Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-11-17

done me by gentleman Of the distinc-
ton of your father, in nnanifesting an in
terest in my surroundings, as should
have been, and gave offense by my eva
sion of the inquiry. If it be not that,
know not what it is. At all events he
froze to me-"
eyes, 1 noticed he did," replied Eus-
tace. "However, if th;lt is all, the mat
ter will be soon righted Now my next
reason for calling. / am thinking Of
giving a small theater party next Mon
day night, with snack afterward at
Del's. Will you be oner"
with pleasure"
"Win you escort my,sister-Evelyn
you know?"
81 am honored."
"And not brighten herewith gloomy
outburst and warn her to beware of
your"
Dorison blushed and smiled.
81 will endeavor to justify her broth
er's confidence"
For little while there was silence
between them, when Dorison suddenly
said:
"Eustace, the first night 1 ever saw
you man named Langdon approached
you. You treated him with considera-
BILE hauteur. Who is the fellow"
The young man turned sharp, in
quiring look upon Dorison; his face
flushed and a vexed expression came
into his eyes.
"Why do you ask He cannot be
friend Of yours?"
mo, not even an acquaintance, but ]
have reason for knowing more about
him than do"
"The fellow was somewhat offensive
to my sister Evelyn the day you saved
her from being run over, I think"
cit did not appear to me that Miss
Eustace relished his assumption of
friendship"
ct should think not" replied Eustace,
Indignantly. He looked out of the win
dow for few moments, Dorison waiting
for him to continue. After awhile he
said:
81 don't know much about the fellow,
Dudley. To begin at the beginning, this
is all know: Something more than a
year ago my younger sister, then about
| fifteen, was taken seriously i'll and our
regular family physician was unable to
do anything for her, a fact he acknowl-
edged himself, and suggested the calling
in of other physicians. That was done,
but she continued to decline, and both
mother and father were nearly frantic.
| When she was at her worst, and when
the physicians were despairing, some
one called fathers attention to young
physician named Fassett, who was max
| ing marvellous cures. Our own ply
sicians, having admitted their inability
to cope with the strange difficulty, could
not object to his being called. He was,
and declared the difficulty to be princi-
pally nervous one, and began treat
ment Numerically opposed to that she
had been under. Notwithstanding the
protests of her other physicians against
the treatment, she improved steadily. In
the course of a few months she was COM
pletely restored to health. OF course you
can understand that under. the circum-
stances our people were grateful to DR..
Fassett, and though father said that
from the first he appreciated that DR..
Fassett was far from being a gentle
man, he was loaded with attention by
our people; he had saved the pet of the
household when she was given up to die.
Then mother and Evelyn fell sick, and
they were both brought triumphantly
through by DIR. Fassett, who is undenia-
bly, a skillful physician, as well as a
coarse, vulgar man. No one can get
upon more familiar terms with family
than its physician, and one day, without
asking consent or permission, he intro
duced into the family this fellow Lang
don-an insufferable cad-vulgar, i'll
bred, dissipated and coarse. Without
request the fellow began to call, until
,ka -
say no one was at home when he called.
Father tells me he had quite scene
with DR.. Fassett over this, and was
obliged to tell him that his position as
medical adviser to the family put him
(father) under no social obligations, and
that if, in addition to the fees he ex-
acted, he demanded social recognition
for all of his friends, much as it was to
be regretted. the relations between them
must cease.
"But that did not end the prosecutions.
Langdon seemed to have secret sources
of information, and turned up at the
theaters and other public places where
our folks went, and forced himself upon
them; more than that, waylaid my sis
tiers on the street. This was going OF
when returned from Europe and wa.
told of it. So, the first time it occurred
when was near took Langdon aside
and forbade him to speak to my sisters
or mother again, promising him a jolly
. good thrashing if he ever presumed to d.
a so. Hang the cad, if he had shown fgh
: then, or had not subsequently attempted
a to ingratiate himself with me, I~wouli
! have had some respect for him."
4 Eustace hesitated as if he had some
n thing more to say, and Dorison waited
for him to continue.
"Hang it all, Dudley, think I'll tel
h you the whole story, could not to ont
! regarded less as friend than do you
j. The annoying thing about it all is yet t.
come, and it is to a certain degree hu
IS initiating. The only excuse lies in tn
extreme youth of my sister Dorothy
" who is but sixteen now. OF course sh
was grateful to DR.. Fassett, and he ha
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