The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

eggs and brandy, and everything, i'm
short. except medicine. and IN also adj
ministered champagne, but at much
longer intervals.
At one o'clock the next dal the pa
tent gave dismal groan; Wiklter and
the others started up I'm alarmI
Good" said the doctor, calItly; snow
III go to bed. Call me II thjre's any
fresh symptom"
AT six o'clock old Baker bml In the
room: "Sir. sir, he have swo}e at me
twice. The Lord be praisedl"I
Excellent" said Che docttr, "Now
tell me what disagrees with Inn most
after champagneY
why. Green Chartreuce, tobe sure"
| said old Baker.
"Then give him tablespoonful"
said the doctor. Get me dome hot
water"
(Which flrstY" inquired Bakir.
"rhe patient, to be sure" said DIR.
| Garner.
Soon after this the doctor itood by
| his patients side, and found l{m writh-
| ing, and, TO tell the truth, he Vas using
| bad language occasionally, though no
| evidently tried not to.
DR. Garner looked ut his Watch "I
think there's time TO catch thd evening
| train"
why" said Walter, "su,ely YOU
would not desert us; this Is De crisis,
| IL IL hoty
Its something more than that" said
| the doctor; "the disease knocs its old
| place; IL has gone back TO thesfoot like
| II shot; and IL you can keep IL Shere, the
patient will live, he's not the bort of pa-
| tent that strikes his colors while there's
bastion left TO defend"
These words pleased the ole Colonel
So that he waved n feeble hasd above
his head, then groaned most siismally,
| and ground his teeth TO avoid Profanity.
| The doctor, with exquisite gtntleness,
| drew the clothes off his feet. 'and sent
! for lot of .fleecy cotton or syool, and
warned them all not TO toucls the bed,
nor even TO approach the low?r part OF
| 1t, and then he once more proposed to
leave, and gave his reasons.
| "Now, look here, you knoE, have
done my part, and If | give yNi special
instructions TO the nurses, TINY can do
the rest. I'm rather dear, land why
| should YOU waste your money!
"Dearl" said Walter, warm$; you're
as cheap as dirt, and as goof as gold,
and the very sight of you is & comfort
TO us. There's a fast train II ten; I'll
drive you to the station after breakfast
myself. Your fees-they arf nothing
to us. We love him, and W are the
happ;est house in Christendort; we, that
were the saddest."
"Well," said the doctor, "tou north
cOuntrymen are hearty people,. III stay
till tomorrow morning-inseed, I'll
stay till the afternoon, for mS London
day will be lost anyway"
fIe stayed accordingly jill three
o'clock, left his patient out OF all pres
ent danger, and advised WalteE especial
ly against allowing colchicu1 to be adj
ministrated to him until hij strength
had recovered.
There is no medicinal curJfor govt"
said he; pain is mere SYMPTOM, and
colchicum soothes that pain, .stot by af-
| fecting the disease. but by sailing the
action of the heart. Well, II you stlll
the action of that heart theretyou'll kill
him as surely as if you stille(Sit with a
pistol bullet. Knock off his champagne
in three or four days, and WHEEL him in
TO the sun as soon as you canywith safe
ty. fill lis lungs with oxygenf and keep
all worry and disputes and II entail anX-
iety from him, if you Gao. lpon't con-
tradict him for month to c1me."
The Colonel had terribles bout of it
so far as pain was cOncerneF but after
about fortnight the paroxysms inter
mitted, the appetite increased. Every
body was his nurse; everybody, includ-
ing Julia Clifford, humored Sim; Percy
FitZrOy was never mentioned, and the
name of BARLEY religiouslY avoided.
The Colonel had got a frigh:. and was
more prudent in his diet, amt always in
the open air.
| Walter left him only at odd times
when he could hope to get tasty word
with Mary, and tell her how things were
going, and do all that man could do to
keep her heart up, and reco'file her to
Returning from his wife o,.e day, and
leaving her depressed by thhir CALLING
situation, though she was nexer peevish
but very sad and thoughtfuE he found
his father and Julia Clifford in the
library. Julia had been wriEing letters
for him; she gave Walter deprecatory
ing is by compulsion, and you won't
like it." Colonel Clifford Didn't leave
the young man in any doubt about the
matter. He said: walter you heard
me speak of Bell, the couns& who leads
this circuit. l was once so fortunate az
to do him a good turn, andNe has no
forgotten it; he will sleep here the da.
after tomorrow, and he will go Owe
that blackguard's lease; he has been il
plenty of mining cases. / nave got
sort of half opinion out OF b IN already
he thinks it contrary to th1 equity o
contracts that minerals sho1 d pass un
der farm lease where the6urface o
the soil is just equivalent ~ the yearl,
payment; but the old fox won't speal
| positively till he has read eypry syllabl
of the lease. However, it stSnds to rea
son that it's fraud; it corses from
man who is all fraud; but tank God
: am myself again."
He started up erect as aslart. al
have him off my lands; I'll Dag him on
of the bowels of the earth, him and a.
, ! his clan"
. With this and other thl.aats of tn
, same character he marcheds out of tn
, room, striking the floor hasd with hi
, stick as he went, and left Jhlia Clifton
, amazed, and Walter Clifford aghast, a
, his vindictive fury.
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