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OUR COUNTY NEWS.
As Dished up By Our Regular. Cor
respondents. CONDENCED FORM AND READABLE.
ersoiiHl. Marrlases. Deaths. Gosolp,
PolUieM, me FireitiUe, CliitrctieM,
Keltoolei. Fnrmliitr, c, Ve.
SewKtroni Oattitl-rs.
We would he glad to receive local news from
every portion of Granville, as well as adjoinnsr
onnties,as we want to make the Public LedgkS
a n 8t-clss local newspaper. Send ns the item-t
riends and we wilt put th-m in shape. Don't be
backward, friends, let the people know what le
foing on in your section. Editor. J
Dabney Iotnus.
Our farmers have about finished
buminj pant land and a good man v
have pur their covers on.
We see that some of your corre
spondents have made a full surren
der aud given up the crown. The
old ''Rattle Trap" is too hot for the
rxep-rops it there are any others
who cau't stand hot grease let them
get out of the kitehen.
The telegraph office at this place
is closed and there is no railroad
agent here. We suppose it did not
pay to keep an agent here. You
may send goods from here or receive
goods here. It is known as what is
called a prepaid office. Mr. J. E.
Burroughs is the express agent.
Mr. Sammie Crews of this neigh
borhood had his horse and buggy
stolen from him last Sunday night.
They tracked the horse to Oxford or
some farther. Mr. Crews assisted
by his brother, N. G. Crews, and
Chief Renn went Monday to Durham
and other points in pursuit of the
tuier. up to tnis w ednesday night
nothing has been heard from the
thief or the horse. Chief Renn is
still after him and if he stays on the
earth he will be sure to find him.
Joe.
Wilton Whisperings.
Mr. T. L. Cannady spent a few
daj-s in Durham this week.
And now Mr. J. T. Speed wears
the smile it is another girl.
Miss Winnie Lyon has returned to
Oxford to attend the College Street
Seminary.
Mr. W. E. Cannady bought three
blooded horses at Williamson's sale
at Raleigh.
Capt. White, of Oxford, was a vis
itor to our town on March 1st look
ing after insurance.
Tobacco is being sold very fast
from the pack barns.. Nearly the
entire crop has left the farmers'
hands in this section.
March came like a lamb but did
not lemain lamblike very long, for
soon she began showing us her old
tricks with the weather.
We are rejoiced to see old mother
earth once more dressed in her nat
ural garb. Her last wrappings were
rather snowy and became very mo
notonous. We met an agent collecting pic
tures to be enlarged. He was much
pleased with our section; said this
was a good country. We think he
was about right.
We sympathize with Mr. E. G.
Morris in the loss of one of his eyes.
He went to Raleigh to consult Dr.
Lewis, and the doctor said one was
hopelessly gone and the other weak.
He lost the sight suddenly.
Our farmers took advantage of the
last few days of fair weather to burn
plant land. But little faim work
done during the new year, and farm
ers will be compelled to rise early
and work late to catch up.
Master Sidney Lyon was given a
birthdaj' party by the Misses Nance.
The young people had a nice time
after the sumptuous supper (Leo was
there)pulling aud cracking candy.
Miss Pattie Nance presented him
with a nice bed quilt.
Mr. J. G. Thomasson lost his sta
bles by fire a few nights since. Was
able to lescue the stock, but lost
right much feed. The loss is heayy
on him as he has a large family of
children and his wife has been bed
ridden for several years.
The ladies of this section are op
posed to you editors calling Marian
Butler '"Maryann." They say if he
is such a mean, low-down man the
editors show very little respect for
woman by attaching a woman's
name to him, and that they surely
forget they have mothers, wiyes and
daughters.
During the cold weather nearly all
the sweet potatoes were destroyed..
There are many stranere stories of
the cold spell going the rounds.
One fellow said his thermometer
went down in the hole and he could
not tell how cold it was; another
said it was GO degrees colder in his
house than it was out doors. One
woman said icicles were hanging
from her cook stove and fire in it.
Next !
Now, Mr. Editor, let Leo give Leo
pold a few ear marks, as they met in
Oxford the other day and Leopold
was enqiring about some ear marks.
Well, Leopold,. Boss Cleveland has
mortgaged us twice to the gold bugs
and bankers and is preparing for
the third bond issue, and you Demo
crats are responsible for it. You
forced him upon us. Your Congress
will not repeal the law under which
he pretends to have the authority to
issue bonds and it Democratic. The
rush upon the gold reserve could be
stopped in one hour by paying out
silver, as the Secretary of the Treas
ury has the option to pay in gold or
silver for redemption, yet he pays
out gold to pave a way for another
bond issue, and he is a Democrat.
Again, the Senate has passed the act
to issue a 70 million dollar bond for
the Nicarauga Canal scheme and
you, Leopold, yoted for it, and you
are a Democrat, therefore the Demo
crats are responsible for all these
bond issues. If the above ear marks
sufficient? If not, and the Public
JjEDGER will permit, we will give a
1 few m the next round.
Death or tn Infant.
Died, near Big Rock, N. C, Feb.
15, 1895, little Dennis, infant son of
W. F. and Keturah Royster, aged
six weeks and two days. He was the
joy of his parents' heart. Although
his stay on earth was short he had
gained the love of all who knew him.
His sufferings were intense for sev
eral hours, then he was unconscious
of pain and his life went out like a
little star going down in the night.
May God comfort the bereaved pa
rents and loved ones and help them
to live so as to meet him in Heaven.
A Friend.
Viruriliiia Variailona.
Mr. John Franklin has started up
his saw mill near here again.
Dr. John. Drake, of Clarksville, is
attending Mrs. W. D, Amis, whose
health is still quite feeble.
Mrs. A. Ci Jordan and Mrs. Chas.
E. Hardy, of Christie, visited Mrs.
Hardee, of this place last Friday.
Rev. S. B. Klapp, pastor of the
Christian church near here, expects
to attend a series of lectures on the
ology in Chicago soon.
Our merchants are laying in stocks
of spring goods, and we hope trade
will revive in this section as the in
dications now are in that direction.
Mr. de Shields a miner is prospect
ing around in this section, and we
hope he may find some ore veins
rich enough to warrant further op
erations. March has come, and if the good
weather we are now having contin
ues, farm work will soon be well
under way. If you, Mr. Editor,
have never been a plowboy and
turned up the fresh soil in spring
time, you have missed lots.
Hamptonian.
Mt. Energy Morsels.
Mr. Ben Harris, of Tar River, vis
ited this section Sunday.
Miss Vee and Willie Jones visited
relatives in this section last week.
Miss Nannie Lawrence is on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. S. J. Rogers.
There was no preaching at Pleas
ant Grove last Sunday on accouat of
the bad weather.
Messrs. Charlie Tingen, Norman
Fleming, Davis Manguin and Walter
Allen visited this section Sunday.
Mrs. Tom Harris, of Tar River,
visited relatives in this section last
week and they were glad to meet
her.
Messrs. Elma Mangum, Ed Jones,
W. T. Sandford and Early Fleming
were the guests of Mr. J. T. Bullock
Sunday.
There was a large quilting given
to the young ladies at Mr. Benton
Jones' Friday evening which was en
joyed supremely. We had an ele6
gant supper and lots of good music.
We are sorry to hear of the illness
of Lonnie Hays, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Monroe Hays, of Clay. He is at the
home of his uncle, John Bullock,
and we are glad to say that his sis
ter has the pleasure of being with
him. We hope he will be up soon.
He is in the care of Dr. Sandford, of
Creedmoor.
V. L. H.
The Dark Day in Xortli Carolina.
We can speak of the dark day and
write about the dark day but Febru
ary 21st was the dark day in North
Carolina, when a resolution was in
troduced by a negro to adjourn the
Legislature iu honor of the mulatto
Frederick Douglass, of New York.
Just think of it, a resolution intro
duced by a negro to do honor to a
negro, and last but not least white
men who claim to be in the Legisla
ture for the good of their country
and representing the intellectual
part of the Old North State, voting
in favor of the resolution. On the
campaign stump in 1892 the Popu
lists and Republicans denounced Mr.
Cleveland for dining with old Fred
but when he died the Pops and Reps
seized the opportunity to do him
honor by adjourning the General
Assembly of North Carolina.
But a few days previous to that
when called upon to observe the le
gal holidays of two of the greatest
patriots of our land Washington
and Lee the resolution was yoted
down. Gen. Washington, the Fa
ther of our Country, the one whom
we have all looked upon as guileless,
the one whom no one has ever
brought aught against, but the one
in whom all men had utmost confi
dence and the one who brought
America to the highest pitch of civ
ilization and independence and jerk
ed her from the jaws of savages.
And Gen. Washington is looked upon
now as being a typical man; a man
worthy of emulation by any one, but
in the world's history we have no
where seen any one that could meas
ure honors with him except the late
Fred Douglass. We find that the
Representatives (those that voted
for the resolution) have lost confi
dence in Washington and Lee, but
it was no more than we expected
when the Populists took for their
partner through life the Republican
party, "and a negro shall lead thee."
My dear readers, this is just a fair
sample of the kind of government
we are to have in the future with
such men as Bill Crews in the Legis
lature, who can't tell which side of
the United States the Atlantic Ocean
is on, but still he was chosen by a
combination of the Republican and
Populist parties to go to Raleigh to
make laws. We think the Douglass
resolution is the first thing he has
introduced, which banished patriot
ism and planted in its stead Ethio
peanism in a State .vhose record has
been far above reproach. It seems
that Crews would be afraid to offer
such a resolution, being afraid that
it would not meet the approval of
the Assembly, but he knew the Pops
were office-seeking Republicans and
would vote for any Republican
measure m order to obtain office,
throwing aside principles as well as
bringing ruin upon the country.
Flint and Steel.
Randolph & Co. are now receiving
a full line of dry goods and shoes.
Call around and see the stock.
Hampton Hints.
The biggest portion of the tobacco
in this section is sold.
Wheat crops looking sorry; oat
crops" looking bad and thin.
We had a big snow here last Sat
urday night, but by Sunday night
all was gone. ,
The people through this section
killed meat enough and made corn a
plenty to do them this year.
People were burning plant beds
rapidly last week. Some about done.
All the people are very backward in
their work there has been so much
snow since Christmas.
R. W. J.
Clay Comments.
Mr. J. W. Daniel visited Richmond
last week to secure his spring stock
of goods.
Miss Eva Moss, of the Oxford Fe
male Seminary, was a welcome visi
tor to this section last Sunday.
Messrs. Luther and Elijah Bragg
and Lester Montague, all of Tar
River, visited this section Sunday.
We have been informed that our
friend W. T. Crews is no ordinary
young man as he went to Hester
again last Sunday.
Mr. T. J. Brummitt received an
injury from pushing a post up under
a tree for a prop from which he is
swelled in the body. Dr. W. O. Bas
kervill is attending him so we have
been informed. We hope he will
soon recover.
Our farmers are all down at work
now strictly. - Some of the corre
spondents asked some time ago
when did the farmers get any rest.
If they haven't had it for the lasl
month you may have our best hal
with a hole in it.
Shoe Pegs.
Flat River Union Meeting.
This Union will hold its next ses
sion at Creedmoor, Granville county,
Saturday, the 30th of Maich, 1895.
At 10:30 o'clock devotional exercises
led by Rev. J. A. Stradley. At 11
o'clock, organization, after which a
discussion of the following practical
subjects:
1. Does the Lord require of his
people any definite per cent of then
living as their contribution to his
work! B. S. Royster and Rev. J. A.
Beam.
2. In what way can the churches
of this association be of mutual ben
efit to each other? B. F. Hester and
Rev. R. H. Marsh.
3. Why do we observe the first da'N
of the week as the Sabbath rather
than the seventh? Rev. J. E. Smith
and Rev. J. S. Hardaway.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, the
Sunday school lesson, taught by T.
H. Street. At 11 o'clock, sermon by
Rev. P. H. Fontaine; Rev. G. T.
Watkins, alternate.
We hope each church will send
delegates.
H. T. Williams, )
T. H. Street, Com.
G. W. Watkins, )
Leaving: the Douglassites.
Mr. Editor: We .went in the
Farmers Alliance in good faith and
in the Third party the same way.
After seeing the workings of this
Legislature and the adjournment of
the same in honor of the death of
Fred Douglass we have become eom
pletely disgusted and will have noth
ing more to do with such men. They
are leading the people on to Repub
licanism as fast as time rolls and
will destroy our government. When
we vote for men to go to the Legis
lature we do not propose for them to
go to Raleigh and houor such a
thing as Fred Douglass, nor pay our
taxes to keep up such as that. We
have decided in our opinion that all
the leaders are rotten and it is a
clean steal for the Republicans for
there is not one word of defense for
them to offer in regard to the ad
journment of the .Legislature in
honor of Fred Douglass, only they
thought they would get all of the
negro votes hereafter.
You can publish this card if you
see fit and use our names.
Yours truly,
R. S. Green,
J. F. Green,
W. T. Green,
J. A. Green.
Crews Crows.
This is an illiteration which I have
been looking for in several papers,
but have been disappointed.
Mr. Editor, I believe in paying
due respect to the colored people of
the South due respect to them for
their faithfulness during the war,
and paying just tribute to their
leadi r, Fred Douglass. But it is a
shame to the people ot North Caro
lina to confer on Fred Douglass the
same honor and respect that has
hitherto been conferred on George
Washington and Robert E. Lee. It
is a disgrace to place Fred Douglass
on an equal with the Father of our
country.
There is also some talk of an im
portant amendment to the famous
bicycle bill. It is said that some
people, not content with having
wheelmen dismount when they meet
a vehicle, are advocating a law to
have bicyclists dismount when they
meet a colored man. Also, that
when a white man on horseback
meets a colored man on a bicycle
the white man is to dismount. In
dustrious enquiry, however, shows
that there will scarcely be any legis
lation on the subject at this session.
What is this legislature going to
do before it adjourns? Are they
going to draw up a new constitution
or revise the old one so that North
Carolina prebably in a decade will
be governed entirely by negro Republican-Populists.
I appeal to the
true-hearted North Carolina Demo
crats, are you going to allow this?
Several telegrams of sympathy from
the Democrats of Richmond, Va.,
and other places in different States
haye been published in the different
State papers, and I must confess
that we need sympathy, or rather
the Democrats of North Carolina
need to be at work, and unless they
go to work before the next election
what will become of North Carolina?
E. M.
Stem Stemmlngs.
Miss Magnolia Riggs is on a visit
to her brother in Durham.
Mr. Dick Stanford, of Person,
called on Mr. Jas. H. Webb the past
week.
Miss Annie Veasey was the plea3
ant visitor of Mrs. S. D. Peed the
past week.
Miss Delia Thomasson has just re
turned home from near Bahama
where she has been spending several
days. She was accompanied by Miss
Riggs.
We are glad to state that Dr. J.
W. Booth is slowly improving. We
hope it won't be very long before he
will be able o get out again to see
his patients who always feel lelieved
when he darkens their door.
I am glad to see so many corre
spondents to the Public Ledger.
When I get the paper and read so
much good news it makes me feel
like I can't write at all, but I will
trv to give some items occasionally.
The writer Marion from Stem
some time back boasted on having
so many girls in the city. I can'i
boast on the girls for there are but
three in this section but there art
enough boys I think to take all th
girls Marion was boasting about and
there be a plenty left.
Potatoes.
Christie (V.) Condensations.
Crickets baye chirped their sprinp
note, after the snow. i
Glad, cheering news comes from
Miss Emma Humphreys of her new
life and work in China.
Miss Josie Gwatney, sister of Mrs.
A. C. Jordan, returned last Fridaj
to her home at Carsleys, Va.
Mr. John Lane, contractor of con
struction work near here, has a large
stock farm in Albemarle county,
Va. His horses are equal to those
of Kentucky.
Mr. and Mrs. John Baird and Mr.
John Franklin were over Sunday to
preaching, and Mr. Franklin speni
the day with friends. He is always
most welcome guest with his Chris
tie friends.
Rev. G. M. McShields preached
nere Sabbath afternoon, February
24, 1895, from Romans 5th chapter
and 10th verse. The sermon was a
most excellent one and the congre
nation yeiy quiet, and it seemed
truly that God was present with His
power, pressing the truth homeward
into the hearts and minds of the peo
ple. This was brother McShields'
ast sermon at this place. He will
oon go to his new home in Burling
ton, N. C. Brother McShields is a
progressive young man, growing
constantly in the fuller, richer graces
tnd one can say of him, "truly he
hath been with Jesus."
E. L. H.
Death of a Farmer Citizen.
When in life we are in the midst
of death. The reaper with his scythe
is clipping the ripe grain from the
harvest fields of life; the green and
the budded are subject to the daily
rounds of the scythe in the hands of
death which takes from our midst
the rich, the poor, the bond and the
free who are landed in a home un
seen to us but eternal, and the great
vital question is are we ready to
meet the summons.
It is with heartfelt sorrow that we
chronicle the death of our former
countyman, Walter H. Lewis, which
occurred on the 15th. He was the
third "son of Dr. Willis Lewis, for
merly of this county, and at present
of Henderson. Je left this county
eight or nine years ago and went to
Nash county and engaged in farm
ing. While in that county he mar
ried a Miss Cooper, daughter of the
former Sheriff of Nash. He leaves
behind to mourn the sad affliction a
wife and three small children. A
comfort to them should be that he
had made his peace with God and
was a consistent member of the Bap
tist church and a ruling officer.
May God in His great wisdom and
goodness protect and defend the be
reaved family and a guardian angel
guide them through the turmoils of
this sinful world and lead them in
the path to eternal happiness, and
when summoned from this world
may they meet around the Throne of
God in family union where parting
will be no more, is the wish of
An Uncle.
Gold Leaf please copy.
Katterwhite Sayings.
We are glad to state we had a few
good open days for work last week
which we guess pleased our farmers.
A good many of them burnt plant
beds as soon as the snow melted off.
. We were glad to read the items of
the correspondents in the last issue
of the Public Ledger and think
they are getting better, but we
would like to hear from Hustler, of
Culbreth.
Well, white goose, you say Tommy
L. and Sammy D. can chew more to
bacco and spit less, talk more and
use fewer words than anybody we
ever saw, but we think we have one
bachelor that can beat both of your
boys put together. His name if
Benjamin T. He can tell the big
gest yarns, laugh more, chew more
tobacco and the biggest wads at a
time almost as large as a man's
fist go. to see more girls, get more
kickings than any man in our vicin
ity, but will get married if he can.
- We are glad to hear some of bur
farmers say they are getting very
good prices for tobacco now. Mr.
Jack Adcock shipped a small lot of
very common tobacco to Danville
and got about $75.00 for it. A great
many of .the tarmers near Oak Hill
are : shipping tobacco to Danville.
We would like to know what is the
matter with, our home market. 'If
seems like the warehousemen of Ox
ford should take more interest" in
looking after our farmers' tobacco
than they do and stop the' farmers
from shipping so much of the weed
to Danville.
P.M.'
I have an extra fine Jersey cow for sa'p
at bargain, also a splendid 2 year old
colt. mchl S.H.Smith.
RASH!, went
the delicate
china flower
dish on the
stone steps,
and at the
culprit's feet
lay a heap of
beautiful
pansies.
"Oh Flora!"
she cried in a low, grieved voice.
A scarlet robe, dainty and perfumed,
flashed through the open door in angry
haste, and paused beside poor Nora.
"1 expected it!" exclaimed a high
pitched voice, despairingly. "Each
day sees my opinion of you verified,
Nora. You cannot be trusted to erather
a. few flowers or handle a vase."-
"Surely, Flora, you do not thinK I
purposely broke the dish?" asked the
brown-eyed girl.
Flora Fane shrugged her shoulders;
she had learned the trick from her
French master, and the action gave
her quite a foreig-n air, she thought.
"What matters-it whether you did
it purposely or -not?" she retorted
contemptuously. "Those great awk
ward hands of yours are forever doing
mischief; they are perfectly useless."
As Nora looked at her sun-browned
hands she smiled sadly.
"True," she sighed, as she bent to
pick up the pansies, that seemed to
cling lovingly to her fingers. "True,
they are useless as things count in
your sphere. Flora; but we are not at
the end of time yet, and my record
may read differently some day."
"Nonsense! You will never be lady
like or graceful, so do your best with
your other virtues," cried ' Flora
angrily, as the proud, quiet manner of
the other betrayed a natural dignity
she could not imitate. "Gather
more flowers and clear away that
rubbish!"
Nora was looking at the broken
china with a glad relief in her face.
"I can mend this, Cousin Flora," she
Maid, "and it can be used with safety."
"The task will require gentlerhands
than you have," said Flora, coldly;
"but do as you please. Only, Nora"
she paused at the door, looking back
over her shoulder ' you needn't con
sider it worth while to come down this
evening. Mother thinks two unmar
ried daughters sufficient to entertain
her guests, without "
"A penniless niece of her dead hus
band's. I understand," interrupted the
girl. "1 am glad to be released; I do
not like useless things any more than
you do."
Flora stared in amazement, bu be
fore she could vent renewed anger on
her hapless cousin she was gone.
Nora hurried away with the broken
dish and crushed flowers. She cared
not to bandy words with haughty
Flora. She quickly gathered more
pansies, and completed her task of ar
ranging the table, besides giving nu
merous little touches to the fruits and
ices, without which the whole effect
would have been marred.
When all was completed she felt free
toseek her own pleasure on that love
ly summer evening. She took her
broad-brimmed hat from its place be
hind the kitchen door, and in her sim
ple calico dress, with its neat white
collar, hastened through the back gar
den out on the highway pnd took the
road to the village.
"The new doctor is a society man,"
she thought. "I did hope that a clev
er, earnest physician might come to
Loneville and help the poor people;
but instead we have an exquisite who
frequents lawn parties and flirts with
silly girls. Oh, if I were only "
Nora was crossing a muddy place as
she arrived at this wish. Making a
quicks spring to the dry side of the
road, she turned her ankle and fell to
the earth.
"Oh dear! Flora is right, after all,"
she moaned in despair, half comical
and yet painful. "Two miles from the
village and home and unable to move!"
After thus summing up her position,
Nora first laughed, then cried.
"Poor little Mary!" she sobbed. "She
will think I have deserted her; and she
is so ill!
"Perhaps I can help you," was Just
then said in a pleasant voice.
Looking up quickly, Nora met a pair
of frank, manly eyes.
"I don't know," she began, doubt
ingly. "Well, there's nothing like trying,"
laughed the stranger a young man
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coming at once to her side." "wnat is
It? Broken any bones, eh?"
Nora had to laugh, he was so pleas
ant and so breezy.
Oh, no! Only twisted my ankle,''
she said, shyly.
"Only! Humphl You are used to
making light of great matters, 1 see."
To her horror, down he dropped on
his knees, and coolly took possession
of her foot.
"So much for wearing a loose shoe,"
he said, half angrily, as he looked at
the active little foot, and then deftly
removed the offending boot.
Nora grew indignant and red.
"You need not trouble yourself "
she began.
"Be quiet, please. "I am a doctor,
young lady, and I know what sprains
mean," he calmly replied, moving the
foot very gently, though her lips quiv
ered with pain.
"A doctor!" Nora looked full at him
in astonishment. "Not the new doc
tor, surely!"
"You are going to spoil two engage
ments for me with this foot of yours,
young lady, fo that you must repay
me with obedience. At one house kind
friends are waiting to welcome me to
my new home at another, a poor,
tired mother and her sick little girl
wait for the aid I might possibly ren
der, and to thank rue for looking up
the poor directly I take possession of
my practice."
His frank eyes met the conscious
brown ones looking so eagerly at him.
"You speak of my home and my
poor friends!" Nora cried, gladly. "Oh,
1 am so rejoiced you are good for some
thing!" He laughed heartily.
"Which you doubted? And you were
going to see the poor woman and sick
child when this happened? Then you
are"
"Nora Naybrook," said the girl,
quietly.
"Dr. Owen Onwill, at your service,"
retorted the cheery voice, as its owner
doffed his hat. "I know all about you
now, Miss Nora, for Mrs. Dillon is
garrulous, and as you are used to
obedience, I expect you to obey me
now. My buggy is just beyond the
bend of the road. Remain here while
I fetch it."
Nora started. "Would he drive her
home?
"Oh, but you must not!" she pro
tested. "Very well; then I'll leave you sit
ting in the mud, waiting for a deliver
er more to your taste," said the doc
tor, rising.
Nora felt her eyes droop with sud
dcu pain.
"Thank you," she said, gently, with
a sadness in her voice that made him
look at her. "I will accept your help,
since I must."
"Oaly because you must?"
"I am accustomed to helping myself,
but at last I am useless."
"Then I rejoice to be the first to of
fer you help," said the doctor, kindly;
and away he sped across the field.
In a short time he reappeared, drew
up his light buggy beside the waiting
maiden, sprang down beside her, and
before she knew what next would hap
pen, she was caught in a pair of strong
arms and lifted high above the mud
into the carriage.
"There!" said the merry voice, as
Wit self-reliant young-man took up the
reins. "Your foot is all right, Miss
Nora. It is only strained a little and
by the day after to-morrow you may
try another jump."
Nora listened shyly; silence seemed
to protect her from herself, and
throughout the drive home she could
only listen and rejoice at the fine na
ture of the new doctor.
Only once she spoke; then it was to
ask him to drive in by the back way,
through the barnyard, so that her en
trance might not be seen from the
house. Then, as he left her at the
kitchen porch, having given her a
small bottle, with orders to apply its
contents to her foot till the pain
ceased, she raised her eyes and said:
"I am glad you have come here, Dr.
Onwill. So many sad hearts need
you."
"But not brave ones like yours?" he
asked"almost sharply.
She only blushed and turned away.
Little Nora grew more happy as the
months went by, for her earnest help-
"PERHAPS I CAN HELP YOU?"
ful nature rejoiced that there was an
other more competent than she to care
for the poor and needy of their little
town.
She smiled and rejoiced in her own
heart as she heard her cousins con
demn the new doctor as too selfish
and hard working to suit their idle
tastes, and her eyes grew brighter
each day as some new tale of his kind
ness reached her ears.
They seldom met, and then only a
few words were uttered; but even
these few did the getle girl much
good, she felt that she had need of
them.
One bright wintry day, when he met
her and asked her to share his life
work, she was not greatly surprised;
it seemed only natural that his nature
should claim hers when the time came,
and she was proud and happy in his
choice.
"Not so worthless after all," said the
girl, as she told her aunt and cousins
what had happened; and in the great
light that beamed from her earnest
brown eyes they felt their selfish na
tures shrink and grow pitiably small
"True!" said Flora, turning away
with a flush and a bitter smile, as she
thought of what might have been.
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