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0h1 why. should the spirit of mortal be
proud
Iailse a swift fleeting meteor. a fast flying
cloud ?
and heavier than Philip Bold, but
less wiry and active Philip could
out -run, out: jump and out -wrestle
him. But Philip's father, the lead=
A dash of the lightning. a break of the, ing physician of the neighborhood,
wave, though possessed of la comfortable
He paAseth from life to his rest in the I
grave, fortune; and eonstantly adding to it,
was net so rich as the elder Lomax.
On the strength of his size and
money, Joe domineered over the
smalled boys, and even over Philip,
who gave way to him an most oc-
casions with a calm, indifference
which the rest thought to bit fear,
One day we had a new pupil, and
a very little one ---a child of eight
years, a winsome blue Dyed, golden-
haired lassie, who became the pet of
every one except Lomax, Her
mother was a poor widow, named
Tee hand of the king that the scepter bath Thorno, who had collie to the village
bort�e, the ear before, whence no one knew.
The bow of the priest that the miter bath She respectable,
worn, for she had
The eye of the save and the heart of the � brought letters to the rector of the
brave ! parish, who Vouched for her ; but he
Are hidden and lost in the depthsof the I was reticent.
grave. She pact, been bred
' The peasant, whose lot was to sow and to . feature showed it. a ery It soon
reale, lruinoi'ed that she was the d.
The herdsman, who e]imbed with his goats
to the steep; I of a rich man, had ;married against
The beggar, who wandered in search of his his will, had been disowned, and her
brenrl, husband had proved to be worthless
Savo f,i'1ed away like the grass that we and drunken, and then had died,
tret, t,
?'There was no foundation, possibly,
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall
fade,
Be scattered around and together be Jaid,
And the young arta toe old, and the low,.
and the high
Shall moulder MI dust and together shall
lie.
The infant a mother attended and loved,
The another th,ct infant's affection who.
proved,
The husband that mother and infant who
blessed,
Hach., alt are away to their dwellings of
rest.
TRE WI G AM TIMES, JULY 12, I89R .
4Tiilli,' according to his. taste or
fancy, Let me go to New York
and work my way up,'
'1 have no objection,' said his
father, after a little thought, to. let
yon trey; though 'ari'fl be beets in a
you or so, If you only walk the
hospitals there, the experience will
be of service. As you are not ex-
travagant, I'll let you have twelve
hundred a year, and if it be needed,
may (stretch it a little'
'Twelve hundred is liberal, thank
you, sir. I Can get an with that
easily.'
So Dr. Philip Bold went to New
York City, hired an office in an out-
of-the-way quarter, and divided the
time between his den and the
hospitals. He got a patient now and
then, but of the poorer hind, and at
the end of the year counted his pro-
fessional income at thirty-five dol-
lars, But he kept heart, his time
would come sometime, he said. So
it did, At least a change in his. Life
in his own energy.
`You know the old proverb,' said
Barton: 'Brag is a ;good dog, but
Holdfast : is a better. It ,tales time
to build up a praettee in a great
city; but when a. lean has skill,
perseverance and tact, joined to
sympathy ,with suffering, it will be
built in time,'
The talk became general, and
Philip was charmed by Mss Barton's
share of it. In the height of all, a
servant brought in a card for Dr.
Barton, who took it, and threw it
back on the salver.
'Your big admirer, Cecilia. Ask
llIr. Lomax up, James.'
Lomax ! Yes, it was Philip's old
college mate and quondam, antagon-
ist. The two knew each other at
Qcetn.
there having been little change
In looks since they parted, Lomax
was as big and as blustering as ever,
but .the redness which had extended
from his cheeks to his face showed
that be d and C came, and a step for him, It seemed the table especiallys fond of the pthe fearures of
became 1 to be accidental, and came tlu'ough part of them. Barton nher
daughter an accident andher
wvitli
t
'1 heard of your accident, sir,'
said Lomax, 'and my interest and
sympathy led me to call and inquire.
I hope it is not so serious as re-
ported.'
helpless. 'Thank you, Mr. Lomax, I am do-
•
`Are you much hurt, sir ?' inquired ininti day or two, owing touite well, and all iltl tl he rightskill
Philip. and attention of Dr. Bold, here. ki I
`Jarred a great deal. That
banana skin intended I should break
my arm, but merely --yes,' he con-
tinued, feeling his left arm—'yes, it
has compromised by throwing the
head of the humerus into the area -pit.
The bone seems t be intact.' my arm was not broken. It might
`You appear be a doctor,' said have snapped like a pipe -stein. A
Philip. 'Then you know how much banana -peel has no conscience, and
easier it is to reduce a luxation early never looks out for consequences, no
more than the brainless fool who
drops it on the pavement. It was.
fortunate for me, also, that the man-
trap was on the other side of the way
from the doctor's .office, so the luxa-
tion was reduced, at once.'
• Lomax laughed.J&
• 'I really beg your pardon,' he
said, in reply to their looks ; but I
was thinking of the needy surgeon
ire boys to dr
So the multitude goes, like the flower or for the rumor; but there it was.
the weed
That withers away to let others succeed; !However she strove to earn a living
. So the multitude conies, even those we at dress -making, having taste and
behold, ' expertness in fitting, and eked out
To repeat every tale that has often been her subsistence by keeping a little
told.
!shop, where she sold needles, thread,
Por we are the same as our fathers have tape, and such things, along with
been— molasses -candy, which had a great
We see the same sights that our fathers
have seen, reputation with the boys for its
We drink the same stream and view the brittleness and toothsomeness. She
same sun ( was a meek, sad -eyed woman, frail
And run the same course our fathers have
run. and weak, but levered. to her hand-
some and healthy -looking little
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers daughter.
would think, i Joe Lomax, who carried his bully -
From the death we are shrinking our
fathers would shrink, • ing way around with him, had been
To the life we are clinging they also would ISO offensively insolent in his visits to
cling, the widow's shop that she plucked
But it speeds from ns all, like a bird on the • f
Wing, up spirit enough to order him never
Whey loved, but the story we cannot un i again to enter it. He thought to get
fold;satisfaction by picking at the child—
•
They scorned, but the heart of the haughty ' Sis Thorne, as she was called ; and
is cold; 1 one day during recess carried it so
They grieved, but no wail from their slum- 1 far on the playground that the girls
ber will come;
They joyed, but the tongue of their glad. � cried out "Shame." This only made
mess is dumb,t him go on. The child ran from him
They died --aye, they died—and we things f in fright, and tripped on a stick, fell
that are now, and cut her head on a stone, and the
That walk on the turf that Lies over their blood trickled down in a stream.
brow Philip washed off the blood, and
And make in their dwellings a transient
abode, staunched the flow by pressure. `It
Meet the things that they met on their was merely a skin wound, though an
pilgrimage road. inch moz'es would have brought the
Yea, hope and despondent blow over' the temple. We were all
pain, 3'+ pleasure and r.
We mingle together in sunshine and rain,
And the smile and the tear, the song, and
the dirge,
Still follow each other, like surge upon
serge.
'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draft .of a
breath,
From the blossom of health to the paleness
of death,
From the gilded saloon to the bier and the
shroud,
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be
' proud?
—William Knox.
ocked, and frightened at first, and
so I think was Lomax ; but when he
found the trifling nature of the cut
he began to chaff the ehild again,
and tell her it was bad blood being
let out of her. This made her tears
flow.. afresh. Philip stooped down
and kissed her; then, turning
around, he said :
`Joe Lomax, I think you are the
biggest brute and Meanest coward I
ever ,net.'
Everyone was surprised to hear
Timid speak up in that way, and we
A WOMAN'S MEMORY. ful
grouped around
Joe the��eddenedo at a s and
slBX face. Out
THOMAS DUNK ENGLISH. shot Phil Philip's d the ,right sther e and I never
saw anyone drop quicker than Joe.
Dr. Bold, familiarly known as Tim +' He was up in a second, and made a
Bold, and sometimes as Dr, Tim (rush at his ant ovist but wen
Bold, not unfrequently received
letters addressed, "Dr. Timbold," or
"Timothy Bold, 2 D.," which he
threw into the waste -basket. For
he had been christened Philip and
down again, and t!s time with such
effect that the fobs ended. The
master came out, ,; and heard our
version of the difficulty. He decided
, not to decide, ands went in again.
the Tim was not an abbreviation of : But he lost his new pupil. She went
Timothy, but of "Timid," a nickname ! to sehool farther,- off; for an old
lie had won at school from his shy- gentleman came to the place shorty:
iiess, retiring manners,and disincline- after, and earried mother and child
gen to engage in a quarrel. But he a
Was plueky enough�on occasion, as a
little Incident during his school days
May serve to show,
The school was one of those mixed
academies common enough previous
t the coming of the common -school
Stystem, made up of pupils of both
grandfather received him
Philip was sitting in his office one courtesy rather more formal
day, examining some notes of a; that dealt to Philip.
recent Clinique, when he chanced to
look up and out, and saw ars old,
white-haired gentleman fall sudden-
ly on the opposite;siden.alk. He ran
out, bare -headed, crossed the street,
and raised the other, who seemed
congratulate myself on my good
fortune.'
'Good fortune ?'
'Yes, at my age—I am over three-
score, you know, and my bones lack
gelatine. My -good fortune is that
am Doctor Bold, and if you will
come to my office across the road, I
will put the head of that bone where
it should be,'
`Doctor Bold ! Not Dr. Tim Bold ?'
'Philip Bold, sir ; but Tim is a
boyish nickname that I had thought
nearly lost.'
'Such things stick a long while,
Doctor, and it's a good thing some-
times that they do.' who used to h
It was not long before the arm of orange -peel near the surgery so as tQ
Dr. Barton—for that was the old bring him patients.'
gentleman's name—was in its proper Philip was not disturbed
lace. A . b the
p cab was sent for. i11 -timed jest, but the eyes of Miss
`Now,' said Dr. Barton, as 'he was Barton flashed, and the brows of her
going, 'here is my card. You will grandfather kitted for a moment.
come to me to -morrow morning, look Lomax saw his error, and in at -
wise at my shoulder, order a cooling tempting to retrieve himself, made it
lotion, if required, and then we will worse.
settle about the fee.' 'Of course,' he said, 'no one woe
`No. fee on my account. The code attribute to Tim --Dr. Bold—an
of medical ethics—' thing like that.'
`Does forbid a fee demanded from 'No one,' returned Dr. Barto
a professional brother; 'but not the 'At least no gentleman would mak
acceptance of honorarium, when the such a charge, or --insinuate. it.'
colleague has . means,' And the Lomax had sense enough to Cham,
other doctor chuckled as Philip the topic.
helped him into the cab, 'While I am here,' he said, 'let m
The next day Dr. Bold called on ask of you a favor. My mother i
his patient. He had often heard of; making up an opera -party for
Dr. Barton as one who had retired' Thursday night, and if your arm
from practice years before, and had should not interfere, and I think not
swelled his fortune by fortunate in- from what you have said, there are
vestments, and as having the rep two seats vacant in the box, purpose-
uitailon of being eccentric. He had ly held open for Miss Barton and
a granddaughter ---a beauty and a yourself.'
belle. Her father and mother were 'We are very much obliged, Mr.
both dead, butshe was the pet and! Lomax,' replied Barton. 'It would
the presumptive heiress of the grand -be very pleasant but we , have
father. Philip did not expect to see f already a box for that evening, and
her, but got himself lisp, nevertheless I a party.'
in the most becoming way, which, After a little while Lomax left.
as he was a handsome fellow, was 'Doctor,' said the old Ivan, ad -
proper enough. He was ushered dressing Philip, 'frankly, now, did
into the library, where he found his you feel no inclination to knock that
patient seated, duly dressing -gowned, fellow down P'
and with him a girl of about twenty, 'Not the slightest,' responded
rose as Philip entered. Philip. 'I knew him when a boy,
am glad to see you, Doctor,' I think he is improved,
and means
the old man, heartily. 'Let me well enough. here s less malice
mit you to my granddaughter, than bad. address.' '
Barton. This, my dear Cecilia, 'And,by the by,' continued Barton,
r. Tim --I beg pardon._ Doetor ignoring Philip's excuse for Lomax'
fp Bold, who put my arta in —'have you an engagement for
ee�yesterday easily and scientiff- Thursday night that you can put
y Toff?'
'I have none at all, sir.'
'We at hint rather curiously, and rather our box have and I wi ust h vacant seat t;
admiringly ; and he was smitten' come and dine with hes t five, o flil
breathless with hen beauty, which ; hour before our usual time and an
ou
was of a perfect' blonde type, set off • can go in our coact You will ? yAl
by .irreproaeha le grace of manner. right, What! . '•e you going1
The old doctor, or some undefinable Her , . i p ?
re e is something n ari
anon, possibly because his arm No! not a fee ---me ely honor; urn
began to feel com.fbrtable, scented to whieh'
c . is your dutyaccept.
buckle o .. �.. e ' Don't
occasionally, and his eyes forget to loop in to,rrrcorrowr,'
had a gleam of .amusement, In the I Philip did not think of the envelope
conversation that, ensued, he pumped !oft his way home. His mind was
Philip, in a, cheery way, about 'the' full of Ceeilla Barton, and her grand-
latter's pr ofession ti prospects. Philip ' father—mainly Cecilia, grand-
latter's
them no to be very bril1f-1 'Certainly,' he said, as he drifted
anhope of hbut is yeas,aid he d ts Clad ot colhout the hie 1iidenee rioctn is veryhis
kind sand courteous; 'the
$
way. The shop was closed, and who
the whole affair forgotten. aI
The two boys entered afterward said
at the same college. Lomax in time pres
pulled through, after a fashion. lliiss
Philip was gradtiated more credit- is'D
nht
Phil
plac
Ph
for h
y, taking one. of the college
Sexes, and children of both rich and' prizes, and began the study of Medi -
Sexes,
pool'. The master was one of the
old kited, harsh and crabbed, ruling
by fear of the rod, but was a good
Latfn'and Greek as well as a fad
rue. When he was twenty-six he
obtained bis doctor's degree,
Philip's father was very proud of
his son, as well as. fond,
r 'Now,' he said, '1,]1 pave the way
English scholar. Most of the pupils; for your future, Phil, Y
'Were small, and were there for the have the leadingpractice know I
'l'litiiments; but there were two big' 1 will take np. here, and
lr6dye, each over sixteen whom he had until I retire.' youpartnership
l -charge to prepare for college. 'Illy dear father,' replied Philip, 'it
One e of these was Je eph Lomax_. is very kind and thou h
tful of mmicks, as the boys nicknamed but, if you reflect,' you will own that
dint behind his back. Ile was the It wilt not do, Everybody has
Mt of the richest 1110.11111 the county known nue as a boy ; and if I had
'•iso rich, indeed, that, besides his the skill of a Hosack or a Ph ysiek,
epuntry-seat outside of the village he they would relnelnber me as a' ,
had a residence in New York city, . and as nothing else._ Nobody boy,has
Title he cetupfed about live irtonths , even Called nie doctor since 1 ave
In the years Lentos was stouter been 'back. It has been 'Phil' or
flip bowed, rather awkwardly
ini, for the young lady looked
but it will not do. to see too much of
hyoung lady, Ile means Ler, no
doubt, for mate to a millionaire.
But, isn't she delightful ?' As he
lifted his coat from the chair back in
order to bang it up, the envelope fell
out of the breast•pooket. He tore
open the enclosure,
'Oh 1 this is preposterous l' he
ejaculated.
'A cheque for three hundred
dollars! Mang it! I am at a loss to
know how to act, The old, man
don't know that I have an allowance,
and keep within it, He has a notion.
that I ant in want because of my
poor practice. I;nest disabuse his
mind.
And he did so the next morning
and offered to return the cheque.
Dr. Barton shook his bead negatively.
'My dear young friend and col-
league, that cannot be. It would
dissarrange my bank account, • The
amount has no reference to yo
circumstances, --not the slightest.
is fair --no more, Put it in yo
pocket, and say no. more about i
though I like. you no less for you
offer."
At the opera Philip saw Lomax
party, which sat directly opposi
and recognized Lomax, ma nine ti
caparisoned, He conjectured that
they were talking of Cecilia or him-
self, or both, as the lorgnettes from
that quarter made the Barton box a
target. He cared nothing for that.
He sat beside Cecilia, who looked
"more dazzling, daring in full dress."
The light will draw the moth, un-
conscious of the peril to its wings,
and so Philip drifted from acquuain
tanceship into intimacy. He beeam
a constant visitor and a welcom
guest, at least to Dr. Barton, Ceeili
received him courteously, but thea
was at times a shyness at variane
with her usual self -poise that some
what embarrassed him. But he
could see her and hear her, and
admire her. Lomax came frequent
ly—he was an avowed suitor. With-
out specially favoring him, Cecilia
was more at ease in his presence, and
remained standing, with. her eyes
cast down. Philip tr; n,bled like an
aspen leaf; but he too j her hand..
"Cecilia!'
'Philip !'.
Now my experience as an old man:
is—or' rather, as a young man, was
—and my memory is keen for a
veteran, that when two of marriage
able age, a young span and young
woman, hand in band, murmur .each
other's names in that way, popping
the question formally is a waste of
words: the mischief has been done.
Dr. Barton was still writing in bis
library when the two came in, look-
ing sheepishly happy,
'Well ?' said be, inquiringly, look-
ing up.
'Miss Cecilia has done me the
boner to accept nae, sir, with your
approval,'
'Oh,1 gave my consent in advance.'
'I hardly realize, Doctor, how I '
ur have come by this happiness.'
It 'Let me enlighten you, Philip.
lu' Come to me, Cecilia. My only
t ; daughter was married without my
r approval, sir ; my only granddaugh-
ter will be married, with it. My
,s daughter died three years since, but.
to she often spoke of you. Observe
this faint scar, when I throw back
the looks, on Cecilia's forehead.
There, now that she is blushing to. the roots of the hair, it shows quite
plainly. That is the mark from Joe
Lomax's brutality. This is Cissy-
Thorne, though she has taken my
name while with me. The little
girl never forgot it, nor you. The
story has been told me so often that
_ I know it by heart, and how you
e, trounced the cur. And when T
e brought your name home-'
a 'Oh, grandpa!,
•e 'Be quiet ; I am only anticipating
o you, Cissy. You'd be sure to tell,
_ him yourself. You were ,just wvild •
to see hint again. Philip, I have
seen and bad a talk withyour father.
_ He will double your allowance, and
Cecilia will draw on my checkbook
ad libitum, as usual. When you two
are married, ygit may go off for a
month, billing nd cooing, elsewhere,
But I cannot lose my Iittle girl en-
tirely, nor dpp I wish to lose you.
This howlse is Very large ; there are
enough servants, and, if you Continue
practice, it will be good exercise for
you to walk or ride between this and
your office. There—I hitven't finish-
ed my letters. You both go to . tilt,
drawing -room and gabble till dinner
ready. I'll see you at table.
Dr. Fowler's Extract of wild Strawberry
res Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic Cra
poor Philip felt it would be a match
after all. Lomax had wealth, and
prospects of more. Philip had fair
prospects, but was poor. So it went
on for months: At last Philip pluck-
ed up resolution, made his visits less
frequent, and then dropped off alto-
gether.
About two weeks after this, Philip
sat in his office - over a mediea1
Journal, trying to disentangle Cecilia's Is
face from the printed lines before his
eyes, when the door opened and Dr, on
Barton came in.
'What has been the matter
you, young Ivan --wick ?'
'No, sir ; but I—" -
'Have either Cecilia or I offe
you ? Why haven't you been to
us?'
'Doctor, the fact is—'
`Well, what is the fact ?'
`I --I have seen too much of Cecilia
—of Mist Barton, for my own peace
of mind. I thought it better to get
out of the sphere of her attraction
while I could,' said Philip, with , an
af ectation of gayety.
'Indeed! Is 8110 so very repulsive
hen ?'
'You know better, sir. I love her
much as any one Can,, but I have
ut a limited income, and I would.
of abuse your hospitality by an
ndeavor to. gain her affections with-
out your consent. It is. true that I
Cholera, Cholera Infam
ntu, Cholera Mor, '
with bus and all summer complaints and fluxes
of the bowels in children or adults.
t The Manitoba Legislature pro-
dednrogued Friday. The speech from
see I the throne commended the terms of
the reply to the remedial order.
t
as
b
n
e
i' have fair expectations, but my father
I is a hale, vigorous plan, and long
may be live to enjoy his well-earned
competence, Mr. Lomax is wealthy,
as well as a rich man's son, and---'
`Lomax ! is it he, then ? If it be
any particular interest to you, I may
tell you that he did me the honor to
propose for Cecilia's hand last week
As I knew what the result would be,
I sent hien to her, and she sent him
about his business. Mr. Lomax need
not be a source of trouble.'
'Dr, Barton, may 1 hope—'
`Don't get into ecstasies, Of course
1 would not have adrpitted you to
my house had 1 any partieular
aversion to your falling in love with.
niy granddaughter or pile with you.
I 'do not know anI thing about
Cecilia's feelings—at least, she has
given me no confidences in the matter
-that is your lookout: 33ut I miss
you a great deal. You needn't desert,
the grandfather because of despair
about the granddaughter. Come to
dinner this evening and plead your
own cause,'
Philip went. What else oonld he -
do ? Ile found the two ih the
drawing -room, Dr. Marton excused
himself on the plea, of having' letters
to write. It was evidently a pro.
determined opportunity. Cecilia
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