and twenty-three women. In other "and. as a result, I have found myself
wort!*, 140 men and women lu this out In deep water, but still with a rath world Is In Sweden. Matches wen-
placid Quaker city own more thau *1. er Interestin* aerlea of facta to deal made there long t-efore the old. roughly
tuav.tuur apiece. Nome, of course, own with. At first I had no Idea where the trimmed splinter of wood tipped with
Hue of thought would lead me, and sulphur was discarded with the tinder
considerably more.
The richest man In tili* Philadelphia when 1 l-egsn to figure ou the various boxes for which they were used. In
millionaire's club la Wil. lam We (bi Influences which teud to arrest the twenty five years ttie export trade of
tuan. He I* said to tte worth ionic growth of vegetatlou In the cities they Sweden In foreign matches Increased
«Imre tmtween *75.OOO.<|OO and *l<)0.- simply multiplied with startling rapid to 10.000,000 boxes a year, and still It
(MUMN> the alight dlffervu, e of *25 <XX>. Ity. My own observation* have con ahould not be forgotten there was a
<MS> one way or the other not appearing vinced me that these Influence* not tn matchmaking In the garden of Eden,
to worry Mr. Weightman Mr. Weight frequently give birth to a flora so much and that many millions were lM>m
man made hla money In war time*. He at variance with the original aa to therefrom and hare gone Into all the
countries of the earth. Nagtnan Four
sold quinine pill* to the Government. make a new classification necessary.
“In the first place there Is the mat ier.
HI* wealth I* of the aolkl sort real
estate. He la said to own more real ter of noise In all Its forma and the vi
Population of the Earth,
bratory rumbling* which go with the
estate than any other man In Ptilladel
At tbe present rate of increase the
various activities of an augmented t>'p
phla, arid, luckily, to have selected
Flowers need sleep. Trees population of the earth will double it
property which la now tn the very heart util lion
sleep All forma of vegetable life must self, It Is said. In 1M0 years.
of the bualneaa district.
at regularly recurring Intervals l>e al
When you think you are fooling oth
John W.xnamaker come* next In the
lowed to lap*»- Into a rendition of re
ers, and they let on that they are be
Hat of real estate holdings, and I* aa d
pose els- some radical change will take
ing fooled. It may be for the purpose of
to be worth atsiul *lo.'•*'.<sal. M<«t of
place In the form of tbe plant. But
laughing at the extent to which you
the memlw-ra of thia exclusive m tllon-
noise is uot the only disturbing ele go. No on< fools any one of average
alre coterie twllexe In re
ment so far aa the restful condition of
sense; the people are quick to see It
William Weightman and
flower* and plants la concerned Light
when an attempt la made to foot them.
maker have gobbled up
I* no Inconsiderable factor. Plant* and No one w'uo respects another, tries to
bit* tn Phlladelphl*.
flow er* and all klmla of vegetation aleep
fool hltn.
The richest woman In
la Mm
lw*t aw vy from the glare So the lights
Sarah Van Rensselaer.
was a
of
the
city,
which
blind
all
through
the
Drexel, married John R
and at
night, must contribute somewhat to
hl* death ?H-eanie Mr* \
thia Interference with th* vegetable
Rensselaer. Her wealth I
•levp
L‘u*t aud amok* and other
*t J.«.*«' »**' 1'1. adelp' I
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Î
fbe Doetor’S flemma
By Hesba Stratton
CHAPTER VL—(Continued.)
We walked homa together. W • had a
good deal to talk of during the evening,
an l sat up late. It *»’ midnight before
I found myself alone in my own room.
I had half forgotten the crumpled paper
iu my waistcoat pocket, but now 1
smoothed it out before me and pondered
over every word. No, there could not ”•
a doubt that it referred to Mis* Ollivier.
Why should she have strayed from
home? That was the question.
hat
possible reason could there have been,
strong enough to impel a young and deli
cately nurtured girl to run all the risks
and dangers of a flight alone and unpro-
tected ?
What ought I to do with this adver-
tisement. thrust, is it would ifetu. pur-
posely under my notice? tV hat was I to
do with the clue? I might communicate
at once with Messrs. Ncott and Brown,
giving them the information they had ad
vertised for six months before. I might
sell my knowledge of Miss Ollivier for
fifty pounds. Iu doing so I might render
her a great service, by restoring bar to
her proper sphere in society. But tlie
recollection of Tardif's Inscription of her
as looking terrified and hunted recurred
vividly to me. The advertisement put
her age as twenty-one. I ahould not
have judged her so old myaelf, especially
since her hair had been cut short. I wa*
not prepared to deliver her up until I
knew something more of both aides of
the question.
Settled—that If I could see Messrs.
Ncott and Brown and learn something
about Miss Ollivier'* friends, I might be
then able to decide whether I would be
tray her to them; but I would not write.
Also, that I must see her again first, and
one« more urge her to have confidence
in me. If sh* would trust me with her
secret, I would be as true to her a* a
friend as I meant to be true to Julia.
Having come to these conclusion*, 1
cut the advertisement carefully out of
the crumpled paper, and placed It In my
pocketbook with portrait* of my mother
and Julia. Here were mementoes of tbe
three women I cared most for in the
world—my mother first, Julia second, and
my mysterious patient third.
"Speak precisely what Is In your mind
at this moment.” I replied.
“You are very, very good to me," she
said, holding out her hand to me, “but
I do not want you to come more often
than I* quite necessary, because I am
very poor. If I were rich, she went
on hurriedly, “I should like yo\j to come
every day—It la so pleasant—but I can
never pay you sufficiently for that long
week you were here.
So please do not
visit me ofteuer than is quite necessary.^
My face felt hot, but I scarcely knew
what to say. I bungled out an answer,
"I would not take any money from
you, and I shall come to see you as
often as I can.”
“You are not offended with me. Dr,
Martin?" she asked, in a pleading tone.
“No.” I answered; "but you are mis
taken in supposing a medical man has no
love for his profession apart from its
profits. To see that your arm gets prop
erly well is part of my duty, and I shall
fulfill it without any thought of whether
I shall get paid for it or no."
"Now,” she said, "I must let you know
how poor I am. Will you please tofetch
me my box out of my room?”
I was only too glad to obey her. This
seemed to be an opening to a complete
confidence between us. Now I came to
think of It. fortune had favored me in
thus throwing us together alone.
I lifted the small, light box very easily
—there could not be many treasures in
it—and carried It back to her. She took
a key out of her pocket and unlocked it
with some difficulty, but she could not
raise the lid without my help. I took
care not to offer any assistance until she
asked it.
;
Imaness and helple*sOe„
the core of my heart. Yet it . M
*•
indefinable re'uctauce that I T'*
ward my arfUmeat.
«
“Mis* Ollivier,” l u_;-
claim of old aeqaaintsne* “I tar. M
yet it is possible 1 might
questions, if you could prevaiUo*
aelf to tell me the cireum*tlU(J"i**
former life. In a few week* I x ,
a position to show you more
than I can do now. 1 »ha;, ba- ° *4'’
of my own, and a wife, who win t‘ h°“*
friend mor. fittingly, perhaps.
I knew it, she answered, half
■
"Tardif told me you were goin/r
’’
ry your cousin Julia.”
‘ ' toM-
Just then we heard the foldyard
swing to behind some one who w.
lug to the bouse.
’l'0®’
It was au immrn.se relief tc *~
lardifs tall figure crossing th-
slowly. I hailed him. and he
hts pace, his honest feature* hght
at the sight of me.
ni
"How do you find mam zelle, doctor"
re his brat eager words.
“All right, I said; “going on r.m .
Sark Is enough to cure any one aniT/’
thing of itself,
Tardif. There
is -
-
»nere j,
like it. I »hould
"
not tn,QJ
ill here myself."
"Captain Carey is impatient to b,
gone,” he continued, “He sent wuhj bj
me that you might be visiting ev,_
house in the island. you had been iBi,
so long.”
•’
"Not so very long." I said. testily- “bw
I will just run in aud say good by
Wnnt T0U t0 walk with
to th*
I turned back for a last look and a last
word. No chance of learning her aecrtt
now. Tbe picture w4( as perfect u
when I had had the first glimpse of t
only her face had grown, if p0„iW'
more charming after my renewed
tiny of it.
“Shall I aend you the hair?" asked Mid
Ollivier.
"
“To be sure," I answered. “I ,b»i|
dispose of it to advantage, but I bars
not time to wait for it now."
“Aud may I write a letter to yon?"
“Yes,'' was my reply. I was t00 p|ta>
ed to express myself more eloquently.
“Good-by,” she said; "you are a rsry
good doctor to me,”
CHAPTER VII.
I was neither in good spirit* nor in
good temper during the next few day*.
My mother and Julia appeared astoniah-
ed at this, for I was not ordinarily as
touchy and fractious as I showed myself
immediately after my sojourn in Sark.
I was ashamed of it myself. The new
house, which occupied their time and
thoughts so agreeably, worried me as
it bad not done before. I made every
possible excuse not to be sent to It, or
taken to it, several times a day.
It was positively necessary that 1
should run over to Sark this week—I had
given my word to Misa Ollivier that I
would do so—but I dared not mention
“HALF ASLEEP.”
such a project at home. My mother and
Julia would be up in arms at the first
Yes, there were very few possessions
syllable I uttered.
"And friend?” I added.
“And friend,” she repeated.
What if I could do two patients good in that light trunk, but the first glance
For the next few days I waited with
at one stroke—kill two birds with one showed me a blue silk dress and sealskin
stone? Captain Carey had a pretty little jacket and hat. 1 lifted them out for some impatience for Miss Ollivier'» prom
yacht lying idle In St. Sampson's har her, and after them a pair of velvet slip ised letter. It came at last, and I put it
bor, aud a day's cruising would do him pers, soiled, as if they had been through into mv pocket to read when I was aLn*
all tbe good in the world. Why ahould muddy roads. I did not utter a remark. —why, I could scarcely have explained
he not carry me over to Sark, when I Beneath these lay a handsome watch and to myself. It ran thus:
“Dear Dr. Martin—1 have no littl*
could visit my other patient, and nobody chain, a fine diamond ring and five sover
eigns lying loose in the box.
commission to trouble you with. Tardif
be made miserable by the trip?
“That is all the money I have in the tells me it was quite a mistake, his moth
“I will make you up some of your old
er taking a sovereign from me ea h seek
medicine,” I said, “but I strongly rec world,” she said sadly.
1 laid the five sovereigns in her small Slie does not understand English tnouey;
ommend you to have a day out on the
water; seven or eight hours at any rate. white hand, and she turned them over, aul he says I have paid quite sutlicieBt
If the weather keeps as tine as it is now, one after another, with a pitiful look on to stay with them a whole year longer
her fuce. I felt foolish enough to cry without paying any more. 1 am quit»
it w ill do you a world of good.”
over them myself.
“It is so dreary alone,” fie objected.
content about that now. Tardif says, too,
"Dr. Martin,” was her unexpected that he has a friend in Southampton a ho
“If I could manage It,” I said, delib
erating. “I should be glad to have a day question after a long pause, “do you will buy my hair, and give more than
know what became of my hair?”
with you.”
anybody iu Guernsey. So 1 need not
“Why
I asked, looking at her tin- trouble you about It, though I am sure
“Ah! if you could do that!” he replied
gers
running
through
the
short
curls
we you would have done it for me.
eagerly.
“I'll see about it," I said. “Should you had left her.
"Good by, my good doctor. I am try-
"Because that ought to be sold for it:g to do everything you told me exact-
mind where you sailed to?”
"Not at all, not at all, my boy," he something,” she said, “I am almost glad ly : and I am getting well again fast I
answered, "ao that I get your company. you had it cut off. My hairdresser told do not believe I shall be lame; you ars
You shall be skipper or belmsniau, or me once he would give five guineas for a too clem for that. Your patient.
head of hair like mine, it was so long,
both, if you like.”
“OLIVIA.*
Five
Olivia! I looked at the word again ts
"Well. then. I replied, "you might take and the color was uncommon.
me over to the Havre Gosselin, to see guineas would not be half enough to pay make sure of it Then it was uot her
surname that was Ollivier, and I was still
how my patient's broken arm la going on. you, though, I know.”
She spoke so simply and quietly that 1 ignorant of that. I saw in a moment
It's a bore there being no resident med
did not attempt to remonstrate with her how the mistake had arisen, aul how
ical man there at this moment.”
innocent she was of any deception in the
The run over was all that we conld about her anxiety to pay me.
' Tardif has it," 1 said; “but of course matter. She would tell Tardif that hrr
wiah. The cockle-shell of a boat be
longing to the yacht bore me to the foot he will give it you back aguin. Shall 1 name was Olivia, aud he thought only
of the ladder banginf down the rock at sell it for you, mam'zelle?”
of the Olliviers he knew. It was »
“Oh, that is just what I could not ask take that had been of use in checkinl
Havre Gosselin.
A very few minute*
you!
”
she
exclaimed.
“
You
see
there la curiosity, and I did not feel boun-J to put
took me to tho top of the cliff, and there
lay the little thatched nest-like home of no one to buy It here, and I hope it may it right. My mother and Julia appearel
uiy patient. I hastened forward eagerly. be a long time before I go away. I don't to have forgotten my patient in Sark al
All was silent as I crossed the stony know, though; that depends upon wheth together.
causeway of the yard. Not a face looked er I can dispose of my things. There is
Olivia! I thougbt it a very pretty
out from door or window. Mam'zelle'* my sealskin, it cost twenty-five guineas name, and repeated it to myself with I'k
casement stood a little way open, and last year, and It ought to be worth some abbreviations. Olive. Livy. It was di®-
tbe breeze played with the curtains, flut thing. And my watch—see what a nice cult to abbreviate Julia: Ju. 1 had called
tering them like banners In a procession. one it is. I ahould like to sell them all, her in my rudest schoolboy days. I won
I dared not try to look in. The house every one. Then I could stay here as dered how high Olivia would stanJ he
door was ajar, and I approached it cau long as the money lasted.”
side me; for I had never seen her oa her
"How much do you pay here?” I inquir feet. Julia was not two inches shorter
tiously. "Thank heaven!" I cried within
myself aa I gazed eagerly into the cot ed. for she had taken me so far into than myself; a tall, stiff figure- neuhe»
tage.
counsel that I felt Justified in asking slender enough to be lissome, nor w»‘‘
She was lying there upon the fem bed, that question.
proportioned enough to be majestic.
“A pound a week," she answered.
half asleep, her head fallen back upon
she was very good, nnd her price was .
the pillow, and tbe book she had been
"A pound a week!” I repeated, in
rubiea.
reading dropped from her hand. The amazement. "Loe* Tardif know that?” above
I visited Nark again in about ten day
whole Interior of the cottage formed a
“I don't think he does,” she said.
picture. The old furniture of oak, the “When I had been here a week 1 gave to set Olivia free from niy embargo upo
neutral tints of the wall and celling, and Mrs. Tardif a sovereign, thinking per her walking. I allowed her to walk a i
the deep tone of her green dress threw haps she would give me a little out of it. tie way along a smooth meadow pad
eut into strong relief the graceful shin I am not used to being poor, and I did leaning on my arm; and I found that •
was a head lower than myse'.f—» •
ing head and pale face.
! not know how much I ought to pay. But tiful height for a woman.
I hat '“•
I suppose she became subtly conscious, she kept it all, ^pd came to me every Captain Carey had set me down at t
as women always *re. that somebody's WMk for more. Wa* it too much to Havre Gosselin, sppoin ing to tn**>
eyes were fixed upon her, for she xwoke pay?”
the Creux harbor, w hi-h was exat y
fully and looked up a* I lingered ou the
"Too much!" I said. "Y’ou should have the opposite side of the islasd. Iu
door sill.
spoken to Tardif about it. my poor child.” ing over to it—« distance of rather n
"Oh. Dr. Martin!" she cr ed, “I am *o
"I could not talk to Tardif about hi* than a mile 1 - t
glad I"
mother,” she answered.
"Besides, it friends, Emma and Maria Brou.ir ~
"1 am come to see how my work is go would not have been too much. If I had
“You here again, Martin exeat
ing on. I »aid. "How is the arm. fir*’ only had plenty. But it his made me so
Emaa.
of all?”
anxious. I did not know whatever I
- j M
“Yes." 1 answered; “Csptain C*W
I almost wished that mother Renouf or should do when it wa* all gone. I do not
me down at the Havre Goasel •lin. ani i»
Susanne Tardif had been at hand But know now.”
Creux"
Miss Ollivier seemed perfectly composed,
Here was a capital opening for a ques gone round to meet mr st the je.ai
"You have been to see that
a* mu h SO aa a child. She looked ilk* tion about her friend*.
one with her cropped head of hair, and
"Y’ou will be compelled to communi son?” asked Maria.
“Yes,” I replied.
-
frank, open fac*. My own momentary cate with your family,” I sail. "You
"She is a very s.ng lar y,v 8 '
embarrassment passed away The arm have told me how poo. you are; cannot
she continued; “we think h- r »tap-
was g> ng on all right, and *o wa* moth you trust me about your friends?”
er Renouf s charge, the sprained ankle.
"I have no friends,” she answered sor cannot make anything of her , ‘irr«
“We must take ar* you are u q lam*," rowfully. "It I had any, do you suppose is no doubt poor Tardif means to tn
her.”
I sa I
You must promise me not to I should be here?"
. . .... -I t~i
"Nonsense!" I ejaculated hot y.
set your foot on the ground, or In any
“I am one." I said, "and Tardif is an
• ivs Tanlli
your pardon. Maria, but I *'1
way rest vour weight upon It. till 1 glr* other.”
to
kn.«»
bi»
joj leave “
“Ah. new friends." she replied; "but I credit for sense enough l-
"That mean* that you will have to mean real old friend* who have known positlon."
I bad half an hour to wait tn
Cvime to see me again." she said; "ia It yeu all your life. like your mother. Dr
very difllcalt to come over from ' Martin, or your cousin Juila. I want harbor. It* great cliff* rt* ng «
G:irrn«ey T*
* somebody to go to who know* all about tne. with only a tnnnei bored
“Not at alt” I • DiWrrtd, ’It It quit*
me. and say to them, after telling them them to form an entrance to
a treat to me."
everyth.ng.
keep'ng noth.ng back at all. island within. My rage bad p«'
n?r fare grew T»ry grave, ** |f
Have
I
done
right? What else ought 1 ed Itself away before the y* ht
»aa thiahia*
ng ef some unpleasant topic. to hare doner N > n-w friend could an sight
She looked ! it
at me earnestly sad quee-
(To be coot la ned '
swer question« like those.”
tioniagly
Wa* there lay reason 1 conld bring
"M*y I speak to you with great plain forward to Increase her confidence in
Tb* early circB* calti»** t1»*
ness. Dr Martin?*' eke sexed.
me? I thought there was. and her friend I boy a quarter.