The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10

He could not hnish the question. Inc doctors proceedings. al that moment caused him intense agony. For some minutes he lay back almost fainting. When he revived little, the German said quietly:
 .s.Many things are possible. my goot friend She may haf come 10 fetch me She may haf had to go very far in search of me. She may haf brought me here. And, vat is more, your life may be her reward yet. Vat do you think of thatv
 .'Only le, me see her." entreated the sick man. fAintly then do what you like with me"
 "Well, that is bargain said the doctor cheerfully. Il go to do my part. v
 So saying. he stepped out into the pas sage where Janet Thorpe stood tremb- ling.
 My child,- he said tenderiy, he will live. Al least there Is nothing now to prevent 1t. He must see you for few minutes but, remember. warn you sol emnly, there must be no excitement. It IS as much as his lite IS worth. Do you promise s2
 Only bending her head silently for answer. Janet Thorpe passed slowly into the sick room, paasing for moment on the threshold to still, if possible. the wild tumult in her breast. By great effor, she succeeded in calming herself so far as outward appearance went. and then she stepped quietly to her cousins side. What q change there was since she had seen him last. The eyes were din and sunken. the long white hands thin ard transparent.
 My darllng!'' he said, in low voice. How hollow and strange it sounded.
 involuntarily Janet Thorpe knelt be- side him, hiding her face in the white coverle,, and praying earnestly for help to keep calm.
 .'i have been miserable without you. Janei,' continued the sick man. ''l never doubted you and now know why you left me: butt have been so wrctched :"
 We are together, now. said the girl, faintly. Let us think only of that. Moth ing else shall part us.'
 Nothing but death. Janet bu, ;ha, is very near"
 ''lt may not come. dear : we will no; fear 1t. But ii may be far of still. Heaven may give you back 10 us for little while"
 John Daere shook his head.
 There is only one thing l want 10 know. janet. If had lived to say wha, | meant to say. to ask what mean; to ask, would II have been Ill vain? | should have thought of it long ago: but you were so young. Besid&. We were we were happy. And so l put |, of; and then came my illness Only tell me. before die. whether you could have lcAed me. Janet.
 AlwaN a composed and mztter-of-fact person, janet Thorpe had particular req sons for being so now. The very life of the man she loved hung ,rcmblingly in the balance: any emotion on her par, might be fatal to him. And yet this was Inc most exciting crisis of her life.
 Raising the white hand that held her own tenderly to her lips. she looked for a moment into his face. only saying. in her own clear sweet voice:
 You know. John l; you do not need me lo tell you.
 IL was strange wooing, and in strange 900. Before II was over, Dr. krakenbcin's shaggy head made i;s appearance at the door. and the lovers brief interview was over. It was high time for the deeper mysteries of his art to be exercised: and Janet Thorpe soon found a fresh held for her energies in as- sisting so far as she could in this fierce conflict between science and sickness.
 Dr. krakenbeins cheering prediction ran like wildfire through the house and neighborhood, being generally re ,eived with the greatest enthusiasm. The Dacre family. both ladies and gentlemen. cer- ,ainly were far from gushing on the occa- sion but they managed to utter some polite remarks suited to the circum- stances. And. as days went on and Dr. continued his skillful treat ment the event justified his opinion more and more. The deadly evil had been boldly and successfully assailcd, or rather destroyed root and branch: and it was what difference even a few days made in the once helpless and ap- parently dying man. In short, before Christmas Day arrived. John Dacre en- tered once more his own familiar study. and there gave kind and hearty well come to those numerous cousins who had been invited to be present at his death and to share his possessions afterwards.
 John Dacre did not forge, their inter- ests. He found means to satisfy some special wish on the part of cach-preier- ment for the two younger men. and prom ise of hrst-class shooting for Digby and his friends the rex, season; he dis some old family jewels among the girls. and gave an ample allowance 10 the really well-meaning Hortens;a. These kindesses went far to make Cousin John more popular man than he had ev.r expected to become among his rela- lives and they crowded round him once more with expressions of eongra,ulstion and pleasure evidently fresh from the heart this time They even extended lhe,r favors at las, to poor Janet Thorpe. who had been mos, chillingly received by them all at frst.
 Some interest was now shown in her account of her travels in ques, of the grca, German doctor. who. she had re- solved. should be induced to see her