Show DR BRIDE BIRDE it A stony STOKT rolt roil TIM THE CASTER TIME ry CY S cot COSA ST 1302 1402 by american press Ass ocla liuni commercial 00 traveler sees rind and hears bears many queer things I 1 speak from experience tor for I 1 have been a commercial tra triin eler for twenty A 0 i years the most touching bit of romance that ever came under my notice is the love affair of dr norwood of lato years my business has taken mo me to cuippo frequently every sea traveler knows the pleasure of sa sailing ling lu in a familar steamer ono one chooses the same steamer yeat year after year as one oil e goes to tho the saino baino hotel grumbling all lie while at tho the small dis comforts and yet coming to regard them as old friends tho the steamer upon which I 1 always traveled was a roller we often wondered when she elie was at her tantrums if she would roll clean over and us rs out before she righted but bat sho she never did I 1 had gone back still and forth on tho the ship so often that 1 hid won the confidence of the captain and ho he would at times unbend tom his official dignity 0 o tell ulo mo somal 3 arn am of the soa sea tho the doctor a tb e Ms cr fri culs but cfall of all the ships people dr george norwood was my illy fiorite fa lie ile was young not over thirty althou although it lie had been on the liner for three years I 1 noticed that there was wa often a s sad a d expression on his face ono one night when the sea was calm under the weight of a heavy heary fog bog and the ship was feeling her way slowly and steadily I 1 found him pacing restlessly up and down t the he d deck eck hello ello doctor I 1 said why are you bearin tearing back lind and forth like a polar bear in a cage ue lie turned and looked at mg ma I 1 11 had ad never seen een the saad sadness ness on his face so pronounced before foolishness rank foolishness I 1 ought to bo be asha ashamed nied of myself he said then chen smiling come to tho the smoking ck room loom and have a cigar before wo fail it inno uso use to try to sleep anyway with that foghorn blowing the room was ablaze with electric lights and as wo ire sat flown down four bells sounded coun ded for it a wonder at that early hour tho the place was deserted doctor nobody is seasick tonight an and d there ui at clots blots of pretty girls in the cabin why dont you go down and make yourself ag agreeable you look as it if you needed deeded a tonic of some kind and there is nothing better than a i pretty 6 girl irl I 1 said lie ile puffed rings of smoke from his bis lips and rid r I 1 heard a long iong deep sigh I 1 I 1 r al p 1 ell T T 4 I 1 X 1 11 P it if M I 1 J 0 li 1 rit BY 1 I billit UK SIDI ME OF till GIRT pretty 6 girls iris are arc a delusion vincent lie with an ail abic irist to IU 11 1 hareno hive no more nse for thorn and yet per leips 1 I do her an ail injustice lie he added slowly ns as if thinking aloud tell mo me about tier lier georgc I 1 said an ail outsider iway licit lie yon with an it impartial view or of the case it if I 1 were only sure the fault wat wa hers hera 1 I would force myself to forget her it is the doubt that kerp ij i to vail 11 he said vf I 1 will fall you about 1 r VI ant rit no lie aill ai dl after a pau baue k i will to ft a 1 lu toll somebody 1 I have ale al ni e euly ay tild 3 ion oil that whon when 1 graduated fro from froit it the medical college I 1 hild nothing bothin in i i the world to begin life on k except my 13 lip ploma loina lio lie began lut but 1 graduated aith etli honor nad and I 1 thought I 1 had its ita good goo I ii a prospect or of success is iia any young with wit plenty of pluck and energy and an i i solid profession mill film I 1 al t not to fall in lov love e until I 1 lia lial I a position tiou secured but bait I 1 did and that i how tho trouble began she was an ail american Anici imil girl rind tier her father was vms rich very rich I 1 suppose suppo ic for lie had taleen a hunting lodge in scotland I 1 d for tho the and kept it filled wit with ll 11 pay gay company it was waa there I 1 met mary my good old scotch uncle lias has an caute near the lodge lull anil I 1 went to visit him after finishing my lily studies you yon know hilow how young people a re ne thrown together in a country place there were rustic dances hunting pu par ties find moonlight pic picnics nici on oil the lake ike anti and mary and I 1 were always together I 1 and adbul but little chance to see her alone but what flat chance I 1 did have I 1 madu mado tha most of for I 1 was desperately in fit love she was waa slay shy and shrinking lilt but baill I 1 thought she eho car cabied ed for tile me I 1 was soi ply perplexed perplex ca for I 1 had nothing but lovo love to offer offe r lier her but youth is rash anil confident and wic night when a hippy h accident left me alone with lier her I 1 ask asked J li bur r to bo be my iny wife she put lier her little lund hand in raino mine mid land we was were very happy vincent I 1 have never seen her since that night I 1 went the next morning to aili ash tier her fathers consert consent to out our in marriage arriage lie ho refused to see tire mo and the llie next day the family was gone some borne weeks afterward I 1 received a cold formal letter from frol n tier her father stating th that jt his daughter had told him of our interview that she regretted tier hor hasty accept acceptance anco ot of toy my offer fiffer and bidding tile me think of her tit no more low 14 you yon know the il 1 to aholo elory st ry said caid the doctor rising lising and walking nervously buck a and rid forth in the smoking room there is very little to it bat 6 it there is quite enough to bleak bieak my lily faith InWon len lite life on shore became antol erable erab leand and I 1 too this position tiou you yon are wrong george to tilt talk about abou t your faith in women being broken 1 said paid you have no proof ali whatever etever that tins this gh gail I 1 was false to you I 1 can see too that you do not believe it yourself 1 I 1 know nothing about it lie said moodily if I 1 lad had a word only one ona word directly from tier I 1 should know what to think illow how could she give it to you I 1 asked 1 it l sho wis was falte falio fal te and wished to break with you tier lier father would encourage tier her to write you such a message but if she still cauti 0 to you yon lie ho would prevent all communication bonim lint cation of course 1 I 1 never thought of that you yon way may tic be light ight ho he his eyes light in ing up may I 1 ask the fathers name I 1 said dont tell mo me if you prefer to keep it a secret her name naine is mary illary mary mason le he replied ans eang me indirectly and q ii I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 i i j t L mill 4 I 1 I 1 1 1 i 14 I 1 THC DOCTOR STROVE TO CAUM cal J speaking ng the name lowly as it lie ho loved tho the sound of it the family lives in I 1 17 baltimore lie he added after a I 1 pause take my ad advice ice george and try no to brood over the matter ea is nothing so futile as regret I 1 said it eats up one s courage to go allea ahead n d aud and does nothing not bing but mischief como come let us take ike a busk walk v alk on oil deck bedfor we nye turn in the fog was lifting filling and stars were glimmering faintly the ocean was beginning to heave heare in long swells rind and walking on tho the roller was nut an ail easy matter wo soon gave it up rill la ill truth I 1 was waa licit inclined to carlt tho the conversation further traveling on oil the continent tho the year before 1 had met inet the masons of ant and hall had some acquaintance with then enough to know the character of the people I 1 had almost forgotten them but ut it all a camo back ac to mo me now the t c pompous purse proud hither father the hie adibi lious mother and thu tho pilo pale listless silent daughter I 1 had tic no doubt that she nilas is pining tor for lier her young english sweetheart sho she looked like it but that did not help matters any at tho the time I 1 know kilow tho the family it was repol tell that she bho was soon to marry a court count who was always with her and by t this lip timo abo was probably beyond the reach of my lay young tho the doctor docton after that voyage I 1 did not seo see george norwood for months tho the next triau I 1 crossed the water circumstances compelled pallud moto start suddenly and I 1 missed my illy favorite bloamer but I 1 dit did come homo home on her in tho the hurry and confusion of getting etting on oil board I 1 s sw tw the doctor for an instant only but wh n the ship was well out to sea hea and tho the bustle ot of sailing day was over 1 went to tile tho bin oking room to ran dud him ile was not there neither was be in in his and 1 sat down on the dock deck alono alone tho the spell of 0 the sea eca had fast hold of me and I 1 was lost in thought when a a hand band fell softly on my day shoulder como come to my illy room vincent I 1 have something to tell you said th alio 0 doctor I 1 followed hila libin down the deck and bolow below to liis his cabin when lie lobed liia door and nervously snapped up tho the elec lic light I 1 adl saw chat lie ho wits was greatly ali labud I vincent Invent mary alary is ci ca buard board i si i ha 13 said Is it pus 1 ieee 1 exclaimed claimed os I 1 aid not know ahalt v hat else to hay bay yes bo be went on she shonny and her father ail 0 A 17 tk 8 J A I 1 city 44 ir I 1 1 11 chime hime chim TAI ille kil chime chime ch ima from near far t 0 1 r 4 tough wie LA P 7 and C it I 1 P JV 41 11 heir 19 0 11 ele it f jurac 1 a 1 I 14 M K L 41 lk 7 af I 1 na t nua tier her mother and a maid maia aro are passeri gers ers homeward bound they janethe hai e tha tw two largest staterooms state rooms amidships eisaw I 1 saw their names in the passenger list tho the mechanical hard way in which he ha stated state these details was startling have you seen her I 1 asked no inlo I 1 have not seen any of them I 1 do rot not intend to it is easy enough to keep out ont of their way lie ha said curling his lip do they know you are here probably not how should they tile nanie name of tho the ships doctor is not likely to interest them I 1 had to tell you that you might understand my lily absence fro froin th chi ro esou will probably spend his time thero there ant and I 1 cannot meet him you will always find rac me here and if you see I 1 mary I 1 b br UL you tell mo me if she looks well and happy even to know thit would be a c tion it was avint nt that tho the young girl was mary fary mason was a point gain fora iL ili hought ca aught the tha n next ext mb morning riling I 1 v watched the fact ehst gathered around the breakfast t ble buenk but a still stiff january galo gale was bo ing in and the roller was up to her wildest pranks only a few hardened ec sea a trav alers were out I 1 spent considerable time with the doctor but I 1 had no news baws to give him and lie ho was moody and silent it was not until the thirl third day out when len the storm had passed and t alio no sen sea was calm chat I 1 saw mr mason basoa he was bitting in tho the cabin ile ho did not recognize me and I 1 did not speak to him but 1 I noticed how flow old and worn and weary ho he looked it was not cie t ie weariness of seasickness riess but moio moi 0 as roii i I 1 some greit great anxiety was weighing heavily upon I 1 a him that evening I 1 was sitting silting with the doctor when a ines message sage camo came that lie he was wanted in haste in the cabin hi went immedi immediately and I 1 followed him I 1 never torget forget the scene they had brought mary alary mason from her stateroom air and d laid alc her on oil a lounge but she was feeble and the exertion was too much for her she bhe hall had fainted her mother and the maid were bending over lir her both weeping and her father stood near his strong ong old face working with emotion As lie saw norwood lie fie started violently but tile the doctor paid no attention ua knelt down by the side of the fainting girl and examined her carefully then looking up tip at her glicr mother with an encouraging smile lie said sho she has only fainted it is nothing serious and she will bo be all right soon Us lie worked over her tenderly and in in a few she began to revive then hen giving cageful directions and be begging them to call him if tho attack was repented repeated lie clipped away 1 I could not stay until she recognized me vincent lie ho said s iid the lie shock might have been too for tier her she is ij very much changed bu bo pule inde and be think thin lie added sadly wu wo were in ill ilis hid room and lie had scarcely spoken when mr mason appeared lie ile grasped gr apil the doctors hand and beld it for a moment in silence ur dr norwood she is it a very hicl child lie ile began liis his voice breaking iu ill spite of his efforts to be calm for foi more I 1 ihan han a 3 car she has been losing lo sing strength th we ba sa 0 taken tier her everywhere in search of health and every day she grew weaker until at last she begged so foite causly to bo be carried home that I 1 determined to gratify he her r even tit at the risk of if crossing crossi ug tho the sea it at inclement De lement season but I 1 am afraid a afraid fl aid ile ho broko down und and sobbed like a wol woman liall the doctor 0 to calm him hilli do not bo be alart alarmed ned iny dear mr MI lie le said quietly although his own voice trembled 1 I see no reason for de such stich cases of weakness in a young girl giri are not uncommon and they are not nol necessarily fatal if you will kindly tell tile mo what you know of 0 her cond coid lion tile tho old mau man interrupted hurt him sa save S vo her doctor savo save her ln r he be cried tiring back the ilia roses to my lay gh aiila Is chocks and there is nothing I 1 I 1 havu to give tal that shall not be yours i will tier her so help me godl said Nor wool 1 solemnly I 1 never siw george norwood so alert as lie ho was in tile alio days that followed an eager determined look A was on his face that showed mo me his professional skill was being ta macd ed to the utmost I 1 saw very litt little loof of liim him foche for ho was rarely away from marys side she sha did improve wonderfully during 0 those few days the morning we vve steamed up new york harbor norwood tool took me to tho the cabin and presented me to maly as ilia best friend she was still very pile lule p ile rind and weak butas but as she gi greeted ceded me ino her face was liri bright lit smiles after all there is no me dichio in tile the whole wide wol woi id like lovel this is my last voyage vincent but you will hear from tile ins again said tile doctor ns as he ha left tile me at t the pier and I 1 did hear before many lays first it was a glowing account of mary and lier ber i ie c turning 0 health men tl cai it I 1 bequest to bo be best man mail at the weddin i and enly in ill apr aar I 1 came the cards the ip arriage was to take place during tho the easter holidays I 1 never saw a more brilliant wedding palms green and waving turned the stately church into 1 a I dcamp of the tropics ICS and the chancel cli ancel was a solid willi of violets and azaleas pink and white gut but in in all this perfume and beauty the ilia purest sweetest flower was the fair bride blus blushing 11 I 1 ng under her flowing veil the rosos roses of happiness hall had como come back to her cheeks with the blooming of tho the easter lilies |