Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-07-10
THE DOCTORS YARN.

| world a happier wife and mother than Lady
Dartmoor. ! don't suppose that between
the four seas there 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 a 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 a thing he does 20 in for il; he
| Is the sort Of man who feels, as the vulgar
| old song said, that "he is bound to 90 the
whole hog or none" OF course he is
/ genius, because he has the capacity for TAX
/ ing an infinite amount OF trouble. He dis
tinguished himsel@at the university not
merely in the schools, but also on the river
aud in the cricket fields. Then he travelled
through Central Asia with that very &c
centric parsonage, Captain Brittles, gem
orally known as Hadji Brlttles, the great
| orientalist. And then 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
a hard works. end he quite understood
that as Lord Grindstone's private secretary
he would be initiated into he business of a
ffai Al
| OF the trade. He had two years with Lord
Grndstone 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 all 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 Is
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 actionn ]
am not going to describe her in detail: it is
perfectly unnecessary, because you always
see Lady Dartmoor's photographs in the
shop Window, and her portrait by Paris.
II. A., was the picture at the academy
| seven years ago. | was her family doctor.
When she married Lord Dartmoor
think that the poor child was little dis
appointed, because, though it was an abso-
Lutte love marriage on 18th sides, yet Dart
moor had 50 many irons 10 the political fire
that he could not give proper amount Of
/ attention TO his beautiful wife. You see
he was a member for Clodworthy; he had
I just been made an under secretary Of state;
and what with the affairs Of his constitu-
/ enfs, and the affairs OF the nation, and his
determination to be great political sue
cess, the man, though he loved and hon
ored his young and beautiful wife, really
had not time TO cherish her or make a fuss,
his business engagements were so very nu-
| merous OF course, the beautiful Lady
Dartmoor went 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 ladykiller.
Young Blackadder had lots Of money, and
when | say that he was a sort OF Lovelace
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 q
distinctly dangerous man and a libertint
by choice. His complexion was OF an ivory
like pallor. Women always admire that
they forget that it is usually produced, al
in Captain Blackadder's case by dissipa
tion and late hours. Women said that She
waltzed like an angelo men looked upor
him as a conceited numskull He did
waltz like an angel and he was conceitec
! numskull, and a thorough good kicking
would have done Captain the Honorable,
/ Reginald Blackadder world Of good
! But IL is difficult for an injured father, OF
even an injured husband, TO administer
/ thorough good kicking TO an officer in tn,
{ Guards who stands six foot one in his socks
For year before her marriage Captain
Blackadder had paid Linda Werner marked
attention, but Miss Werner gave him n,
. announcement; after her marriage tn,
captains attentions became still NOR
strongly marked. He danced with her a.
I often as possible, and women liked to dane
z with Reggie Blackadder. He would tall
/ TO her IN whispers about nothing, an,
. most women felt a profound satisfaction
In monopolizing the attentions OF so hand
some a man as Captain Blackadder. IL
played the very strongest card that can b
r played in the game Of fascination. an,
l posed as Lady Dartmoor's friend
4 Lord Dartmoor did not trouble himsel
: one iot about the destinations Of Captain
q Blaekadder; he merely looked upon him a
! an assam ass who talked well, who dance,
well. II he could only have pretended t
have been alittle bit jealous all might hav
been well; but Dartmoor had not time 70
jealousy, much less for shamming Il
When he could escape from the house.
be had time, which he very seldom had, h
would drop in az the ball or carpet dane,
D at which his wife might be engaged, an
It dutifully drive home with her, as a hu,
Is band should; but he was generally so tire
poor fellow, that he dropped of to slee
T. before they get to the house
D. TWAS at this time that l was called /
ID professionally TO see Lady Dartmoor.
ID had known her all her life, you see, and
ne was supposed to understand her constit,
Of tion. She complained Of loss Of appetit
he there was considerable mental depression
Y. prescribed tonics and change OF air. ST
.. took the tonics, bat Lady Dartmoor d