, 1875-01-17

SUNDAY JANUAR1
" with mo in the library, We hearii sob from
| tue conservatory. whose curtainedt entrance was
| directly behind us, and there appeared Mamie
tho picture Of heart-broken woe. tears briumira
over her soft eyes, and rhe very ribbon ut hei
throat quiveriug WITH the motion OF tho heart
beneath.
"You would have kept it from me-" said she
with reproachful eyer and accen.G. IT shall &c
to John now;" and she swept pnst us, dropping
! roses and yioiets from her hands as she went,
| like stricken Flora.
! 90 to John she did. And have no doubt that
the gentle presence which the invalid could not
recognize in his dolirinm, the quiet attentions,
and the subtle essence OF devoted love which
pervaded RlI Ike healing ether, must have
| strengthened and comforted the struggling spirit
| in Its fight for longer possession OF it's racked
| tenement. Certain it is that John somehow
pulled past the crisis ieebly recognized us ali,
smiled ghastly smile when Mauie kissed him,
and entered on the period whom, in the proper
| course Of events, be should recover.
| Here WAS another puzzle for DR.. Broughton.
| His patient should have begun to gain in
| strength but he did not. He still laY there.
| speechless and help|s' his constitution seem
inely powerless for re;:- .on. Each day Johns
| long face grew longer, and the DOCTORS length
| ened with it. His pulse sank until only the
| feeblest vibration mnrked tho beating of the
! heart that used to thump so stout1y against the
| broad breast Of the young man: There seemed,
Indeed, little work for Johns heart to do, 80
bloodless bad the poor fellow become. He lay
there Ike vampires nc7lm hotp1essly and
hopelessly feeling the vital fluid ebb from his
veins day BY day.
! The transmission OF iamp'B blood, from q
healthy and living specimen Of that animal, into
] the veins OF patient suffering from anamia, or
| in Johns case, WAS much less common opera
tion few years ago than It is now. Bnt this, IN
Dr. broughtons ogln1on, was the last ana only
hope OF our fr1endt 1t was undertaken the very
| DAY On Which Mamie, finally succumoir,g to IA
! tigue and anxiety, Was sent to bed with SLOW
| fever, having very much the same symptoms
| that preceded Johns attack. 1t was nothing
much, after AL but it Kept her away from John,
and allowed her to know OF the operation only
| by messages brought twice dally from the Sick
The lamb WAS chosen from Johns own stock,
brought into town, and established in the car
rlage-house. under treatment for 1epose and
quiet; and on the afternoon OF the day when
the chamber by the awe-struck shepherd. The
creature had suffered much at the hands OF DR..
! tstoughton and his associate, in the way OF hav
ing its veins tied up to limit the circulation to
the tugular, and it needed only the last painless
incision Of the lancet, ~ = cup was quickly in
verified over the oriice. and the blood came put
ing out.
Slowly through tho cup, through the glass,
chero it showed strange red, through the flexi-
ble tube in the Doctors hands, and through tho
needle-llke duct. flowed the stream OF life from
Johns lamb to Johns heart.
It vas over in Il few minutes, and the patient,
after SONS queer pains in his back and tempo
rary shoftness Of breath. went of into qiiet
sleep, aud awoke refreshed. It was SUCCESS.
Tbs forlorn hope had succeeded. Dr. Broughton
was seI.satisted and congratulatory. Gncle
Stuart fairly owned up that Johns experiments
in breeding had at last proved OF some practical
benent, since be had produced animals OF as
So We all thought ne John gre. daily strong
er; and Mamie On her sick-bed clasped her
hands and thanked God in as pure prayer aR
ever maiden mingled with teara.
TIE one strange thing Was that John seemed
as thin in the face as ever. Another strange
thing. though not such very unusual result OF
this sickness, was that tho fever, loath to Ieaye
its victim without some souvenir OF its visitation,
had struck male7olently at the vocal chords OF
the throat whose fine baritone notes used to
blond 30 pleasantly NTH the tender soprano OF
It WAS as if the east wind had crept in and found
Iodgment there; and a1thoug il the doctor gave
hops that this change In timbre WAS only tenn
por>ry, it must be said that John WAS not pleas
ant as . speaker in those days. Rasping and
strident, bis tonea though weak were like any
thing but the breathines Of loYs.
As the day approached when. by the DOCTORS
autoc1atio decision, Mamie would be permitted
to ride around to Johns house and again see
her lover, we ali 1elt rather ohagrined that the
best We could show her Was such . oadaverous
specimen Of convalescence. Not SO Ma1nio-
She was such quivering little piece Of feminin-
ity ali the morning thai uncle had to threaten
her with bed and qulnlne 70 BRING her TO ean~
blanee OF control
1.-THE dear, dear fellow; With tears IN her
eyes, FRANK petulantlyl your watch Ii
SLOW so u the paflot clocL Ihe carriage
ought to have oeen hefe long ago. rather,
"lnAng Wy nara 70 niue something telt-tale
on her lashss, " think AIN strong enough to
Valk.
At last NE were there. Tho door had closed
softly behind u.s. and John Was seen bolstered
up in bed, with pillows behind him and At each
side, the chair in which Mamie had watched 80
many long hours placed closs to his bed, her
portrait hanging rhere his eyes might find it IN
whatever position he placed himself and one Of
hor handkerchiefs. which she had left In the
days Of her nursing, IN reach OF his hand.
It WAS the most foolish thing in the world for
John to have his uustache cut of. But he said
it kept his medicine under his nose all day, and
of the offending ornament came. His hair, too,
had not grown again from the clipping it re-
ceived when the fever heated his brain so that
every curl was an intolerable weight; and. in