The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-24
% BELLEVUE, La, THURSDAY, JANUARY "a, 1878.
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the snug little legacy his grandmother
left him?'' --zaz-s--szs--.- -
Santelle turned frowningly to lLiv-
ingston.
g If you knew how it annoyed me to
hear you talk ~ '4 So ~
Harry arose promptly, laughing.
t"AH right, I'll call aguin when you
are in better humor, Ray. Mrs, San.
telle, you promised to show me Your
pelargoniums, thinkP''p 59sa T4.ra
The conservatory door had barely
closed on their heels when Livingston's7
levity vanished. ia az fssl1s,4qora
6 Mrs. Santelle, Ray is a much sicker
man than you have any idea of Can't
you see the terrible state of irritation he
has come to? Crossness and Raymond
are not possible, as you know, and if
you will take my advice and send for a
doctor you may save q sickness, per-
haps his life. Send for DR.. Tremaine
or DR.. Winter, and tell which ever one
takes the case what you and have so
often imagined-that Ray has some
trouble ON his mind.'' tN n 81 Yebn07K
Little Mrs. Santelle was in condi-
ton of almost helpless alarm after Mr..
Livingston had gone. 1t had never oc-
Cured to her that Ray was threatened
with any thing worse than an influenza,
and Harry Livingston was actually hint:
ing at the brain trouble. She flew back
to Rays dainty little sitting room
things had changed so with Ray since
he had come in for five thousand o. year
determined to tell him a doctor must
be sent for to ask him who he wanted.
She went IN, in nervous alarm, to find
him lying, white and still, on the lounge.
In the panic that emergencies always
are sure to create in nervous, loving peo-
pie, Mrs. Santelle breathlessly ordered
her one servant-maid for her physician,
"Run-run to DR.. Winters, Annie,
as fastas you can, and tell him Mr.. San
telle is dying. If he's not in, go for
Tremaine Hoar-any body-only some
one must come at once! Hurry, Annie !"
And faithful, Jealous Annie tore Wild
ly round to find DIR. Winter out, DIR.
Tremaine out, and DR.. Hoar out. ASA
"What be l goin' to do about it, and
him a-layin' as. white as the piDer, and
the missus crazy? I don't. know.
NJ Maam' can docldr5, yoq tel me WhS here
1t was sweet, thoughtful face Annie
had seen, and stopped to question the
owner ola daintily dressed lady, with
the darkest, saddest eyes Annie had ever
seen.a $50 30 aIfst hias tH gr84uJ Sg
She smiled slightly. 49,
T" Can I be of any useP If you are in
search Ola physician and can find none
you are looking for you can take me; !
know something Of medicine. Ff'5'
Annie's eyes were a sight to behold.
Always big, greenish blue and bulging,
they grew bigger. more greenish blue
and more bulging. Z i.cS e i
"You, miss! The likes of you be able
to cure him!,' aENr i9.naG
The lady had stepped into her phaeton
besidesa spruce-looking boy,}ng q n
eShall I go OF notp" @a;f,t.9fT
Annie gave her despaiIing look. - e.
ats a man sick, miss you'd not
care, nor. be afraid-up at Eglantine
Place. ~ itiks5F Ff,aet .
A silvery laugh from the charming
little rosebud mouth as she gaYelthe boy
the e.order-Egl glantine Place. snsioaT /
'sNeither afraid nor ashamed I'll
see what can, do for your master y
She nodded pleasantly, and the ponies
! and phaetoni dashed off. bug aaoI
:, And so it was ordered by the powers
| that be that when this charming, beau.
| tih1l lady saw Raymond Santellei ravihe
in deliriunl, and made such common.
sense diagnosis of the case, and gave
such practical advice to be followed un-
til Mrs. Santelle's physician should ar
rive to take charge, in a glow of enthu-
siasm Mrs. Santelle begged her to cal
and see the sick man occasionally.
| With very unwarranted, uncalled-fol
bushes the lady agreed to do so, and as
day, after day her ph@ton--" Ide'' she
said she was stood for an hour at the
door of No. =, Eglantine Place, Mrs
Santelle and she were fighting 2 hand
to-hand fight with Azrael for Raymond
sake, until one day Aunt Amy caugh
the girl in her arms and ,Es kissed her her ar
IDENTIFY. - ~
% ssTe think You have saved him undel
/ Gods goodness Miss e1de, can eve
| thank ycI You enough If 1f5ip YOU only knew
4 howaI love iyoaAand 50 will my boz
hwhen he knows haWHs haWHs. much ans hpldhne be owe
you.
Consciousness had q returned to 'th,
sick man, and Amy had told him, a
soon as. she dared, of Ide-her sweet
tender Skill her devotion, y her brave
4 relentless war with, his illness, her pa
tience, her pity, until Raymond, with
smile on his pale, ekaadsomefade, aSke,
whyEIde had not eesn to see him sine
his eonvalescepce.
f4uAmy told ihinfi 4de' HAD assured he
that her presence might disturb the pa
4 tientat first, but. that she,walldsee hir