New-York tribune., 1892-01-03

moncy, as was far from rich, | must conscicn,,
ilously inform him that there was now no req. req.
necessity for my coming so oiteh ma o FaJ
weekly visit would be enough, unless he han
another attack, when. Of course, he should sehu ior
! " "Tbat's all nonsrrec. Dr. Dunbrook, he said.
Let il he undcYstoOd that you come every day
whc: her am better worse, unless l fspecial ~
tell you that ! don't want yon Ihesc dalS
morning chats do good TO my mind II NOT 10 my NY
body, and if | choose to have them ana pay lnr
them / can't see why you should offer any oo-
| lection" -
deed 10 pay him visit every morning. ospeclaliN
as quite apart from my fee really enjoyed chat
with him. hut that had thought it my duty 10
| Weeks passed in this way. Mr.. ecs CONDITION
remained pretty much the same; Inc progress u
the disease though sure, was So" soMII W. ~. 'Gi i;o
had pcc;cd He never spoke of IT, ana did not iNe
me 70 do so if il could possibly b@ avoided. Ana
as for dcatl-not merely his own approaching enu,
bat the death of any one, of even strangcrule dn
could not bear the mertion of it at all. The most
distant allusion to the King of Tcrrors MADE nm
trenbe. This | attributed to his Ill state OF
! health. combined with constitution nervousness S
though. even after making due allowance ioi
these causes. | still thought 1t abnormal. .;. .
One day, however. had partial eNPIana',o,n n,1
! and on the same occasion he enlightened me aiso
as to the service which he sholll by and by require
| of ~ ,..
sometimes wondered that | should have such an
abjcct horror Of death. and in your leart you nav
! probably put me down as a mlscrapie cowaiu
That am so now II would pe Useless @ 20 oo,yar ovI
| "a wretched. trembling despicable coward-for
the last twenty wears or thereanou@ neS, oars ns
! ago: | could give the exact date, but there ~
! need | am coward now. but was no coward
before that terrible event happened
Mr.. Lee here hpsed into silence and stared
straight before him at vacancy. ! made NO ~,
tempt to divert tie current Of his Thoughts, wnl0n
| knew were wholly engrossed with he reminis-
cences Of the past. But my curiosity was pow
/ opfI1 1lI ed nd
patience that awaited his account OF the terrible
event in question
"Since have gone SO far, he at last resumed,
" | may as well 60 further and have done with the
subject now and forever. The fact Is saw a ueau
body once, and the sight so upset my nerves 'haO
they have never got over 1t since
is that all ~ exclaimed. "Surcly you do not
REGARD that az terrible event. | have seen many
q dead body, though | am good many s'"''
younger than YOU aD
tors. | am aware cannot learn their profession
without experiences of that kind. But this was
in a forest far away from human habltatl1n' !
was alone | came upon 1t suddenly, ana ugn "c
worms we're eating it-l cannot go on ,.,.
His lips rembled and spasm passed Hirougn q,
his whole body, but still, after Drei pause IL
resumed IL, -
Il knew only too we'll whose that body Was' vas
though the features were utterly unrecognlxanle,
Don't ask me 10 tel yom how Knew Vin' Mt iot
sufficient for the present Since that day have
had complete horror of death, and want you
save me from such awful 1atc.
His face grew flushed, and began 10 'nlhN 'iia'
his mind wandering. , :.ut
Alas doctor is a match for the rdnY unvepsa a5d
then rcpulse premature attack; but
the final victory is always his. How could ! save We
the wretched man from the awful laie Wnlcn , ne
already upon him, and thought hc knew II. ,
save You from death ?" said. " | wish could.
and myself to- Sooner or eF SS %e esTb BY 't the
great leveller But come, Mr. Ice: IL Is no, sucn
dreadful thing after all Our exit from tills ilio
is usually painless one torpOr sezS Sse TbaI
all Pretty much like ordinary sleep, except that
there arc no dreams and no awaklng. ,.
You misunderstood me, ne replied ~ isht
the mere exit from this life, YOU call IT,, that
shrink from. That hope can face with sum
cient courage, and if cannot, You cannot heip me-
The dread terror from which want you to save
What can he be driving at?' mentally asked
" Surely" said aloud, "a clergyman rather than
a doctor would be the proper person I" consult III
such matter. 49,. o., :;
S0r a priest" said, If you are Roman
Catholic" - ~.
Neither clergyman nor priest can render me
the service | require, he replied Ill quick quer-
uous tone, and if YOU had your usual wits about
yon. YOU would not be So cOnfoundedly slow 70
me haye no sar thar eh 81 he not or bnt rI
have a fear-a most illogical fear | own, but stl
most real fear and horror-of that other living;
flesh and marrow. That's the awful fate from
which want you to save me. In PLAIN words
want you to that my body is crenated os soon as
possible after the life has departed from ~
An now ] see your meaning plainly, Mr.. Lee
could not at first understand what you were hlnt
ing at. That, then, is the service when you told
me some time ago you wanted me 10 perform ior
Quite 50, and for which also a said you should
I've handsomely paid DO YOU CONSENT? ~
Give me time to think. There may be diff
culties in the way. =.
None. | hope, that cannot he got over. Now
listen to my proPa P,sSeve IN =, S oSo vi" II am S" oemsted
500 if am embalmcd and not cremacd nothing
but the daily fee which you receive from me Wmie
living. if | am neither crenated nor empalnled
From those foul worms must be protected some
how Embalminr might afford the required pro
lection, though less surely than cremation which
wonld certainly be cNectual. Now that ] have
made my meaning plain 10 you, viii you give me
your promise 10 carry out my wishes when am
gone TO have my body crcmated II possible, or II
that cannot he done, TO have II cmbalmed Z?
rave the required promise at once. thousand
pounds, or even five hundred was not "a sum TO be
despsed especially in those srgsgns days have
removed a great load from my mind Now let us
talk of something else and never alludc 10 the hor
rid subject again. You're an unmarried man, be-
Iicve Dr. Dunbrook?"
was struck by the abruptness and irrccvancy
Of the last remark, but attributed II to his eager
to change the subject Of conversation; 50 re-
piled that / was All unmarried man, and likely TO
remain So
"Always?" he asked.
Probably" answered at any rate for some
wears The plain truth is that | cannot afford the
luxury Of a wife"
"LuXuries which are not always blessings" he
said in a singular bitter tone but still from a
purely morcenary money point of view, am rot
sure that you would not get on better in your pro-
feSson if YOU were married. There is pre- ludIce.
not wholly unreasonable against young doctors
who have no wives at home to keep them steady.
There is much in what You, say | replied
"but still like my liberty and have not yet met
I tba OH | sacrifice
cure the advantages you speak of.
Sensible man but
Here Mr. Lee was interrupted by parOXysm OF
coughing What was 10 have followed his but
| never know for all further conversation was pre-
vented by knock at the door, followed almost
immedatcly by the entrance OF Mrs Higgins with
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