Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-30
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wILKIK COLLINS.

wILKIK coLLINA
"a medical case eau never give too much
trouble--that is impossible. Remember,
Oxbve, IL IL science which watches at your
bedside. Yon are not Oxhye: you are "a
case: IL is not a man. IL il a piece of ma
chinery that Is out OF order. Science
watches; sne secs you through and
through. Though Won are made OF solid
flesh aud bones. and clothed, 10 science
you are transparent. Her business Il not
only TO read your symptoms, but to set the
machinery right again"
The Dane, overwhelmed, could only re-
new his thanks.
'Can he stand, do you think, nurse,"
the doctor went Oh. Let MS try-not to
walk about much today. but to get out OF
bed, IL only To prove TO himself that ne Is
so much better; to make him understand
that he Is really neaTi we'll. Come, nurse.
let US give him n hand"
In the most paternnl manner possible
the doctor assisted his patient, weak. af-
ter SO long n confinement to his bed, TO
get out OF b.. aud supported him while
he walked :. the open window and looked
out into the garden. There" ne said,
THAT is enough. Not too much at first.
Tomorrow he will have TO get up by him.
self. Well, Fanny. you agree at last. |
suppose, that have brought this poor man
roundf At last. ehf"
His look and his words showed what he
meant.
you thought that some deviItry was
intended That vas what the look
meant. You proposed TO nurse this man.
I'm order 10 watch Tor and to discover this
devil ~. Very well, what have you got
70 sayf"
All that Fanny had to say was. sub
missively, that the man was clearly much
better: aud, she added, he had been stead.
fly improving ever since he came to the
cot age.
That Is what she said: but she said IL
without the light OF confidence in her eyes
she was still doubtful and suspicious.
Whatever power the doctor had OF seeing
the condition OF lungs aud hidden machin-
cry. he certainly had the power of reading
this woman's thoughts. He saw, as clear
ly as IL upon "A printed page, the bewilder-
ment of her mind. She knew that some
thing WAS Notwithstanding not for
her TO know. That the mau had been
brought TO the cottage TO be made the
subject OF "A scientific experiment she did
not believe. She had looked to see him
die, but he did not die. He was meudiug
fast; In a little while he would be as Well
as ever he hal been in his life. What had
the doctor done IL forf Was IL really
possible hat nothing WA ever intended
hey ond "A scientific experiment, which had
succeedede IN the case OF any other man,
the wOmAn's doubts would have been en-
tirely removed: Ia the case OF DR.. Vimpauy
tncbt uhDA Ichltluri. ItIt art SOIilc
men Of whom nothing good can be be-
lieved, whether OF motive or OF actIon:
for II their acts seem cool. their motives
must be bad. Many women know, or
fancy they know. such a man--one who
seems TO them wholly and hopelessly bad.
Besides, what was the meaning of the se-
cret conversation aud the whispered colo
qutes OF the doctor and my lord, And
why, at first. was the doctor so careless
about his PATIENT
The time las come at last" said the
doctor that evening. when the two men
were alone, for this woman TO 90. The
man Is getting well rapidly, he no longer
wants n nurse: there is no reason for keep.
Ing her. IL she has suspicious there is no
longer the least fonndati ion for them: she
has assisted at the healing OF a man des-
p%erately sick by . skillfnl physician. What
moreY Nothing-positlvely nothing"
Can she tell my wife SO much and no
moref" asked Lord Harry. will there be
no moref'
She can tell her ladyship no more, be-
cause she will have no more 10 tell" the
doctor replied. quietly. She would like
to learn more; sue is horribly disappointed
that there IS no more TO tell: but she shall
hear no more. She hates me; but she
hates Your Tor lsh p more. Tomorrow we
see the last OF Fanny Mere. Sne goes: she
leaves her patient rapidly recovering. That
Is the fact that she carries away-not the
fact she hoped and expected to carry awav.
She goes tomorrow, aud she will never
come back again"
The next morning the doctor paid a visit
TO his patient rather earlier than usual.
de found the man going on admirably,
fresh in color. lively aud cheerful. chat
ting pleasantly with his nurse.
$50" said Dr.. Vimpany. after the usual
examination aud questions, this is bet er
than | expected. You are now able To get
up. You can do SO by aud by, after break
fast; you can dress yourself: you want no
more help. Nurse" he turned to Fanny,
II think that we have lone with you. I
am satisfied with the careful watch you
have kept over my patient. II ever you
think OF becoming "a nurse by profession
RELY on my recommendation. The expert
ment," he added, ~thoughtfully, has fully
succeeded. ! cannot deny that il has been
owing partly TO the intelligence and pa
thence with which you have carried out my
Instructions. But | think that your SER
vices may now be relinqnished."
When am to go. sir!' she asked, i'm
passively.
an any other case I should have said,
Stay a little longer. II you please. Use
your own convenience In your case |
must say, Go 10 your mistress Her
ladyship was reluctant TO eave you be-
hind. She will be glad to have you back
again. How long Will you take TO get
ready?"
Il could be ready in ten minutes If it
were necessary
That il not necessary. You can take
the night mail via Dieppe aud Newhaven.
Il leaves Paris at 9.50. Give yourself an
hour to get from station to station. Any
time, therefore, this evening before seven
o'clock will do perfectly we'll. You will
ask his lordship for any letters or messages
he may have
Yes, sir" FANNY replied. with your
permission, sir, l will 20 at once, so as 10
get a whole day in Paris"
las you please, as you please" said the
doctor, wondering WHY she wanted a day
ln Paris; but IL could have nothing 10 do
with his sick man. He left the room,
promising to see the Dane again In an hour
Or tive aud TOOK up n position at the gar
den gate through which the nurse must
pass. In about half an hour she walked
down the path carrying a box. The doc
tor opened the gate for her.
"Good-by, Fanny" he said. again.
many thanks for your care D your
watchfulness-especially the latter. am
very glad" he said, with what he meant
for the sweetest smile, but IL looked like
a grin, that ii has been rewarded in
such q way as you hardly perhaps expect
ed
Thank you, sir" said the girl. 1.-THE
man Is nearly we'll now. aud eau do with
out me very well indeed"
The box is too heavy for you, Fanny.
Nay, Insist upon IL. i Shall carry IL 10
the station for you"
1t WAS not far to the station, and the
box was not too heavy. but Fanny yielded
IL. He wants to see ME safe out Of the
station" she thought.
II will see her safe out Of the place" he
thought.
Ten minutes later the doors of the Sale
7Attente Were thrown open, the train
rolled in. and Fanny was carried away.
TIE doctor returned t~houghtfully TO the
house. The time was come for the execu
ton Of his project. Everybody was out Of
The way.
'Sne is gone," he said, when Lord Harry
returned Tor bre AT eleven. II saw
aer safely out Of the station"
Gomez his confederate echoed: nj !
sm alone in the house with you and
and"
THE sick man--henceforth, yourself,
ny lord, yourself"
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