Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-04-28

ment, said gayly to the doctor:
! "Do, pray, give us again I'll
nice long name Of what you sal
was the matter Of my eyes. Pee
pie will be sure to ask end | sha
feel so learned when I tell them.
, DR. Buchanan replied gravely
and disereetly assumed to hay
seen nothing Of what had happened
But he had seen, nevertheless
and envied while he saw; and eve
after the pair had departed wit
hearts wonderfully lightened, to fol
get their fears in the delightful
mysteries Of household furnishing
and even while he himself was busy
with innumerable cases ofophthalia
amauresis, and Heaven knows til,
unutterable ailments of unfortunate
optics, the remembrance of tht
comical touching scene came bacl
to him more than once, and with &
hope that he might not have to dc
anything very terrible to those soft
blue eyes that looked up so wist.
fully to his F.; for it was very eyi-
dent that whatever Tain was in.
tlicted on them would duplicate it,
self in the heart of the fond young
lover or whichever he
was.
Meanwhile, said "problematic
character was deep with Flossy
in the mysteries of velvet, satin
and biocatelle, and thanks to their
united industry and perseverance,
the great work Of fitting up the new
house was most satisfactorily in
augurated by dinner time.
Fred was too busy to accompa-
ny her to the doctors next morn
ing, and Flossy went off quite
courageoQsly alone. The physi-
clan seemed a little surprised to
see her thus, and thought better of
her nerve than he had done the
day before. He thought better Of
it still, when he saw with what qui-
ct fortitude she underwent the very
painful application which he pres
emily proceeded to make. The
poor infamed eyelids we're turned
inside out, and ''painted" with
some pungent saIve; drops ofsome
fiery liquid fell like living Goals up
on the sore and quivering balls;
but she made no sign Of suffering
ltter the first, long, shuddering
sigh. She sat quite still, growing
white to the lips. and with her fin'
ger-tips pressed tight together, but
she neither flinched nor cried out;
md when it was over, and she lay |
oack for u moment with the poor
'marting eyes closed, and the tears
down her pale cheeks, the
loctor was fain to comfort her as
le would have done a child.
"There, the worst is over now,"
le said gently, for the first is al
Ways the worst and you have the
onsolation Of having proved your
eroism at least"
"That isn't the least bit of con-
thank you, "retorted Flos-
y, piquantly coming out of her
orced calm, as the pain subsidized a
tile, and drying her tears with a
roll air. IL am not at all ambi !
Gus of being considered heroic {
If course if l must suffer, | want s
} behave like a woman, and not {
Ike a baby i; but / had much rather, {
you please, not have to suffer at
Il. l.
"You don't believe, then, in the 4
.rengthening and purifying power b
f pain ?'' said the doctor. i
"1'm afraid | don't. l have no a
ith in the 'be good and you'll be S
lppy' doctrine when I'm happy
m always good. So are other t
3ople, believe, and they can't be h
Apply while they are suffering. -
'ence, as we used to say at school, b
l could Danish pain from the 5
orId, I'd do it, and then we'd all il
, happy, and all be good" n IL
"What would the orthodox peo- a
e and the poets say to such hero S
y :" asked the doctor, amused at o
II fippancy. 81 t'
" knowledge by power entereth,'
III know, and you surely wouldn't i
nture to oppose Longfellow's p
ctum, impressed uponyou, doubt b
IS, in your first reader, that it is
very particularly sublime thing 81
TO suffer and be strougp" VI
"Oh, l know all they say" said u
ossy, Struggling her shoulders a. a.
ut it seems to me if we were " y!
AIRED the suffering, we wouldn't ~ !,
ed the strength. At any rate, az
n Sabarite enough to wish l Oe
uld try it. | think they were
} wisest of the old philosophers tr
er all. There is Mrs. Browning Tt Tt
W, who asks in sad amaze if we ~
uld G %po %
fRefuse the baptism Of salt tearsP y 4 49, -,
vonder if she ever had sore eyes r
'ctor what hare you done to bo
Ike me cry SO incessantlyY You tb, M
| ruin me in pocket: handker- NO NO
efsr' sn, S0
he held up a littloscambric moth ey
:, completely saturated with the
isture which the scalding appli- I a
ions had caused to flow plenti plg
" from her eyes, and the doctor up
.vely presented his own hand :
chief. 1t was large and fine and al
H. and Flossv took il simply, NJ