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

can fall to the lot of iddle-aged spin.
ster with quiet tastes than that of engi.
neering young woman of any consid.
erable personal attractions across Eu.
rope. The trouble began on the ocean
steamer in the shape OF captain of the
United States navy. At Paris it was a
big Frenchman with nature like that
OF Newfoundland dog; at Marseilles il
presented itself under the guise of 9
dreamy.eyed German; at Rome it was O
silvery-tongued italian; at Naples il
concentrated itself in the most violent
and virulent form in the person of q
young American doctor.
Miss Sutherland was troubled with a
cough-an entirely natural and appro.
pirate thing to young woman who ex-
posed herselfto all kinds of weather on
ship-board simply to know how the sea
looked in storm. The idea that that
cough needed physician's care was en-.
sirely preposterous; but, all the same We
had not been at Naples ten days before
Miss Sutherland's lungs we're as much
an object of solicltude to DR.. Manning
rs if she had been in the last stages Of
consumption. What a delightful thing
cough is-one, that is, which is quite
sufficiently slight, does not keep the suf.
terer awake at night, or otherwise inter.
fere with the comfortable progress oi
existence! There was just enough real.
ity to Miss Sutherland's cough to pre-.
vent her undertaking the fatigue Of 8
Journey up Vesuyius, but not sufficient
to interfere with any number. of small
excursions to San Martino, Capo dl
Monte, or anywhere else that might be
accomplished within reasonable mum.
Der OF hours. That cough contributed
to Miss Sutherland Just the one element
of attraction she did not need. The
rather firmly set lips took on quite a
gentle piteous expression when the irri.
tated throat WAS trying to relieve itseli
by tit of coughing, a slight fever gave
the usually colcrless. cheeks and clear
eyes brilliancy, ard the exhaustion
that followed reduced the young lady
from her usual attitude of sturdy indie.
pendence to most fascinating condition
of womanly weakness.
livery soon came to be understood
that Miss Sutherland's carclessness in
regard to her health, her Ignorance, and
mine also, of Neapolitan pato:s, the
viciousness of donkeys, and the cupidity
OF guides, made male escort almost 9
necessity in the neighborhood of Naples.
Whether the necessity grew out of the
ready provision to meet it, or the proyi
sion out ofithe necessity, it is not worth
while to argue. Judging from the inde.
pendence of other lady travellers, the
former theory seems the most tenable.
During the g st of these excursions
Miss Sutherland had something of q
body.guard about her. Three or fou,
hands at least were put out to help he,
over every rock and up every height,
Presently the number was reduced to
one. DR.. Manning had, in fact, as.
sumed the same jurisdiction ovet the
rest of Miss Sutherland's movements
that he did over the cough. That all.
ment had been his especial charge from
the beginning, and he seemed to be rap.
idly assuming the responsibility OF what.
ever else appet tained to the young lady.
Matters had beenlin this shape for about
month when it became apparent that
something had begun to go wrong. By
using the united intelligence and expert.
snce that have fallen to my lot I arrived
atthe conclusion that us Miss Suther.
land had regained her health she desired
to discharge her physician. was not
prepared, however, for the manner in
which she undertook to doit The plan
was revealed in the simple announce
ment that she intended to change her
quarters to the island of Capri.
Unhappily my relations to Miss Suth-
erland are such that for me to hear is to
obey. I looked at the bleak mass OF
rock from my window and shuddered, it
being February, and the Wanted climate
OF Italy being in fact as chill as an Eng
lish May. The effect of the announce
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 big
armchair, he playing with the tassels
of her shawl.
Agnes Pit was 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 I will not allow it."
Now at this moment the doctor had
an advantage. Had he pushed it. dain-
ty Miss Sutherland, with her assump.
tions of dignity and firmly carved mouth.
would have yielded that point and the
rest. he blundered, for he added very
softly, "Don't go, dear"
I left the room. / always do at this
stage. Miss Sutherland is thorough
American in regard to her lovers. An
English or French girl would have
fed after me. The young lady in ques-
ton 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
lnquestionably; for an hour later, when
she came into my room, we had the fol-
lowing conversation:
"Well 2"
Yes.n ~
Again? ?"
believe so.n yhis will, a vawn