The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-13

Inquiry was frultlesS, even though the
case got into the newspapers. The IN
terest among the students increased
daily. 1t was reported that she was an
heiress who had quarrelled with her
guardian; that Adams was madlv in love
with her; that she Was waiting for him
10 propose, and then would marry off
hand that Adams knew all about her.
but kept Il snug And then the men
got 10 chatting HIM in a mild sort of wav.
wanting 10 know the state Of the
heart and the chances Of "uuion bv
first intention. But Adams was i'm
penetrable. Personally, | am inclined
to think that whatever the condition of
his patients heart might be, he was a
little affected in that region. She was
evidently very fond Of him, and liked no
one but him to dress the wound. Still
the mystery increased.
/ At last one afternoon [ was sitting in
/ Adam 5 room III a leisure interval. when
lady's card was brought IN. 1t had a
deep black border, and bore the inscrip-
ton: Mrs. Stead, The Cedars." She
wished 10 see Mr.. Adams. Immediately
afterwards, the lady was shown il.
Adams motioned me TO stay. She was a
fine, tail woman OF fifty, dressed in deep
mourning, with hair just turning gray, a
firm mouth, soft, keen, gray eyes, and Il
face combining intellect and kindness.
Have | the pleasure of speaking to
Mr.. Adams?" she said He bowed.
She then produced paper which gave
an account of our famous case and Of the
part Adams had played in it.
May | inquire whether this patient
is still in the hospital? Can see her?"
Yes: certainly. Would the lady he
able to identify her? Would it not be
better for the patient to see the card
first, TO avoid sudden excitement; that is.
if the LADY, visit were likely TO cause ex-
element?
. Perhaps ii would be better to take
mp the card, and say that Mrs. Stead de
sires to see her.
Wonderfully calm and self-possesscd
the lady seemed to us; and yet she could
not entirely suppress some signs of emo
ton OF excitement. She said that i'll
ness III her family had prevented her
from seeing the papers for some time, OF
She would probably have been here be-
fore.
l took the card up and showed it to the
patient. She turned very pale, then
buried her face IN her pillow and burst
into tears.
"Shall the lady come up?" ! said.
thought she sohbed out Yes.
The visitor came up Slowly and
calmly she walked up the ward Tie
news had somehow got about, and sew
eral of the men found that they had bust
ness in that part Of the hospital Just
then. The lady stood by the bed, and
SAID softly. Elizabeth >"
The girl looked up, and their eyes met.
One glance at that face was enough.
Yes, said the lady; 81 can identify
her"
" It is your daughter ?" asked Adams.
1t is my cook, . said the lady-Eliza-
beth Saunders.
| think [ said that I only once saw
Adams considerably dIscomposed, ana
that was on the present occasion.
. I-thought-h name was Stead, >
he said, and his eyes rested on Il pocket
han ikerch1ef lying on the pillow. Tie
lady's eyes followed his, and a Slight
smile played on her features.
Yes it was even SO. The acute scicA-
titic observer, the far sighted young
surgeon, famed for his diagnostic acu-
men, had seen through his case; but not
through his patient. 1t turned out that
the girl, being remarkably good-looking.
and having acquired, from pre-, i0us
situation III a noblemans family, very
correct way OF speaking and some very
ladylsh manners, was fond OF dressing
up IN her holidays, and trequeutiu-
places OF amusement, where She usually
attracted a good deal Of attention. Her
mistress having been called away from
home to nurse a sick relative, had al
lowed her servant to 90, rs she thought
To visit her parents In the country; but
the girl, having her wages III her pot ket, ,
preferred to remain with IN acquaintance
in London, where she enlovcd her
Christmas holidays very much to her
own satisfaction, until her accident put
Il stop to her maLaUvrts, or rather
changed her field OF action Finding.
as she recovered, that she was being adj
dressed rs Miss Stead, ana that She
was the object OF much interest and at
teution, it seems TO mc-judging hy what
experience OF human nature on its female
side | have since acqJlircd-not very re-
marhuble that She prefe TO keep up
the dcluslon; golden silence being her
main line of tactics. And. fair readers,
DO Won think il very contrary to your
experience OF human nature on It's male
side, than an otherwise exceedingly acute
young man should be the subject OF Il
de!usiOn 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. Subsequently,, you viii per-
haps he glad to hear, she proved a very
kind friend to him, and her influence
was Of no small assistance to him IN his
future professional advancement. She
became, in fact, quite a mother to him,
though not mOther-in law.
| really DO not know what befell the
girl, except that, at her own desire, the
lady obtained for her =" q situation III the
country, ont of the way of temptations
and that she proved to be a faithful ser
want.
| am sorry to have to state that public
interest in this case at ST Michael's
somewhat rapidly declined after Mrs.
Steals visit; perhaps because, as the
Lancet said, the interesting symptoms
had all disappeared. But / said then.
say now, and always viii say, that it was,
from all points of view, "A very good
case
a Fatal Omission.
Allegheny Evening MALL
nDa vou know that neither Of the