I shall need much advice, and prescriptions of all the romantic walks and drives in the vicinity." "And like most of the advice from doctors, it won't be taken.

A stroll on the piaza is about all that most ladies are equal to.

You look, however, as if you should not fear a steep path or a rough road." "You shall see," cried Madge.
"Yes, I will see," said the doctor, laughing, and bowing himself out.
"I've seen a great many ladies who could dance miles, but were as afraid of a mountain as of a bear." At the dinner-table Mrs.Muir said, laughingly, "In Dr.Sommers, Madge has found a kindred spirit--another oiler of machinery.

If between him and Madge things don't go smoothly, the fates are indeed against us." "When life does go smoothly, it is because of just such good, cheery common-sense," Mr.Muir remarked, sententiously.

"I'm in the financial centre of this part of the world, and schemes involving millions and the welfare of States--indeed of whole sections of the country--are daily brought to my consideration, and I tell you again men are often in no condition to act wisely or well because the wear and tear of their life is greater after business hours than during them.