Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-27

nestle Affairs.
"It IL bard enough, " he wrote 20 his sis
ter In England. Ito see the girl one enres
for married to another man but when
this man has been known 20 one as n
scamp and showa himself now to he a
drunken brute. & makes one simply fran.
tic. Add Maiiliie - Well, she regrets
Don't be afraid. sis. II felt could not
trust myself. should not write TO you, or
should come home But must stay
here. man can't escape his responsible
ties by hiding his head from them. ostrich
fashion"
So Dasent resolved TO abide in Turghuela,
and see the play played ont. Meanwhile
he led an easy, pleasant life, as far ma
terial pleasures were concerned He doc.
tored the lazy. good natured negroes to
their hearts content, and gained their sin
cere esteem as much by his kindness as by
the Incorporating potency Of his medi-
cines and In his leisure hours idled the
time away, bathing Ia the many coiored
sea, piayings strange Arcadian tennis on the
coarse, burnt mp patch Of field adjoining
the parsonage, or chatting in the cool OF a
verahda while the tropical MONDAY sun
was blazing. He saw as little as he posi-
bly, could of Conway, who, on his side
tried to effect his policy Of Cancellation.
But IL Is not easy TO avoid meeting ones
neighbor In Turghuela. and Dascnt saw
more OF him and Mamie than was good
for his peace OF mind lie noticed, too.
| that Mamie was beginning to look un,
happy, and sometimes he would catch a
queer, furtive glance she directed at her
husband, and, worse than all from a Ger
tain point OF view--he saw au uumistaka.
BILE light in her gray eyes when Conway
had freed them OF his presence Once lac
vaguely limited at returning to England.
She looked at him half frightened and laid
her hand upon his arm in her impnlsiyc
| fashion
"You must not 20 yet awhile You must
stay and help meas doctor-with
Philip Promise me you won't go yet"
| One morning about week after this he
| rode up 10 Mouut Pleasant 10 see Conway
professionally. Rum and sodas and unlim-
tied Bass had affected hts liver. aud Dasent
went TO cure IL, much against his will lie
had scarcely bitched his pony up To the
gate post when Mamie, with great. fright
ened eyes aud white face, with a strange
red mark across Il. rushed ont upon the
veranda. followe,. ~ her husband lie
had evidently been drinking His eyes were
bloodshot. and he carried thick riding
whip In his hand nasent sprang up the
L
"You bruter' he shouted, rs, with a lit
tie choking sob Mamie ran TO him for pro
lection and chung to his arm.
stand back, or by heavcnl Ill Kill your
cried Conway, brandishing his whip, I'm
kill the two OF you'll You and that
Dasent shook himself free of Mamie and
dashed his fist full in the speakers face.
Conway reeled, struck bis head against the
Intel. and lay stunned.
"He's deadr'
"Oh. no, he isn't Mamie, darling, how
did this happeni" asked Dasent. losing his
self control.
1--WE quarreled because | said you had
forbidden him to drink aud then-oh, my
loyei my lovcl help me" Aud she Tel!
sobbing into his arms
Come, Mamie, this won't do. he snid,
with kind roughness. Get your hat at
once and 40 TO Mrs Jones, That's the
only thing 10 be done for the present. I'll
stay and look after-him."
That night Mamie slept at the parson.
age, while her husband remained a sullen
invalid at Mount Pleasant.
Early the next morning Dasent was sum
moned by n little black hoy.
"Please, sir, Mr. Conway's very sick, and
old Joe thinks II is yellow fever"
There was no doubt OF It, The CHASTITY
yellow face, the delirious eyes and the rag
ing fever told their own tale. Dascnt made
few hurried necessary arrangements in
the sick room, sent one messenger oil "a
the chemists aud another with "A note fOl
Mamie, telling her briefly what had oc
Cured and perempturily forbdding her L
come near the house
He saw at once that IL was bad case
almost hopeless Still his professional
pride was aroused. and he intended 10 com
bat the disease desperately. He was pour
ing a draught of quinine down the pa
TENTS throat when the door opened ant
Mamie came into the room.
go away, Mamie; 20 at once. I'll sent
you news Of him." he said rather impa
tiently
Mamie took of her hat aud threw it Of
q chair.
, "He is my husband. and | am come L
nurse him"
Its madness. You are not strong. Yol
will be rushing Into certain death"
And yout'
He shrugged his shoulders.
Its doctors duty" he said
$50 ii Is "A wife, am staying. Jus
tell me what YOU want done and III d
, It."
Dasent could not gainsay her II
shrugged his shoulders again IN token I
reluctant submission.
Hour after hour during that awful Ill
!, ness they watched together hy the sic
| mans bed trying all that science and IN
remitting care could do 10 win him bac
to life. In his delirum he muttered thing
|, that made Daseuts blood boil aud Ma
! mics face grow white aud set Ihe bruis
across her cheek where the whip had ca
! her still remained Dasrnt was seized wit
q terrible temptation TO let him die thei
and then. Il was only too easy, and
could hardly be called murder
Il seemed monstrous injustice that thI
drunken rufiian should live to bar his VA
! and Maime's TO happiness. What u l
: told her all he knew-that Conway was
fellow medical student Of his; that he ha
swindled him out OF large sum Of none!
!. that he had turned into an idle turf loaf.
= who lived uypn the hard earned salary Of
provincial actress In his delirium Con
= way called his wife .'Flossie. and aske
her for money aud cursed her bitterl
Aud Mamie listened and hall guessed Il
miserable truth. But Dasent scared
4 spoke to her, save In whispered mouosy
y tables, giving her directions. They bot
sat silent, Watching the man they bot
!, hated, whose death with terrible drea
OF their own selves at their hearts, the
|, were both longing for, and yet, at the ris
u OF their own lives. were striving 10 avert,
= An old negro woman, Maimies nurse
hithful In all things, as negroes are
"A shared the night watch with them
!. At dawn Dasent, going out to breatt