, 1885-06-14

a. Hh1 'Ahfi lOlhA Ihdu pDtDs 0uf uhll
ounch out OF her house with an
air Of superiority. almot dehsnre;
she could not bear TO 20 hack
crestfallen. 1t was lunch time. She
was very hungry; but she wasn't
going home to sit opposite Edward
and parry his s~atirical questions as to whore
she had contrivod 10 get all the ready money
from. Had she not said, leave il % mel =
Her spirits were rapidly going down At one
moment she felt regularly inclined TO cry,
but $40 was a girl OF spirit aud gulped down
her annoyance, Finding hcrself close 10 a
pastry cooks shop. she went In, sat down,
and orlered herself a cup OF coffee and a
bun Her mind seemed IA complete blank.
There was soma chocolate creams in a box
close by. Aurelia never coull resist choco-
late creams After paying for coffee and a
bun she would just have "A sixpance left;
she spentit on the box and began eating the
chocolates Shs was SO miserable taat she
seemed to court even that triaing sensation
OF pleasure TO distract her from her own
thoughts As she finished the coffee her
mind seemed to revive. She felt herself
coloring up, and, with a chil1iike revulsion
OF feeling, she thrust the half empty box
into her pocket and won't out into Oxford
street The coffee seemed TO hAve got into
her head. She began to tear along toward
the Circus, not knowing well where she was
going; she was not ~sanguine so much as des-
psrate. In another moment several people
came rushing up against her; they seemed
all going one way. She was almost thrown
into the road.
She turned mechanically. and TO save her
self from being actually knocked down be-
gan running with the crowd. In another
moment she was aware Of a surging mass OF
people. Swerving IN 10 the pavement, and
with a smash, came a hansome into the
very midst Of them She had got on 10 a
raised doorstep. Tho crowd parted and a
fashionably dressed young girl of about II
was flung upon the pavement On these oc-
casions people always cluster round the
horse. Oddly enough, there is the great in
disposition TO touch the unlucky human DO.
ing, who sometimes is In much more urgent
need OF attention. OF course there was no
policeman. A gaping crowd stood round
the moaning girl, every ono thinking il
some body ese's business 10 attend to
her. Aurelia was in the greatest state
OF exciteulent. She could see from
her doorstep oyer the heads OF
the crowd. The young lady was lying all Of
a heap Just as she fell, apparently unable tc
rise, AMI moaning pitcously. Aurelia, who
had lately gone through the st. Johns am
hulanee classes, was just about to spring
across the crowd when the words, Cool
gracious, Mis- Aurelia-MrA. Jones, I
meani'
-Mr. De Batledawf7 gasped Aurelia, and
an avalanche in words, but clelr and ire
sistibly distinct and peremptory, poured
upon hun. She seized his arm and almost
Missed in his ear, Not a moment-do as 1
tell you-act as my husbands assistant
HHaHn.N .H-nsH.a. "a I..t.- --a. -. "A. i'll -.
this slop.-we tw0-I fetch Edward keep
Ler--,at no ono touch her till l got back-
now through the crowIf
Sac almost leaped upon his arm De
BltledAw was game. In another moment
cries Of the doctorl tho dcct3ri' were
heard on all sides, De Batledaw was wav-
ing the people aside majastically. Aurelia
knelt down by the poor girl, and with the
inspiration OF genius De Batl-daw calmly
took out his watch and felt her pulse, while
he nodded c~ondiontially to Aurelia. In
that critical moment Aurelia seemed to 70.
member all the practical instructions sho
had lat'ly recsivsd at the st Johns an.
bulance CLASSES.
MY leg, my leg murmurel the injured
girl. Aurelia had touched her boot, AMI
screamed ont; in another moment she
slid her hand up this wounIei limb.
A thrill of triumph shot through her. as IL
above the knee she f-lt a rising. mi tn
girl screamed again. Instruction 8 Of
page "A OF the handbook flashed
upon her memory. symptoms OF Frao-
ture-some inequality felt on running
the fingers along tho surface of the in
jurod bone-"
FRACTURE she muttered low but dis
tinctly 10 Do Batleiaw. who had now lone
"a. 49, Nl. As.lH. T. 49,. sA.-.
had lifted the girl into the shop. laid her
On the floor. and Aurslia had managed Il
convey Ter very definite instructions TO
BatleiAw, who had the tact while taking
them TO appear 10 give them. 1t was a
real triumph. The shop door was clio 50
and Aurelta and De Batle1aw wers IN sole
Treatment Of Fractures. page ~. Aurelia
rememLersd, ran thus: There Is no ur-
s ncy about treating a broken limb, pro-
vided no attempt Is made 10 move the per-
SOM A. far as possibls this instruction
had been obeyed; the girl had been simply
of the pavement into the shop, anl
there Bntledaw declared solemnly she must
remain untouched till his principal arrived.
Jones still sat in his empty consulting
room. lie was sick OF the bills. Two hours
had elnised since Aurelia's departure. He
felt 50 bothered he could eat no lunch, and
where in the world was his wife, and why
did she not returnl 1t would DO absurd TO
20 out an hun for her, besides. Aurelia
had a very good faculty Of taking care OF
herself. Jones drew his chair to the fire
and lit a cigar. 1t was $3.50, no patient,
would come now. He had just taken up the
number OF Truth when a violent ring at
The bell, then a latch key thrust hastily into
The T.a- q. ~uah fh~..h a.. a..
door Of his own room burst open. his wife,
with mud, her new bonnet smashed,
her seslskin torn, rushed in.
My darlingr'
$40 had torn his hat down from a peg in
the Lall, and to his utter amazemont She
1t on his head and gaspe1 out:
and bandagesi' She knew the
ara wer and whipped them out in no time,
hurried her husband b~reathloss out OF the
house into "A passing cab AMI while the two
tore headlong of 10 the shop near the Cir
Gus where Batledaw was mpersonating as
best he could, tho doctor. Aurelia, half
laughing. half crying, and very nearly
hystericul with excitement, told her tale.
Jones hour had cox. There wa stll a
little crowd round the shop as the cab drew
up He had learned his role, 30 had De
Batledaw Turning to his friend, who but
nat morning had given him the ready
money lecture from his own lofty and almost
supercilious standpoint. Jones now said
patronizinglys
"a shall not require you any longer now;
call in at my house at ! Tonight The
assistant left respectfully, aud Jone,
az last master OF the situation.
Miss Amy de Nero turned out 10 be the
only daughter OF wealthy and well-con-
nected parents. She was soon provided with
a sofa. her leg WIS skillfully sot, her graf
Itude was unbounded. She was at first
that her parents in Hyde Park square
be sent FOR. but AureliA. who sat by
aer and stroked her head quite like a sister,
add
My dear child, do let well enough alone,
10 pqtlsnt; II Is best TO rest where you are
Try Rhodes and Troxells celebrated