Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-07


beauty.
At first every one is astonished at
this idiosyncrasy of hers, but in little
while we all come TO laugh at IL; there
is something original and amusing
about II; and in all other ways she is so
charming.
My wife, with whom she speedily be-
comes intimate, tells me that she is
sure she values her beauty more for her
husbands sake than her own. "She
evidently adores him." says Mary
Anne; "apd he seems TO think so much
her of sweet looks. She says he fell in
love with her at first sight, before he
ever spoke to her"
But Mrs. Ogilvie has many more at
fractions than are to be found in her
face. She is a highly educated woman,
first-rate musician and n pleasant
and intelligent companion, and more
than all, she has a sweet, loving dispo-
sition, and true heart at the core of
all her little vanitics. She is very good
to the poor ia our village, and often
when | am on my rounds meet her
coming out of some cottage with an
empty basket in her hand, which was
full when she entered it.
In quiet little neighborhood like
ours such woman cannot fail to be an
acquisition, and every one hastens to
call on her, and many are the dinners
and croquet parties which are inaugur-
ated in her honor. To the former she
will not go; she does not wish to 90 out
in the evening during her husbands
absence-much to my wife's satisfac-
ton, who approves of women being
"keepers at homeland it is only sell
dom that she can be induced to grace
one of the crOquet parties with her
presence.
But when she does, she eclipses every
one else. She always dresses in the
most exquisite taste, as if anxious the
setting should be worthy of the jewel
the beauty which she prizes so highly.
| She has been settled at the cottage rath-
er more than two years and is beginning
to count the weeks to her husbands re-
turn. We do not number them quite
so eagerly, for when he comes he will
take her away from us, and we shall
miss here sorely. 1t is summer again
"a hot, damp summer-it has been q
very sickly summer, and my hands are
full.
II shall have to get partner, my
dear,n / say to my wife as prepare to
go out. I" If this goes on shall have
more to do than l can manage. There
is nasty fever about which l don't
! like the look of; and if we don't have
a change for the better in this muddy
weather, there is no saying what it may
| turn to-
:" am glad all the boys are at school,
observes Mary Anne, and think will
let the girls.accept their aunt's invita-
ton and go to her for u month";
Z" 1t would be a very good plan, and
should be glad if you would go, too.
A little change would do you good"
"And, pray, who is to look after
youP" asks my wife, reproachfully.
"Who is to see that you take your
meals properly, and don't rush off to
see your patients, leaving your dinner
untasted on the table?"
Mentally / confess that should prob
ably be poorly off without my Mary
Anne; but it is a bad plan to encourage
vanity in ones wife, sol say: "Oh, l
should do very well by myself and with
parting nod betake myself to my daily
duty.
In the village l meet Mrs. Ogilvie,
basket in hand. She doesn't look well,
and | say so.
You nave no business out in the
heat of the day." tell her. "What
will your husband say, if he does not
find you looking your best when he
comes backP''
A shade passes over her face. "Ah!
he would not be pleased" she says,
rather gravely; "he always likes to see
me look my very best and protest"
"Well then, rs your doctor, / must
forbid your doing any more cottage
visiting just at present. You are not
looking strong, and going into those
close house is not good for you. | will
come and see you on my way back
Which do | find there is nothing
the matter with her; she is only little
languid.
"You had better send the children
away tomorrow morning, Mary Anne"
! say as soon as l get in. Mrs Black
is very i'll, and l am afraid-I cannot
quite tell yet, but l am afraid-she is
going to have smallpox. OF course, 1
shall have her removed at once, if am
right; but it may prove not to be an
isolated case, and it win be as well to
get the children out of the way. | shall
try and persuade everyone in the vii
lage to be vaccinated tomorrow"
"You will be clever if you manage
that" says my wife. 81 am afraid
some of the people are very prejudiced
against it. You know when the chill
dren and / were revaccinated three
years ago, you could not persuade any
of the villagers to be done at the same
time"
On the following day we dispatch the
children early to their aunt's, under
the care of an old servant, and as soon
as l have seen them off l go down to
Mrs. Blacks. To my CONSERVATION, |
find Mrs. Olgilvie just leaving the house
81 have been disobedient, you see,"
she says, gayly; but l promised to
bring Mrs. Black something early this
morning; and she seemed so i'll yester-
day that l did not like to disappoint
her. But am not going to transgress
orders again-for Franks sake,'S she
adds softly.
| give an internal groan. Heaven
grant she may not have transgressed |
them once too often! And hasten into |
the cottage, to find my worst fears con-
firmed. Mrs. Black has smallpox |
quite Enthusiastically.
For some hours l am occupied in
making arrangements for her removal
to the infirmary, and in vaceinating
such of my poorer patients as can
frighten or coerce into allowing me to
do so; and ii is afternoon before | am
able to go and look after Mrs. Oglivie.
She seems rather astonished when | !
inform her what my errand is-that |
want to vaccinate her (for of course |
do not wish to frighten her by telling