The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-03-01

- strongly Doctor Elisy she Impaired
10 anxious tones. Me. Stephens was
forgetting sersef, and thls the Doctor
hailed As aa excellent omen.
Oaly ,bat nigh, make you under.
.taud that mAn's digestion could se
most unexeeptouabie, aud Jet, be be iar
it0m sousd ia other directions.
Then you mean to tell me that nay bus.
baud is sick
do.
Perhaps yuu viii ~ slill iutther, and
ssy dangefuuslvs
n ou DO desire IL.
Oh, Doctor Ellis, how cold and unisel-
iug ,ou are! / should lbink you ought
10 know by this tllne-aud jasl here
Mrs. Stephens broke down entneiy, anu
sobOed as i her heart would break.
Ought 10 know what, Mrs. Stephens !
inquired tbe Doctor, with uncAll;d.ior
deliberations.
l0u ought ~ kuuw 10 know - that
my-niy husbands health aud lille are VI
a good deal mo.e consequence to Inc
than my own.
an, indeed, interrupted the physician,
with All elevation vi lbs busby eyebrows,
immensely suggestive VI contrary
opinion, as ned MS several veiy excellent
reasons ior said opiuion.
Doctor Ells, val you be kind enough
TO tell what's tie matter with uiy bn..
bandg
Mrs. Stephens was now on her icet--
tear. ali wiped away, eyes flashing with
resrnitul splrlt, aud only the little quiyer
vi ner mp, " show how deep a wound
the kind heart ia her bosom had suslain-
cd. There sue Stood, reproachiui, deh-
AIT, determlued, womanly. lie Doctor
WAS dehgGled, aud such All honest lace
1t Was, that lie carried around with hiln
lrom door 10 door, IrUm sunrise lo stu
SCI, every day Ia The ear, that il mas u
mighty hard matter 10 keep IL from al
immediate betrayal OF the whole pur-
pose.
Mrs. Stephens, said he, you have NO
cause " bs alarmed. II / can only get
your cooperation in this business, toei
certain | shall be able TO make well
man Vi your husband ia lew months,
at the longest, but, as true as sit here
before you, cannot do this alone.
Why have not been Informed vl this
beioreY broke IN Mrs. Stephens imperi-
ously.
VINO was there TO inform you, madam
Your husband does not know his CON
dilioD, and | should really like to be told
when you have been sufficiently calm 10
hear all that WAS necessary for you to
knoW2
But, Doctor Ellis, should think you
ought TO have understood that my own
health and comfort are nothing, compared
10 my husbands. Mrs. Stephens was
weeping again. There is no sacrifice
that would not make for him.
Curious creature! muttered the doctor
delightful bundle of contradictions! How
the mischief should know, Mrs. Steph-
ems, how much you cafe ior your hus-
band1 | am sure you have spent the last
hour complaining about him. IL that the
way women generally testify their re-
gard for their husbsnds2
o, don't, Doctor Ellis, please don't. !
will never complain again n-neverif you
will only let me know what can do for
bin. DO you know, Doctor, had be-
gun to thiuk lately that something must
be amiss with him, he was growing so
irritable. Poor dear! how wicked aud
lhoughtless have treated him.
This, then, is the trouble. shsli tax Q
it for granted, madam, that you know
something about Psychology, aud can fol-
low me without difficulty
Dyes, Tor mercy's sake, 90 on.
Very well; fnd that the pericardi-
um-
The pericardiuml repeated Mrs. S,eph-
ems.
You know what that IL, Supposet
Evidently Mis-. Stephens anatomical
knowledge MAS limited. she shook her
head Ia despair. Something about the
heart i. il not she asked at last.
Yes, the pericardiam is the membrane
Gus ssck that holds the heart. Well,
sometimes this sack--it Is no matter
abont particulars, Mrs. Stephens, aud
Doctor Ellis suddenly came 10 stand
still
II is enough, though, Tor me 10 say that
we are both passabiy anxious that his
heart shopld remain where II belongs -
Mr.. Stephens must be amused. lie
wants the opera, The lecture, The social
circle, entertaining books happy home
music. You play and ing, do you
not, Mrs. stephens?
Oh, yes-I used to, aud Mrs. Stephens
tones were 40 piliful now that big Doctor
Eilis really and trus was obliged to wipe
both eyes and bis nose. Before lie was
aware, the laerymal duct bad gotten the
upper hnnd. Well, try i again; get
teacher, aud go to prsclciug.
Bat how am going 10 mansge my
spasms! sobbed the lady.
Well, perhaps between ns both-yon
nsiug your will power, and thinking Of
your husband, going with him, and tax
log care 81 bim--And doing my best In
ny way--~e may be able TO subdae
them; but you mnsl remember this,
madam --do-Bot let Ar. Stephens have
the faiute.t sngpicion that sou think any
thing i the mailer with him. aud above