The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-11-05

! slLIlng-fo0nlt sfielfi, DUa HHatlf arrange
/ Tokens OF refinement and taste are no
wanting, either. Some IsooIsa :ere o.s tn
IraWers,.a "a plaster statue Of z5iss3eh stand
III the Tn@ntal-srAIf. and i Go1.ssz!ss II ptto-
ograp'fs Felissa the I,;srnenaeas Il tIss
yaiis, w=sile Oh the ,I.a=sif1g-tahl=: are !
az n..s-Is~tlHckz. cheap but fs,sEe.zl.
Ny patient liea on tho little igph i)sI-
stea=i ami iBi.1 EFsa at17azIY Itat8 Tie Ii>s!s
lesrei. that may Il. better able 70 exam
he her. She il yot,t.s aud .:yass.l-la5siHz-
icry go3a-lopsi1g indeed. Her eoio:lass
ace Is sllroeHn iuSo strong @sl1sf hsf La
masses Of dark Eaat.. vEss.E. spread il t:in-
55led luxurianea over ti.e ptl}oEF. iEes eye
ire closed, hus the long black iss5lea s5ft,te9f
he ivory-Elued cheeks, aaa the hand. d.r5:st-
3ls outside the coTerIet Is s@1ii aud sfNits
ND deficataly shaped. She is utterly un-
conscious, just a0 occasional tren2nous
,reatf is the Sole sign of life.
Has she been like this loas?" Iaskad,
ioting the action OF her pulse.
s.Hore than t,so hours II 1a:sst bs, sii,. -
sSa,ln. Has st!e been }l1G Of :taaiti, late
~"
SWELL, sir, she's been mopey-lke ever
nce she'ya beelt with iae. aud that's njgE
oa SIX i0eatils. But the last few weeks
she,s been very poorly, and this morning
he called lne IN as / was a-going doWl.
stairs, and she says to me. she says.
I Mrs. T4arch, nay head aches so. Ehilok /
hall take 8 rest to~tiay.''' -
"She remained in bed 4ll day, Ehet12n
s.9Ele did, sir, ! brought her up solne
en- about dive, and she drank il, though
he wouldn't eat the bit of toast I'd done
or her. / came up an hour after, and
ound her like this
Has she lived Weli Has she been veil
aourished?,'
Il don't think she have, sir, She's paid
ne regular enough, but | believe she's
zept herself pretty short. She haven,
aeyer said nothing. Of course, bat when
ones got eyes, one can't help seeing with
EN-
| apply various restoratiyes, but 1t is
some time before they have any effect.
Then, after brieG interval Of conscious
aess, she relapses again into q state OF
coma.
Her illness is q protracted one. Brain
.eTer sets IN, and her constitution is in
such Il general state Of collapse that she
| nearly passes into the dim regions Of the
unknown world. Mrs. Larcl is a good
hearted woman and an excellent nurse,
aud tends her lodger Withkindly solicitude.
She is d very garrulous individual, is
Mrs. Larch, and in,psqts to ME the full ex-
ieut Of her knowledge Of Miss Clements
/ history. | endeaYor sometimes 70 stay
her. confiGlences, but it is an almost inpos-
Isible task to stop her tongue when once il
has commenced running. So perforce
become aware OF a good many little facts
1conneeted with Miss Clement's mode, ol
! i=tsatlla llats,. afssstiEss . E iiiisisa.s
| s'It's pietcl.s she paints mostly, sir, says
| Mrs. Larch, upon one OCCASION; "and ahe
| Io do 'ein beautiful, too. She painted my
! Tommy for me; and, loI, sir, could al.
most have spoke 10 slle pioter. 1t were that
| natural:
"Indeea."
Eyes, sir. and she sells the picters--
| leastwavs sometimes But don't believe
she gets rs much money for them rs sEle
ought to for 'em. She's always at 1t, tho
for If she ;.in'e painting, she'8 a-eloing laee.
work. There, sir, the deEieatest lace as
ever you see. Bless you, I'd be afeard tc
touch it with my clumsy fingers
'tAh, am afraid she has been trying
| her head too lnucI.''
''Thar'B Just it, sir. That's just as I'v<
made bold TO tell her again and again; but
she's always answered me, ! must live
Mrs. Larch; and must work TO live.
Not but that she's 4 born lady, Us you cal
see, sir, though she 10 work. It's beel
bard lines for her, that it have: aud it
made my heart ache uany'a the time K
see her getting SO pale and thtn.''
- am sure it has, answered, 5o1 th,
honest wonan's eyes are elouded witt
tears.
"Tbat it have, sir; but, you see,
couldn't say much to her, nor DO much
neither, for, for all that she's SO gentlt
and pleasant, she's a Bit proud, as rea
ladies often are. They don't ike TO tall
4 about their troubles, they DON'T
'No, they do not, certainly, Then
Mrs. Larch, will try fresh kind o
medicine. / think; and be good enough
please. to give her some directly it comes
u will. sir, and goud-llay 70 you.