The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-01-15


nHvrug sas Tor at least hal1 q miydte,
waiting for DR.. Furness to give her
| the order of release, to find, on raising
her eyes, that he had once more closed
his.
She brought her teeth together with
rather an irritable snap, and the sound
reused him
No neuralgia in the arms or jaws2"
he inquired, gently.
no" she replied, growing uneasy,
for IL was evident DIR. Furness consid-
cred these inhrmities were the natural
sequence of her present condition.
No darting pains in the insteps or
wrists2n
"N-n-no."
'And free from pain In thelzneesq"
"Quite, she answered, family.
Lem-me-look-at-the-
With q little nervous laugh, Isabel
put out her tongue once more. This
time she put. 1t in again as quickly as
an automatic toy, but the momentary
| glimpse DR.. Furness obtained Of It
caused him such an access Of his pecul-
lar dovelike sounds that the lady be-
came quite anxious. It really seemed
as if her tongue had quite shocked her
adviser.
Pulling an enormous gold watch from
his pocket DR.. Furness laid his velvety
touch upon Isabel's wrist, and, hum
ming necessarily, began to study her
pulse; but taking out his watch must
have been mere habit with him, for
his patient noticed that all the time he
held her wrist his eyes were tight shut
''And how's the appetizer" he mur-i
INJURED, softly.
Isabel started and commenced twist
ing her handkerchief into knots.
II have no appetite at all. detest
the sight of food" she said, raising
her voice and speaking distinctly. ST
thought l had explained fhat I'd eaten
nothing for four days"
The doctor sat minute cooing softly
with sealed eyelids and then, suddenly
opening them very wide, he said, loud
", all in one breath, without any stops:
II should say you are suffering either
from amorexie, which means absence
of appetite; or aposita, which Is a dis,
gust for food;s on asitia- which is q
loathing of the samey or fastidiu1n cidi,
distaste for food; or ase, OF media, or
in fact, anything but bulinia, which
signifies excess Of appetite, voraoity or,
Unsuitable hunger"
The lady's brain began to whirl, and,
hastily unscrewing the top of her scent
bottle, she dabbed her forehead with
her handkerchief. DR.. Furness was
very learned, there was no doubt of
that. but she almost wished she hadn't
asked the question, the list was SO con-
fusing and alarming; besides, the
speech evidently exhausted the ply
sician, for he relapsed into perfect 81
lence, until, after rather long pause,
Isabel said, rather tremulouslq:
"Mrs. Carson tells me, DR.. Furness,
that you often make most valuable
suggestions with regard to diet. Now,
possibly, you might be able to mention
something that could take; this aver
siou 70 food Is really 50 very distress
hg."
"o9 course It ts, OF course It Isl Very
tying, indeed, most trying. I may say
excessively try.ngl Len-ne-look-et
Ehs.tongrs7"
Mrs. Tenpest's face grew very grave
and she tternly cruShed rising inch-
hation TO anger.
"You ought TO be ashamed Of your
SELF, you ungrateful woman" she
thought "He Is very careful, and you
did not allow him an opportunity of
seeing 1t the last time"
Isabel displayed her tongue again,
nad whether he looked q. 1t or not she
did not know, for Ehe was not at all
equal 30 staring man IN the face while
she showed him her tongue for the
third time In ten minutes.
''And what have you been taktLg?"
DR.. Furness asked, after humming over
the outstretched tongue few seconds.
1--WE tried little SOUP" the patient
replied mournfuIly.
DR.. Furness opened his eyes 30 wide
that the whites became visible, and.
drawing deep breath, started OF rap
idly and loudlyg
ssoup, that's goodI Wen you know
there is"-increasing his pace suddenly
-"beef tea, mutton broth veal broth,
chicken broth, Scotch broth, oxtan
soup, nock-turtle, clear turtle, thick
turtle, julienne, u1uIligattawney, gravy
soup. tomato soup, nrtichoise soup. YER
naicein soup, hare soup, grouse soup,
oyster soup, giblet soup, kidney soup,
ientn soup, pea soup, aspara-
He ran down here, his votce died
away, he sat still and painted for min
ute.
Mrs Tempest was NOS surprised st
this. for only listening 70 him had re-
duced her TO 50 severe condition Of
breathlessness that she began 20 con-
sider seriously whether Il was wise for
her 20 remain any longer with hin he
frightened her. and his exhausted con-
ditica after his long speeches was reAl-
iy alarming TO witness
Thank you,r she faIte-ed, with q
curious inclination 70 laugh and CRY s.
the same TINA. Thank yon 10 much,
] VIII try one Of them
Dr, rurness reeorered sooner than
sould A1vsssssen exp<ctsd