The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-14
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managed 10 get along Till March with
out serious illness. Then, one day, af-
ter spell of terrible frost and snow,
the Captain came to me and said:
doctor, wish you would come and
see Lemarchant, in the other hut here.
I'm afraid he's got bad fever"
1 went to see him. So he had. A
raging fever.
Fumbling about among his clothes
to lay him down comfortably on the
bearskin' (for, of course, we had saved
no bedding from the wreck), happen.
ed to knock out once more the same
locket that l had seen when he was
emptying the dragnet; there was
photograph In it of young lady.
The seal.oil lamp did not give much
light in the dark but Gt was still the
long Winter night on the Liakov
islands), but even so l couldn't help
seeing and recognizing the young la
dy's features. Great heaven support
me! uphold me | reeled with horror
and amazement. 1t was Dora.
Yes, his little girl, that he spoke of
30 carelessly, that he lied to 80 easily,
that he meant to marry so cruelty, was
my Dora.
l had pitled the woman who was to
be Harry Lemarchant's wife even
when l didn't know who she was in
any way; pitied her terribly, with all
my heart, when l knew that she was
Dora-my own Dora. II have be-
come a murderer after all, it was to
save Dora--to save Dora from that un-
utterable, abominable ruffian.
clutched the photograph in the
locket eagerly, and held it up to the
mans eyes. He opened them dreamily.
SIS that the lady you are going to
marry?" l asked him with all the boil.
ing indignation of that terrible discov.
cry seethiug and burning in my face.
He smiled, and took it all in in half
a minute. at is," he answered, in
spite of the fever, with all his old dare
devil carelessness; sand l recollect they
told me the fellow she was engaged to
was a doctor in London and brother
of the parson. BY Jove, l never
thought Of it before that your name,
too, was actually Robinson. That's
the worst of having such a deuced
common name as yours; no one ever
dreams of recognizing your relations.
Hang it all; if you're the man l sup
pose now, out of revenge, you'll be
wanting next to 90 and poison me. y
"You Judge others by yourself, I'm
afraid" answered sternly. Oh, how
the words seemed to rise up in judg.
ment against me now the dreadful
thing is all over!
l doctored him as we'll as l was able
hoping all the time in my inmost soul
(for will confess all now that he
would never recover. Already in wish
l had become murderer. 1t was toe
horrible TO think that such a man as
that should marry Dora. l had loved
her once and l loved her still l love
her now shall always love her.
Murderer as am, l say it nevertheless
Il shall always love her.
But at last, to my grief and disap
pointment, the man began to mend
and got better. My doctoriug had
done him good; and the sailors, though
even they did not love him, had sho1
him once or twice small bird o.
which we made fresh soup that seemed
to revive him. Yes, yes, he was com
ing round and my cursed medicines
had done it all. He was getting well
and he would still go back TO marry
Dora.
The very idea put me into such fe
yer of terror and excitement that a
last began TO exhibit the same symp
toms as Lemarchant himself had done
The captain saw was sickening, an(
feared the fever might prove an epi
demic. 1t wasn't ; knew that bu
the captain insisted on disbelieving me
So he put me and Lemarchant into tn
hut and made all the others clear out
so as to turn it into sort of tempora
ry hospital.
Every night put out from the med
icine chest two quinine powders apiec
for myself and Lemarchant.
One night, it was the 7th of Apr
Il can't forget, l woke feebly from M
feverish sleep, and noticed in a fain
sort of fashion that Lemarchant wa
moving about restlessly in the cabin.
"Lemarchant,' / cried authoritative
J ly (for as surgeon l was of course re
sponsible for the health of the exped
tion), ego back and lie down upon you
bearskin this minute. You're a grea
deal too weak to 60 getting anythin
for yourself as yet Go back this mir
ute, sir, and if you want anything L
pull the string and Paterson'll com
and see what you're after" For "
had fixed up string between the tw
: huts, tied to box at the end, as
, rough means of communication.
, "All right, old fellow he answere,
more cordially than | had ever y,
. heard him speak to me. "It's all squar
, | assure you. was only feeln
! whether you were quite warm and con
, Portable on your rug there"
| 'Perhaps,' I thought, "the care
> have taken of him has made him rea
, ly feel little grateful to me-" So
dozed off and thought nothing moi
| at the moment about it.
3 Presently l heard noise again; an
, woke up quietly, without starting, b,
| just opened my eyes and peered abo'
! as well as the dim light OF the little Q
: lamp would allow me.
, To my great surprise l could mall
, out somehow that Lemsrchant W,
, meddling with the bottles in the med
cine chest
: Perhaps thought | again, 81
: wants another dose of quinine. An
r how, I'm too tired and sleepy to al
3 him anything just now about it"
, l knew he hated mo and / knew
was INSCRIPTIONS, but it didn't occ
t to me that he would poison the ms
! who had just helped him through
dangerous fever.
At 4 ! awoke aud proceeded to tai
s one of my powders Curiously enoug
= before tasted it the grain appeared
y be rather ccarser and more granul
! than the quinine / had put there.
= took pinch between my thumb al
n finger and placed it on my tongue