Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-07-02

btEgtl MuId Win tue mother, Shc
went with me into an adjoining room.
"The lady is longing Tor something l
said, not wishing 10 be- 81 definite as |
could have been,
The mother made no reply, saw that
her lips shut still closer than before,
"She is your daughter, is she not Z"
Eyes" very decidedly,
"Could You not find out what she wish.
Is 2"
perhaps | could guess"
Il don't think | can do hcrany good
until she has what she wants"
lis that your mode OF prescribing, doe
tor (" she said tartly,
"lcS, certainly" l answered in the
present ease. "ls she married Z"
"leS."
alas She amy children ="
"Ono daughter"
Let her see her, then
"She does not care 10 see her
Where is her husband -
excuse me, doctor; did not send for
yen TO ask questions, but to give advice
And | came 10 ask questions that |
might give advice. DO YOU think hui
man being is like clock, that can be tax
en- TO pieces, cleaned and put together
| again y
MY daughters ease is not Il fit subject
/ Tor testing"
Certainly not send for her husband or
an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you please; :"
| forgetting my manners and temper to-
gcther; for then | Wa, more irritable than
| am now and there was something 50
rupulsive ahont the woman that | felt as
| il were talking 10 an evil creature that
Tor her own ends, though for what pur-
pose l could not tell, was tormenting u
dying lady.
Il understood you We're gentlemen
of experienced breeding"
Il am not in the question, madam it is
your daughter"
"Shc shall take your prescription, doc
tor"
"She must see her husband if it is pos
siblc."
1T is not possible"
why
Il say it is not possible, and that,
enough Good morning"
could say no more at that time. /
called the next day. She was the same,
only knew that She wanled to speak TO
me- and dared not, because OF the pres
enre of the two women. Her troubled
eyes seemed watching me for pity and
help, and could not tell what to do.
There are indeed, us some one says,
strongholdS of injustice and wrong into
which no law can enter to help.
I One afternoon, about week after my
/ first visit, | was sitting by her bedside
wondering what could be done to get her
out Of the clutches of her tormentors
who We're evident TO me, consuming her by
/ the slow fire of her affection, when
heard faint noise, a rapid foot in the
| house 50 quiet beforehand doors open
and shut, then dull sound of conflict OF
some sort.
Presently a quick step came upon the
stairs. The face of my patient flushed
and her eyes cleaned as il her soul would
come ont of them. Weak as she was. she
sat up in bed, almost without an effort,
and the two women darted from the room,
one after the other
MY husband " said the girl--for, in
deed, she was little more in age turning
her face almost distorted with eagcrness
toward me
"Yes, my dear" said, 81 know. But
| you must be- rs still as You can, else YOU
will be very ill., DO keep quiet"
II will, will, She gasped, >tutflng her
pocket handkerchief INTO her mouth to
prevent herself froIa screaming, as il that
was what hurt her; but 20 to him they
will murder him"
That moment heard cry and what
sounded to me like an inarticulate impre-
cation, but both from woman's voice
and the next, a young man--as fine fcl'
! low rs | ever Saw-dressed like a game
keeper, but evidently gentlemen, walked
/ into the room with 4 quIetuess which
strangely contrasted with the dreadful
/ palcncsS of his face and with his distorted
. hair; while the two women followed, aS
red as he was white, and evidently fierce
in wrath from a iruitlcsS struggle with
the powerful youth.
He walked gently up to his wife, whose
outstrctched arms and ttcc followed his
/ face As he came around the bed To where
she was On the other side the bed, til
arms, face and head fell into his embrace
| had gone to the mother. '"Lot Us
have no scene now ! said, "or her blood
be upon your own head -...
She took no noticc of what | said, bu
stood silently glaring at the two. feared
an outburst, and resolved il it came t,
carry her from the room, which | was thel
able to do, though don't look like it now
But in moment more the young man be
came uneasy at the motionlesSness of hi:
wife, lifted up her head, and looked ii
her face.
Seeing the look of terror in his, l has.
tened to him, lifting her from him, laio
her down-dead. Disease of the heart
| believe.
The mother burst into shriek-not o
grief, or rcmorse, but of deadly hatred.
Look at your work. she cried to hin
as he g,lzed in stupor on the face of tn
girl You can have her now YOU hay
killed her"
. ale may have killed her but you hav
murdered her, madam | said, as tool
the man by the arm and led him away
He yielded like child. But the mo
ment got him out of the house he CAV,
groan, and, breaking away from me
rushed down the hill toward the HON
7 farm followed, but he had disappeared
| went on but before reached the farm
| heard the gallop of horse and saw hin
tearing away at full speed along the road
, , never heard more of him or his story.
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The American people are emphatlcally fis
: liyers." The constant wear and tear OF brain an
muscle brings on MANY ailments, including dis