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U 1 ___ i i ii iiiianvaiMqMMEni…

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U 1 i i ii iiiianvaiMqMMEni TO-DAY'S SHORT STOXY.j i The Doctors Woomg '1I:r Dr. taainei had a very extensive and1 increasing practice. lie was a mar. c:.>njder- sfc-y over fifty y-ears of a?s—tall and spare, and not at ail prepossessing in Li3 .a;p2ar., ante; indeed, soiae people went as far as to i describe him a,a rxgiy, bit a close observer would have rsmark-sd that a. man SlCn s pair cf in his head; could not be valvar iy coiled ugly, -o we shail say that lie was simply plain His complexion was sallow in the eiarerae, but that may have bean accounted for from the sold which he put in his pockets, and which may hava got ncc his circulation and turned his face yellow. Day in, day oat, from morning till night. he could be seen on his professional visits, and, as often happen;, in tlÜs world, success was thrust upon aim, when he was totally j indifferent to it. for his hear; lay in his study, whence he retired at every possible j moment he could spare to resume the great i work he had in view, and with which he hoped to electrify the world. It was a great work "On the Heart," and he fiatterad him-olf tha.t he had dis-covered something which no other physician had yst discovered, ard that it would prove aiii untold blessi llg to mankind. Amongrsw his patients was a retired cap-; tain, who lived in one of the fashionable squares of the town with an oaly caughtar, a girl of twenty. Day after day the doctor visited the captain, but w-ih ]- tie effect, for he was a confirmed hypochondriac, never oeasins to lament his fallen fortunes, and 60 much did his disagreeable and discon- tented speeches gTate on the doctor's ears thai he would have up tho case at once had it not been for the entreaties of his little ,-irl. No one knew what Mabel Burton had to put up with in her life, for it was impossible to pleads her father, and with that, and trying1 to make their slender means meez the captain's extravagant tastes, the poor grir's spirits were utterly crushed, and her heart nearly broken. Dr. Samuel, however, could see a good d3a" although no one won Id have ghen him credit for it, and very swan he understood the care- worn and depressed look upon the girl's faoa and as the days passed by he began to won- der at himself for the interest he'could not help feeling in the young lady. In all his fifty years he had never seen a woman who had interested him more, and as his carriage stopped at the captain's door he besan t,) uronder of late at the queer sensation that he fait -at his heart, end it was ramarkable that in his work, "On the Heart," he had quite overlooked this sensation,- that, in faot. until now he had never discovered it. Could it really be possible that h, had fallen in love? The thing seemed impossible at his age, yet old George, his coachman, could hava enlightened him cn the subject, for often, after the doctor had paid his morning visit to the captain, and been set down at some other patient's door, at the end of which visit he "ILl tell George to drive back to the captain's, the wily old coachman would grin to himself as he drove back, and em-joy the diseonSture of his master when h? discovered where he wa, ea in a shams* faocd manner ttia doctor would «Anr-or some excuse, and request the old fellow to dri-, a ta socio other address, Ai may bo eitseeted, thi:, emild not are on for over, ao Dr, iSamu^l, after leohirg things ettr,t.' ght in Tile i'ace and co-niRfif to tba tosini-oa that in cpltp df his yea-ra his life aaea—ei^mai»aBOBg3—HK—p——w———a— wottlvl b-t ir. -mplet-e without Mabel, decided to interview the captain. C-r: hearing this proposal for his daughter's hand the £"C.p.t,in hummed arci t3.wed; the disiwirity m years troubled him; he disliked .i3 May an-ci December affair; but when the doctor sug^risted that th-a captain should make his home with them, and that no expense should be spared for his comfort, ths I wiiy invalid consented to put the matter before his daughter. he did so he had a diiRcult. task. At first Mabel would not listen, and then from persuasions her father i took to threats until he forced her to accept the doctor's hand. So great was Dr. Samuel's joy when ho heard that -.I-be! had acc-epted him that he I lost all interest in the great work of his life, and so pro-ad was he at gaining such a prize- that be was blind to everything oise, and did not &ee how unwilling the bride was. Day after day she became paler and more depresce^i, and dreaded the very mention of her wedding. But the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang a.ft agley Philip Dare, a nephew of the captain, and a fine-looking young fellow, appeared on the scene. For some years he had been in India, and had :'ow cciue home rich. and intended to marry and settle down, and the wife he had ch-jeen was non.e other than Mabel herself. 'i'he doctor was present at the captain's ¡ house ell Ile night of Philip's arrival, and in the course of the evening the poor man's i Winded eyes were oued, and beheld visions —visioci-s whicii made bus poor old heart almost burst with grief and regret. Plainly he sa'v that those Iao young people loved etch other, although Mabel tried hard to hide her feelings, and that night there were three people who thought themselves the most miserable creatures in the whole world. The next moming the doctor came on a professional visit to the captain. Mabel attended her father. and looked so wreten sdiy ili that the good doctor's heart softened towards her. He felt her pulse. She was nimbly fevered; she must rest; and he would write out a prescription for her to LITe made up. He went downstairs to do so. but found _P.hi.i. p wai. ting to speak to him. It was (quite evident the young fellow did not know of Mabel's engagement to the doctor. Doctor, said he, speaking in his impul- 5ive wny, "I am the most miserable fellow on earth, for I do not know what I have dene to offend Mabel, \7ben I went off to a I am sure that she loved me then, Itnd I would have spoken but for that oM fraud. the captain, who made me er o -1 promise n-eatner to speak to her nor to write until I returned. -Now, I believe it was for no other motive than that he wanted to get }Iab1 to some rich fellow who j would keep him in luxury. I do not know how I hiive made a confidant of you, doctor. I think it is because you look such a kind eld The kind old chap winced. j i "What do you think I should do, doctor? &aould I ask Mabel to marry me, or should il her manner towards me as a eigrn •^utt she does uot want me; and return to il,adia at once?" [be edDotor stood silent for ) a moment, then in a husky voice he replied- "1 won'd advise you to ask Mabel to-morrow I morning. and, turning from Philip, he sat àown at the table and wrote the following ;prescription for Mabel; "Let Philip take you I to charch with him as soon as possible—it ;is my neart's desire—may God blees you jbotn." The roses came bacog to Mabel's cheeks again; and Philip and she for ever blessed the good doctor for bringing such good luck to th&in. He even went to church to see ;:1:(;111 made man and wife. Then the romance cf his life was sbnt up in his noble hen.rt for ever, and he retired to his study to com- p:t his life's work, which in due season fcrou-ht him jrcat fame.

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