Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-01-31

w men the sufferer could speak ne told
me that his name was Fahshawe but
said nothing more of himself, and
supposed him unwilling to confess to
poverty and the inability to pay me
for my services.
81 do not take much credit to my
self for my hospitality or devotion,
because | was so deeply interested in
the case professionally considered,
that would have lived on bread
and water rather than have it taken
out of my hands.
"As he became stronger, my patient
became my friend, and interested me
deeply by the variety and depth of
his information, his experience OF
travel and charms of conversation.
Not until he was eonvaleseent and
had been an inmate of my house for
four months did know that he was
man of wealth, living in the house
now occupy.
ITO cure him was beyond human
skill, but through two years | at
tended him, alternating great suffer
ing and often accepting his invita-
tions to spend an hour or two with
a lonely old man.
"When he died he left me his entire
fortune, which supposed to be mine
only because he had no direct heirs
or near relatives. He had never
spoken but once of his family, and
then said briefly that he was n widow
er and had lost his only child.
81 had enjoyed my inheritance for
more than nine years, when fell in
love. /, who had never cared for fe-
male society before, became deeply
/ attached to the mother OF one OF my
patients, lady nearly my own age,
the widow OF an artist, who died in
Rome some four or five years before
I l met her. She had sent tor me to
see her boy, an only child, slowly
4 dying with an incurable disease OF
the spine
"Mrs. Eastwell knew before she
saw me that there was no hope of
saving the child's lie, but she
thought | could ease the pain and
I restlessness from which he suffered
She was herself an artist, working in
water colors Tor the large stores that
dealt in fancy goods, and embroider-
ing most eXquisitely. But her child
claimed much OF her time and atten-
ton. and | know she worked in
hours when she should have shared
the boys slumbers.
Patient, selEsacrificing, gentle
and refined. She filed my ideal OF
pure womanhood. and loved her
with all the strength of the first love
OF years. | gave her mans devo-
ton, not boys infatuation. But |
knew that it was useless for me to
speak while the child lived. She
would have thought it sacrilege to
give my love consideration while the
mother love in her heart was the
ruling spirit. Love-making while
her child was dyingl could see how
she would shrink from the mere sug-
gestion.
so tried to he content with win
ming the place of trusted friend, deli
cately trying to make my presence
comfort and help to her and doing
all that | could to make smoother
the hard path the childish feet were
pressing.
Zone afternoon she came to my
office to ask some questions about
the little boy, and, as the waiting
room was full took her through the
parlor to the front door. As we
passed by the mantelpiece OF the
front room she suddenly gave a cry
OF pain and surprise, stopping short
before lifesize portrait of Mr.. Fan
shave. Her face was white, her
whole form trembling, and before
could catch her, she gave one cry OF
'Fatherp and dropped in a dead
faint"
1T was the old st Dry, Tom. She
had loved her husband better than
her father, and eloped with him,
} never winning forgiveness. The
home she had left was broken up and
Mr.. Fanshawe removed to another
city, so that for years she had not
known where to find him and had nev-
: er heard of his death. Her husband
had taken her abroad soon after
their marriage, and she did not know
whether her father had ever tried to
trace or follow them.
} You may imagine how like thief
, / felt when / could calmly consider
! this story and think of my inheri.
: tance-I living in luxury and she
toiling for bread! And the money
! was hers by every claim OF human.
} ity.
cat once / commenced TO arr@ngc
for restoring the property to her
and knowing her pressing needs, in
J structed my lawyer to supply her
with ready money and inform hei
i that as soon as it could be legally
done her fathers fortune would be re
: stored to her.
Tom, she fatty refused to take it
+, She had offended her father and haC
accepted her punishment, and she
would not listen to any proposal t.
3 accept his money. In vain urged
: the justice of her claim, the burden
r that money SO wrongfully willeC
: away from her would be to me. Sh,
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