The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-07-03

and give you leave to he rude if it i
any relief to your wretched state O
health"
"a truce % cried Walter, holdin.
out his hand.
Agreed - was Kate's reply, as sh,
shook it heartily. "To seal the con
tract, ride with me to morrow"
:" am afraid"
/ amt. 1t won't kill you. Come
promise"
But your wrist ?"
A mere nothing !"
But the wrist proved the bar in the
way, after all. In the morning it was
go much infamed that Mrs. Hart in
sisted upon sending for DIR. Holmes
and the old gentleman pronounced it g
dislocation, very much aggravated by
the nights neglect. The painful ope
ration of bringing the joints back into
place was borne unflinchingly, only an
ashy whiteness round the young girls
| lips betraying how acute was the suffer.
ing.
Walter complimenfed her upon hel
tortitude, and was thanked by smile,
that was intended to be cheerful, tho
the white lips writhed with pain.
For several days the young lady had
to submit to be waited npon by Hetty,
while her arm hung useless in sling.
Not once did word of complaint fall
from her. She ran with her free light
step from one room to another, now
turning over pictures, now playing
scraps of tunes with one hand, now
singing gay songs. ever cheerful and
gay, ever the life Of the house.
She was sitting atthe piano one after
noon, playing over an air with her right
hand, when Walter came in.
Let me hear you sing" he said.
Hear me sing-certainly."
"I will play your accompaniment"
"You! Do you play %
eyes. Now, what will you sing
Try the soprano"
Contralto, my friend !; I cannot
sing soprano songs we'll"
Contralto. Suppose we try the
prison duet from il Trovatore.' Here
is the score"
A few chords hy way of prelude,
and then Walter began to sing. His
voice was pure, mellow tenor, and
both vocally and instrumentally, his
musical talents showed high cultiva-
tion. Kate's clear, rich notes blended
with his, and the music sent thrill of
pleasure through the mother, who lis
tened in the next room.
While his Cousins cheerfulness du-
ring days of suffering was silently re
buking his own Responding spirit,
Walter kept about, looking and feeling
better than he had for months bnt the
day that Kate first played for him with
both hands free for the piano, he had
an. attack of headache that sent him of
to bed early in the day. The next day
brought him down again but his fears
of incipient inflammation of the brain
kept him very quiet for several days.
Kate's spirits, kept in training while
she was crippled, flew ont of all bounds
with regaiucd freedom of action. The
house rang with her high voice, the
| DldtlO ldlIlN tfCuiOtti W llh NiiC
polkas and waltzes she made it perform,
and total annihilation was threatened
to Walters nerves. She nearly tor.
mented him to death. Now pin pop
ped up from the sofa cushion To meet
his cheek, and as he. started, a merry
laugh informed him from whence il
came. Now the mixture in his medi
cine bottle was found to have been ex.
changed for dose of molasses and
water, while his pills tasted marvellous
ly like raw dough. His can de cologne
was scented with turpentine, and his
slippers filled with wax. AT last he
was driven to his own room for refuge
and Mrs. Hart. having sent for doc,
tor, informed Kate that she was fear
iul that there was inflammation on the
lungs impending. a nervous cough
heard now and then from The sick room
was pointed ont as confirmation of the
melancholy fact.
DR.. Holmes met the young lady or
the porch as he went in.
"Well," he said, after greeting hel
affectionately, what is the matter to-
day ?"
"Oh, very serious" said Kate, pull
ing on long face. inflammation o.
the duoginum."
"The what"
"Well, there's something infamed
Cousin Walter has been infamed al
over since / came; but now tho infa
nation is somewhere else."
"Indeed Perhaps his hearts af
fected," said the doctor, smiling.
"Not bit of i: !; his heart is nothing
but circulating medium for the bloot
that infames."
81 :m afraid you arc something o
a madcap."
81 am afraid / am"
! And so the conversation ended. No
so the effects of it. From his oper
window Walter had heard every wore
uttered by the two, aud DIR. Holmes, t.
his surprise, was greeted with " So yo'
think am hapochondriac ?"
"I do and DON'T" was the answer
:" Not satisfactory"
81 will explain. know you arr
not in robust health but l think that
if YOU were To ferget your own feeling
ior time, and not search so closely fo
the meaning of every ache or uncoin
Portable sensation, you would really los
these sensations"
How can man forget his feelings p
Rv Ia Ia,