Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-25

Something early this morning and She seemed
so Ill yesterday that l did not like to diSap-
pOint her. But am not going to transgress
softly
give an internal groan Heaven grant she
may nol Ana nasisn be eoags fe
my worst fears confirmed. Mrs Black has
small pox quite unmistakaby..
arrangements for her removal to the infirm,
airy, and in vaccinating such of my poorer pa
tlents as can frighten or coerce into allowing
me me- TO o. DO o. 50; ana it is afternoon before am
She seems rather astOnished when 1 inform
her what my errand is-that want to vaccin-
ate her uor OF course do not wish to brighten
submits readily enough when say that 1 have
heard OF a case OF smallpox in neighboring
village. (Which have), and think It would
be a wise precautionary measure.
at is verv good of you she saws" in her
pretty gracious way, as she bares her white
arm. have never been vaccinated since I
Desirable? should think SO, indeed! And
send up prayer as perform the operation
that may not be too late. am so busy for
the next few days that | am unable to go down
pox in the village, and am anxious and hard
wOr ked but Mary Anne tells me Mrs Ogilvie
has heard of Mrs. Black removal and is dread
not brighten herself into it," adds my wife.
If she hadn't contracted it before vaccin-
ated her, think she is pretty safe" reply
theff is lust the change that she
Almost as L speak message comes from
Mrs. Ogilyie, who wishes to see me profes
s s6% aniyyo Ny heart sinks as seiz my hat
reason. find her suffering from the irst
symptoms of smallpox: and in twenty four
hours 1t has declared itself unequivocaliy and
nature of her illness from her, but inv in vain i'm
She questions me closely, and when she dis
covers the truth, gives way to burst of de-
SPAR that is PAL painful h to witness: II shall be
sobbng bitterly. Poor Frank, how he viii
hate me-"
In vain l try to comfort her, to convince her
that in not one out of a hundred cases does the
disease leave dreadful traces behind it She re.
fuses to be cOnsOled. And soon she is too in to
be reasoned with or indeed to know much of
her own state: She is an orphan ana has no
near relatives for whom we can send, so Mary
Anne installs herself in the sick room as head
nurse; and as see her bending lovingly over
the poor, disfgured face and muttering with
valid, my wife is in my eyes beautiful exceed
ingly; so does the shadow of good deed cast
glory around the most hOmely cOuntenance.
For some time Mrs: OgiIvie's life is in great
danger; but her youth and good constitution
prevail against the grim destroyer, and at
length am able to pronounce all peril past.
But alas, alas; all my hopes, all my care, all
beauty which we have all admired so much,
and which has been so precious to our poor
patient, is thing of the past. She is marked
slightly it is true; but the pure complexion
heavy and dull and the golden hair is thin and
lustrelesS. We keep it from her as long as we
can, but she soon discovers it in our sorrowful
threaten to unseat her reason. My wife is with
her night and day, watching her like mother,
using every argument she can think of to con-
sole her, and above all, cOunseling with gentle
Ihf,1iS rot HrNf
misery. after the first shock, is not so much
for herself as for the possible effect the loss of
her beauty may have on her husband, who is
now daily expected. His ship has been at sea.
so we have been unable to write to him; and
only on his arrival in Plymouth Sound will he
hear OF his poor young wife'S illness and dis
hgurement. Before her sickness she had been
past with shudder, feeling that she is
brought twenty -four hours nearer to the dread
trial At length his vessel arrives, and re-
celve telegram telling me when we may ex-
pect him, and begging me to break the news
gently to his wife. She receives it with flood
OF bitter tears and sObS, crying out that he will
hate and lOathe her, and that she is about to
weeps with her, and am conscious of chok-
ing sensation In my throat as we take leave of
her half an hour before Mr.. Ogilvle is expect
ed, and pray God to bless and sustain her.
band and wife, When Mr.. ogivfe IS a iaS
and hasten to the door to meet him.
"She will not see me!' he says impetuOusly
coming in without any formal greeting. "She
has Shut herself into her room, and calls to me
with hysterical tears that she is too dreadful
soon as behold her, and that she cannot face
it, And then the strong man falls into chair
with sob.
1T is not so bad as that" 1 begin.
Il don't care how bad it is" he cries: ''she
need not doubt my love. My poor darling will
always be the same to me whether she has lost
her beauty or not"
.WhereupOn l extend my hand to him and
great difficulty in restraining herself from en-
yeloping him in her motherly arms and EN-
I'VE must resort to stratagem," 1 say. 81
will 60 down to the cottage at once, and you
follow me in ten minutes with my wife. will
try and coax Mrs. Ogilvie to come out and
speak to me and you must steal upon her un-
Mrs. Ogilvie at first refuses to see or speak
to me; but go up to her door and am mean
enough to remind her of my wife's devotion to
Where is Franke" she asks.
left him at home with Mary Anne,"
reply, feeling that am worthy of being a
diplOmatist at the Court of st. Petersburg. as
She opens the door and deScendS the stairs.
take her out into the garden and begin to re-
prove her 6s TOR her conduct with assumed
l, on the lookout for it, hear the latch of the
garden gate click; but she absorbed in her
sorrow, does not notice it. | look up and see
Frank Ogilvie'S eyes fixed hungrily upon his
wife. Her changed appearance must be an
awful shock to him; but he bears it bravely;
and in moment he has sprung forward,
claSped her in his arms, and the poor SCARED
face is hidden on his true and loving heart!
Then Mary Anne and 1 turned gen ly away,
and leave him to teach her that there are
tlangs more valuable, of far higher worth,
than any mere beauty of face or form.
fter all, we do not lose her, for Mr.. Ogilyie
coming into some money, leaves the navy and
purchases small estate in our neighbOrhOOd,
on which they still reside. Mrs. Ogilvie is no
longer young, and has family of lads and
laSSeS around her who inherit much of their
mothers loneliness. But one of the first
things she teaches them is not to set a ticti-
too much OF mine, and God took it from me-
No one ever hears her regret the loss of her
beauty: "fOr through that trial." she tells my
wife, Il learned to know the true value of my
Franks heart"
She simply wOrShips her husband and is in
all respects happy woman. Indeed, seeing
the sweet smiles which adOrns her face and
the loving light which dwellS in her eyes, am
sometimes tempted to call her as of yOre-
Pretty Mrs. Ogilvie.
LOST HER HEAD.-Every one knows, that
among all the rest of our schools for women,
there are ample means now for woman who
seeks to become physician to make herself
familiar with all the principles of practice
and all the secrets of medicine and surgery
A young student who had pursued her studies
up to a certain point in another city came to