The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-02-05


H had goae to see a distant patient. On
the next morning he was sent for again.
He had rot returned Then, as Bonny
Jean still suffered terribly, Mrs Arden
came 70 me with tears in her eyes, and
said
Perhaps yeu can do something fer
her, DR.. Bayne!'
And said
viii try, at least"
went up to Benny Jeans chamber
sort of doves nest with her canary ofici-
ating as the guardian genius of the spot
and found her lying pale and faint, but
trying 20 smile, on her little white bed.
A figured dressing gown enveloped her
slight form, and her hair fell in curls
around her white face. She raised her
eyes and looked at ne without changing
The position Of her head. She was suffer
ing anG yet smiling. For the first time
sal ! to myself that I had been quite
mistaken N Bonny Jean-she was GER
tainly beauty.
Her foot was bare to the ankle. What
an exquisite little foot il was was
reading the other day an account, by
foreign writer, of visit which he paid
to the studio. OF the. sculptor Clovlnger.
The sculptor traced, with rapid move
ment Of his instrument in the claY, the
outline of q wemane foot, and the writer
exclaims, "Ohl the charming foot! How
many times have dreamed Of it, search
ing for such q real foot in vain How
supple and elegant it was! One does net
copy such foot-it is in ones reccolec-
tons or one's dreams; and the artist re-
produces 1t without knowing where he
has seen it, or hoping that he will ever
see it,. 4 very slight examination told
nae all that [ required to know. When
IN Paris had paid particular attention
to surgagy, and saw that Bonny jeans
ankle had originally been fractured and
set, if set at all, by an ignorant person
hence her limp; and, further, that it was
now dis.ocated, which afforded nae the
opportunity to correct the malpractice.
resetit, applied the requisite supports.
and in three days had tie satisfaction of
seeing the swelling go down and the
fever Sensibly diminish.
Six weeks afterward BonnY Jean rose
from her bed, placed the injured foot
upon the ROor, rested her weight upon it.
and, on the same evening, walked down
stairs without limping. The normal
condition of the foot was restored. One
accident had cured The other,
Y.
This intelligence vas communicated to
me by Tom. who received 1t in q letter
from home after our return to town. I
lad been called back by my duties, and
commenced the practice of medicine.
| must say the prospect before me was
"a her dreary. To sum UP the results
Of my visit to Bellevue in few words
| was in love with Benny Jean and had
no reason whatever to think that she re-
ciprecated that romantic sentiment the
least bit in the world On the contrary,
there we're hints In Toms letter that Mr..
Jack Harrington had found favor In her
eyes--that Mrs. Harrington was oxerting
herself IN every manner 60 bring about
the match-and that Jack, with all his
good humor, ana a fine estate to back his
other merits, was waiting hopefully for
the moment when he would secure the
prize.
Amanda, I regret to say, was more af-
fecti0nate than ever; and I don't think I
have ever beheld more Stunning" toilets
than those she INDUCED in at this period.
Do YOU remember the old-fashioned tulip
beds, all the colors of the rainbow? Miss
Amanda Wakeleigh's costume resembled
them, Have you observed the L5lSunl
Gat5atum, leaning its great flower sidewise?
That was Amanda's way of" leaning her
head toward one shoulder. When she
spoke, she exclaimed; when the laughed,
the bells seemed ringing. She swung
her person in walking, attitudinized
welded her fan, was oppres-
sively fascinating and conscious of it.
I used to see little white face, pair
OF frank eyes and lips, smiling quietly,
rise between US; and the recollection of a
plain calico, in some way,made Amanda's