The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16

mcdisieiy afterwards. the lady was
shown in Adams mosioned me to stay
She was q fine. tall woman al my.
dressed in deep mourning. with haH
turning grsy. . firm mouth reft. keen
gray eyes. and n face combining IN
teIlect and kindness
..Hase I the pleasure of speaking TO
Mr.. Adamsyr she said. He bowed.
She then produced . paper which gave
an account Of cur famous Gaze and OF
the part Adams h.d PLAYED in IT.
'.Siay I inquir. whether this patient
IL still In the hospital' Can ! see her.
Eyes, certainly. Would he lady be
able to identify her' Woald it not BE-
better for the patient To see the card
first. to avoid sudden excitement; that
IL. II the iady's visit were likely 10 \
excitement"
perhaps IL would be better TO take
up the card. and say that Mrs. Stead
! desired 20 see her"
Wonderfully calm and self-possessed
the lady seemed 10 US; and vet she
could not entirely suppress some signs
Of emotion or excitement. She said
that illness in her family had prevented
her from seeing the papers for ssome
time, or she would probably have been
here before.
I took the card up and showed II 10
the patient She turned very pale. then
buried her face in her pillow and burst
into tears.
shall the lady come up?' ! said
I thought she sobbei out Yes"
The visitor came up. Slowly and
calmly she walked up the ward The
news had somehow got about. and sew
eral OF the men found that they had
business in that part of the hospital just
then. The lady stood b. the bed. and
said softly: ..Elizabcth9'
The girl looked up. and their eyes
met. One glance at that face was
enough.
Yes" said the lady; 81 can iden-
tify her"
at is your daughter?" asked
Adams.
at is my cook said the Lady
elizabeth Sanders"
l think I said that | only once saw
Adams considerably discomposed, and
that was on the present occasion.
thought her naIne was
Stead he said. and his eyes rested OF
a pocket handkerchief living on the
pillow. The lady's eyes followed his,
and a slight smile played on her
features.
Yes; it was even 50. The acute
scientific observer. the fsr-sighted
young surgeon, famed for his diagnos-
tic acumen, had seen through his case.
but not his patient. IL turned out that
the girl, being remarkably cookbook
ing, and having acquired, from a
previous situation ia a nobleman's
family. a very correct way of speak
ing and some very ladyish man.
ners. was fond of dressing up in her
holidays, and frequenting places
of public amusement. where she usually
attracted a good deal Of attention. Her
mistress having being called away from
home to nurse n sick relative. had
allowed her servant TO go, rs she
thought, to visit her parents in the
country; but the girl, having her wages
in her pocket, had preferred to remain
with an acquaintance in London, where
she enjoved her Christmas holidays
very much to her own satisfaction,
until her accident put a stop to her ma
~neuvers, or rather changed her field of
action. Finding, as she recovered, that
she was being addressed rs ''Miss
Stead" and that she was the object of
much interest and attention, it
seems to me Judging by what ex-
perience of human nature on its female
side l have since acquired-not very
remarkable that she preferred to keep
up the delusion; golden silence being
her main line of tactics. And. fair
readers, do YOU think it rery contrary
to your experience of human nature on
its male side, that an Otherwise ex-
ceedingly acute young man should be
the subject of a delusion of this
particular kind.
The lady spoke very kindly TO
the girl; and guessing, ! fancy,
how matters stood, said some
very graceful things to Adams. Suisse
~quently, you will perhaps be glad to
hear, she proved a very kind friend to
him, and her influence was of no small
assistance TO him in his future profess
sional advancement She became. in
fact, quite a mother to him, though not
a mother-in-law.
l really do not know what befel the
girl, except that, at her own desire, the
lady obtained for her q situation in the
country. out of the way of temptation"
and that she proved to be a faithful
servant.
am sorry to have to state that pub
lie interest in this case at st. Michaers
somewhat rapidly declined after Mrs.
Steals visit; perhaps because, as the
Lancet said, the interesting symptoms
| had all disappeared. But l said then.
say now. and always will say that it
was, from all points of view, "A Really
Good Case."-Ch Chambers Journal.