New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-27


lied it.
Mercy sallc!" she cried Its past three
] dknow but | must have lost myself" She
glanced at Mrs Gerry. "P aps,' she went on
"f i mix teaspoonful OF cayenne with the
mustard it'll bring him to- II does seems if we
ought to be doing something. Was he subject TO
any kind Of spells, Mrs. Gerry, when you knew
| him III Floridy' Dr. Sands amt above mistakes
moren the rest Of us. Nlcbby it's spell he's
got. You remember old Major Lucas that lived
III the adgc Of the Dillon neighborhood, don't
you, MIS- Geriy?"
Mrs. Gerry sat down. She acknowledged that
she remembered Major Lucas
You rec'lect them spells he usct to have?
He'd lay for hours 'thout KNOWN nothin', N then
he'd come TO N 20 to work :, if nothin' d hap
rcned. Dr. Sands don't always know I sposc
he's jest like other doctors, n wants to cut some
body open He wants to cut that young mans
| head open. Hes sent for that Boston man. |
always did 20 aginst operations | guess I'll
try the mustard n cayenne. You look real tired,
Mis- Gerry. Why don't you Top right down in
this chair n shet your eyes jest a minute? I'm
goin' TO make cup of green tea II there's
goin' to be an operation here green tea won't
be none too strong to brace me up
As Mrs Scuddcr finished her remarks she walked
| to the door of the bedroom.
She uttered exclamation, and then put her
hand over her mouth as if to keep back a stream
of cries Of astonishmcnt that were ready to
burst forth at sight of the stranger there.
After moment she turned toward Mrs. Gerry,
bending over her and whispering hoarscly, is
she the girl he's engaged to?'
| YES"
| Il declare! | must have lost myself or sh'd
have heard her come. Amt it intcrcstin'? BE
they both in love with him ~
As there was no reply 10 this question, Mrs.
Scuddcr repeated that il the most intcrcstin'
thing she'd ever heard of II was more intcrcstin'
| than when I.yd'y Mann and Silas Loling had
! been married jest Silas was br"athin' his last
breath in consumption. Lyddy had made the
prettiost widow that had ever been seen in the
North mcetin'-house.
Mrs. Gerry drew long breath as tho sound OF
wheels Enthusiastically heard down the
road The wheels were, a. Mrs. Sender said,
Jest tcarin along the road and they came into
the yard.
Dr. Sands entered quickly. lie was followed
| by another man whose movements wor' de-
libcrate BY contrast that they appeared slow. DIR.
Sands walked directly into the bedroom. making
an instants pause hc the two girls stand
ing nv the bed. lie knew Salomc The other
must he that one 10 whom he had wired. ITc
was directly interested in her. But why the
deuce Saomc Gerry there? Had she
with her mother? Women were always sending
for each other.
He nodded AT Saomc. He said respectfully to
Portia, 81 suppose YOU are Miss Nunally?"
Salomc walked away and won't and stood by
her mother. 1t plainly not she who had any
right belonging 20 Moore Mis- Nunally only
bowed her assent 10 the doctors question. Then
she asked, May we hope? Tell me- the truth
ky-quickly
As the man answered. hc was saying 70 himself
that he was devilish sorry for that Young fellow
| A girl like this now
Aloud lie said that nothing could he told yet
Still he believed thar there was much reason TO
hopc-the brain had been injured.
Here he was interrupted by Poria, who said.
eagerly:
He must have the best skill-tho best Pardon
me- but you know that is absolutely impcrativc"
Certainly. ! have sent for the best. There
is no man in tie country who stands higher in
this branch of tie profession than Dr. Jennings
| He looked al the other doctor, who had come
into the little room and standing with hi.
hands behind him, his eyes upon the figure
the bed
DR.. Jennings bowel absnntlv. Then hc glanced
at Portia, Withdrew his eyes. danced again, then
said that if the ladic, would kindly with
draw, except the one in black gown whom j"
| lad Just >'rn IN TN" other iOuln--- II" gll not
appear to think II necessary to finish his sen
tcnce.
The woman in tie black gown, of course, was
Mrs. Gerry.
When this selection Of the doctor from Boston
was made known 20 Mrs. Scuddcr she bad
feeling Of resentment, which, however, she quickly
smothercd She did allow herself TO say that If
she hadn't been as ready could be- TO max,
mustard plastcrs, she shouldn't have thought
strange Of what that Boston doctor had sand.
And she guessed they'd better 20 upatalr,, them
that want wanted. She'd be ready T. t" Mo
Gerry where everything was If they wanted any
thing She had some green salvc that was con
sidcrd the very best
Mother, said an imperative young voice from
When Ncy called her mother in that manner
Mrs. Scuddcr did not delay in her Response.
IL was early daylight now. Mr.. Nculdcr had
risen hastily from the IOung' ana maj AT h>!
manifested some shamefaced signs Of iciiorSr az
having 50 qndenia1iy slept; H. went T. thr,
barn. after having made inquiries AMI prof /
his readiness TO do anything h" could do.
Now the farmhouse seemed 10 bear upon itS
very roof sling les some sign that some ,trdns"
thing was going on within its quiet walls
Mrs. Gerry noscl,~sly obcy'd the requests OF
the surgeon. Once DIR. Jennings said that he was
sorry there no hospital ncarT
IL was almost the only remark ne made ~dN"
to give his brief orders to Mrs. Gerry Or to DR..
Sands.
inert length was put upon lOn4 raised bpird.
Her hand was STEADY her iac" st"Tny attentive.
She obcycd an intelligent soldier obcyS. in,
stantIy and without visible questioning. Iut all
the time she was possessed by one thought.
possessed by it that she even repioN"d hcISc
for sort of unfccling quality, because Sf" could
only think of her daughter ~ waiting upStalr.
Was II strange that this mother should think
that Salomc ought not to suffer 50? Tint il
was worse for Salomc TO suffer than for another
Would any one have called tbs woman cold a,
she saw the cleaning shear. clip away still
more closely Moore's hair, as She watched ia"
sccminp1y deliberate but really rdpu move
mcnts as the skin was made surgcalv clean:
as she held the basin; a. she saw
the appalling shining Of strange lnstrn'
ments PeIhapS to do tins does rrGlllr
| no,+a;o ~lnoce IN, :, ho-,Inpss which ID