The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-23

She few back to Rays dainty little
sitting .room-things mad changed 81
with Ray since he had come in for five
thousand year determined to tell hin
a doctor must be sent Tor and to ask hiu
who he wanted.
She went in, in nervous alarm, to nnd
him lying, white and still, on the lounge
In the panic that emergencies always
are sure TO create in nervous, loving peo'
ple Mrs. Santelle breathlessly ordered
her own servant-msid for her physician
"Run-run to DR.. Winters, Annio, a.
fast as you can, and tell him MIR. San
telle is dying. II he's not in, 20 tor
Trenaine-H oar-auy body-only some
one must come a. once! Hurry, An
mel"
And faithful, Jealous Annie tore Wild
" round to find Dr.. Winter out, DR.. Ire
maine out, and DR.. Hosr out.
"Nhat be goin' to do about it, and
him s-lsyin' as white as the piller, and
the missus crazy? l don't know. Ma'am,
can you tell me where there'll be anosh'
or doctor2"
1t was a sweet. thoughtful face Annie
had aeen, and stopped to question the
owoer ot-s dsintiy dressed lady, with
the darkest, ssddest eyes Annie hsd ever
seen.
She smiled slightly.
"Can | be of any use2 If you are IN
search of physician and can find none
you are looking for you can take me, L
know something OF medicine"
Armies eyes were sight to behold;
Always big, greenish blue and bulg-
ing, they grew bigger, more greenlsh
blue and more bulging.
You, miss! The likes of you be able
to cure himl'
The lady had stepped into her ph9son
besides spruce looking boy.
shall / go or notH
Annie gave her a Departing look.
ATS man sick, miss-youd not care,
nor be siraid-up at Eglsntine place.
A silvery laugh from the charming
little rosebud mouth as she gave the boy
the order-Eglsntine place.
aNeither afraid nor ashamed. III see
what can do for your master"
She nodded pleasantly, and the ponies
and phIton dashed of.
And so 1t was ordered that by the
powers that be that when this charming,
beauti vi lady saw Raymond SsntelIe
rsving in deiirum, and made such COM
nonsense diagnosis Of the case, and gave
such practical advice to be followed until
Mrs. Ssntelle's physician should arrive
TO take charge, in Z low OF enthusiasm
Mrs. Santelle begged her to call and see
the sick man occasionally.
With very unwarranted, uncslled Tor
.lushes the lady agreed TO do SO, and as
day after day her phaeton-"lde" she
said she wss-stood for an hour at the
door OF No. -, Elglantine Plaza, Mrs.
Santelle and she were fighting hand 20
hand fight with Az,ael tor Raym"nd's
sake, until one day Aunt Amy caught
the girl IN her arms and kissed her
ardently.
"To think YOU have saved him, under
Gods gooduessl Miss lde, can l ever
thank you enough? lfyou only knew
how / love you-and so Will my boy
when be knows how much he owes you
Consciousness had returned to the sick
man, and Amy had told him, as soon Ms
she dared, of Ide-her sweet, tender
skill, her devotion, her brave, relentless
war with bis illness, her patience, her
pity, until Raymond, with smile on
his pale, handsome face, asked why lde
had not boon to see him since his con-
valescence.
ANY told him Ide had assured her
that her presence might disturb the pa-
tient At first, bat that she would zee HIN
before long.
After the first rally Raymond went on
toward heath and strength with rapid
strides, until even lde, with glowing
cheeks ard strsngely-lIghted eyes, de-
clsred her intention of seeing him sgsln,
and one lovely afternoon Mrs. Santelle
showed her into the dainty invalid
chamber, little thinking the accom-
plishment of an unwritten romance had
come, little thinking
Well, Raymond reached out his hand,
and the girl took it, with strange shy
ness very unusual in her ordinary man
ner.
81 am so glad to see you looking better,
Mr.. Santelle."
Idsl Miss Veldt Is it possible?
Oh, can it be true? Miss Veldt, do you
know in lay delrium l constantly
though, Won were with mel And you
were-you were"
She smiled, then frowned domurely,
with her pretty fingers on his wrist.
81 cannot permit You to become so ex-
cited, Mr.. Ssntelle. Yes l, Ida Veidt,
who abbreviated my name on the impulse
of the moment, when l saw who my pa
tient was, because -
His face wa: lighting up with perfect
joy. r,,.,,
She flushed like wild rose.
IL positively forbid any more con-
versation."
There was pleading look in her eyes
as she looked into his. He closed both
Of his hands over one OF hers.
"And 1, as your lover, forbid you to
refuse to answer any question ask!
Ids-Ids, was it because you loved me-
Tell me it was, my dsrling"
And we presume she did, since never
were patient and physician on such az
fections,elv intimate terms rs were Miss
Veldt and Raymond Ssntelle after that,
in the hslcyon days when they two
agreed that upon the story Of their lives
had been written, from time immemorisi,
the word "kismet."
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, retired from prsc-
tice, having had placed in his hands by