The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-30
LA,W yT3o 1871 . NTNBT


he, severely, "and let me examine til.
patient professionally
This mandate was obeyed, and thu
Esculapins, having seated the subiec
in chair, felt>his pulse meditatively
| from the wrist to the elbow, and inves.
tigated the state of his left ear.
"Fever rising" he remarked, pres
emily, with an ominons shake of the
head; "the lobe and tymprnum of the
ear and optic nerve unduly excited
Has heard and seen something of an
aSitating nature, or else he has been
tempted into testing a new brand OF
/ tobacco. What is the cause of this alb
normal state, James ~
"Rlne eyes, curls, and NAIVE gait
ers," was the response.
"Allah be merciful!n apostrophized
Endymon, with uplifted bands; che
has caught the infection. There is a
woman in the case.n
"Your mudsill is right" acquiescea
the doctor, albeit with whitening look
at Bitch, who had forestalled him an
the diagnosis of the disease. "This
unfortunate youth is suffering from a
sudden and violent affection of the
heart, accompanied by breaking out
about the mouth, and, unless immedi-
ate and active measures are taken to
prevent an increase of the malady, the
result may be fatal. I recommend that
the room be cleared instanter Of all but
those who know how to deal gently
with the erring;' that his temples be
bathed with vinegar and brown paper,
and, as a sedative; to quiet his nerves
and soothe HIM to sleep, extracts Of
what Horace Greeley knows about
farming be read in his hearing at in
tervals Of ten Minutes"
The subject of these contemplated
infections drew back with look and
gesture of horror, threw his hands
wildly to his head and by an appar-
emily superhuman effort reason re-
sumed her sway, and Elder was him
self again.
''No," said he, rising, and blindly
cropping forward, Il can bear cupping !;
l could even outlive ano her perusal of
the Innings of the Red Stockings and
White Stockings Base Ball Clubs but
could not, possibly, survive an expo
sition Of Horace's imaginary agricultu-
raj knowledge"
The burst of laughter that followed
this sally wound up the little episode,
for the time being, and the boys dis
persed about the apartment, resuming
their various pastimes. Toby Hart
ley, however, drew Jim aside with
view OF gathering from him the origin
of the affair, and who was the nystc-
rious damsel referred to in the previous
remarks. He .succeededgadmirably,
and afterwards revealed the secret to
select coterie of cronies. It appeared
that Jim Elder, who. was particularly
susceptible of female charms, and was
continually falling in love in the most
absurd manner, vowing, land evident
ly believing) in each case, that his
happiness and peace of mind were at
stake, had that very afternoon met his
fate face to face, in the person of
young lady from an adjacent town,
who was visiting some relatives at Ha-
zelridge. This lady was Miss Eu-
phrasia Eustace, "a heavenly blonde"
as Jim wildly described her. He met
with her under romantic circumstan-
ces. Miss Eustace and her cousin,
Jennie Leighton, had just returned
from horseback ride as Jim came up
opposite Esquire Leighton's house, and
as the ladies were dismounting Miss
horse took sudden fright, and
away, to the imminent dan
ger of the fair equestrian. Here was
an opportunity for James to play the
heroic, and as. heroes are generally
made by the force of circumstances, he
proved himself fully equal to the emer-
gency. BY an adroit counter move
ment, Jim "headed' the fugitive ami
NAL, seized the rein, and brought him
to halt. Miss Eustace, laughing
amidst her fright, was assisted 'toa.he
ground by the valiant James, who,
leading the now tracta.s1ie horse by the
bride, had the felicity of walking by
the size of the rescued damsel until
they met the squire, who, with a face
exceedingly apopletic, and a limited
allowance of breath, was running to
the rescue.
"After that" supplemented Jim,
up with the recollection of his
81 was introduced to my
Dulcinea by her uncle, who, by the
way, seemed to consider himself per-
sonally aggrieved in some mysterious
manner, by the whole affair-thanked |
Tor the aid rendered by a most heaven
y smile from my Polar Star, and cor
daily invited by Jennie Leighton to
call and see herself and cousin.u
Here followed little rhapsody. on
the part of the speaker, apparently adj