Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-11-22

alter which, to all appearance, her whole
n;seh1lon was given to getting the hair.
pms out of her hair. -N',N-
capri is beautiful island. The old
homans had good taste; and Tiberins
onlit 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,rldes, assembled Mount Solario. and
made the trip to Anacapri, when certain
tWlnges ID my joints warned me of the
probability of being laid up six weeks in
httle spensiOn perched on one of the
| steepest rocks in the Mediterranean.
MY experienced eyes also informed me-
.nal MISS Sutherland waB 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.
pldity had undoubtedly.c cost him re-
lection. But when young lady fees
70 an almost desert island to avoid the
proximity of an obnoxious suitor. 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 ad .
mlrlpg Vesuvius; but if 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
nammatory rheumatism? This was pre-
clsely what Miss Sutherland's caprices.
IN regard to h,r lovers had brought me
TO-. For two weeks l lay upon my bed a
hldeous mass Of red flannel, racked with
pain, and hating Capri with the iuten-
slty of one Of the captives of old Tiber-
ius. During this time Miss Sutherland
ueVeloped into one of the gentlest and
tenderest nurses thatever took care of the
victim OF her own imprudence. The
process OF torture was going on, six
weeks being the alleged period for the
lnhammatory 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 pam IN my joints TO wonder if lie had
been sent for. Miss Sutherland took the
very first opportunity to inform me 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.
lish ladies at the pension were i'll. the
elder one very i'll.
Ii anything will alleviate the pangs of
! ecute 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.
BILE willfulness of one. His recovery
from the effect of Miss Sutherland,s fas.
clnations appeared to be complete. He
had administered cough mixture which
nauseated the young lady, but took no
iurther interest in her ailments. Me he
nursed with au 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 I was
the obj ject of the most assiduous atten
lions 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 supros-
ed that as DR.. Manning felt 10 interest
Whatever in Miss Sutherland, the at
tendance of 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 q
moment that the doctor was in love with
me.
There is nothing to do at Capri but
make excursions on donkeys. My re-
turn to health was to be celebrated by
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,
and from the magnificent repose of her
usual manner she took to exhibiting
what in an elderly woman would have
Ooca uesCItDeu dS .uQSeG9.
The objective point of our excursion
was the villa OF Iiberius that is in the
best repair. There is great choice of
them, each one more like mass of di-
lapidated brick cellars than the last. We
started on a sunny morning, on two of
the most obstinate and refractory don
keys thai Capri produces. The doctor
preferred to walk. which he did by my
side. Each donkey was conducted by a
peasant woman with immense EARRINGS
and no shoes. Now to these creatures
had been given the directions by an
obliging landlady to take US through
the most beautiful portion OF the island
to the villa. The donkey woman of
Capri is an indescribable mixture of
man, woman and beast They are as
strong as men, as loquacious as women,
as stupid and obstinate as their own
donkeys. In this instance, however,
they did as they were bid.
We had been riding an hour or more.
Miss Sutherland in advance, and the
doctor with his hand on my saddle. ex.
hibiting all the devotion that young
man naturally feels toward wripkled
spinster of fifty, when there was halt
W. eAAS pa VI tuC uCAhcyS, tuu CuOr.
US from the women: "Signora sig
moral Val di Matrimonio, signora val
di Matrimonial"
Miss Sutherland had not caught the
words, and indignant at the additional
outburst of patois, inquired: "What
is the matter with them Is it any,
thing extraordinary"
/ have wholesome terror of Miss
Sutherland's moods, but the doctor had
apparently survived his, for he answered
very coolly: eve are apparently upon
the verge of the Valley of Matrimony,'
and the donkey women are calling our
attention to the fact"
There was silence that under the
circumstances was painful. Miss Suth-
erland tried to look dignifed from the
top of her donkey-an impossible thing
even for her. The doctor succeeded