The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-01-15

SHOULD At
kefl the truth, I can't say I object To
that. 1 detest showing my tongue"
With an excited gesture Mrs. Carson
! interrupted.
"My dear, you ore taIlcing nonsenset
everything is told by the tongue, mo-
body can deny thatl"
Then, advancing, she elaeped both Of
| Gsabel's hands and squeezed them inn
pressively.
''My dear, she said, solemnly, lyon
must see some one else; I think 1t is
more serious than DR.. Steadman fan
cies."
! 81 should not mind seeing some one
else,n Isabel said "but Fred would
never consent 70 anything that savored
of direspect to Dr.. Steadman.n
Rubbish" Mrs. Carson exclaimed,
Ibrusquely, ''I suppose he would rather
offend Ef, Steadman than lose his wife
Oh, my dear, now, pray don't begin to
cay, or you viii upset me altogether;
you are evidently in an excessively low
state. It surely wouldn't hurt DR..
lSteadman's feelings If you were to ask
him to meet another docter in consul
tation, would ftp"
"No,n Mrs. Fred sobbed, 'she wor1d
not mind that, Of course; but I don't
know whom else to call in"
There need be no difficulty about
that;" Mrs. Carson replied, promptly
''sI know the very man."
Sand who is hep"
"Dr. Henry Furness, one OF the
eblest men In Edinburgh; he is my
cousin, and is staying few days with
me, and he's the kindest, geptlest, most
sympathetic creature in existence.
Come, you geo him to meet DR.. Stead
man tomorrow; shall not be easy un-
It'll you've seen some one else, my dear;
there's look about you don't hlce
at an."
Isabel wrote letter to DIR. Steadman
directly Mrs. Carson had left her, but
she did NOT send 1t until Fredis return.
Somewhat to her surprise, he made no
difficulty about the matter, but she felt
q little nervous when she opened the
doctors reply; she knew Fred's family
would never forgive her If she offended
their respected friend.
/, DR.. Steadman wrote but fewwords,
and Isabel hesved sigh Of relief as
she handed the note to her husband.
"It happens fortunately" she muir
INJURED, ''does 1t not?'
DEAR MRS TBMPEsT7 BY Fall means ses
| pr. Furness, but am sorry cannot meet him
| to-morrow. am called into the country. Thas
docs not signify. however, his medicine csnnot
| clash with mine as have prescribed none.
shall come round IN O few days and have a
| look at you In friendly way. With kindest
| regards, very sincerely yours,
GEORGE STEADMAN.s
Fred Tempest had an engagement
that evening at the Frenchs'. He of.
fered TO stay at home. but when Isabel
discovered that he had promised Mr..
French he would look In and help him
TO cheer his wife, who, notwithstand-
ing all their care, had been much upset
by the theater expedition, she assured
him, cholingly, she would rather, far
rather, be alone. She spent the even
ing in tears and had dry biscuit for
dinner, and the next morning she felt
more ILL than she had ever done In her
life.
Isabel was so depressed and SO utter
| ly miserable that even the doctors
knock at the door failed to rouse her;
| but when he entered the room she
managed to rise from her chair, and,
holding on to the back of it, greeted
him with all possible courtesy and re-.
spect.
DR.. Furness is not q handsome man,
indeed he might justly be called ugly,
but his aspect is extremely benevolent,
his voice Ia low and geatie. and his
first words proved him to be the kind.
IL, sympathetie crsaszye Mrs. Carson
bad Described.
npont stand, my dear lady" he mar
INJURED, seethingiy, 'you look badly,
very badly"
And then taking the sufferers hand
sn his, hs assisted her to the chair. and,
seating himself quite close, bent 10
wasds her with q benignant smile on
his face,
.Now,n he said. 20 kindly thRs !.
brought the ready tears TO isabels
eyes, ''now tell me all about It. Coma,
como, you mustn't get depressed, You
| know, that viii never do. Now let Us
hear, and then we WI think what can
be done"
Mrs. Tempest explained her symp-
toms with quite unusual plainness,
having made notes beforehand that she
might forget nothing. and DR.. Eurness
accompanied her recital with q series
of little sympathetic humning mu--
rnurs which strongly resemhied the
cooling OF rather hcarse dore. From
time to time Isabel glanced ut him, and
saw that he sat with hts eyes tightly
closed, and his faoe radiant with bener.
olenSe.
T ANY pain in thekneesq- he asked,
softly.
! This WIS an unexpected question, Cor
1Ers. Tempest had not complained Of
any weakness in her joints, or of any
thing, in fact, except utter depression
Of Spirits. and complete failnre OF ap-
petite.
mo- she replied, little startled. II
have no pain at al In my knees
! 'sNar In the haair ol-the arr-bails. oR