The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-14

On the first floor OF the house in CAL
| thorpe street visited by DR.. Dendy. there
lodged one Captain Lance, retired In
dian officer, and his only child Miss
Milly Lance. Captain Lance was in
feeble health from q distressing asthma,
and from other infirmities of painful
nature, He did not bear his sufferings
patiently was indeed very peevish and
petulent and hard to please; exhibited
all the sel6shness and want Of consider
alton which long course ofill health is
apt to develop in almost any one, how
ever gacat may have been his original
stock of equanimity and good nature.
But Captain Lance had not begun with
much excellence Of temper; and now,
| a confirmed invalid, it may be said of
I him that he had no temper at all, except
OF the very worst sort. He was attend
| ed, however, with ceaseles solicitude,
and untiring affection, by his daughter
Milly, slim, fair girl of eighteen or so.
not very remarkable looking, beyond
| that she possessed profusion Of glossy
brown hair, and a pair OF large, lumin-
| Gus. dove like eyes. sovas s'asse
No wonder she was pale. She was
always by the side or within call of her
! invalid father She was hardly ever
| permitted to stir from his sick room.
1t was dull firing work. Don't go
t8Illy," he would say, sharply, 8 may
want you-there's no knowing" She
could only escape when he dozed, his
asthma Iulled for while by anodynes.
! Awake, he would have her near him,
waiting for him, shaving for him, mrs.
| ing him. Now and then he would mp
braid her bitterly for some fancied neg
| lect Of him, the poor child with twitch.
| ing face, patiently standing by him the
while, replying only by her tears, her
| caresses, and her increased cxertion for
his comfort. Then he would make her
/ the audience OF his repinings, tell over
! and over again the story Of his suffer
ings, bursting out occasionally into pas
| sionate lamentations over his broken
health and ruined fortunes. What could
she say What could she do 1? 1t was
firing. cruel work for poor Milly Lance.
He was poor The fact was too often
harped on and groaned over for Milly
not to be conscious enough of it. .s.as3 zte !,
Yet it must be said that DR., Dendy
had made no inroads on the sick of1icer's
~, s<r1,f
"No, my DEAR he said to Milly, on
his first putting. from him with smile
the proffcred fee, it mustn't be. We
doctors have all our crotchets. Each
OF us has his free list. One enters cler-
gymen upon it; another artists; third,
authors. For my part never take
fee from a soldier. should be ashamed
to do it. My own father was soldier.
and served in India, as your father has
served, only he was more fortunate.
He was a general of division when he
died. Don't let us hear any more talk
about fees. It mustn't be thought Of for
moment" y" .l2at 8 siAsar baf799.eg
"Oh, Dr. sDendy, how good of you
But-you'n come and see him again p
Milly said, timidiy thankful, yet alarmed.
Would SO great man as the physician
be content to continue laboring without
his due reward ? .-...--.ash .zses
/ "My dear, l shall come again and
again, as often as possible. till, between
US, we've made poor papa quite well
again." s9s8gs5A i3saa5oFi0
This was on the occasion OF DR.. Den
dy's first visit TO Calthorpe street
|aMlly's gratitude seemed to know no
bounds And then, thanks to Provi-
dence and the Doctors remedies, her
invalid's health had certainly mended of
late. He had not scolded her for nearly
three days, and for about quarter Of
an hour he had been almost cheerful.
Indeed, she had reason to be grateful.
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The doctor left Milly Lance with a
luttering sensation about his heart, such