Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-25

Uoh, my iflenu, ne balO IN choerful
tone and with strong English accent, chow
DO yea feel to-day after your tumble 7 It is
really miracle that you were not killed, or
at least manned for life."
You are DR.. Severne, presume 2 Let
me introduce myself at once | am Miles
Stanley Of New York, and"
There that will do" interrupted the
doctor. "You must talk as little as possible
for the present. In week or two you can
chatter Os much as you please, but now
must cnjoin perfect quiet. l am not quite
easy as to the effect those broken ribs of yours
may have had upon the lungs."
=" But how did l get here, doctor 2"
"Oh, / can satisfy your curiosity on that
point You we're found by some peasants in
a meadow just at the foot of the mountain,
on marshy, NOISY piece Of ground, whose
sOftness probably saved your life. There
you we're discovered late last evening, and as
1 am the only doctor in Jex, you were
brought at once to my house. suppose you
tumbled down the mountain; at least your
condition indicated as much. But the broken
bones are all set, you head seems to have
escaped any serious injury, aud If you are
only patient and quiet you will be all right
in few weeks. Now | will leave you for
awhile and will send you up some breakfast,
after which we will see to those wounds Of
yours"
Thus began for Miles Stanley period
when pain and fever took possession of his
existence and blotted out all thought and
feeling, all knowledge of the present or hope
for the future, and left only distorted memo
ries Of the past.
CHAPTER III.
FrOm Miles SisHisy, Esq, TO Mrs. Jones courtIaHdf,
FinA AreHws, Nee Y0rk city.
JEx, March, Is, 49,.
My DEAR SISTER This is the first time
that have been permitted, after SO many
weary months, to seat myself at a writing-ta.
bic and use my pen with unrestricted freedom.
My previous communications must have been
rather unsatisfactory, as they were necessari-
ly brief and possibly incOherent; but they
did their part if they allayed your sisterly
anxiety as tc my welfare; and now. for the
first time, l feel able to comply with your
Oft repeated request, that would tell you
all about it."
All about my accident you already know
that is, as much as | know myself, for 1
shrewdly suspect, from the prOtracted nature
of my suFerings and the great care exercised
towards ,Ge by DIR. Severne, that my internal
injuries were far more severe than at first
supposed, or than DR.. Severue was willing to
confess. If indeed he knew more than did.
But time and care, good medical attendance,
and faithful nursing, aided by good cousti-
tuition, have worked wonders for me, aud my
shattered framework seems now to be splced
and glued together in a very satisfactory
manner, though some parts Of it prove to be
still stiff and creaky whenever l attempt TO
set them in motion.
So much for myself; now for my surround
ings. As believe told you in one Of my
short notes, the household comprises three
persous-Dr. Severne, his daughter Char
lotte, and an elderly female servant, by name
Martha Rage. The doctor himself is a very
remarkable parsonage, highly intellectual,
wonderfully well educated, and with keen
insight into all matters, whether connected
with his profession or not, which is truly re.
markable. How such man ever CHANGED
to bury himself in this miserable little Swiss
village is more than can imagine. He
would adoru any circle, would make his mark
in any community. | fancy that grief fol
the death Of his wife has had something Il
do with his seelusion from the world at leasl
. so infer from something old Martha said
to me one day. He never mentions his wife
and has morbid shrinking from all contact
with the worlds feeling which is probably
aggravated by his state Of health, for he il
! undoubtedly prey to some painful and in
durable malady, which he bears with stoica
. fortitude and Christian patience. lie hai
lived in Jex, so he told me, for nearly twelv,
years, employing himself in practising hi
profession among the neighboring villages
: and in writing treatise on internal cancers
, which last work is nearly finished; and
! with the exception of an occasional visit L
Geneva for the purpose Of renewing his stool
of medicines, he never has quilted this valley
, He is English by birth, has friends and cor
respondents among the leading practitioner
J in London, and as far as bis profession goe
Q he still keeps up with the progress of idea
in tho busy world of civilized life. In per
S son he is tall and spare his features are fine
: though sharpened by sickness and saddenet
by pain; his eyes are clear, bright ant
. piercing his hair, which is still abundant
IL Of a silver gray and sundry wrinkles ar,
I visible around his mouth, yet l fancy h
: cannot be much over fifty years of age
. Care, not years. has blanched his locks pain
not age, has bowed his form and traced line
, upon his couUtenance.
ITO be C0RtinAed.l
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