The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-19

Woulu " THIS Clmes She SurmtSed, have
dined mot wisely, but too WE'LL" and
would be In no condition to detect their
flight They were then to drive to Pad
dington and catch the last train for Ex-
eter, where Aunt Mary lived.
So far Sylvia, who was clear head
ed, managing young lady, had arranged,
and her plan of campaign seemed to
Sydney quite excellent He promised
readily to fulfill his share Of the bust
ness and then took occasion to urge that
as he was both able and anxious to pre-
pare home for her the sojourn at her
cunts need be only temporary one.
Sylvia listened, reflected and shook
her head. Zone thing at once" said
she wisely. "When 1 am safe at Aunt
Mary's. there will be time to talk about
tho future. Don't forget, 8 o'clock this
evening. I depend upon you. Oh, I
must gol The doctor is at liberty" And
ut the funereal beck Of the undertaken
she vanished.
Sydney was left i'll the waiting room,
but his excitement and ecstasy were
such that he could scarcely behave with
sobriety. A golden future lay before
=
he dreamed rose colored dreams.
The undertaken coming to summon
tho dreamer to the doctor presence had
to touch him on tho shoulder before he
took any notice, and even then he fol-
lowed quito mechanically, muttering
and smiling to himself in quasi idiotic
way.
"Well, sir, what can I do for your
A grave, clean shaver, keen looking
man sitting at desk was eying him
with tho closest observation, and it
dawned upon him that he was in for q
serious consultation-he who had never
had days illness in his lifol He had
intended to give the undertaken half q
crown and to depart rs he had come, but
no had put it off until too late.
Hero was q preposterous dilemma.
Tho doctor, who seemed to be in great
hurry, felt his pulse, looked ut his
tongue and sounded him with a stetho-
scope before he had in any way recov-
cred his self command.
"What excuse shall mal1e?" Sydney
asked himself meanwhile. "What ex-
cuso shall make when he finds there is
nothing the matter with mc?'
To his surprise, tho doctor, having fin
ished his examination, sat down ut his
desk to write a prescription, looking
very grave indeed and trying not to
meet his patients eye
Your heart is all wrong" he said
gloomily. 'You must be very careful
No excitement, mind; no violent exer-
ton. Light diet-chop, fish, weak
brandy and water, no vino, no beer no
smoke. Take this three times a day
and como to see me again in week
I'm afraid it's all over with you. Good
morning, good morning."
Sydney was i'll tho sunlit street again,
and the lido of London life roared
around as before But to him everything
was changed. Flo stood stranger in q
city he had never seen.
Heart disease-I've got heart dis
ease, " no repeated To himself stupidity.
cts all over with Inc. He needn't have
put it i'll that brutal way Oh, bosh
Thcromust bo some mistake Tho man s
OH Internal charlatan. I'll take no no.
tice of him - But a moment aftcrwnrd
he was painfully calling to momory
every word of the interview, every tone,
every look. and weighing them with
anxious deliberation. He could SEQ moth
ing but the greatest concentration and
seriousness i'll the doctors demeanor-
no trifling, no nonsense He evidently
knew what no was talking about, and
ho had condemned man to death.
Perhaps it was only the mistaken
brusquencss of extreme sympathy.
No excitement. no wine, no beer, nc
! smoke, no nothing" he muttered.
why the things impossible-its q
nightmare. shall wake soon was
F., all right when went into his accused
consulting room, or Mt least thought ]
| was"
And then he recollected having heard
that people who had heart disease were
often the last to know of their state,
and he remembered, too, that he had
been troubled more than onco with q
curious feeling i'll the left side. At that
very moment a sharp pain went through
him like a knife
The doctor is right enough" Inc
muttered. I'm very bad. 1 feel it now.
I'll go and get this stuff made ND at
once. No excitement! If 1 get excited,
suppose 1 shall fall down dead. But
how am L to get over tonight without
excitement? If l happen to die just as |
am handing Sylvia into the carriage.
there will be frightful scandal How
ever, l must risk that. She must be tax
ell out of the clutches of that old brute
OF father Of hers at nll hazards And
then must say goodby to her forever
if | SURVEYOR it's clear that 1 can t
marry her now with one foot-perhaps
both fcot-in the grave.
He had his medicine made up and
took dose. But what could medicine