Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-08-08

through. Though you are made of solid
flesh and bones. and clothed, 20 science
you are transparent Her business Is not
only to read your symptoms, but to set the
machinery right again"
The Dane, overwhelmed, could only 70
new his thanks.
''Can he stand. do You think, nurse."
the doctor went on. LET us try-nOt TO
walk about much to-day. but to get out of
bed, il only to prove to himself that he is
SO mnch better; to make him understand
that he is really nearly well. Come, nurse,
let US give him hand"
In the most paternal manner possible
the doctor assisted his patient weak at
ter SO long confinement 10 his bed, TO
get out of bed. and supported him while
he walked to the open window and looked
out into the garden. There" ha said,
that is enough. Not too much at FIRST.
Tomorrow he will have 10 get up By III n
self Well, Fannr, you agree at last.
suppose. that have brought this poor man
round, At last. chr"
HIS look and his words showed what he
meant.
"You thought that some deviltry was
intended" That was what the look
meant. You proposed to nurse this man.
"a order to watch for and TO discover tn 5
devil rr. Very well, what have you got
to say"
All that Fanny had to say was, sub
missively. that the man was clearly muca
better: and, she added, he had been stead
lily improving ever since he came TO the
cot age
That is what she said: bat she said it
without the light of confidence in her eyes
she was still doubtful and suspicious.
Whatever power the doctor had OF seeing
the condition of lungs and hidden machin.
ery, he certainly had the power Of readin 2
this woman's thoughts. He saw, as clear
n al n q
ment of her mind. She knew that some
thing was Notwithstanding not for
her to know. That the man had been
brought to the cottage to be made the
subject of a scientific experiment she did
not believe. She had looked TO See him
die, but he did not die. He was mendirg
fast; in little while he would be as well
as ever he had been in his life. What had
the doctor done it fort Was it really
possible that nothing was ever intended
beyond scientific experiment. which had
succeededf in the case of any other man,
the woman's doubts would have been en-
tirely removed; in the case of DR. Eimpany
these doubts remained. There are some
men Of whom nothing good can be be-
ieved, whether of motive or of action:
for if their acts seem good, their motives
must be bad. Many women know. or
fancy they know, such a man-one who
seems to them wholly and hopelesSly bad.
6SSlucS. WIlaT WIS Inc meaning OF lIls Sc
:ret conversation and the whispered COLO
luies of the doctor and my lord? And
why, at first. was the doctor SO careless
about his Datientf
'"The time has come at last" said tho
doctor that evening, when the two men
wero alone, "for this woman to go. The
man is getting well rapidly, he no louceS
wants nurse; there is no reason for keep
ing her. II she has suspicious there Is no
longer the least foundation for them; she
has assisted at the healing OF n man des-
perately sick by skillful physician. W hat
more' Nothing-positively nothing"
Can she tell nv wife SO much and 10
more" asked Lord Harry. VIII there be
no more"
.She can tell her ladyship no more, be-
cause she will have no more 10 tell" this
doctor replied. quietly. She would like
to learn more: she IS horribly disappointed
that there is no more TO tell; but she shall
hear no more. She hates M; hut she
hates your lo- lsh p more. Tomorrow we
see the last of Fanny Mere. Sle goes: she
leaves her patient rapidly recovering. That
Is the fact that she carries away-not the
fact she hoped and expected to carry awav.
She goes tomorrow, and she will never
come back again. +"
The next morning the doctor paid visit
to his patient rather earlier than usual
He found the man going on admirably,
fresh IN COIOT. livery anu CDeeTlul, Cuts-
ting pleasantly with his nurse.
80" said DR.. Vimpany. after the usual
examination and questions, this is bet er
than | expected. You are now able to get
up. You can do so by and by. after break
fast; you can dress yourself; you want no
more help. Nurse" he turned to Fanny,
81 think that we have done with you. I
am satisfied with the careful watch you
have kept over my patient. II ever you
think of becoming a nurse by profession
RELY on my recommendation. The experi-
ment," he added, thoughtfuily, has fully
succeeded. / cannot deny that it has been
owing partly to the intelligence and pa
thence with which you have carried out my
instructions. But think that your SER
vices may now be relinqu!shed."
"When am to go, sir?' she asked, i'm
passively.
"In any other case should have said.
'Stav little longer, il you please. Use
your own convenience In your case |
must say, Go to your Mistress her
hind. She will be glad to have You back
again. How long will you take to get
ready?"
Il could be ready in ten minutes if it
were necessary"
That is not necessary. You can take
the night mail via Dieppe and Newhaven.
It leaves Paris at $50 Give Yourself an
time, therefore. this evening before seven
O'Clock will do perfectly well. You will
ask his lordship for any letters or messages
he may have"
Yes, sir" Fanny replied with your
permission, sir will 90 nc once, SO as to
get a whole day in Paris"
las YOU please, as you please" said the
doctor. wondering VIII she wanted a day
in Paris; but IL could have nothing to do
with his sick man. He left the room,
promising to see the Dane again In An hour
or two, aud took up position at the gar
den gate through which the nurse must
pass In about half an hour she walked
down the path carrying box. The doc
tor opened the gate for her.
'Good-by, Fanny" he said. "Agsin,
many thanks for your care and your
watchfulness-especial the latter. am
very glad" he said. with what he meant
for the sweetest smile, but it looked like
q grin, that it has been rewarded in
such way as you hardly perhaps expect
ed"
Thank you, SIR" said the girl. THE
man is nearly well now, aud can do with
out me very well indeed"
The box is too heavy for you. Fanny.
Nay, insist upon it. l shall carry it to
the station for yJa."
IL was not far to the station, and the
box was not too heavy, but Fanny yielded
1t. He wants to see ME safe out of the
station" she thought.
II will see her safe out Of the place." he
thought.
Ten minutes later the doors Of the Sails
dAttente were thrown open, the train
rolled in. and Fanny was carried away.
Tne doctor returned thoughtfully 10 the
house. The time was come for the execu-
ton of his project. Everybody was out of
the way.
'.She is gone" he said, when Lord Harry
returned for breakfast at eleven. 81 saw
her safely out of the station"
"GOnep' his confederate echoed; ''and
am alone in the house with you and
and"
"Tne sick man-henceforth, yourself,
my lord, yourself"
CHAPTER xLv.-IN THE ALcovR.
The doctor was wrong. Fanny Mere
did return, though he did not discover the
fact.
She went away in q state of mind which
Is dangerous when it posses es a wc-'ar
OF determination. The feminine mind
loves to understand motives and inien-
tons: it hates to be puzzled. Fanny was
puzzled. Fanny could not understan d
what had been intended and what WA