Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-10-13
The PHYSICIANS Home.

The Physicians Home.
The cold wln.er, long aud sharp that
year, had given place To srpins but the
nornings aud evenings were dreary,
aud The Gas. wind. wnicn prevailed. peae
TRACED ~ the very warines. house IL Wex-
Oorous h-a fashionable town ior invalids.
no.cd all over En-, l.ni f,r is salubIily.-
Inc east Wind wnlcn had sliuck infian,a-
lion to lhs cnes. ofa lovely cald, aud was
qulcAiy carrying IL away. IL lay on Is
.no.ner knee before .he fire. She, the
mo.her was ,ouhs aud pretly. but delicate
aud care wuruo. Her wnule heart was
wound up in .nis cnl,d. aud sue would
no. believe Out VIVA l. was recovering.
Don't you tnils Il i,oSs a Little batter
t,ia;! l. dil .nis .uJ.n'as? Sh. anxiously
asked raisiaS her eyes 10 ner husbands,
VINO naI come III, aud Was s,anIins near
| her.
He made an evasive reply. for he WAS "A
| phy Iclan, aud he knew tnal The oniii wao
dyniS. A. that momenL there WAS a knock
II. tile from. door. and they herd The mall
\
fheir only servant, for they were very
poor. the physician lr,ins ~ struggle in,u
prac.ice.
lis Mr.. Fairfax. air, she said entering
the room.
Now MIR. Fairfax vas Dr.. Eliiot's land
iori, and the physician. forcer.aln reason.
would ra.iler have had a visit from any
iI.Ins or dead, shan nim. He bruke ou
in,o an impa. .isnt VOID anl demanded why
she ainI..cJ him. She Was beginning. al
explanation, buL he would not sop lo her
1t. h
Well Doctor, began-Mr. Fairfax, who
owned no end oi property in Wexborough,
/ an not come upon nv Usual visit, aud
..al told yoar girl, for saw sine was
prepaI iny he old answer. You know that
nonse of niue In tn. Crescent. whicn was
To be lie. furnished?
Yes.
Well. il is ls the people have arrived
to-day. A lady aii sen.icinan and sever
al servean,s-plen,: lnoley there seems -
% there. Tne gentleman scans Ia BE- in
Dad hesl.h, aai ,hey ASK me To rocom
mend chem a physician. So men.ioned
you.
am Very much obliged to you, sal
De-. Eiiio,t, Win animation.
Yes, bu, Doc er, We don II do nothing
for noshiny. III ihis world. [ shall expec.
pa't ef The lees you'll set TO be haadeL 10
me--for back rent. Wi,hoai any recon
dallon You would never have got in there
tor need not remind You that there are
physicians in Wexooroush older establish
ed aud more popular than You. Is il a bar
gain.
IL is answered Dr.. Elliot Honor
bright.
Then put on your hat, and go up AT
once. They want 10 see you toni hit
Number nine.
DR.. Eiot soon reach the C.escent--
His patent was s-a,ed in a room aione--
Oae ies. caseL in flannel. was raised Oh "A
foot rest. Glasses and Dessert were on
the table though more from custom Ihan
Tor use. just now. DR.. EllioI's card pro-
cesded MIN, and the servant placed a
chail.
They have brouyh. me here for change
Of air. hs said to DR.. Elliot. after speaking
Of ais illness. but have liule faith. my
self III any change beug beuohcial. Such
u cmplica,ion of disorders! Aud now This
ATTACK ot sous, worse than amy | ever have
had. am a young man for gou doctor;
but i. is hereditary In our family.
When DIR. Elliot was wiring the pre-
tax had not mentioned his name, g., he ASK
ed IL now. ruruDdrry. he thought was
the ,eply, but his patient was laken with
= h. Ut cous; ;hlng a. tine Invinenl He wrote
i: :-rurnbsrry. Esq. AS he was leav-
the house a servant came up. and said his
nlsstress wished u see aim.
The lady STOOD IN The drawing room
when Dr.. Elliot entered. the rays oi the
cnandlier falling Oh her. He was struck
with anazemcnt at her beauty. A .aIl slaie
y woman of eiset.and twenty. her eyes
haugh,y: her complexion brilliant, her lea
lures vI rare concur.
Sne began to speak; he began to speak.
but nel her rinlsnei. both. .s'ooj .aweJ To
silence. for they had recognized each oh
er, aud u nei.ner was The Reorganization
palatable. al that first moment. IL was
q.
Elliot saw in her the elder sister of his
vile. She saw in him the hanisame har-
EN- snarem young medical student, whom
She had admired. ii not loved. before she
knew his heart was given to her sister
'rnas was eight years ago aud. no commu
uicati'a nal bern held beiwesn the fami-
lies siace Dr. Ellio.'s friends had helped
him, while he flushed his stu lies and ob-
tanned lis dipkma Snrc then he had set
up ai Wvxborough. and had been living on.
ne hardly knew how, waitin, for prac
tioe; his vile w,ulI have said slrus cling
,on.
DR.. Elliot held out his hand to Mrs.
Turnbull.
Ny hopa tha, the lapse Of lime has
scfsened your feelings towards me! he said