Show g gagg R 11 P V W 7 J iz c 0 W 4 I 1 0 Z g k 71 4 6 ag i g agn r r 4 i ai t 4 tir J 1 I 1 T t A 1 I imi I 1 w T OBE TOBE I 1 n V I 1 T was a I 1 hard q blow t to 0 doctor pen P en e n nors when ne be received A ia aa abony 21 1 t moss mom communication M amun tea to the effect I 1 I 1 that ahn be ae was no I 1 7 1 1 I 1 amre more apt at verses than at medicine it night hare bees I 1 wl iris in the fhe would I 1 I 1 iban be voe t to S liae some consid consideration on to vila this severe crit deism an unknown and to lay down the pen of a sorry sony rhymer but by attacking the doctor tor in his profession the critic had bid defeated his own end thirty years of practice a numerous I 1 clientele and a snug little fortune an ail testified to his capacity as a follower of r he therefore decided in his own mind that this venomous epistle had been written by some fellow er ertho who was jealous of his bis success and instead of breaking his lyre he mounted pegasus once more and rode on to the most sunny enany parts of the pure ether this weakness in the he dear old man was overlooked by most of his friends even though it sometimes bored them to listen to ef fusions which they evidently did not appreciate at the value given them by the writer lucie mahale alone took a lively interest in his compositions she was an orphan living with her uncle and his two children a son who was a sailor and away from home a great part of the time and a daughter madeleine who dearly loved her cousin lucie very often when the doctor would bring a new piece of poetry for the inspection and appreciation of lucie and the latter would read and kindly criticise criticism critic ise madeleine would comment on an her patience and sweetness zt it Is so little to do lucie would answer and gives him so much happiness but madeleine had her own theory which she did not dare submit to her innocent cousin and she foresaw a time when some of the illusions Illusion of the poet would suffer a cruel shock meanwhile lucie pared over those sheets and tried to make sense of them dont you think doctor we would better take the physicians instruments and amputate a toot here and there in these verses useless to say he be would cheerfully agree and cut off or change at her suggestion UH till little of the original remained although he always lost sight of that point no one knew just when it began but every one noticed a queer change over the doctor one day the poet walked in with a determined air not even giving more than a bow to the captain who had just arrived he went straight to lules lucies uncle set himself up in front of him and stared at him through his spectacles no now then my dear comrade said he be with a voice trembling with the force of a sudden resolution 1 I 1 can no 0 imia 1 h I 1 t 4 MAKING SENSE OF THEM longer conceal from you that I 1 have decided to renounce celibacy yes L I 1 dr Pen nors 3 the humble poet am thinking of marrying and it is from you and and one other that I 1 expect my happiness general stupefaction was the doctor mad he continued 1 I know very well that I 1 can be but a father and a protector to one so muc much h younger than myself but as I 1 have no heirs I 1 wish before taking a seat in aharons Ch arons boat to join my ancestors in the elystan fields felds I 1 wish to give myself the satisfaction of having made at least one person happy in lu this world one who will mourn for me when I 1 am gone gane here is maywill my ahl will you may read it at your leli leisure sure just now I 1 ask you tor for the hand of miss lucie mahale whom I 1 love as a father 0 A deep emotion followed the inclination to laugh which had bad at first taken possession of every one present for they all appreciated sincerely the th e generosity of the old man in taking this solemn step they andy felt however a kind of uneasiness I 1 for a recent occurrence prevented the realization of his wishes in that direct direction lon the bead of the family famili did not aasten to answer anmer to so embarrassed als was awby he by this singular situation U was lude lucie herself who azmi came to the rescue res L leaving bei ner seat near adrien the dotor doctor an ana Z softly took his hand b i nl and kind wend age sald said I 1 believe I 1 am deeply boue tais testimony of yow your sf af f on L 1 iii aie troubled tiou bled by it 1 t babil fiad hr ay giving the f forces nalo me to decline 1 iz 1 lt my yon teal i im i siope r y 7 she ik bei hlll I 1 11 sli fitin fitii i and iak pliz i aj V i ix lath I 1 I 1 I 1 11 ace ll 11 ta ilav in gilia 1 dicov t I 1 tame P y V iwae U yo near z ak W od M ji 7 da eiband 1 tu af k et casda I 1 W a ri arti 7 I 1 I 1 1 id 1 r I 1 k 1 my 44 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 4 ot I 1 I 1 11 im I 1 I 1 0 1 as A 1 7 3 aksu 9 lz t ys 1 I 1 X 1 I 1 I 1 li IV I 1 I 1 V 4 0 V I 1 4 P I 1 I 1 I 1 1 Y V I 1 arl t 40 t 1 E M I 1 6 1 7 1 1 to IF I 1 awo Kaile lerae aie had been taa 0 1 wisest cathern of them an am v the doctor as he s hand band of at his friend looted looked not cast down it f not net I 1 triumphant tod are we area a brave danl I 1 see viat yon understand now how to solve questions ORS of interest in favor of those who need protection it is rare in these times ot 02 I 1 esteem you the more for lt I 1 must say I 1 was a attle grieved at first but alac it is your son and lude i Is happy p there I 1 am happy too liet let us as say any no more about it I 1 will write violte some verses tot ox the wedding day dar doggerel verses the mishap of the poet disappointed in his dream and the will I 1 will take it back but I 1 shall not change a word in it w then turning to his happy rival goodby good by ray my friend you thought you were marrying a penniless orphan and j now as in fairy tales your wife Is changed into a wealthy heiress |