Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-27

light cleaned across the interstices of
the lower bamboos, and a woman's
voice demanded in Dutch: Vie g0dt
DART" (Who goes there?)
"Open!" replied the Unknown;
"Open quickly"
want?"
"Open, first. You must see this is
no night for ~discoursing outside your
/ door,
81 cannot opel without knowing
whom you seek, and what you would
have. This is but natural in such a
storm, in a night so terrible that good
intentions fly the ~streets!"
MY intention is the most innocent
and holy" replied the Unknown.
" My wife is ill-dying; given up by
all the doctors of Batavia, by all the
navy surgeons on leave. Ihave come
to implore a consultation with DIR.
Basilius, whose skill every one
vaUnts."
"If you come for that, wait a mo-
ment."
There was a seconds pause; then
the female who had answered lOos-
ened all the bars of wood, the iron
bolts, and at the entrance turned the
lantern of transparent horn she held
in such a way as to east its rays upon
the c~Ountenance ofthe Unknown. By
the light of this lantern, she could see
that her parley had been held with a
man of about twenty-five years of age,
with regular features, and an express
sion of face gentle as interesting. In
spite of his Netherland origin, long
black locks hung about his face, in
marked contrast to the opaque white
of his complexion. Large eyes, blue
as sapphire, though Redeemed by the
wind and tears, were full of express
sion.
He was dressed as a European;
clean, but in clothing that spoke of
long service. Despite the weather, Re
wore neither cloak nor mantle, but
the defects of his toilette made still
more striking the elegance of his man
ner and appearance. The sight of so
handsome a young man, in whom,
above all, She sound a cOuntryman,
served naturally to reassure our HOl-
lander, a young and beautiful Fri
some scarce eighteen, who had pre-
served in the Islands of the South her
national cOstume-the small cap of
silver gilt, and the petticOat of bright
coIOrs. She lowered the lantern, to
| show the stranger there was a step to
mount, and said, smiling:
"COme! enter and close the door,
for the rain pursues you even into the
hOusepp
The young man obeyed. While he
closed the outer door, the young Fri
some opened that of a chamber into
which she ushered the young stranger.
1t was a little OctagOn room, all cur
tanned with mats in fantastic designs.
It was the part of the house they call
the hall" in the United Provinces,
and which in Java, without having
that particular name, is used for sew
eral purposes. On a lacquered table
which occupied its center, were a bot
tie of arrack and some half empty
glasses; open portfolios filled with
manuscripts. There were also upon
the same table, and in all corners of
the apartment, streWn over all the
furniture, balloons, from which the
air had escaped, pieces of silk half IN
folded, Grape shawls and open cases,
in the bottom Of which one could de-
tect masses Of opium by the .pungeant
OdOr that caught the palate. Then
there were ivory carvings worked
with superhuman patience and eX-
quisite taste, some precious %pOrcelains
and bottles of tea, the escaping Odor
of which, during a few minutes, made
the whole room delightful. The
young girl threw one OF the balloons
on the floor and handed a bamboo
chair to the stranger, not without q
shrug of i'll humOr, on pe%rceiving that
he was drenched to the soles of his
boots, and that the water poured from
him over the mat of dazzling white
ness that covered the floor.
The young man seated himself, but
glanced uneasily around in every di-
rectIon, as II to see appearing from
some corner the one he sought.
You wish to see the dOctor?" de-
manded the FriSonne.
Not only do l UiSR to see him."
replied the person she addressed, "but
l also desire he should accompany me
to my residence, where my wife is
dying. MademOiselle! my wife! you
understand? That is to say, the only
being in the world who loves me and
whom l love! My God! when l think
that each moment l lose carries her
nearer to death! Oh! Mademoiselle!"
continued the young man sobbing,
and extending his hands towards his
cOuntrywOman, Gin the name of
Heaven, introduce me quickly to your
master!'
"Ah! poor STRIP saidthe young girl,
- what do you ask of me?"
II demand Of you the life of my
wife, since they pretend that he alone
can save her"
Are you ignorant that since he has
had difficulty with the correctional
police, the Doctor no longer disturbs
himself with what zoe on in the out
side world? He receives his friends
IN his own house; he gives them med
zeal advice, as re says, when they de-
1t OF him; but the limit of his
is the malady, not the
patient. Yet more; l believe that for
two years my master has not assembled
to the tOwn!'
"Oh speak to him, for me!'' cried
the young man, i" In the name of the
speak TO him, mademoiseIle, l
you! If you knew how 1
love my poor Esther! 1t is not a
life he would save in saving
There are two human beings.
two creatures of God, two brethren OF
his, who would owe him life! Nv
IOdl my God!p continued the Young
man, sObbing intensely; "for twenty
our hours that she has battled against
Heath, l do not know I have con-
luered myself. Each moment that
lies seems a century! Each moment
approaches more rapidly to that one,
when we shall have to say: Adieu
brewer! o. let me enter the presence
the doctor, 1 implore you! Let me
.hroW myself at his feet, embrace his
knees, and demand of him, in the
name of that which is dearest to him
u this WOrld-mOst sacred in the next
to save my wife!'-" II" he added
no%urnfully, eff, indeed, my wife can
be savedn
The pretty Frisonne, still gazing f,
With interest on the stranger, shook p,
head in sign of doubt. {;
"Ah!" asked she, lowering her
'olce, do you know DIR. Basilfus?o :
NO." replied the young man. " it J
s scarce two months since ] arrived in :
Batavia. During these Esther has not :
eft her bed, and l have remained :
INSTANTLY by her side" :
who directed you to him?" ques- i
.Oned the FriSOnne. .
1.-The apothecary who sold me G
rugs. He spoke of him as a savant f
{ the highest science, as an extraordi- i
airy man in all things, as the only a
MUSICIAN who could combat the terri G
lie illness resistlessly carrying nv o
life to the grave" q
But" inquired the young girl. c
18th greater hesitancy, "did the drug. a
st give you 20 details OF the life of n