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.. wa··RWWWIW&:i82.WWam·M1&·&Q·ifM$jiSSM·@S b~ib!~~~--.i:~~~'i!CJ'a.t2fi@i.¥SJ:ltP.. ~ ~ ~ "'m~~~:nr~~mmJrnMlll.a~~h4Eif#~ 1 tOEllbi!&'i! «.Wl!idiilt'IB!InSllf&?jR'lll!'lW9Jmn78 Oh truly Dr Bowrr a 1 Bal pit whom of en c we p r. e a course mtuzttvely 1..,t trny o pas, ben~e lt m st be But do rot l J O 1QUIN MILLER you m1 st know 1 hen D1 How~rd of Lon 1ear.on Vi 0 1ld 1"J ct· le Lve rr e P , u s.. i n1e ug 'o 1 he pe f:ir t" a V mlt to Qnebec -l'he "lost Plcturesauo d on lM onsieur L epere of Montpelh e1 1n ci y 0 , ill p ase iet un to the lib r{ pea e Vi h en yo,i come " c 1e- prom1se me ....Only ·sh re of h a, r set m a r n11 many others ha\e sern her Bit without d0ctur a t 1 J. ou have seen Mi·s Ga. that\ ou wdl remain by me while 11e re :i-nd ltonuntio "oen or.y on tile II.mer 2 Y ct how I pr e tl at lock of silken hair l do e t cm t M a pr c0less ti ng much advantage I r egret to say '.I lils siu d t1y comp m m a.s we as ended the mama ]t:!l.n Continent :\.nd e> cimore the precious b1:1.uble wear H ish o.o not ag1t:ite you1self T re One enters upon the story rnd descript ion was uttered wi th a I al! whu.nng ton e "h1ch lead ing to tie ·wk room somehow Jarred upon n e a woyrngly C.irtmnl) plied R·ly upoa me l will not desert of th s wonderft I r.tty w1th ~reQt ht>sttat on Only a little chair long vacant now B utmemor~ often fi lls th e empty seat But What are ~er symptoms ? l m I shall only mtr duce you and l>' e my post and f elrng of t nfi nusP Fvr D cl eu Le ..A fan sweet child th cal n a d B t less brow qu r cl :; ou to exa n ne Miss G-,.rston s conditid ty Oh tbe terrible wistfulnes· of her eyes as mo ne Banc·oft Howells anJmdeec.l a hun I see n fancy s tung a.t Ill) feet Very p Pcuha- I am tol<l F a ntn@E's yourse lf I th nk my preseuce disturb ier I spoke I can never forget them She be l ed others ha e said gr~at thmgs of thea lass1 tudt> lethargy Wont of tone I thmk to mght came resigned ancl a swee. smile replac d battlen ents cemer.tted together by tie b.,~t --Only a ~o tr1nt of a clnld sh face The silent shadow of a vamshed fo1m yo t medical men term it My patron 8 vowe trembled an~ he the traces of anxiety Then ma svrangely blood<£ centu 1es Q11ebec 1s the storehouse P re.<!sed olte 1 to ms ov;n u glade nbrace l:Ia' e you any. idea of t he case of her Ill seemed almost ready to colla pse as we solemn vowe and with an energy of t one of American history in u then oat glorious With Jov10g prattle and fond lnsses warm health ' 1 asked went along the corndor I felt sorr for that was a ln oat superhuman she exclaimed of cities beautiful ooo as a p1 t ure OnlY some broken to> s but oh to me V\ h~ ~es 1epl ed tl e gentleman rn an him Jle evidently was deeply conca:ied Doctor I have no fl e:id on ea1 th but "'he gleams above 1 er p;ran te throne They are the reilos ot ah ·PY past altered almost falter ng voice, and with a for the young lady you Hor gray valls g1 cl her runole zone Kept >18 a treas ire under lock and key h in ed glance re und the roon The p oor In anoth"r rnstant I was n a lar ge ed I stare I at ner Sho queens the 'nortli sup1eme- a <ne Mementos or a time too bright to last younQ: tlm g has had a great sl ock, her room heate l I ke a tropwal coneerva~ry Yes docto1 none but you All n y T l ere 1s but one otnt city 10 An "nua Only some little garmm ts VI Orn and o d fath r - and :Jun as a crypt A famt 5 tdl ng 00 ir relat ves are gone or arc far awav, a nd m that a t all touches m o e1t htr m it s st ry <;> Ga~ed at in sec et sou ow l ow and then 0 yes I understand said I mterpos pervaded the r <>om whICh wtth all m~os d1ff rent ts p1eseuce like Qucbe~ .An l that is the Guarded as m scrs hoard their darl ng gold .Bt t Mr L -import rn yo ll' fuend you r CLty of Mextco llu& tlw old Qiebec of lmi And hide ttte treasurn J:1om the el e oi men mg t o !ill up th.i sentence wh10h t he gen pital expenence felo almost mt oler..bl. t lt>ir all ·eemed unable to complete you My ho;1t led t he way to a la.rge catafique devoted fr end M1s'J Oarston tory h~s been sadly p!laged O[lts mi. er al Only two tmy sboes worn out almost Sne loo&e l a t me strangely al most susp101 glory by gross ands upid m~n A Ju !eons You would not d eem them worth a passmg m identally mentioned he was dead 1 l ke bed, and as I dr ew near I 8 ~'! en thmk' shroude d Ill multiplied wr appmg$, t h) fig ously aga.m saymg after a p!luse Do you Ja I stands out yonder un the Plams of Ab thought But oh they conJ ure up a rushmg host Yes yes he is dead my v1s1tor ei acu ure of a woman lunk: eo' raha.m su1m mhng nl noo;t tr e very ap'lt Of sweet sad memor es that come unsought l:tted ha! spasmodwa1Jy and tuimng A pair of k een, ghttermg eyes wereuxed Truly I co He exl11b1ts as m ich \\ here t he immortal \Vo!Ltell and die I The away upon me which I sa\\ plamly enou/1 rn anxiety regarding you as if you l\ere lus glorious old Jes,u1t college was lately coz · Only a I ttle bed how of t I bent '.I hen the yo 1ng lady is auffermg: from spite of the gloom More th~n tha t j felt only child I doubt 1f there is :u y one who uemned as bemg m danger of fall ng down lo kiss the lovelv tenant sleepmg there :My heart was 1 appy nits great content g11ef a very d fficult malady to treat and them as it were probmg me to th e very takes a deeper and kepner m terest m) our An cl yet " hen t he ' audals came t o destroy Nor reek ct the sorrow it has had to bear of en bel ond tber<.>ach ot medical art How depths of my consciousoe~s Never 11 all reco' ery 1t th-3y literally had to us dynamite to over ever until I have seen her, I cannot gn e my clmical pra~tt ce had I encoun tced a She cont nued to lock at me m the same t hrow H A great t gl) emp.y wee 1 grown Only a 1 ttlo while but short at best And time w 11 "aft ts to the other shore auy opimon I contmned stare so piercmg I n my hospi a.I prqtice etramre d ubious manner ~qua.re now holds t h" pb ce of th1 e last m an Partings >1nd dea h no more shall rack the Does gr Ef often kill? asked the gen the sick the dymg the mad t he san t ho You seem l ncredulou,s But I ma k e umen t to t he noulest an d most m se fish c tv breast tleman almost eagerly Then notmg some coward and t he brave all sorts of s®rnrs allowauces for the abnorma-1 fan c es of m II z r t hat ever ln ed One rn1 ght "0 on i>-11 In ti at blest home the Land of Evermore 1 thmg of a.stomshment m my attitude for the had looked at me m the awful m Qlents v~ ds Be assured of your guar d ians a.ffec <lay recounting examples of ~tup1d1ty and JOH N A SKH.AM quest10n startled m,e Y cu nay under when the doctor is the embodunent offat e t ·on en I t ell you that llQ has retamed bigotry hke tb1S b 1t let us escape t i e un stand how anx ous I am aud will pernut but n one had rega rded me 1 ke t his Jmost me exclu~ly for your ser vice peasan t t ask It 1s much to k:no ~ that th" me to put pornt blank queries? unearthly woman Tue dJtL]i;: ud partl y rehea ed from hei m1gl ty deeds and worcls of tbe illustrious Oh there should be no hesitation m I felt almost mes mensed but$y a face as I sll.td-~s Y et s he was clearly no· dead are beyond t he reach of p ogreas1ve Ca$eS likely to have a fatal termmation supreme effort of se f command I Pt side convmced l .i'~ ned silent sat stied lD railroads and t hat do what t hey may they Doubtless you will havo to prepare for tes my feehng11, and asked tile suff.ir er 1 she own mmd t~~was one of those un can never over throw their aot 1 cvements Off.APTER I tamenta-ry d1spoml of the lady s property 1f was for t te hyst e o. tims who are t he tor r hese stormy and ston y heigh ts for all 88 It was ten days smce the ele'1ant brass her r ecovery be hopclesa T ins 18 Dr L eighford Harriet std my ment of emse\ the despair of t bcH t ime shall stan l as t he r umted monuments pla e was affixed upon the front door of my phyE11cian an "' s Th is strange u n ·were I m charge of Quebec to day I should :!'lo, no the p©or tnmg has httle or host quavermgly little VIll11. mform1ng the world that Leigh nothmg J.:Ier father my late pa.itner, died I he g httermg eyes swept from me 0 the wa,rranted susp1c on of th e man who was I er make it the great~ ·t crime for anv man to ford Surgeon was added to the unexcep al most maolvent Ir deed, h\s ead end was speaker lie t urn ed aside as if to go You benefactor and upon whose bount y her lifo throw down a su gle stone fro!l1 the walls or tional residents of the neighborhood Yet caused by financial embarrassment~ Young will prefer to t ell D r L eighford how ~mare depended was a symptom of those hideous 1.1ncHmt edifices of the brave old city It 1 8 so far I had waited m vam fpr a. patient as you aie doctor you know tha t the world by yourself my dear 1 am gorng OVi n perveu 1ons of nght an cl VI rong that mark like st ea.hng prec10ug stor es from a SO\ ~r Some youngstere; wo 1ld have been de0pond <;>f tra.de 1s £1 n.u~ht with pitfalls and that the st au s the con luct of s ch pa.ti en ts eign s 010\'ln L t pre gress go b y the ent some 111d1gnan t at an 1gnorrng world cleverest and the shrewdest cannot always Af(am the gl!tt enug eyes met m~e I Mr L t1mpo t ln spite of his odd puzzlmg other" ay r hank God no (.'r easy ratlroad I waited qmetly for busmeas Not that 1 escape disaster No I am not an x10us tor sat down on a chan b) t he bedside aytng nanner was almost den onstratnely anxwus has yet come sc eechrng a nu. ac1earn'ing u r am a plulusopher or too phlci:mo.t1c to feel the chaposal of Miss Gart·on 8 property for as cheer fully as I could Have yct been to s rve ha unhappy ward He would often the ho1gb.ts Wolfe c l ~bed She s1 s above small anxieties I was 1eally eager for em she h:i.s really none worth apeakmg of Be ih long, carry up her toocl f on the k1tohen with his the t ide of commerce lev he r reminn so ploymt-nt aud with good reaaon- bemg ill t ween ourselves she is dependent u pon my A fa nt voice responded , Six moths own hand· he brought home d:uly sup rheie a e p enty of 1111hoad towns m th a provided with cash and ha vrng had to do a bounty though of course !do notlether Ca.n:')ouendure a h t t le. more hg~? I phcsof he most temp'tmgfrmt <tndat an la1dw1thouttrymg to male the gray qld :lathers duty towards my younger brothers kno~ 1t P oor thm0 she has trouble ask ed It is impossible for me to Jndge immense e pens~ l ept toe swk cham~er fortress one of them The 1tiasu t 1tat can be and to marntam m y mother ands ster With enou gh without that F ron no otber con how y ou are Ill this semt darkness l!Orgeouslv decorate l 'nth flowers- jonquils done no 1 v is to 1 reser e what is left o her much difficulty, and with sublime heroism iderations thr.n t h ose of affection am I A nod was the only r eply v10lets 1 !Cs of th-0 v lley and ouners I Aud it seems to me tha.t 1f I could not re on my mothers part 1 ha d passed through here to consult you After you h tve seen obJecte l t o them for t hev made the air of sto e a ny pa.rt ot the sti uctur s I would try my umvera1ty and med1ual studies and now her, r wunt you to give me your frank A lamp was uoon the t able at aollC dLS lie roo n hea\ty as an :ttrnospnere imp eg and resto1e some.h1ug of the old customs the time had come for me to repay all the opmion as to t.ue nature Q f her malaay and t ance from the bed I t wa~ of sm LI s z~ nated with oprnm n t here wn.~ a.not!: er I wot d mount guar ls at eve y g i.te souocl sacr1ficea that had been made on my behalf the probabihties 0 hei Iecoverv and nlso but I m a.naged to get a fa n Jl!tmo afte t n m 11 &11ss Ua ::>tons obstrnac es She was pas the t e\ ~ille and ~11 that and for tbo matrnc So I waited for a crop of pat ients , out calm to let me.know without r esen e what reme rnrn g t he wick ! brought i t t> the bldstde swn~tely fond of flowers 1hough heI gen t10n of the student ..nd ti1etraveller keep up Jy as I ha\ e said dies you are admimst er mg I am glad that and looked at m y patient 1:1 er deii ir mg erd demeanor tow[l,r ls Mr L3. npmt v; as tho tradit1011al air and character of the au The reason of the calmness was my absorp you are y uni-"( doctor Y on wi I doubtless eyes were aga n tixed on me B ut I h r· he au:; th ug but am able, and often sim ply C:lent c ~v so far a~ 1t could be do1 )e w1thot t t 10n m a series of com:ph ated expenments be more cons dera.te of my wishes than an scrut my without fl mchu::g or w1thoutlnnoy rude ncl ungrate ul yet .J1hen 4e brought cost t l tl 3 p Of 10 '.For Q iebec 1s umq u< Let me say that I glo11ed m my profession older and more opmionat ed man As he an c3 I srmled kmdly a.nu spoke s01th1n"' her het e\omngbouq iet sheb 'Camegramoua ..nd belong!' to the worli, µot eutirc=;IJ to It only had one d1sagreewble side- that was w en on my vmtor grew mote and more ly a nd went t h rougt t hose httle..trts of and qu1esceut Sn< "ou d bur y het face rn C1nada the earnrng of fees I am not and can never animat ed and he msens bly approached measurmg a pat1en which we lean quite the bo iq iet and rnha.le its frngi ance as a _ _ _ __,_ __.._ ____ be deeply mterestcd m money matters So close to me gl dmg along the sofa. uncoI!sc!Ously .h1rsty A ab buries 111s face m a de crt ti\ Racmg Calf'. although the wolf "I\ as growlml{ a t the door I was young impressible, eager for em By degrees the suapic10us mterngatory pool of our pretty villa and +he need of a patron plo) ment, a nd there was some thmg mysten eyea loot their unear thly expiessi n and I was sure the flowers did her har m for \\ ab:ish th0 two year o d ca1rno calf was but too obv10us I went on with my ex ous or at any ra,to somethmg Ul\t sua l m this aft tt I had held t he lady s hand m rlme fo1 af ei; mba.lmg tliem ·he would fall back that is cred1tetl w1tli L m1lo racmg record of per1meuts unw1t tmg of everythmg else case I felt equal t o any prorrflse and so I a mmute she appeared t o grow calmer quite exhausted and one evenrng st e furn 2 20 was brought to Ph lad"lp111a on Mon The evemng of the tenth da~ was far ad said · You may r ely upon my- domg all Her pulse wh1ch had bounded ma.Uy be cd so co nnle ely that I fea ed she was fay by the owner Colonel Cha Les J Bums vanced I was translatmg a German story t ha· 1s possible for the voung L ady earn~ st ead1ei; I felt I was garnmg Jer con dead of Evansville Indiana 'Vabash h!ls won viva. voce to the fnm ly group m y mother You know doctor he ·a td agam look fi lence so I wen t on look mg at wat ch In my t rep dat on I rn.n mto the dres.mg seven races off the re~I th g summer and was was sewmg my sist er also mybiothe1 Sam mg at me stead' astly · young girls a re and as I cc-unted the t hrobbrngs of t[e was· rom for some 10 water leavm~ Mr L'!m only beaten once O n that occ~s10n he fell was writ ng down n 3 translation as a sort sometimes hystenoal and have strange ed arm I c. uld feel that the sufferer was port man ecstasy of apprehcn ion no!l.r t be down At Hsd fo d P.i.tk on V\ Adnesduy o;f onb l or gettmg through tl e story easily fancies and do many odd thmgs ~ lookmg a t me more assuredly t hollgh my poor thmg B ut I w Ls amazed upon my re fa_!it)l.e-easily Iieat J C ;Mason s bll g the when he came t o d eal with 1t 1n his lessons I nodded m a mat ter of comose sort of face was averted turn to find h m holdmg the bouqget..ovo1 Ma j o1 a.mi le m 2 '0 AHer tbe iace C',ol '.Ihe wmtry: mght was m uproar, the wmd way · You ha.ve been very ill mdeed I her face almost stifl ngly l3nrns declm ed to accept an ofier of $1 500 howling the ram tattoomg lll abrupt dashes Well a oc or if .you s~ld find t hat said placingJ.1er arm softly down llut Good heavens 1 I cried · W hat are you for his fleet footed bo\ ne The calf is agamst the wmdows 1 doubt if a cosier Miss Gar sfon ha:'iiany symP,! om~ lop., "'"' g0od ,, ,.8 m :worlt dom~? .She wim~1 r Put t hose abom nearly 13~ hand h gh his legs are !Jim those and happ er mtenor could have been found km<l c omphcat c:d wit h or ansmg from th e wonnera tna.l Le flowers a~ay r o~ a girafie and h1~ horns are tipped with m all 1: ngland than our little drnm g room shock she has received I beg you t o be. un ' Shall I get better ' eha murD'lt ed m a He loos:ed a~ me m a. half te 1fied half mckle pbtecl knob~ 0..)1 B trns bou_ght the m spit e of financial troubles did with me hoarae weak but most anx10us v01ce searclung " ayJ a;i he had often done befoie ca.If wl en a vearh og f1om an Indmna. fa1m Just as I wae m the 111dst or a rr.ost ex ·To br.o sure- to be sure if you will do as a.ncl lturr edia efy ol ey~elogtzhrtlor er who wa;s d1'1v ng ·he spht hoofe<l. trotter c.erta1n1y citing episode of the st ory when my mother And it anyth ng-any h mg else should I bid you makmg the nustake to a sulky, a.ud b a iug all ordmary road a nd sister had dropped t hei r work u pon stn ke _y ou ) ou will let m e kn iw? She half rose m 1 er excltement b ut fell I wag too much preoccup ed b) n v eITorts sters w th oase rhe their l..ps and San ha<l forgot to wnt e o~rtam1y I shall have no shaaow of bacl agam wit h a groan for the recovery of n y pati nt to thmk of C L~ rs OF PLE:SIA::< BLOOD when I "\'l as adJUS mg my voice to a proper r egerv e VI 1th yoa sir You promise me hfe she demimdecl m this curious episode at the time but it re an l wa· bred ra sed an 1 tramed by the 1ntonat on-for I pude myself upon my 'Ihank) ot thauk von very much doc a wlusper t urnccl to me afterwards, J ke a hauntmg farmer Col Buris intends exh1b1trng the elocut10n-wc weie a ll startled by some or IOr that assurance cn e l the gent leman Yes H eaven helpmg us I eturned tune hat comes actoss om consciou~ness spoed3 beast 01 all the trottmg trll.oks m thmg which brought us hem the realms of wrmgmi.; my hand almost famfully · I so:>thmgly when kas· expected t le country H tch cl to a 1 ght wa ,on fictton t o th ose of reality by a loud and pr> should also mention he contmuc l that .The other s al1 said I Phould die she vV'"b..sh trot l to Bo! nont P.i.1k an i longed rmgmg of the door bell 3 ~ o ur time and slull will be ,, areatly d (T0 ll CONTI.N ED ) was sent ·rour d 1 he t1 lCk several t ne at ,, cont nue t urn mg her eyes agam upon me h I'h l l W ho can it be? cried my mother trenched 1 pon m my serv ce la n preJ:>ated glarmg with dis.i:ust ~" - ---at rec 11 nit ga~t e c ts w11 a id P erh aps Uncle Robert sngl(ested my t o m 4 ke the a :rtpleet pecumary rctt rn for hmlB ure pei fectly sou id and the o ner your ..id May 1 ask if you can accompany I caie not what o hers say I sha.U (]o Ta s te ef F r ench Women sa.ys he ha~ d.nven !um 40 1mles ad y with s1ste me now 1 all that I can ~o restore you t o health I l French women who are admitted to po. < it making h im t1un n. hn1r Although ' Perhaps my now clothes said Sam Perhaps a pat ient, said I with an rn As a matter of course, I acq aiesced n ot !al<l I felt tha" I ough t not to mdure her! seso a more rdined taste m dress than a.ny \Va.bash ttots fast and ste!;d ly rn harnci>s credulous smile unpleased t o th nk t hat t riere w aa now susp mon any lon~er for both our sakes A othe fe mnmc& mo at present weannu a. he is mu.,h speedrnr when runn ug un lt>r '[y mother shook her head despondently t i e p ospect of a subst antia l openme; Ill t ho cloctor who does not mspne tbe confidence coarse s azy "ooleu iabrw \ eiy 11.ll ea hght saddle To show tile calf s speetl he was l1 The servant settled the matter by an work of my profession But wit hal I was of his pat ent is wor se than u·el ess he is a horse b anket for tra\ cl and In nt ng pur saddled and mot ritecl by a 11" lb JOokey nouncmg t hat a f(en t leruan wanted t o see struck with the half ten ntmg manne1 in new element of dangf'r poses The mater al 1s made i p rlamly m yesterday and Mr Hortons C orm:la,,. Dr Le1 ghfm d wh ch my pat ron mdwa.ted the sllbJect of ' L et me look a t you whispered the la 1y two plOces plaited plam skirt and coat wt th a record of 2 '>4 was st rted agamso Then t .aere was a prett y fl utter I can as n y honoranum I seemed to be offered a impat ien tly tailor made m tact with a good deal of silk him Clonuda we it awa.y n tho le1d 111 hen sur e you My u other became quite pale bn be yet i t was so masked by poll ta defer t ook t he lamp placed it close to my face machrne st1tchmg to show Ill heu of more the w01d go was given bu t 11.e1lly, the ll.nd raised her eyes mvolun t auly t owards ence tha.t I could not be sure of his m eanrng and stood h&lf defiantly while she exau med elabor ·te t mnmmg French women wear Jockey on the calf qu1ekly clapped spur~ m to h aven my s1 ate1 clasped my hand Sam B~sides why should I be b n bed for sun ply me At ll'n gth she mghed and puttmg fo t h whiter collars an i c iffa a,nd neater gant de it· s des and with u b !low t ia.t ~as he a.rd was all eagerness 1 E~etybo dy appeared to dorng rny best for a poor suffermg girl? her hand said qmte audibly I uilt trust suedes than any women on earth and one a n ile oft Waba·l1 h oisted ·his tail hko a :!eel that a crisis had come in our httle These t houghts fl tted through my p r z you searches rn 'am fo the par htt la1 charm rn Jackstafl ;i.nd set home As for myself, I may as well admit zled bram aa I waa pu t ting on my overcoat a Par sm,n lady~ perfect tv1let It 1s no one SAIL Ali rim ru:m THOTrEn that I was a httle flustered However I The gentleman had a cab waihng- at the CHAPTER II thrng esp·c ally but J lst e' erythmg rn The crowu. of ho1scmen present at once saw followed the servant m to the room wher e do01 and mto it we st epped A ft er a dn V"e general Such a rut m ng s5 mphony ofcolor that ' Vab..sh lad a mixed but fast gait that the gentleman v. a s w aitm1r of about t en mmutes we stopped and I A fortmgb t p~ ased such a tortm gh tas t hroui:lout an l 8uch ueatness and com is peculln.rtoh1mself ·when on t e back St anding with his back to the fire, a tall was ushered mtc, a splendidly turmshed fewi mech al men pass through exc1tmg a.nu pleteness from bonnet to s.aoe S·rangers stretch hts legs seemed to sprangle out on all elderly man confronted me H is face was manswn Upon entering t he h ouse, m y perplex ng as cases o'ten are Ihe hou·e are \ ery apt when strolling thron.,,h the sides at once a id he bowed his back !tke a pale, hagga rd careworn But bis eye was companion directed me t o step mto a large k eepei who at mtenals attended my pa Boulevard Haus3man or Ul)aussee d Antin buckmg broncho and blew a cloud of sten.m .nrm and q_uest1onmg t hough r est ess Be @ nd handsome room whern he left me tien t seemecl an excellent person bnt to nustitke a p e tt) daxl eyed gusette for a l)Ut of his nostrils Colonel Burns p r oudly fore I had time to speak he ha d look ed a t Some time pass£>d before he r eturned a nd I Death and I fought a moat desperate com barone·s "hen admmng h,er olive green s11ll:. waved hts hand toward h m and ~aid to t!1e 9 me three t1me9 and bad seemed t o have ro had aniple leisure t o examme the details of bat fo1 p 9 sses 10n ot M B s Garston I was costume Leghorn poke w th green feathers orowd on the qn:1.rter stretch, :Now you fleeted between the gla1ices the apart ment which seemed haU hbrary often red need to despr.m for my calcula and :5 e low undressed glo' es !ittmg !Ike all watch that cntte1 hump mm self If ' Yon are Dr Le ghford, I suppose' he half smokmg room , for books and pip 8 tions were s o falstfied that I som1?hmes gloves 0 l tl e Bernhardt nwdel used rn glo' e hump ng mPMlt blo vmg until the as aa1cl somewhat heter ogeneously a.clorned the t hought I m ist be an o.nantignoramus aud stoies not to ·pea1t of her exqa1S1b I ttle tonnded Clo1mrla. bolted ~cross the track !bowed walls Ly mg on the able was a q uo.mt folio t hat so far from deser mg my diploma I olive gr<>en ick shoe laced over the amde in l stoo ! ttcmblmg ago.inst the 011t.1de ra ls ' x ou are yotmg a new begm ner, eh ? bound m vellu m I t looked 80 odd, t hat I ougl;lt to be sent baOl to an elementary class bone Wabash a d ce1 t amly what the Colonel ex Yes nr I have but recently begun t o opened it cm wus to know what might be m tl1e memcaL school The leading sympt om pected \ Va.bash came along 1 ke a loc omo pra ctise on my own behalf B ut I have hail its con tents But 1t was al most a sealed of my patient was exhaustion There was t1ve passed the bewildered maie aud was CHI1'· C!EiAT loop ng mto the home stre ch bAfore t1mo1 cons1clemble hospital experience I hast ened book to me- it was m I talian Bemg how no specific disease of any of the vit:;l organs to aud for I feared that my iuvenlle looks ever a fair Latm scholar I could make out but all were d eb1htated the heart in par Al ways ta.I e beauty a t its face ' alue ous C 0111 ch s driver co ld mduce her to might be aga nB t me t ha t it dealt with meaicm e I tnou 2h t i t t icular The remethes I prescribed some Ttie wife of the man that called a baby t1ot vVaba·h won by an eighth of a t d d th t d "' t l ancl was c lieern d b Y e\cry spectatoi ex e expeo e euec some cau age a crv cycle was spendmg a week me N o oou bt n o doubt said my vmtor strange th t my patron should read such imes pro uce md1ffore11tly though lookmg a t me mo e 11ternture B ut a man so evidently smgular t11nea failed to do so and sometimes aggra with he mot! er When the , 181t is re. mn cept Mr Horton -Philadelphia '.1 imeo ........ - ~· might do many strange t hmgs 80 I ha lf vated t l e syn ptoms m a bew1ldermg man ed his w twill keep calmEor k eenly than befor e A pause dur mg which the gentleman re d iemISsed t he matt er fr om my mmd and ner In homely phra8e I was at my wits to look over the names of some of end and t hought that m honor I ought o A ltttle gn l w ule walkmg along with her PENSEES t urned fleeted while 1 d1agnos1 d his ner vous con the books upon t he sheh es They were co nmt the lady tootler hands n other and seerng a near sighted man read d1t1on almost as a matt er of habit mg a newspa.-per aske l Ma nma is that Fae hty 1s no ta.len t bu t there 1s no vcit I urgetl th s upon M ss G ars on s gnar d man 1 an d or d mary book s I want your asstst auce, doctor said he c h1efl y nove1s t rives trym to look through that plper? au whose name I learned was Lamport He able ta cnt without famltty a fter ponderm l!" m a rather p eculiar case such as one find s m most houses wher e ac 1 With the ol Jected very strong ly and be~ought 1 n e to It is only t he female mosqm to that bites Wo u n are m general ttio varn to profit and l should l ke to have a little con versa cumula t10u has been go>ng on exception of an encyclopred1a and a n atlas cont n 1e my attent1oaH for a httle lotiger While t 10 female 18 off huntrng b ood the by cxpene11"e and men are too careless t 1on wit h you before we go i lll thet It 6 not true that the arh moralize they J '!'hen, pray b" ~eated, ' I reJomed tl:.ere did no· P.eem to. be a learned , olume ~rns Garn ton herself obstmately r efused to maledis hod d ntg ~ poh ttihcal con ventioif m the collect10n '.Ih1s made the vellum allow another doctor t o be brought m even woo "an se tmg up e p u maries or nex refine only and m refining they weaken placmg a chair lles1ue hun folio the more remarkable and I could not for con5ult11hon I had ~amed her coufi ) ear 8 campaign He t o<l}l it and I sat beside !um A posthumoua v.ork is almo3t alwa·s 011 d ea1 I h ave got t o t a·ter 1 h nd fimshed my deuce completely and she h a d t h e n rmest L ~ F iancee ' a "By t he way said he n smg f1om the help returnmg t o 1 assurance t hat I was wnolly d evoted to her go and I shall be n. vay two whole ye~rs and book that one has forgotten to bury with the chair, do y ou rnm d my lowenng t he gas a t ov.r of t he room Perhaps a q_u~rter of an hour hacl passed rest oration Sile greeted me al wa:>s with a I am dreadfully afraid Le F 1ance Now authoi little' My eyes cannot endure much h ght Con olat1 ons 11re a succor that man lends P ermit me and therewith he turned d own a ud I was JUst gomg to look at tho> old foho smile e en m the midst of paroxysms ot how silly you ar o when I have p romised to and my presence appeared to be utterly bored until you cowe back to htm elf, and of which sooner or late1, the hght to a mere gh mmer ' N ow doc agam when the door opened and my host suffermg The high school girl says tb e expressi on e\ eryone has need m hi~ turn t or I want you t o give me your most serious reappeared He seemed much agitated, and have a. calm mg wfluence upon her I sp 0 ut hours w1t n her daily par tly for profess10nal · got tho bulge, will soon be superseded by \ Vi b humor and kmduess a man JS more attention I h«ve a ward , a young lad y the w iped t b.e per spiration from his brow Pray excuse my long d elay he said re11sons I trtl) becau~e she desired me to be obtained the convexity Ancl so we agte<able m the world than with a superior daughter of my lat e partner She is ill, I haYe had much difficul ty in per sua d mg near her hasten to r emark t hat mad s tone stories have mtelleot devoid of gaiety and goodness v ery ill, a nd I am t !lrubly concerned a bout my ward to see y ou She ism a very Now I am one oF tho e who believe that obta ned the comexity over othe~ sum A man onl y arnvesatacompetencybythe h er ' work that he does lumself if he a.cquues ;My vmtor did not face me, but sat m ha f obstrnate n ood I fea1 But you vn ll make med1ca1 men txerc se a }lrofound lllfluence mer fables upon their patients I y mete personality es Simon l ou ve been dr n k ing agarn I riohes it 18 by the work that he makes others profile and mstead of reoccupying the allowance for her I have no doubt .ffe looked at me measurmaly notw1t h pec1ally upon delicate at l suffe11ng VI omen smell liquor on you r b teat h an d i t W'l<S only do chair he had now placed hm1selt upon the ., ' Vit ia r ar ely un!lccompamod by a touch soia four or five feet away Th!il distance stanclmg hrn d1sqmetude I looked a.t him, Apart fr m medw1 Jes h ) g1e1ie aud tbe yesterday you promised me yonr fon d wite 'Yes of malignit y it accustoms people to take and the !!loom made 1t impossible for me to and had a better opportun it y of not mg h ts rest we have it ID eur power to d o an mfin t ha t you had now finally r eformed I ity of good by k mdly converse and by t he Mrs Mullbeiry (hie) ash to but you she thrngs in ways ti at are not thOse of perfect l!ee the e::i.press1on of his features F rom personal a ppearance than prov1ously time t o h me he wiped his face wit h a h and Judged him t o be betwten fifty and sixty exercise of a wISe despotism M ss Garst on (hw) the cholera 8 a ragmg Ill Egypt (hie) goodness nor of genms +·~ -~ kerclnef thereby adding t o the difficulty of he "VI as t all thm, close shaven, evident ly m came to l ook upon me a.s a sort of earthly an 8 comm to t his direcshun like (Jue) spress seeing his face I did not thmk much a.bout weak health and of a worrymg nature or sa.v10ur and she obeyed me w1t h t he 1m train Got t o b egm t o b raoe u p my (h10) Ul d z 1 1 d h as b e omea h istoqc Still, M M lib un m uuan these t hmgil u ntil long afterwards and then und er sumc uorrodmg dzstress T witches phcitness ofachild or of a devotee system m time ~ rs (hrn) u erry place I t was h ere t h at C et) wa) o once h eld w hat I had attrib ut ed to eccentnc1ty and distorted his face frequently his hands she would n ot permit me t o bnng m a col __.._...,__ his court and estabhshed his iron svv:ty ngm fi moved unconsciously and his feet were ever 1eague though her death w""'a 11nm1nent m ent al distress, assumed another 1 movmg, though he stood upon the same ' I prefer to die she said the last t ime I Chief Justice Ooleridge is bemg rece1ved here after the rude palaces had crumbled ca.nee I p urposely kept h im talkmg for a pressed the st bJ·ct I ha\ e endu red so with un isual enthusiasm H is baggage l:ias while the royal court was held m North W hat 1s t he mattu with t he )Oung spot few mmutes t hat I might examme h un at much, that I may surely be spared any been passed at New York without examma. Zululand the Kmg suffered the great defeat l ady? I asked No, doctor , you alone tion-a very unusua,l l onor,_~nd h has which thr eV\ him mto the hands of Sir Garnet Ay t hat is t he question I repl ed my length for I felt that somehow, by know further anguish v1s1tor wit h a sharp rntonat1on, and turnm? mg }um, I should gain a better ms1ght of must t end me to the last Oh do not leave been besiel(ed by m terviewers much m9re 1t "' olseley and here agam the other day was my patient 8 malady This may seem an me remam w ith me to the end ! You are is to be feale :t to the terror of his Lordsh1d fougl1t a tight '"here Zulu faced Z ulu and himself t owards me ' Have yon ha.d other advice before ccm· odd notion to many nay, I am astonished good and kmd you have donf.l all that t han an ythmg which t he dynamiters coulp the Kmg s courageous arm~ once more \\as myself now as I re all the scene But bow human ·kill can accompl!Sh lf 1t 16 my des do lll the way of disturbmg h1~ equa,nmnty routed n g to me' I asked Only 0 0 A CURIOUS CASE 0 0 0 ms r 0 Senne Famou s R ebuke!!' Edmuna h.ean \Vas Vi ont to say to l m1self th tt hE could see a sneer ac1 oss Sal sbm y Pian an! his career ! av· asp ~\'l'I s1grnfi ca.1 ce to the ex pr e s on TI e ha~Be sen·1 t1ve temperan en mCilcate 1 l v his hyper bohc sayn:i,i,, and m his e-31 I er vears ne l au to a grnater degree than mo~t o her men of who e 1 ves "e have a rcco.rd s !fored trom he sl ngs and arro N"S of outrageous fortune Noller than an) of the r,,bui es d rected n.r<arnst those ti ·t na I ~ounde l I is feel ngs n the days of h poverty "as that which vhen tame an 1 !01 t ne e e s ilmg tpon lum he admm stered to the E r l ot E3sex rh t nol lenrnn who "a one of l 1s mo. t ardent a l n u ers remonstn d w1 h him fol bemg seen arm 10 <ltln with foofodon the Hrnger t'<llmg hun that it wo ild m1Mate aga.rnst h s be ng rec" ved 10 an stocr ~trn circles Kean 1epl ed My lor:l 1\11 Incledon was my friend m th.i st rictest sense of the wor l anu whP.n I had scarcel;i anoth e nend m t he wo ld an l 1f I sho 1li now desert l 1m rn the decline of hB popularity or fall of his fortune I snou1d little de-serve tie frien l~h p of any man and be qi te un worthy the favourable opinion ) our Jor dab p ha done ne t he ho tor to ente tam of me As of El n un l K~an , so of the b 11! ant. w1tand orator John Ph1llpot C trran it may be 1ead1ly believed that h s deln ery of a 1e b ke was spec ally effoct1ve Once when eng 1ged m a. c:i.se that was being t n ed bo>fore 6' t1'61bbon the Ir sh chancellor that func twnary had nrou~ht on to tie benc I with hm1 a large Newfo rn ·1.lan i dog to" h1ch he was ostentatiously attentive vh le the advo cate was u. ldrassmg au ela.borate '\rgument to him .A· a cntical pomt of the sueech the Jndge turned quite aw1.1y and i.ppeared to be wholly 1ngrossed w th the dog Cur rant ceased to Hpeak Go on g 1 on, Mr C u ran, exclaimed the cnancel or Oh I beg your parn on saul C:urlln, ' I was under tho 1mprecs1ou tha,t y01t? io1dsh1ps were 10 consultat10n Bu~ a. far mor e soatl mg rebuke waG that with wh ch Ctr ran set down Ju.dg" Romn·on The la5t na.med pe sonage wa· tie author of a num ber of tfl wnt en but uus"rnpulova and scurrilous pamphlet& 11 fa, or of the govern mentolthed ..y Astewas not known to have aay other iecom nendatlon lt wa~ mor<> ti an suspe ted tin.the h:1d been raised i;o the be1Jcn so el~ in rnwarcl. lo pohttcal haoK woll At a tune when Currnn though nsmg mto not ce was st 11 & poor and str 1gglmg ma.n, he WJ.!t' speak1ng in the court over wlnc 1 hor nson p resided Touch ng an oprn on thn.t had been put for ward by t he opp srng couI) e he rema1 ked that h" had exammed all ! is books a.nd could not find as ngle ca·e ~hat sup per ed the c:mt~n t10n of the o her side That may be Mr Curran sneeied Ro]:J u son but I suspect your hw library ls athor limited Fo1 a moment Curran eyed the purse proud toad) or t he p::>htwal powers that were, and then broke forth It 1s very tnv> my: lord that I am poor and this circumstance certarnly ra her curt;;1led my library My boolie al!~mffi ~ us hut they a.1 e select, and I hope have b~C>[l per used w th proper drn1 os1t1on I have ..pre pared myselI for this !ugh profess10n rat~ by the study of a few: good books than by the compos1t 1on o· a great many bad ones I am not ashamod ot my poverty but I should be ashamea of my wealth it I could iitoop to acqu re it by servility and corrup tion If I nsP. not to mnk I shall at least be honest and shoulu I ever cease to be so, rr aoy an example shows me ...nat an ill a°' quired elevatwn by maklll,, me mo1e con sptc iou· would only make i:r e m~le ,mver sail} :rnd notonously contemptj.ble Very ne ·t and characteri~ ~iu the way of prac ic:i,I rel.Jukes wn.s that '"-~allcyrand to u. iMthfd but t m mp s t1 ve confidential servant ·~horn he s11w non the wmdow of h s apar n ~ut coolly 1ea1 me a let c en trn~te 1 to I m to d<'! ver Ou the 1 ext d~y as n liar co nu 1s3 on wa~ confided to the ser \ant and to tlie socon l lett r v; s aode i apostsunpt couche I in tne J:ollow ng t e m· You can sen i a verbal a rnwe1 by the bear 81 Be ia periec.ly well acq i:1rnted wi.h he whol" r.dfair ha mg tal en le p ecaut1on to read tl11sp1ev10us to its d h er ~ Not bad in · way ether was Lord Cites eifi ld s p a.c 1ci ly humo ous rebuke of the craze for ha,, mg fa reachmg portrait gallenes of ancestois In his own gallery he pla ed t vo oll heals 1n cubed i e spectively Adam de Stanhope and Eve de Stanhope Of the rebuke m :ln ect ono of the fioest examp es 1s thn.t attr o lted to Dr South Once when preaohrng before Charles the Secon l he had ob1e1vecl thn.t tie monarch and se> en! of h ~ a.tteudants ha:l falleIL a,sleep Prnsently one of the latter be.,an to sn re whe1eupon the b shop btokc off J us .ermon andexclamed, 'Lo1dL11uderdale I :i.m sorrv to rnterupo your repose or t let ID" entreat you nc.t to snore so lot d lest you awaken his ma)est)" Inc181ve and d1y as 1t becomea its nat10n ahty was tie rebuke of the Scotch shepherd to Lord Oockbmn of Bonaly Tha noble man waR s1tt ng on the h lstue Vi!tl the sl1epherd and observ n~ t he sneep reposmg 111 the coldest situation he sai l to J11m John 1f I were a sheep I would he on the othet aide of the hill 1 ie shepherd an s vered Aye my lord bu 1f ye had been a sheep yo woul d h le had ma1r s"nse -A lt 0 0 the Yem R cund " The B'"lt.sh Empl1 e The Bnt18h Empire is a. very 1mposmg aggregate of tcrntories scattered over all the cono nents but when it comes to be exa.mm ed more closely it is fo md to consist for the nost pa1 t of I"d"pendent com i omvealths epublics m all but name goV'eI IlllJQ'. their ~ own territor1 1>s ruakmg their own laws levymg their own hnffs and developmg their own c1v 1 z~t10n without any control on th,e part of the Imperial Govern neut l he only direct mfluence that Great Br1tam exercises o>er the colomes which have es t abl s liecl respor.si bl e governmen t s is b Y the official nom mated by the Home Government as chief of tire Executive and who 1s var ously kuown as Governor Governor General or High Com1 mss10ne1, as the case may be - - · - -- - - - :Sewer Ga.a a.no. Typhoid Fever Dr George Hamilton Ill the M edical Record takes issue w1tl those whom assume t he conveyance of germs of typh01d and scarlet fevers diphtheria, and dysentery by conhmmated water, and who do t b I hctrrnkm~ t h no e Leve t a sewer gas can spreaa t e infection or on gma.te the diseases Refer .ring to the ep demics that sometimes occur .uddenly in c1t1es fed with dr inkmg waterfrodmd some common soudrce hedsdaysdthat their su en appearance an as au en wappeu.r ancec<>nnot b eattr1 butedtoth ec h aracterof t h e wat er except on t h e supposition t h at the water changes suddenly from purity to mpunty and vice ve sa1 a suppos1t10n m orr pa,tible with the deh~ery !upply of water lrom reservoirs Walled lp cesspools he says are common m the city and not usually fou nd u::. the country and the exhalations from unventilat<>d and uncared for vaults have much to do with t\J.e prevalence of typboi ~ d1Sease·