New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06


THE SKELETON IN HE'S CLOSET
"Dear! what long stairs to climb, after
my tramp all over town! Why folks vii
persist in taking offices away up stairs, can I
see. They must be uncommonly high-mlnded
Iwish Aunt Jcmima would get her own med
icine, if she must have it, and not send me
hunting all over town to find her particular
female doctor, making such blunders as
have this afternoon. Pm right now, for this
card saws, Room IL, Times Building SURF
enough. If L only find Room II. Pm al
right"
Miss Susie Thayne looked up the lons
fight of stairs, and tucked the parcel in brown
paper, which she carried, closer under hel
arm, before attempting her ascent. She hat
climbed so many flights that afternoon ir
search of Miss Studley, NJ. D., the stair
climbing had begun to look like quite a task
She had lost the address Aunt Jeminia gave
her, when she started out after toothacht
drops for that cstimable lady, and had visited
all the principal buildings on the street ir
which medical persons were apt to have
Offices. At last she happened to meet al
acquaintance who knew where Miss Doctor
Studley's" room was, and had got on tho
right track, after her blunders.
She got up the stairs at last, and fount
herself in a little hall, with rooms on either
side of it.
s.Here's No Is. This one opposite mus
be H." said Miss Thayne to herself, as she
inspected the door plates. 81 don't see the
number, but it stands to reason, as they arc
numbered across the hall, and not one after
another, that IL is opposite Is. must be
right, and I'll go in" -
The door stood partially open, and she
swung it back and entered. 1t was not a
very attractive room. Papers and books and
MSS. were scattered about, in the acme o.
confusion. A pair of slippers lay on the
table, and a bouquet of flowers occupied a
position i'm the spittoOn, which was placed or
the mantel piece. The carpetwas dusty and
unswept. The windows were far from clean.
The books in the cases were in the greatest
confusion on end, some flat, and some
sideways, conveying the idea that they had
been having jolly time of it, and hadn't goi
stfaightened out vet. "Dear me ~ ejacu.
lated little Miss Thayne, taking a look about
the premises, as she seated herself in the one
empty chair. 81 never saw such looking
place before. don't believe Miss Doctor
Studley is a very tidy person, or she'd picl
up things a little, and put her room to rights
It's awful dirty here, and looks like my ides
of a bachelors lodgings. What slippers
II
Doctor Studley has feet large enough to fill
them? And spittoon, made into flower
vase! Dear me, it's SO comical!" And the
amused lady began to laugh. Like enough
she smokes
just then book, which had been lying il
close proximity to the edge of the table, tilted
and fell TO the floor. Susie sprang to picl
it up.
Coke upon Littleton,'" she read upor
the back. "It's law book. / wonder j
she studies law as well as medicine. 1t cam
be that have made another mistake, can it
and got into lawyers office? l declare,
believe i have, for a woman wouldn't endur,
room looking like this, Pm sure.- I'll g
out and take a look at the number again."
Accordingly Miss Susie went out to ex
anime the doors again, and found out tina
she had made mistake. She had supposed
notice, she would have found that it was OPP
posite 1G, the rooms Mt the head Of the stair.
commencing with that number, and number
ing across the hall.
"How provoking ~, said Miss Susie, as sh,
raped at IL, s. Pm right now, anyway, be
cause here's the DOCTORS name ON the door. ,
A voice said, leone in and Susie en-
tered the room where Miss Elizabeth Studlev
NJ. D., had located herself
1t was quite different in aspect from tho
room she had left. The carpet was NIGEL,
swept, and the books arranged properly il
their cases. The windows were clear an(
polished, and there was no sign of spittoon
although vase of flowers occupied position
in the centre of the table between the win.
dows.
"GOOd morning." said pleasant-lOOking
little lady, not larger than Susie, nor looking
day older. Sit down and rest yourself
you look tired"
am tired" said Susie, taking the chair
the lady offered, and not at all i'm awe of the
female doctor, now that she had seen her and
knew that she was not unlike other women.
as she had somehow imagined her to be.
Eve been all over half dozen great build
ings in search of you. My aunt, Miss Jemima
Ihayne-you know her, don't you?"
oh, yes; quite WE'LL" answered Miss
Studley. "A very fine woman, indeed"
Yes; well, she sent me out to find yo,,
and get her something for the toothachc. I'VE
climbed as many as twenty flights of stairs.
and found out where host of doctors. law,
yers, insurance companies, and professional
men, generally, have theirrooms, but couldn't
md you, because lostth address Aunt lem
gave me. met a friendsvho happened to
know where you were to be found, and he
wrotc your address on a card. Even after l
Sot nUo the right building L had to make n
biunder, and get into mans room-I know
IT'S mans room by the looks. Ii is the one
ADJOINING yours, and the hon1dest, dirtiest
place you ever saw
"It's lawyer Deans office,n explained
Miss Studley, laughing at Miss Susie's adj.
venture Of tile afternoon.
A very nice young man too, though. per-
haps, not very tidy, so far as keenip1r his
room Is concerned. Men are not ant 10 Vic
IN that respect, you know" -,
Susie got the drops for Aunt Jemima,s
toothache and started home at last. AS she
went down the stairs, she met Young man
going mp; a very fine looking fellow, too, She
decided, rs she stole glance into his hand
sons blonde face. He had clear, laughing
blue eyes, tawny beard and inonstache, and
curling brown hair--Snsie's ideal of a hand
some man tall and straight, and with pecu-
Harly graceful walk that she noticed az he