The morning call., 1891-11-22

the Americans, blue and cold as steel,
which furnished food for reflection. A
Russian family residing in Vienna-let US
call them, if you will, the Skebeloffs-sum-
| mOned the doctor in consultation with re-
gard to the daughter of the house, in whom
the specialist recOgniz d at the first exam
inatlUn commencement Of aneurism. 1t
must have been quite troubling to auscul-
tate and sound Mile. Macha! just think of
applying your ear to the chest OF handsome
brunette Of 10 and tapping on her heart as if
to ask, Can | come in p
Maurice" interrupted the host, mo
vaudeville pleasantries. You promised us
a tragedy"
Rest easy, you shall have it. Though
received in good company. these Skebeloffs
We're regarded with some suspicion. They
lived at hotel. The paternal Skebeloff
had too many decorations on his fur
trimmed pelisses. These people put on great
style and manma's diamonds We're reputed
false. Add TO this two daughters, who were
too handsome to do anything good, to pro-
vide husbands for. In short, the surround
ings were equiyocal. But the doctor was
smtten with passion; he demanded Mile.
Macha in marriage, was allowed to pay his
court, espoused her at the end of three
months, and the Skebeloff family, suddenly
disgusted with Vienna. went to seek new
tables d'botes. The PHYSICIANS wife
pleased greatly in Viennese society. The
newly welded pair were very. interesting !;
the doctor loved Macha at once as his wife
and as his patient; he adored her and look ed
after her health. This little romance en-
chanted the sentimental Germans. Already
Nine. Arnold, whose health was yisibly be-
ing re-estabshed, frequently showed her.
self in society, and sometimes even danced
there"
In spite of her heart disease?"
AN APOLLO IN WHITE UNIFORM.
YES The young wife seemed to be so
rapidly recovering that her husband, in his
ri u oF rl,u Inio oil pt cd b..rt to
but | am sure that he would willingly have
prohibited her from doing SO as a jealous
man. For the handsome Captain de Blaze
witZ-an Apollo in white unifOTm-was al
ways the first inscribed upon the ball pro-
gramme OF Nine. Arnold and clasped her
tightly against his aiguilletteS. 1t was one g
more the ncient myth of Mars and V enus.''
'Good!' said Pereira. Your explana-
ton is made. Maurice, your characters
placed, now let us come to the motif, as they
say in the argot of the couliSSes, let us come
to the motif y
$50 be i'll One day the doctor discove red
a bundle If letters"
THE bundle of letters Is very thread
bare"
"Pereira. you are insupportatle! You can
substitute at this point whatever you like,
but in my story thew are letters"
(which gave the husband the certain
pro0fs-is it not 90
apparently"
of vengeance 2"
$50 you know the story, Pereira? Then
tell it yourselfW
mo, my friend but cut-still to use our
professional terms-I cut, that's all. Hence
the husband avenged himself"
I" BY one OF those crimes which always re-
main unknown"
Then how was it found out?"
Because the doctor spoke. Yes, the
culprit himself, later on, yielding to that
irresistible, that fatal need of confidence
which exists in all men"
Certainly, Maurice, certainly"
Il shall not say another word gr0wled
the young man, veXed.
Now, don lyon get angry" said Pereira,
banterlnglv, I'VE were sparing you the
trouble of finishing your phrases. It's the
true theatrical style-see Scribe, Sardou.
All the dialogue with susTeusive points. |
half-killed myself by repeating to young
authors: No, style above everything
failed because Of an adjective. One don't
know the i'll metaphor can do. Thus the
romantic writer's"
I'm your turn, Pereira,' said the host.
glancing at the manager with dissatisfied
air through his eyeslass. when you have
finished"
THE TERRIBLE VENGEANCE.
"Quite right. Maurice was telling us that
the husband"
Conceived a terrible vengeance, but one
possible only for man of his profession.
Macha was not completely cured-he, the
specialist knew it well-of that malady of
the heart for which he had attended her,
during two years, with so much zeal and
love. lie undertook to restore the disease
TO her. Restraining his rage, he confined
himself to maintaining with his wife the
attitude of an uneasy and suspicious hus-
band. and thus aroused fear and anguish in
the mind of the faithless woman. He knew.
by means of the letters which he had sur
prised. what mad passion the guilty lovers
were experiencing; he was sure that they
would constantly strive TO see each other,
even in the midst Of danger. He profited by
this situation.
From that time mysterious power
placed all sorts of little obstacles between
Macha and Nj. de BlaZewitz, without, how
ever, separating them altogether. 1t made
their rendezvous fail, interrupted their cor
respondence, troubled and poisoned their
love- and in this life. full OF strong and pain
full emotions, the health of Nine. Arnold
changed again in a very marked manner.
The doctor was killing his wife with as
much certainty and precision as he had been
curing her a short time before To the
hour of mad terror which gives morbid
activity TO the circulation the shrewd man
caused to succeed tho long days OF sadness
which c0ngest the heart and retain the
blood there; then suddenly he feigued to
have no longer any jealousy, showed him
ings of his wife. Why. wha, is
going on, my poor Macha?' said he
to her. i can no longer make out
your condition. You have the exact air
| of person dying of chagrin. Are you
| not happy with me?' And, while observ-
| ing with a diabolical enjoyment the progress
| of the malady, he crucitied his victim with
| his hypocrltical despair. AT the end of six
months the syncopes were more frequent,
| the paipitationS more rapid; the most dis
| turbing symptoms of aneurisn had reap
| peared. Ali ahl Pereira, you don't inter-
| rupt me any more now!
81 KNOW ALP
Well, yes; we've got to the second act,
the knot of the play, but the denouement.
| the denOuement!'
1.-THE denuuement ordered!' cried Maui
| rice, in the tone OF restaurant waiter who
| brings dish. Here it is:
lone evening the doctor entered his
| wife's apartment like a tempest. Madame,
| cried he, I know all-M. de Blazewitz is
| your lover!
Poor Macha grew as pale as sheet, and
the violet hue Of death appeared upon her
lips:
THAT was just what he wanted.
| 81 will not raise my hand against wo-
| man. resumed Arnold. Your accomplish
| has paid for both of you. l have Just fought
\ a duel with Nj. de BlaZewitZ. / have killed
/ himp
"Macha fell stiff upon the carpet
"But the doctor lied. He would not have
dared 10 touch the mustache of the hand
swordsman in Vienna. He knelt beside hi,