The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-01-04

heavy grizzly eyelids hung over
them like tho tangled name Of IL
on the nose was sharp and promi-
nent, aud the chin was overgrown
with white hair, which hung down
in locks weired as the ancient mar
iner's. lie politely dotted his cap,
bowed, replaced it aud then said, 10
a slightly frreign accent
"AIadam, it is not necessary for
me to stand on any further ceremony
rs your husband. DR.. Maynard,
(here upon ho again bowed fro
J fondly) has already acquainted you
with tho nature of my business here
Tonight. / perceive he added,
glancing at my neglige robe, "that
you were expecting the"
NO. found voice to stammer.
Tho doctor has said nothing to me
about visitor at this hour OF tue
night"
"'Ah, ho wished to spare you, no
doubt, disagreeable apprehension,
he returned, advancing, aul taking
seat on the sofa opposite me, whero
! for q few moments he sat and eyed
me keeuly from head to foot WITH n
strange glittsring light in his eyes
that mysteriously impressed me.
You have rem irlable ine physique
madam he observed, quietly 'one
that might deceive the eye of the
most skilled and practica! physician.
I DO you safer much pain y
: "Unablo to speak, shook my
head. A terrible suspicion was
, creeping over me, was alone, miles
5 away from aid or rescue, With mld-
man.
"'Ah,' he continued, relectively,
your husband may have mistaken a
) tumor for cancer Allow me to feel
, your pulse ho said, raising and
bending over me.
Il thought it best to humor him,
remembering it was unwise for a
helpless woman to oppose the as yet
harmless freak of u luuatic. Io
took ont his watch, shook his head
gravely, laid my hand down gently,
: then went toward the study where,
8 ON the table, was an open clse Of
3 surgical Instruments
l "'Do not be alarmed, madam. he
. said, turning to mo as was about
{ to rise and ilee, and in another in-
slant no was by my side, with the
a ease in his possession.
8 and criia'dq.Airily raised my haul
Spare me Oh, spare me, be-
0 seech You !!
Madam, he said sternly, clasp.
g iar my wrist with his lous sinasy
e fingers. with grip Of steel, you be
have like child. l have no tima tc
: parley, for have received letter
G from the Emperor of the French
!, stating that he is suffering from an
4 lilac absess, and is desirous of m;
Il attendance. Imust start for Europe
Q Immediately after performing the
! operation on your breast, and before
| coull make tho slightest resistance
y he hal me in his arms and was car.
d rying me Into the study where there
: was long table with green baize,
: Ol this he laid me, and holding me
c down with one hand with the
IS strength of maniac, he brought
r forth from some hidden recess in his
o gown several long leather straps,
D. with WHICH ho secured mo TO the
0 table with the skill of an expert. 1t
P was but the work of a moment ia
e unloosen my robe and bare my bos,
8 ON. Then after carefully examining
y my left breast, he said:
4 MADAME, your husband has made
= a mistake. l fnd no necessity 70,
t my intended operation
! AT this gave long-drawn sigh
l of relief and prepared to rise.
Q "'But, he continued, Il have made
q the discovery that your heart is a.
n large as that Of an OK I! I will remove
o it so that you may see for yourself
reduce it to its natural size by a
o curious process Of my own, unknown
8 to the medical science. and of which
am the sole discovsrer, and then
II replace it again.
"ie now began to examine the
Q edge Of the cruel knife, on which ]
! closed my eyes, while every nerve
o was In perceptible tremor.
= The mechanism OF tho heart is
1 like watch, he resumed If it goes
= too fast the great blood vessel
), that supplies the force must be stop
. ped like the leaver OF watch, and
y the works must be cleaned aud re.
. paired aud regulated. 1t may inter-
est you to know that I was present
Q ut the post-mortem examination
y held over the remains of the beauti-
= ful Louise of Prussia. Had I been
u consulted before death | would have
Q saved her by taking out her heart
u and removed the polypi, between
. which it was wedged like as il in q
. viso; bat was called too late. The
q king and I had little difference
:, he was q German. l am French.
u trust that is sufficient explanation.
He now bent over me, his long
= white beard brushing my face.
9 raised my eyes beseechingly, trying
% to think Of some way to save myself
a.