The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-09-18
WELLINGTON O., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER .@s@aa

nv Mary dies, 1 will take out letters
patent and change the idiotic name OF
/ iendel to Buflock-Smithy." ai
Sir Geofrey was reduced to despair
by this frightful menace. 5l esf
In the meantime poor Mary got
weaker and weaker, and had hemor.
rhage from the lungs, or more prob
ably the heart. The blood of the
Blakes, though an inferior fluid, was
necessary to her existence, and she was
rapidly sinking. DR.. Lascelles, who
was called in in consultation, said,
"There is only one thing that can save
this young lady's life. We must try
TRANSMISSION" s".''a' n- sHi
The other doctor-who was of the old
school-shook his head as only doctors
can. 81 -.-- tJsii't "a .
DR.. Lascelles understood at once,
from the great significance of the ges-
ture, that he had never so much as
heard of the operation. s
81 felt sure you would agree with
me-" he said, with the sweet smile that
had won his way to professional sue
ces-for his practice lay chiefly among
the ladies. "You remember Playfair' 8
directions, without doubts" And he
told him what they were. " One of us
two must sustain this ebbing life."
81 think it had better be you." re-
turned the other, hastily. "There's s
nothing nShh z like new blo0d-I mean young
"True; I am young and strong; I
can't see beautiful creature like this
slipping through our hands" And he
barred his arm to the others lancet.
Two months afterward Sir Geoffrey
received the following letter from Per-
cival, written under compulsion of his
wife's dictation:
"DEAR COUSIN: Actuated by feelings
of passion, which, as yourself once just
ly remarked, renders ones actions in
valid, addressed you q communication
some time ago, the terms of which I
sincerely regret. When the blood Of
the iendells is up they are apt to ex-
press themselves strongly; and you are
the last man Except me) not to make
allowances for the fact. l am thank
full to say my dearest Mary has been
raised from her bed of sickness, and is
now-I had almost written 'herself
again. but though she is as well as
ever, this is not the case. She has in q
very singular. though perfectly scien-
tific, manner become somebody else.
She has undergone the operation OF
TRANSMISSION at the hands-or rather the
arm-of Cavendish Lascelles, whose
noble blood, to use the words of the
poet, now courses through her veins.
One has so often heard Of persons who
are ready to shed the last drop of their
blood for this or that, and so seldom
seen them shed even the first drop, that
you may have put them down in the
same category with ghosts but 1 saw
this with my own eyes flor Percival
had been present at the operation1 and
can swear to 1t. i owe debt to Las
celles which I can never repay, for he
brought back to life the dear girl mar
ried yesterday. Both she and l are
well convinced that our union will have
your appreciation, since the sole objec-
tioury0u had to it has been removed-
by TRANSMISSION. E"
Blake, but by blood. she is q Lascelles.
With our united kind regards, am
yours truly, PERCIvAL F IENDKLL. ~
Poor Sir Godfrey, thus confronted
not only with q dilemma, but an anoma-
ly, was at his wits end-which was at
no great distance. s.Hi . aHigp,4 =
III bulS OAbk0n1lOy hO SoA6aAOOo Aic
oracle, an ancient nurse, vino had dweft
in the household almost for; that term
of years secuted by Mr.. Thomas, and
who believed in the + iendells first and
Providence afterward. Z. lnl l4 80 :
"Ies my opinion, Sir Godfrey" said
this female sage. /" as it's no use crying
over split milk" v-er ~
The Baronet himself was already
~ hot nv,sninv,. fh lie
ton was effected. and the young couple
were invited to the Court. ~ q
The bride, less from interested mo-
tives than from the sense that the old
man had SO much to "get over" in his
/ welcome to her, devoted herself to her
host and soon surpassed her husband in
Sir Geoffrey's favor. -- s.- -1sl
"You are not only q + iendell by
name, my DEAR" he once said to her,
but, thanks to science, have become
worthy of the race by nature. You
were always very nice-in yeur way
but there were points before that for
tunate operation But, there" he
added, patting her little hand, 1--WE
will not speak of them now"
You mean used to say ospitaP
for hospital she answered, hang
ing her beautiful head" like the rose
immortalized by Cowper. But I was
always taught to do that, and also to
say tumble for humble
my DEAR" he said quite gravely,
"you used to drop all your hs dread
fully" (She spoke as purely as Lindley
Murray "But TRANSMISSION has picked
them up for you. Depend upon it there
is nothing like blood"
Mrs. Percival Fendall was a woman,
but she knew when not to have the last
word. s-- -- - ~
What is the use of arguing with
people," said she to her husband.
(when he called her a humbug,) "who
spell their name with two little fs"-
Belgrovio.