The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-23


MRS. BLYSTER'S ROMANCE.
Mrs. Sims boarding school was high
building and it stood on hill. My room
was In its third story and had often sat
lookly out over the city from its slightly"
windows, as Peggy the maid called them.
The hill was nearly conical in shape and
terraced on the two sides, my side being
one of them At the foot of the hill ran
a broad, handsome street, and on a prom
inent corner of this street, in plain sight
of my windows, stood q large, rambling
old mansion, about which we girls had
woven many a romance. We wondered
who lived there Ladies and gentlemen
promenaded through its pleasant grounds,
carriages rolled up to its wide gateway
many times every day, professional look
ing gentlemen went in and out of it.
What could 1t be?
One day found out. There was great
excitement that day in Mrs. Sims board
school / had been feeling i'll for some
days. My head ached and my tongue
was dry and hot The doctor said at last
that had scarlet fever and must be re-
moved at once.
Better take her home" he said. "She
isn't fairly sick yet"
"Home :" groaned Mrs. Sims "Doc-
tor, she lives in India"
"Good gracious" said the doctor, and
he scratched his head thoughtfully. At
last he said "I have it Here's DIR.
Dolby's Hospital right down here-just
the place for her." &C So was wrapped
up and driven to ''Dr. Dolby's Hospital
which proved to be no other than the
dear, rambling, romantic old house which,
with its wildly overgrown but delightful
shrubbery had 80 long been the object Of
our speculations.
They put me to bed in a large, quiet
room. The open FIRE looked wonderfully
pleasant. A quaint, old-fashioned tea
service, with cherubs and gilly-Aowers and
various other incongruous designs on it
in blue, sat appetizingly on the round
table at my bedside. Three or four easy
chairs were mingled among the others,
and in one of them, after l was nicely
"tucked up and ready to go to steep, l
beheld-yawning already and casting
wistful eyes towards her own white COT
my buxom nurse, Mrs. Blyster, who had
been engaged expressly for me. i
How fat and good natured she looked
And how the white cot creaked when she
finally sought repose!
The next morning was worse, and for
several days I tossed in delirium and
pain, but by a week more the fever began
to abate and Mrs. Blyster said, reassur.
iDgly; T., ,.,,,, d..a ,., mia. and vh.,,
more you hain't goin' to be, not with
Sarah Blyster to see to YET" Then good
Sarah Blyster gave me motheriy kisl
on my forehead, fumbled over my already
painfully tucked in bed clothing in An
attempt to express still more forcibly her
affectionate zeal for my welfare, and sat
down with sort of good-natured grunt
at the back window. #
closed my eyes and was just about
falling asleep when / was reused BY
half suppressed sob. J.
"What's the matter, said family. TIC
see happy Mrs. Blyster sobbing and II
tears was too much for me.
ashes dead, miss the woman t hve'
in the little house back. They're hevin
her funeral this blessed minute"
"a friend of yours ?'' I was impresse
almost to tears myself by Sarah Blyster'i
manner.
Law, no I" said that lady starting NJ
and assuming her own radiant counter
ance again. "And what I'm q whinin
around here and givin' you the blues for
I'm sure don't know. Cheer up, Sarai
Blyster, cheer up!"
1 smiled family and soon dropped OF
into the nap which Mrs. Blyster's sob hat
interrupted.
A day or two after Mrs. Blyster va
g snivelin'," ~ she expressed 1t, again b.
the back window. Twas stronger An.
better now, and asked, cheerfully:
@Not another funeral, ! hope. Mra
.No," said that worthy lady, still una
BILE to attain her wonted serenity; " bu
there's boy--her boy, ! s'pose-a-wofl
in much inside, and he--and he-hs'
ashakin' out hsr clO'ss and afoldin' 'eI
ND, and It does seem = if some o the &
male relatives oughter be a-helpin' Q
'em."
Gurely il did. There was considerabl
psthos In she way of stating Il, in spite {
The 4 female relatives, : which oqly shGwe
that Ma Blyster bad mingled much !
scenes Of woe herself and knew how the
ought to be conducted
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soothinalE ;a = try the oEhsr WindOw.Y
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| evefvfhinR shows 20 plain from her
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