Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-21

MUIR was StIllnI EtCGUNL
Lady Dartmoor, you should make al
lowances," | said. Lady Dartmoor de
clined to make allowances and the matter
dropped.
One night was sent for suddenly to see
Lady Dartmoor. She was suffering from
a sudden attack of brain fever, evidently
brought on by intense excitement. There
was a good deal Of wild delirium, and Lady
Dartmoor had clearly something on her
mind. She had had a violent fit of hyster.
les at Lady Doublechins ball sent for
her mother, Mrs. Werner; warned her not
to leave her daughters bedside for an in
slant. ''In your daughters state, my dear
madam" | said, ''you must take no notice
whatever of any absurdities she may utter
in her rawlings" directed that no one but
the nurse and Mrs. Werner was to enter
Lady Dartmoor's room.
l live in Harley street. There is no gar
den to my house in Harley street. The fact
of there being no garden to my house in
Harley street is a great trial to Maria, who
is very fond of flowers, but like John Gil
pins wife, she has frugal mind. She
does not buy her flowers at the florists;
she deals with the barrowmen in the
street. She does not pay in cash; she
Swaps" my old clothes for floral treas
ures. 1t is no use my demonstrating with
Maria-she will do it.
Two days after the commencement of
Lady Dartmoor's illness my wife rushed
into my consulting room. "Oh, Ananiasp
she cried Maria is very fond of me, and
she will call me by my Christian name),
"look what have found" Then she held
out a magnificent three stone ruby ring.
| recognized the ring at once; it was Lady
Dartmoors.
"Ananiasl" cried my wife, 81 got rid of
your old shawl dressing gown today; bar
tered it for ferns. One of them actually
came out of the pot, it was so dry, poor
thing; and between the pot and the earth
was this beautiful ring"
| congratulated Maria, and | took charge
of the ring. When | called professionally
l upon Lady Dartmoor that day her mother,
/ Mrs. Werner, was very much depressed.
"She has been raving all night about
Captain Blackadder and her ruby ring,
doctor. She seems perfectly conscious
now, but she does nothing but shed tears,
doctor, and stare at her left hand. And,'
added Mrs. Werner dsmally cher ruby
ring is missing DR.. SwansdOwn."
Then | went up to see my patient. She
was perfectly sensible, but her mental de-
preston was intense and tears were flow
ing freely from her lovely eyes. got rid
of Mrs. Werner on some pretext or other.
Then l stopped, and, pretending to pick it
up from the floor, | handed her the ruby
ring.
ooh, Dr. Swansdown," she cried, in a
voice of genuine gratitude, then it was
all dream-a dreadful, dreadful dream.
| must tell you, DOCTOR" she cried in her
toIl u
she -"somebody who shall be name
less-has been persuading me for ever st
long that Dartmoor neglects me, and
dreamt a dreadfully vivid dream, DIR
Swausdown, and thought was sure that
my dream was reality, for | had lost
my ring; and dreamt that when | was
sitting out with him in the Conservation
at Lady Doublechin's ball the other nigh
he asked me to elope with him that night
At first | Indignantly refused. Then
dreamt that | hesitated; | told him I,
leave me; that if | consented would pu
the ring in a flower pot that held a ferI
which was standing behind us; and then
dreamt-and my dream seemed real, doc
tor-that | made up my mind that Dart
moor no longer loved me, and that | PLACED
my ring in the flower pot, close to the edge
and that just then Dartmoor appeared t
take me home. And then | remembe
nothing more until late last night. An'
then ! found the ring was gone; and, oh
Dr. Swansdown, | loathed myself"
"Calm yourself, calm yourself my dea
young lady," / began, with genial, pro
fessional smile. Late hours, my dea
Lady Dartmoor, late hours and Londol
air have much to answer for. 1t was
lucky thing, though, that you found you
ring; and now your mind Is thoroughly
disabused of the-um-monstrous halluci
nation. You must try to dismiss thes
ridiculous ideas from your mind. All! W
are much better this morning, much bet
ter. Are we not, Lady DartmOor" | said
with a smile that was childlike and bland
to Mrs. Werner, who just then entered tn
room.
7 did not tell Lord Dartmoor how yer
, nearly the happiness Of his young wife
life had been wrecked; but | ordered tn
b DartmOors off on voyage round tn
world; and they started within the fort
r night in Sir John Binnacle's big stear
yacht, which Dartmoor purchased.
When got home | told Maria that ha
] lost the ruby ring, and added that | di
, not believe that they were rubies.
= "Oh, Ananias!n cried Mrs. Swansdow
= in her just indignation, you are a perfeC
foolp
4 What became of Captain the Honorabl
u Reginald Blackadder2 Why, Jarnac, th
Y French deputy, spitted him upon the SAND
t. of Blackenberghe because he was grei
= deal too attentive to Mime. Jarnac, and /
! died upon the field of honor. Serve hil
g right, the beast They manage this sort (
n thing so much better in France.-St, Jam'
q Budget.