McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-06

you tried such and such remediesp"
asked. For answer she showed me
three or four prescriptions, which told
me his case was a bad one, and of long
standing; the only other help of which
I knew could not order without seeing
the patient.
81 believe l know palliative" /
said, '.but / dare not prescribe it with
out seeing your father"
eHe will let DO one come to u.s." she
said sadly, and | could see she clasped
her hands tightly, and maintained her
composure with an effort. ''He wishes
to be quite unknown in Paris, and fears
seeing any stranger lest it should lead
to his being recognized. F"
''But, Signorina," l said, "his condi-
ton is serious; to doctor his patient is
only ease Explain this to him; let
me call this afternoon. You cannot
witness his suffering without feeling it
is imperative he should have help
81 will try" she said. "Will you
come at four on the chance of seeing
him?''
"Assuredly," 1 replied. My heart
ached at having TO let her 90 with such
a weight of care on her sweet face.
Laura told me that Giulia had been
obliged to tell her the seclusion in
which they lived was caused by the
dread of their being discovered by an
enemy who ruthlessly pursued them
with some motive for revenge. She
had been forced to give up the career
for which she had been educated, be-
cause it made hiding impossible; and
she further confided to my sister that
this enemy would give up his wish to
iniure her father if she would consent
to marry him, but that she could not
do.
The next few hours passed slowly for
me, and yet my spirits rose. Surely
this chance would bring me nearer my
darling. could undertake her fathers
case with confidence, for his disease
was one l specially studied, and sue
cess with which had been the chief
cause of my gaining with somewhat
unusual rapidity large practice. Alta
o'clock | was admitted to the patient,
whom 1 found suffering under distress
ing paroXysm of his malady, and | was
thankful to be of use to him. At
length he fell asleep, and | persuaded
Giulia to leave him to the care of their
old servant, and to take some rest. She
was engaged to sing that evening at
the house where | had first seen her;
she told me the duchess was to have a
large party, and counted on her pres
ence, and as she had been one of her
no,.linct onI al, Of ho,.
kindest friends, she was anxious to keep
her appointment. l could assure her
1 thought her father would suffer no
more for the present, but hid from her
that his case was desperate and the END
not far distant, though I apprehended
no immediate danger. She consented
to allow me to sit with him during her
absence at the concert, and | promised
to 90 TO the Rue Bel Perpino, where
the duchess lived, to meet her as she
left, and convey the latest news of the
patient.
My watch by the old mans side soon
passed; he was dreadfully weak, but
talked to me apparently with conf
dence. He said that with his death
Giulia's life would change, and that he
believed it would be happy thing for
his darling when he was taken. ''She
will not think So" he added in his fee
BILE voice, .'we love each other so dear
ly.
Before eleven [ took my way down
the Avenue Friedland to the Rue Bel
Perpino; the duchess house was near
the corner, and as l was early l did not
enter the street but walked up and
down. 1t was April, and the soft
spring night was delicious. There had
been a shower, and the pavements
cleaned in the lamplight; carriages
were rolling to and fro, but of pedes-
trians there were few. [ saw Giulia's
brougham waiting near the turning to
the street; the driver S face was toward
me, so l quickly recognized him; he
was conversing with man who leaned
against the lamp-post close by, and
whose head was raised so that the light
fell strongly On him for moment.
saw black-pointed beard, and needed
not that he should move away with a
slight limp to enable me to recognize
the stranger who had been watching
LA Filomela's'' dwelling. l felt that
must tell Giulia of him, so I begged
for a seat in her carriage that L might
90 home with her. She seemed sur
prised when accompanied her into the
house and asked her to give me few
minutes conversation. She went to
look at her father, who was sleeping
peacefully, and then came back to me.
| plunged at once into the subject, and
told her that thought she ought to be
warned about the man whom / had seen
watching her house and talking to her
coachman; when [ described him and
mentioned the limp with which he
walked, she sank into chair and be-
came so white l feared she would faint.
Her dilated eyes had such look of
terror and anguish in them that I could
not forbear taking one of her cold
hands in mine and saying, earnestly:
'sSignorina, trust me! Tell me your
secret; implore you to let me try and
help you"
II will! / mustr' she said, Il can