Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-21

ment upon me was, however, mild to
that which it produced upon DR.. Man
ming. They were sitting very quietly
when it came-she half buried in a big
armchair, he playing with the tassels
of her shawl.
"Agnes PIT was a daring venture
that with her first name-"you are not
going over on that bleak rock? It will
be absolutely dangerous for you. AS
your physician will not allow it.
Now at this moment the doctor had
an advantage. Had he pushed it, dain-
| ty Miss Sutherland, with her assump-
tons of dignity and firmly carved mouth,
would have yielded that point and the
rest. He Numbered, for he added, very
softly. "Don't go, DEAR"
! / left the room. / always do at this
stage. Miss Sutherland is a thorough
/ American in regard to her lovers. An
English or q French girl would have
fed after me. The young lady in ques-
tion thought it quite proper that /
should retire The matter in question
was quite personal TO herself, and re-
quired no interference from outside par
ties. The doctor went on laundering
unquestionably; for an hour later, when
she came into my room, we had the fol-
| lowing conversation:
"Well?"
eyes"
Again?"
CT believe So" This with yawn,
after which, to all appearance, her whole
attention was given to getting the hair
| pins out of her hair.
Capri is a beautiful island. The old
Romans had good taste; and TIberius
| built twelve villas on it wherein to
amuse himself during leisure hours. At
the same time middle-aged women will
get the rheumatism In damp places. We
had not taken more than dozen den
| key-rides, assembled Mount Solario, and
made the trip to Anacapri, when certain
| tWlnges In my Joints warned me of the
probability of being laid up six weeks in
a little pension perched on one of the
steepest rocks IN the Mediterranean.
My experienced eyes also informed me
that Miss Sutherland was not precisely
herself. My diagnosis of the case was
soon made out to my own satisfaction.
She was trying to live up to the lines of
her mouth, and at the same time giving
way round the heart. The doctors stu
pidity had undoubtedly cost him re-
lection. But when young lady fees
to an almost desert island to avoid the
proximity of an obnoxious sutton, and
then spends most of her time gazing
across the sea in the direction where he
is supposed to be, it may explain the
matter perfectly to say that she is adj
miring Vesuvius; but if it does, the per-
son who accepts the explanation has not
much experience of young women.
Is there anything in this world much
more excruciating than an attack of in
| Hammatory rheumatism? This was pre-
cisely what Miss Sutherland's caprices.
in regard to her lovers had brought me
! to. For two weeks lay upon my bed a
hideOUs mass of red flannel, racked with
pain, and hating Capri with the inten-
slty of one of the captives of old Tiber-
JUS. During this time Miss Sutherland
developed into one of the gentlest and
tenderest nurses thate ever took care of the
victim of her own impTudence. The
process of torture was going on, six
weeks being the alleged period for the
| 1nt1ammatory demon to hold SWAY, when
one morning the familiar face of DIR.
Manning appeared above my bed. For
two minutes ] positively lost sight of
the pain In my joints to wonder if he had
| been sent for. Miss Sutherland took the
very first opportunity to inform ne that
he had not. We were indebted for his
presence to the fact that some resident
of Capri had told him that both the Eng
| Ish ladies at the pension were Ill, the
elder one very i'll.
| If anything will alleviate the pangs of
acute rheumatism it is having two young
people about one both of whom are
clearly in love with each other. while
each is ready to die rather than make
the first sign. The attitude of the doctor
was magnificent. He had clearly come
to Capri to save if possible the lives of
two women imperiled by the abomina-
bic willfulness of one. HIS recovery
from the effect of Miss Sutherland's fas-
clnatlons appeared to be complete. He
had administered a cough mixture which
nauseated the young lady, but took no
further interest in her ailments, Me he
nursed with an enthusiasm and devotion
not to be described. [ doubt if any rheu-
matte spinster in red flannel was ever SO
cared for before. For four weeks [ was
the object OF the most assiduous atten-
tons from two young people scarcely on
speaking terms with each other. At the
end of two weeks more I was able to
walk about. Another fortnight and I
was pronounced able to ride a donkey.
By this time it might have been suppos-
ed that as DR.. Manning felt no interest
whatever in Miss Sutherland, the at
tendance of a physician might have been
dispensed with. The Baroness Burdett-
Coutts had just married man forty
years younger than herself, to be sure
but the case was not parallel. Nobody
on earth would have imagined for a
moment that the doctor was in love with
me.
There is nothing to do at Capri but
make excursions on donkeys. Ny re-
turn to health was to be celebrated by
a donkey excursion, and the arrange
ments for IL finally brought out from
the doctor that after the day was over
he would betake himself to Naples. Up
to this time Miss Sutherland's imper.
turbability had been almost equal to
that of her lover. This announcement
brought feverish color to her cheeks.