Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-24
THE DOCTOR EUD0R.

$50 i'll, so very i'll, doctor that fear"--
'Go to the devil with your fearsl Do you
not see, good woman, that l am busy"
"Busy!r replied the old woman. GLOW do
l know what ntl Trying to discover the
great secret, perhaps, aud while you are thus
crafty tempting the devil, the poor dear
lady is dying"
"Tum secunda elapsa bora, ct aqua mean
descente, camden iterum injcies pulverem."
The doctor threw two handfuls of white
powder in the vase, and went on reading
some old parchments.
The old woman drew long and deep sigh.
The doctor was young man, twenty-eight
years of age, perhaps, but it was difficult to
guess at it from his pale and emaciated coun-
tenance. You could only see that hard study,
or perhaps grief, anything but years, had
imprinted on his forehead deep, solitary,
and premature furrow; and to look at his
hollow checks, sallow complexion, and long
and tangled hair, one could not but feel re-
greet that the bloom of health did not now
animate his regular and beautiful features.
He was bending over tho vase; sometimes
rekindling with his breath, the dying Goals,
or else interrupting his reading to throw
powders and herbs into the water.
"The great secret-oll goose-better much
better than that. a right of life and DEATH"
And suddenly he exclaimed:
''That is it-admirably, admirably done"
Now, old mother am at your SERVICE"
added he, as if the old woman was still there
but she had gone.
The doctor poured into small bottle his
chemical preparation, a blue liquid which
produced a sweet perfume he threw his dark
mantle over his disordered clothes, and left
his laboratory, holding in his hand his pre-
cous VIAL carefully wrapped in the folds of
his mantle, to hide it from the curiosity of
others, or to preserve it from the accidents
of a long and rapid walk
It is twenty minutes fast walking from the
DUAL de rHorloge to the Rue DIES Tournees;
In twenty minutes the doctor had reached his
destination. He stopped before large and
handsome hotel; the walls that surrounded
the courtyard We're high and thick, the door
solid and bordered with iron--a precaution
not to be forgotten-for all this took place in
December, 1894, during the reign of King
Henry the Third.
He knocked, and from behind barred
window servant recognized and admitted
him.
'Alas! Sir Eudor," said man of about 60
years Of age, Il have but very little hope.n
The doctor hardly restrained a smile, but
the old man did not perceive this eyes were
filed with tears
"You must not give up entirely, NJ. lie
Compte nature and science have so many re-
sources" These consolng words We're ut
tered in sneering manner, and the count
continued to weep. EudOr shrugged his
shoulders as if the husbands grief struck him
as absurd or ridiculous. Without adding a
word he drew aside covering of thick
tapestry. and entered "A large and somber
apartment. The count followed him.
1t was the PATIENTS room. In the back
bed. The doctor approached, and motioned
t. tine cornt to open the window The beau
ti',l fa,.. Of a female then became visible;
,..- ing had scarcely altered delicate
"tct textures. Her sH ace was,
.e. sad brue.th her ions black eve
..~ 2. nG.I Uu. ci.cl7-tut who would
,tat-rryd ler appearance Ill as She
.ln most blooming beauty.
W r aaol GXedly mt her. The count
res himself on the foot of the bed and
g. his eyes on th. doctor, who, wrapped
ur az bis own meii.ltirn., th.utl 1T neither OF
encouraging nor disrouraGii him After "a
w rc-n.ut5 Of silence, Eulor gently lifted
Il cu;crI and took the arm Of the patient
10 feet her pulse.
j luGlar indicated THAT the countess was
Oh the point Of waking; tie doctor looked
lu&iou-.y around.
The crisis viii take place when she aWakes;
.Le least emotion may prove fatal You
must retire, sir
II VIII hide behind this curtain" said the
rount Il do 50 long to see her open her
eyes.
"Realy," said L"dor with q dlsdainful and
angry smile "We.l, count en-. ~ that
pleasure, and risk your Vices life for such d
miserable satisfaction."
The count, after a moments hesitation
gave in; the doctor promised to call him a,
soon as possible.
A flash of Joy Frightened the features of
the young man when he found himself alone
in the room, and his countenance, animated
by strong emotion, appeared sinGulaYly
beautiful Homo longer stopped to gaze; but
kneeling by the bedside he covered with
ardent kisses the hand Of the young woman
he fondly passed his fingers through the
light and dishevelled curls, and even dared Il
press her burning and parched lips.
"Ohn exclaimed he as he gazed at her
How much courage is necessary: But