The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-22

J.. = JVut SsAu ueV le3ftllv
| thank you for your good opinion o
me-" ,Bowing once more to me h
hastily Withdrew.siH J Sai ~ l55ll .
The next afternoon / was at I'M,
window when the doctor passed. tax
Fling his daily ride. I noticed that II,
had not fora long time before looket
SO well and in such good spirits. *
A few hours later my husband. wa
called IN all haste to the chalet. DIR
Falvers horse had stumbled anC
fallen, and by his fall had broken tn,
doctors arm in two places, and badl,
crushed his leg. V"Even if. all goe:
weii,p said Michel to- me on his re
turn; she will, pass at least thret
months upon his bed without being
able to stir. :" '"' '''. ~ -.-N
ea"And his wifs?" I asked anxiodsly
"She is with him." .ns3SD
We looked at each other without
saying another word! Michel was
much moved, and L was so completes
ly. upset by this unexpected news
that L could ask no. more questions.
D.lFauvel was very sick for several
weeks, and his life appeared to hang
by thread. AT length the fever
subsidized we believed him safe and
his convaieseence, though slow and
painful, really begun. L went 10 the
chalet every day between the two
visits made by my husband, but ii
was a long time before / could see
Juliette. l was ferfectly mute with
surprise when L saw her next. Her
whole person had undergone COM
plete TRANSPORTATION. Her eyes shone
with pure-joy; and her Step was
quick and firm. inNVas this indeed the
languishing and discouraged woman
whom l had consoled SO often?
could not believe my eyes. Yet, con-
fined for long weeks in a sick room,
she had passed, Michel told y me,
whole nights without thinking OF
rest, watching over her husband with
uneeasing vigilance and untiring de-
votion. The convalescenee was slow
at first, almost impereeptible, The
weakness of the sick man was so
great that after five or six weeks he
could hardly sit up in bed for few
hours. 1t was at this time that / was
first admitted to the room.
The chamber when / entered was
arranged and adorned, it was easy to
see, with tender care and with great
tact. IJuiiette, busy about some SOW
ing, came towards me with a radiant
face, the expression of perfect happi-
ness upon which was only compara-
bic with the entire contentment with
which every look of her husband
was full. "0fcoufse I had been pre-
pared for this, yet l could not help
looking ut that poor face, emaciated
by suffering, which nevertheless ex-
hibited unalloyed satisfaction. He
followed with his eyes every move
ment of his wife, watching her with
sort of alteration. When, having
made a long visit, I arose to depart,
he babe me good-by in 8 feeble voice,
adding that he was very happy to be
sick. ....,,. 80 -
Alas Juliette often repeated to me
later that these six weeks were the
happiest of her life. .hsu. 34r.e cess
Look at him." said she to me the
evening when the doctor, having
been able for the first. time to leave
his bed, lay extended upon a sofa
and asleep, after having chatted gay.
ly with us,-''lOok at him. Don't
you think that his sickness has re-
juvenated him? What does DR.. Co
Ionge think? Do you wish for any
thing, my dear?" she continued see
ing The patient make slight motion;
and instantly she was by his side.
lavishing her cares upon him and
caressing words in his
ear. -Zs--,.. - --y--s 81 -Atr.
F, 1t was half dark in the room; Il
was seated in corner, and the doc
tor, apparently forgetfu1 of my pre-
senee,, passed a. his 7hand'' tenderly
through his wife's hair. sHSsis'si-s
'My dear Juliette,-my dearly be-
loved, We. have been very happy for
b little while.n :-.-,.t, f7.r-.,.- f--ir 4
Have been % said she in a tone of
gay reproach. ~ -'.'.'' -
Yes, we have been!n he replied
and threw himself back with
l groan. ...f:-.g s. .,;.utI
: Julieste was frightened and called
ne. He became calm instantly. as
Madame ,COlOnge here still? 1 sup
posed you had gone, madame. Where
ire you? come here L beg ofyou."
Every trace ofagitation had disapl
Deared. lie chatted playfullyg the
est of the, evening. Some hours
ater | was as'aione with him, Juliette
having been obliged to go out TO do
;ome, ,errands. We spoke of indiffer-
Int matters. The conversation was
when without any pre-
ace he remarked that he was much
about his wife's health.
+ i was never more astonished. IL
.ried 10 make him notice what was
quite true, that sherappeared in much
Jetter health than ON her arrival in
he country, and that she found her
'elf stronger than she had been before
or long time. -.f''
-" You may. be sure,n he persisted,
That her constitution could not en-
lure being always confined in this
t't!f.F -h-.
|. 1t does not appear to have suffer-
ID yet" l replied, with little inn
patience, for something in his manner
rritated me in spite of myself.
could you not'''-anJ while speak
ng he avoided looking at me-''.per-
'uade her to go away for little while,
% visit her friends, in short to make
ler understand that she ought not to
'emain constantly with me ?u -
. "Can you think of it? 1 advise
your wife to go away-to go and
imuse herself, now that you are re-
covered or nearly so? | encourage
1er to leave the only place where, 1
know, she is perfectly satisfied !'
us it SO? Can she not be content
ed? Can she not be happy without
me? Heaven pity usn' .-...
Juliette returned just then. / re-
.urned home rather irritated than
and / remember to have
my husband at dinner to
ong discourse ito which he listened
with his usual patience) upon the
of men in general and of
husbands IN particular. 1 ended by
my conversation with the
doctor. 1He heard me attentively,
asked me to repeat several phrases,
md to my great surprise, made mo
whatever. BY the. desire of
ny husband and the repeated en-
.reaties of the doctor we passed near
" every evening at the chalet. II
could not help observing that the re-
ations between Dr. and Madame
Falvel' changed, became cold and
as in the past. A barrier
ofice seemed again to have arisen be-
tween them. Juliette did not COM
plain, but I needed none of her con-
idences to understand the situation,
and observe how little our reunions
those which had taken
place in the same room but few
before. ~. - IA. 's :.
One evening the Doctor had for the
list time tried to walk, and succeeded
in taking q few steps with the help of