The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-08-07

MRS. BlYS1ER'S ROMANCE,

Mrs. Sims boarding scnooll was
high building and IL stood on a hill.
NV room was in its third.story, and /
had often sat looking out over the
city from i,s slightly" windows (as
Peggy, the maid, called them.). TIE
hill was nearly conicat III shape and
terrace,l on two aides. my side being
one OF them. At the foot at the hill
ran Il broad. handsome street. and
on prominent corner Of this street.
in plain sight from my windows, stood
a large, rambling old Mansion, about
which We girls had woven many Il
romance. We wondered who lived
there. Ladies and gentlemen pro.
menadei through Its pleasant
grounds; carriages rolled up to tts
Wide gateway many times every day:
professional. looking gentlemen went
In and out OF It. What could 1t be ?
One day | found out. There was
great excitement that day In Mrs.
Sims boarding.school. I had been
feeling i'll for some days. My head
;.ched and my tongue was dry and
hot. The doctor said ut last that l
had the scarlet fever and must be
removed at ouce. better take her
''home." he said. She isn't fairly
"Home!" groaned Mrs. Sims.
doctor, she lives 10 India!"
Good gracious" said the doctor,
and he scratched his head thought.
FULLY. At last no said: II have It!
Here's DR.. Dolby's hospital right
down here just the place for her.
So l was wrapped up and driven to
"Dr. Dolby's hospital" which prov.
ed to be no other than the dear. ramb.
ling, romantic old house which, with
its wildly overgrOwn but delightful
ehrubbery, had so long been the Oh.
ject Of our speculations.
They put me to bed IN Q large,
quiet room. Tho open fire looked
wonderfully pleasant. AQuaint, old.
fashioned tea service, with cherubs
and gillyflowers 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 I
was nicely tucked up" and ready to
20 to sleep, l beheld-yawning al
ready and casting wishful eyes to-
ward her own white cot near by-my
b,lxOm nurse, Mrs. Blyster, who had
been engaged expressly for me.
How fat and good.nhtured she look
ed! And how the white cot creak.
ed when she finally sought repose!
The next morning l was worse. and
for several days I tossed in deiirium
and pain, but by u week more the
fever began to abate and Mrs. Blys.
ter said, reassuringly:
"You hsin't dead yet. miss, and
what's more you hain't q goin' to be
mot with Sarah Blyster to SEQ to
vel" Then good Sarah Byster gave
me motherly kiss on my forheed.
fumbled over my already painfully
tucked in bed clothing 10 IN attempt
to express still more f0rclbly her at.
| fectionate Zeal for my welfare. and
sat down with a sort OF good.natured
grunt at the back window.
closed my eyes and was just
about falling asleep when ! was
aroused by q half-suppressed sob
"What's the matter ?" I said. faint.
| ". To SEQ happy Mrs. BIyster In
tears was too much tor me.
"She's dead, miss: the woman t
lives In the little house back. They're
q havin' her funeral this blessed
minute"
"A friend Of yours ?" I Was Inn
pressed almost to tears myself by
Sarah Blyster's manner.
"Law, MOI" said that lady. start.
Ing up and assuming her own radiant
cOuntenance again. "And what LIN
u Whinin' around here add Rivln' her
the blues for, I'm sure don't know:
Cheer up, Sarah Blyster. cheer up!''
Ismiled family and soon dropped
of into the nap which Mrs. Blystera
sob had interrupted.
A day or two after Mrs. Blyster waa
''eniveiin', as she expressed 1t, again
by the back window. ! was stronger
and better now. and asked, cheer
fully: A.,
Mot another funeral, l hope, Mrs.
Blyster p mo-" said that worthy
lady. still unable to attain her wont
ed serenity: "but there's a boy-hel
boy, Is'pose -a.workin' much inside
and he--and he hes q shakin' oul
her clo'es and a-foldin' IN up, and !,
j does seem g II some O. the female -
latives oughter be a.helpin' OF EN-.
Surely It did. There was conside
rable path0s In the way Of stating It
In spite of the ''female relatives.
which showed that Mrs. Blyster ha(
mingled much In scenes Of woe her
self and knew how they ought to b'
conducted:
II would't look that way" I said
soothingly: ''try the other window.
II did," said Mrs. Blyster, ''but NJ!
eyes would 20 that way somehow
everything shows 90 plain from here
There was q black alpaca, 40 good q
new. I zee her out in 1t tho very ~
1 come here to take care OF you. IN
; took sick the very next day: l reckon
for I see her curtain vas down On
!. tho doctor there, and now thin
she's dead. and there's that Slpac
, dress remindin' them!" aud Mn
3 Blyster sobbed again.
/ had been sitting IN for some time
! 'I'll lie down, now, Mrs. Blyster."
] aaid hnvin1 n divart the GOOD Cr0G