Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-04-10

Randolph was looking down Rosamond'S
| throat with the handle of a spoon-the on
" thing that ever kept down that little
| tongue of hers, thought. The doctor
who had just taken our family physicians
place-Parisian education-talent, and
every sort of recommendatiOn-pr 0nounc-
ed Rosamond's Illness not serious, but OF,
dered confinement to her room, and cime
twice a day for some time, and then ne
came once u day. And began to betllink
myself, as l saw the long calls young Dr.
Randolph made, and heard the CONVERSE
tions, turning ON anything but symptoms,
and locked at Rosamond, with her return
ing color, her smiles and dinlples, her blue
wrapper, and all the dainty appliances of a
sick room toilet, that some instinct taught
her; and observed that this seclnslon
kept other lovers off. And perhaps the
latter clause struck Rosamond's percep-
|tions also, for one day, while the Doctor
still continued his visits, and without hay
ing received any permission from him, She
descended to the parl us, and tere, When
he came III, he found her, with young Me-
Creery turning her music Oh one side, and
yong Waterman listening on the other.
What !" cried DIR. Randolph" III this
draught! And you are not attempting to
sing ~ .F5e 5te5e 6isi SIX
.sSingl'' she said, turning to him, as the
only thing to do--'sI don't believe ever
shall sing again. Your wicked diphthe-
rias and potashes and things have ruined
my voice." And she was SO charming, as
she sat there on the piano stool, with her
high color and her pouting lip,tatI didn't
wonder the Doctor selzed both her hands
in his He pretended he was only feeling
her pulse.
".What is this?'', said he II Reg your par
don. Miss Rosamond you must bid these
young gentlemen good morning, and go to
our room directly, unless you want IL re-
lapse, which will be worse than the iorisi-
nal illness,'' and he had lifted Iier by her.
hands, and led her to the foot of the stairs,
she hanging back like anaughty child, and
looked unutterable things at the two low
ers, and still more unutterable things at
this independent young doctor vino bad
them at such disadvantage But DR..
Randolph had his way, and he staid along
hour to make sure OF keeping it; and by
that time Bosamond, thanks to her contu-
macy, could speak only i'll a whisper, and
was growing more aud more languid, and lie
gave her some drops, worse than anything
she had taken yet, before he Went away.
We had to send for Dir. Randolph again
at nightfall, and he had hard work that
evening to keep the breath in her; but We
pulled through~ The next morning she.
was safe, but weak, and he gave ertlrops.
and sat talking about the new things in
the origin of diseases, impersonatillg the
little imps that caused them, SO that she
had no idea how the time WIS passing till
he handed her the drops again. s'Now,"
said he. rising, ''you are to go on taking
the drops every hour till I come again
Your imprudence has nearly cost you your
life. Are you not ashamed, by your will
fulness, to have kept me all this time from
poor Mrs Prout, who needs me 20
s'You needn't talk to me So" whispered
Rnsamond, inextinguishably. s'I've no
doubt she's better off without you, fright
ening her to DEATH she cried hoarsely at
his exclamation of regret, Sand it's Just
as well TO die by the sword as by famine
And believe you doctors carry around
diphtherias and things in your pockets
and, oh, do you know, I thinkmy throat is
burning upr' And then the doctor had
to get out his vial case again, and stay an
other hour. But the ruling spirit was
strong i'll Rosamond still. 1.-The Chinese
WHY is a g"ea deal better tI;..l ours,
she cfoaked, as he bent ov9' llet to hear,
While rinsed a medicine ctlj, at the sink
''wnei your sick, there they stop the doc
tors pay. il+ n.
Perhaps" said he, in low tone with a
flush mounting to his forehead, Il shall
ask for different sort Of pay!'
When the doctor came in again he was
quite cool and quick and professional, and
was off to see Mrs. Prout very soon. On
his way he met young Waterman and Me
Creepy, and ne told them. they had nearly
been guilty Of murder, and so scared tAem
that they did not come near us for half a
year.
1t was some days before Rosamond had
voice enough for more than dozen words;
and it was sad cross, for without her
sauciness she was without her best friend,
and all her shrugs and pouts and smiles
and dimples would not answer half herre-
quirements. But as soon as her voice re-
turned, and she began to feel IL little more
life. she was FESTIVE with the upstairs cap
tivity. 1t was rather lonesome, for Emma
was so afraid Of the diphtlleria she kept
out Of the way, and after Rosamond had
quite recovered. and tried out Of pure mis-
chef, to kiss her, she screamed and ran
from the room. SITS abomill;.ble in DR..
Randolph to shut'me up So" Rosalnond
said. Cousin Jane,' said the surprising
little creature, ines just doing it to keep
me out Of tne way Of other people. For,
do you know, believe the nuns i'll love
with me ~ i.. lG sfl sH
sRosanond, am ashamed of you!' l
said
''No, you're not" said she. "You'd
have cried your eyes out-you know you
would-if / had died, and you wouldn't
have been at all ashanOl of me; and
haven't changed since then, except to get
better. So you see, logically, you cant he
ashamed Of me; you ought to study logic,
Cousin Jane'' But, after all, the pretty
mink had only meant to find out what [
thought about it an attempt in which she