Show GOODMANS PATIENT DY BY Y Z II 11 ALDRED TURNER the gifted oi or ator and aspiring lawyer of wisdom held field was a fortunate man at col lege he lie carried ot off the highest honors although be he aa was not a baril bard student success atten led him in his profession as well as in love ione matters iio lie bad had A wooed and won the most ch irmina young lady in Wis domfield and his only child a girl ot of 6 was as a perte t prodigy she could speak french and english could analyze lowers floers bound eier every Y abate in the union and give gie their capitals bhe she knew the populations ft ut the great cities she WAS as studying 9 grammar and history buch a wonderful child there was aas but one drawback to lis the fond parents happiness ind that was in ill spite of all their care and pain th little girl trev delle delicate ite eiry day and seemed to be vanishing ani shing into a aha sha low the gossips of al said the child not live lle no she has too much brains to live and they shook their beada heads sorrowfully fully mr I 1 lurner urner determined to consult dr lIl the ic ce centric could cure an curable dibease indeed so potent was this man s t influence that bh namo name ecomet to hive hise power to frighten away di diessel easel ills illi patients declared ired tint tivit tile felt better at the very ery dionis tit that dr goodman was bent tnt t nt for in answer to ohp fond parents sum mons dr goolman goo anian called and found his littly patient languidly reading he lie seemed deeply moved moed as he lie took the child a emaciated emic hand into hh plump brown bronn pilm mrs furner said with a proud emphasis emp hasia I 1 doctor our child is 1 not like other children I 1 f humph exclaimed the i she does not play with nor caie cate for children but tat talks of things far beyond her vears ears continued the fond toad mother humph ejaculated dr goodman as he brushed aa a i tear with nis coat sleeve mrs turner saw tho the action and a wild terror seized her heair was her child ding that this strong man pta the startled father fattier seized dr Good goodman mans s arm and exclaimed will 1 ay tell me Is there tie hope for my child I 1 dr goodman wiped his eves blew his nose and put on oil bis his alases as he said hope yes it if you will tit follow my adae e ve lne will do anything tny i thing exal excl exclaimed almed both parents in one breath are vou on sure of that asked the eccentric physician sure surel would we e not die for our dear little belle bell dr goodman smiled an I 1 seeni seemed d lost ain in thought and thua thus soliloquized I 1 yes they are killing her this little littie embryo woman will dio die juat as in pl PLACING ING IN THE MEADOW child died just as thou thousands Rinds of othor children die or perhaps bhe may linger through life a helpless invalid will they listen to mea me I 1 will make the effort but mav ma get little thanks tor for my pains the parents gazed at the physician in with astonishment dr goodla rn turned to them and said lou oa manifest a willingness to bp guided g by my advice I 1 know of 10 a better way of explaining myself than i by telling you a true story of a blight 1 ed life the story li is so fixed in in my mind that I 1 think of it every hour of my life I 1 will ill sketch it for you in the shape of a tableau the curtain rises aad discloses a pretty picture a oung father and und a fk mother and a dear little child how ilow happy they aret are the father te Is teddi i ing his wee girl to read see how 1113 ees flash as the infantile lips lisp he long words I 1 admiring friends exclaim a prodigy gyll the curtain drops only to nse rise again on another picture the little girl ot of 4 years year 1 J no now ag beautiful budd budding ling bright IGI ag no pale weary haggard her form Is slender aar her eyelids droop drool she Is talented today in a her graduation day her examination ex tin was as faultless she Is cr crowed with the laurel wreath ther the and mother are there proudly looking on they have been rewarded tor for their tolls I 1 id d pains let ct they gazo gaze finx louf four y on the form and face of their daughter and wish she hat ha I 1 somewhat nore body the curtain again falls fills and then rises on the at att cene scene in ill a luxurious home where wealth had contribute every adornment lay the corpse of A woman only 23 13 ye years yetra tra hat ha t passed over hr h r had llad h ad yet the dr drawn awn haggard face has grown oil ell with suffering death set bis ids seal beal on the bro brow of the laurel crowned maiden good Christi christians anit crowded around the bereaved parents with consoling words oh why was their daughter taken their only child who had all that wealth could conid givel too bright to alel hi el too much brain too little strength what matters it now that she once solved the most difficult problems of 0 euclid that these pale lips and that icy tongue hal once spoken many language languages they are silent now happy happy happi child A merciful god took her home do nut not blame me friends when I 1 weep beep the vision of my dking child is before me I 1 h hive te shown shon you three scenes in the tableau of my life when dr goodman arose to go there were ere tears on the mother a cheeks and a firm resolve in the fathers father a e eves es two eare ears hive ed ind little 1110 belle la is playing pi lying in the meadow meado with a merry group of children searching for the four leaved leaned clover see she has found it the beacon of nf good fortune how ilow her bright eves ees flash a as she waves maves her trophy above aboe her head she knows knous but little of french and his for gotten gotton how to analae i x aloer but she he cm cin tell you the working bee from the drone the red bird i and tha wren a notes and vore the ajeet smelling wild flowers grow NN what hat it her aprons are 1 ind her fice 11 sunburned unburned Is she not a brodig ct her fond pin ants think so as she tells them of the pleasant sant pl aby ay iy in the me adow and the hiding of tha in four leiven clover cloer dr goodman still lives and the gossips of love loe to tell ho he buiel hello belle turner and tho the little girl Is thiis called dr goodwins Good mins s |