The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-02
THE DOCTORS YARN.

/ DdrImoOr. i QOn'C suppose Gndl between
/ the four seas &lere exists woman who is
! prouder and fonder of her husband and her
! children, and she has very sufficient excuse
] for her pride and her fondness. Dartmoor
| is distinctly handsome mamie is also a
| distinctly clever man-and when the Duke
of Westcountry said that Dartmoor, who
was his son and heir, should marry and
settle he was of course the great prize, the
''catch," of the season, and he fell to for
tunate Linda Werner.
The most striking popularity about Lord
! Dartmoor is his thoroughness. When he
| goes in for thing he does go in for it; he
is the sort of man who feels, as the vulgar
old song said, that che is bound to go the
whole hog or none" OF course ne is a
genius, because he has the capacity for tax
ing an infinite amount of trouble. He dis
tinguished himself at the university not
merely IN the schools, but also on the river
and in the cricket fields Then he travelled
through Central Asia with that very &C.
centric parsonage, Captain Brittles, gen.
orally known as Hadji Brittles, the great
orientalist. And Thea he became private
secretary to Lord Grindstone. Lord Grind
stone was reported to have killed several
private secretaries; but no amount of work
was too severe for young Dartmoor. He
knew perfectly well that his career as the
future head of the great house of West
country was necessarily politics.
Lord DartmOor was fluent speaker and
hard worker, and he quite understood
that as Lord Grindstone's private secretary
he would be initiated into the business of a
practical politician, and learn all the tricks
OF the trade. He had two years with Lord
Grindstone. Then he entered the house as
member for Clodworthy. He had attended
far too often, both in the house of COM
mons and in another place, as Lord Grind
stones private secretary, not to under
stand ali about the forms of the house; and
he was gluttOn for work, and members
were continually proposing to "add the
name" of the member for Clodworthy to
this committee and that committee
Linda Werner was one of the bellies of
the London season when she became en-
gagged to Lord Dartmoor. That was moth
ing more than her right, because Miss
Werner was really very beautiful She
was only eighteen, but she was straight as
a dart, her figure well developed, and her
complexion clear; her hair, which was the
color of the ripened wheat, was genuine
and plentiful; and as for those tender blue
eyes of hers, as we say in my profession,
they accelerated the cardiac action" I
am not going TO describe her in detail; it is
perfectly unnecessary, because you always
see Lady Dartmoor's photographs in the
shop windows, and her portrait by Paris,
r. A, was the picture at the academy
seven years ago. l was her family doctor.
When she married Lord DartmOor I
think that the poor child was little dis
appointed, because, though it was an abso-
lutte love marriage on both sides, yet Dart
moor had so many irons in the political fire
that he could not give a proper amount of
attention to his beautiful WIFE You see
he was a member for ClOdworthy; he had
just been made an under secretary of state;
and what with the affairs of his constitu-
ents, and the affairs of the nation, and his
determination to be great political sue
cess, the man, though lie loved and hon
ored his young and beautiful wife, really
had not time to cherish her or make fuss
his business engagements were so very nu-
merous. Of course, the beautiful Lady
Dartmoor went a great deal into society,
and she was even more admired as Lady
Dartmoor than she had been as Linda Yer
ner.
Captain the Honorable Reginald Black
adder, generally known as Adonis Black
adder, was a professional ladykiIler
Young Blackadder had lots of money, and
when | say that he was sort of Loveace,
with a dash of Casanova, you can under
stand the sort Of man he was. He was re-
ceived everywhere because he was ex-
ceedingly well connected, but he was
distinctly dangerous man and Ebertine
by choice. His complexion was Of an ivory
like pallor. Women always admire that;
they forget that it IS usually produced, as
in Captain Blackadders case, by dissipa-
ton and late hours Women said that The
waltzed like an ANGEL" men looked upon
him as a conceited numskulL He did
waltz like an angel, and he was a conceited
numskull, and Il thorough good kicking
would have done Captain the Honorable
Reginald Blackadder a world of good.
But it is difficult for an injured father. or
even an injured husband, to administer
thorough good kicking to an officer in the
Guards who stands six loot one in his socks.
For year before her marriage Captain
Blackadder had paid Linda Werner marked
attention, but Miss Werner gave him no
encourag cement; after her marriage the
captains attentions became still more
strongly marked. He danced with her as
often as possible, and women liked to dance
with Reggie Blackadder. He would talk
to her IN whispers about nothing, and
most women felt profound satisfaction
in monopolizing the attentions Of so hand
some a man as Captain Blackadder. He
played the very strongest card that can be
played IN the game of fascination, and
posed rs Lady Dartmoor's friend.
Lord Dartmoor did not trouble himself
one jot about the destinations of Captain
Blackadder; he merely looked upon him as
an assam ass who talked well, who danced
we'll. If he could only have pretended 70
have been little bit jealous all might have
been well; but Dartmoor had not time for
jealousy, much less for sham ming it.
When he could escape from the house, II
he had time, which he very seldom had he
would drop in at the bail or carpet dance,
at which his wife might be engaged, and
dutifully drive home with her, IS hus-
band should; but he was generally SO tired,
poor fellow, that he dropped of TO sleep
before they got TO the house
TWAS at this time that ! was called IN
professionally 10 see Lady DartmOor. /
had known her al her life, you see, and
was supposed 20 understand ner constltu-
ton. She complained Of loss Of appetite;
there was considerable mental depression
prescribed tones and change Of ar. sac
took the tones. but Lady Dartrloor ds-
clined 70 leave London till the season was
over. At his lordship's desire l saw Lady
Dartmo0r every day. AZ first she was nos
inclined 70 be confidential suspected
that there was something on her mind, and
l mpiore6 her TO give ne her confidence.