Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-28

life had come to an end, and knowing how
hopeless it was to doctor shattered nerves
and a worn-out constitution, she took up the
broken threads of her saddened existence and
sought in some neglected corner of Europe
the rest and quiet that nature 80 peremp-
torily demanded.
One October day, three years later, the lists
of steamship arrivals contained the name of
the broken-hearted creature who had once
been the social favorite. In memory of hap
pier days, some friends made haste to call
upon her. Among them was her cousin, who
had a young physicians belief that his skill
in medicine would cure her. Upon entering
the drawing-room, he was greeted by the
most brilliantly beautiful woman that he had
seen for years. He gazed in dumb surprise.
Could this be his cousin-this radiant crea-
ture, with rounded form, elastic step,
sparkling eyes, and above all, a complexion
more charming than she had ever possessed
before2 1t was impossible; and yet she was
laughing merrily.
"If it be indeed you," he said, lone sign
will not fail me-" He looked at her search
ingly.
your sign has failed" she said; my
freckles are all gone"
Beauty spots of the past-all gone. Then
You are indeed a stranger. My call is in vain.
came here to cure an invalid"
IT am truly stranger, for am new
throughout-in mind and body. I have
almost been born again"
you must have discovered the spring Of
eternal youth"
II have. Listen well, and will tell you
the secret. You may remember what a wan
and broken-down creature was when said
goodbye on the steamer three years ago. I
was on my way to Europe, in the hope of
beneiting what little health I had left.
could not hope to regain it. My doctor dis
couragcd that. At his last visit he scowled
at me, talked at me, pounded the floor with
his cane, berated my relatives, my bringing
up, the state of society which permitted such
things to come to pass and had now left
another victim at deaths door. No more late
hours for me, no more dancing, no more tight
hcing, no more indigestible food, no excite
ment-no nothing. What physical wreck
in appearance was you know. Young in
both years and disposition, fond of society
the traditions of my family, as well as my
own tastes, leading me to be the gayest of the
gay-I had found myself prematurely old
and broken-down in health. Well, change
of scene and air ould do me some good, and,
if abstain from all that makes life pleasant
and interesting, might hope to continue to
live, more dead than alive, for a good many
years. I did not quite SEQ the gain in that.
But, to go on with the story: On the steamer
fell in with some acquaintance who were
going to place called Carlsbad. They asked
me to go with them, and, rs one place was as
good Us another to me, I went. We reached
Carlsbad at the beginning of the regular sea-
son, which is the LIST of May. and stayed
through the entire season, until the LIST Of
October. 1t seemed to be the custom there
to drink the mineral waters, and more be-
cause it was the custom than from any ideas
that the waters would do me any good, 1
began taking the waters myself. For lack Of
something better to do, equipped myself
each day with an earthenware mug, and