Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-26

which mad believed her manner in
capable
"oh, ycst' she said, laying her hand
on her heart as IL she suffered there.
Eyes, indeed, It burns met burns ms
terribly
She seemed 10 be desperately H.
saw little OF Westhaven for days after
this. IL Is possible that my manner to /
him may not have been cordial | could 4
not help certain restraint, and am /
sure that for awhile he avoided me This I
| in time wore away and we resumed onr
/ former pleasant relations, there being |
nothing to excite even further curiosity
in his domestic affairs.
Mrs. westhayen steadily dropped, los
ing flesh and color, which Miss Carlyon
as steadily gained. The winter was
nearly over WesthaYen and had dis
cussed the change in his wife, but it
came so gradually that he seemed not to
notice II as did. One night he came to
my door.
Doctor" he said, 81 wish you would
come and see Mrs. Westhaven. She is
not at all well.n
/ rose hurriedly and went upstairs
with him. He seemed greatly distressed
and quite hnneryed, scarcely answering
the questions put TO him concerning the
nature of the attack. / found Miss Car
lyon attending beside the the bed upon
which Mrs. Westhaven lay, white, limp,
utterly unlike herself She smiled
family when addressed her, but could
not induce her to speak to me. She
looked 10 me like person who had re-
ceived a sudden and severe shock. /
asked Miss Carlyon where Mrs. West
haven had passed the afternoon. She re-
piled that her sister Ind gone out alone
! and returned just before dinner, appar-
!. emily very much exhausted; she had been
In this condition all the evening. Miss
Canyons voice was cold and strained,
and her restless eyes travelled the room
over as she spoke 10 me.
Westhaven watched her every word
anxiously. had not believed him capa-
! BILE of such deep feeling for his unioved
wife. administered q sleeping draught
!. and left the room, followed by West
. haven. | turned to speak to him. lie
a stood before me like desperate, hunted
% animal, and there flashed across me "a
d sudden horrible suspicion that he was in
& some way connected with his wife's ILL
4 ness An instant's swift reflection con-
" WINGED me of my injustice-heT symptoms
m were not those of u person to whom an
y injurious drug has been given, and the
d remorse felt colored my manner To him
10 with even greater kindness.
vi 80 | gave him an opinion which was
o. the result more Of weeks of observation
rs than of my visit that evening TO the pa,
G. tient. Cranky, will tell you,n | said
.that think Mrs. Wcsthaven will event
9. ually succumb to the same illness which
attacked her sister. Three months ago
u would have refuted this theory as untcn
able in view of her superintendent vital
= ity, but TO the eyes Of a stranger II is pos
Z. sibly more apparent than TO her family
=. - To you, that she Is very much changed IL
Ia !. health and appearance. / paused
~ Westhayen drew his breath in short dr.
~ gasps. His hands moved restlessly along
y the back Of u chair before him.
20 "Do y0u think my wife will dies'
- | scarcely recognized his voice l re
piled gently:
y mot necessarily so. A change OF eli
- mate has effected much in the case o
- Miss Carlyon; she II certainly a differen
~ person from what she was when | frs
~ saw her. In fact, = | added reficctiYely
~ "Miss Carlyon has gained in almost ex
We act proportion 10 Mrs. Westhaven's loss
Westhaven started violently. His fac
~ grew liyid. lie regarded me will
~ a strange expression, one which | coul,
y not fathom, | continued quietly:
no 81 should give Mrs. Westhayen II,
!" medicines. II she does not improve yoI
must take her back To the east Mis-
Carlyon need not he considered; be
ai' lieye her TO be quite restored To health. y
~ think no one ever impressed me s.
- disagreeably as Miss Carlynn at thi
Il, period. She had recovered her health Ii
. most extraordinary way, but il scenes
~ TO bring her neither happiness nor GOO
"a temper. Ii WINS impossible to conyers
- with her upon the most trivial topics
-, Her cnpricious temperament was weari
=, some In the extreme and her indifference
- To her sister utterly rcpulsiyc. West
:, haven was obliyious to it, Whatever wa
=. the fascination She eNcrted over him, h
~, was quite sabserYient to the spell. Sh
~ chung pcrsistently to his side and monopa
ne lized tho time and attention whie
o y. should have been given for humanity
~. " sake to his wife.
~ | avoided NesthHSen. lie was a grea
" disappointment to me, and | had entirel
~ ~ LOST respect for him, though | firmly be
"e lieSed his greatest stu To be weakness /
the hands Of an INSCRIPTIONS woman
= One day he came TO me quite beside hin
~ self Miss Garlyon was ill-in he old wa
-. he had believed her entirely recovere
=. he WAS in despair. Ills wife, he salt
-. was much better | did not know wha
~ to advise. was not praeticing phys
- clan, and had come 10 the firm eOnclu
- sion that had best not NEEDLE with