The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-01-15

.'She looks strong enough, at any
raSe," Isabel replied, rather warmly,
'.aud her appetite is enoruaous"
Fred Tempest appeared quite shocked
st his wifes remasss and said whRS she
considered some extremely unlsind
things concerning her manner 90 Mrs.
FrencAs and, possibly as the result of
his passn speaking. the next morning
Isabel was as i'll as she could be, too
Ill, In fact, to get mp and give their
Crast, who had staid the night with
them. her breakfast. Pred entered
protest against this, but when Lsabe.
deet,red the mere thought Of the eggs
and ham and sardines and jam which
the deliczte Mrs. French would con-
suInemade her feel quite healthy he said
no more, but, kissing the suffering lady,
With heavy sign went cut OF the room.
AS rule, Mrs. Tempest did not send
for D.. Stcadman until she had been
ILL for several days, buS on this occasion
her Symptoms seemed to be aggravated.
The slightest mention OF Mrs. French,
and Fred mentioned her rather fre-
onentiy, was sufficient to make her
burF1 into bears, and she was moreover
compelled to absent herself from the
room whenever her husband look any
of his meals, the sight of food occasion
ing her positive pain.
She endured this condition of things
for four days and then summoned DR..
SssaGman, and II must be owned her
teun1sr was considerably tried, when,
after hvving explained all her dzseorn-
forts, her medical attendant sad cheer
fully:
''If you take my advice, you WIZ tie
yourself to tree for couple of days"
"I douat understand you." she re-
sponded, knguidly.
''WhaA have you never heard that
old story" he asked With chuoRIe.
Isabel shock her head; DR.. Stead
mans merriment vexed her. She felt
80 depressed, it seemed positively cal-
lous for him to ta7gh IA her presence.
"Well- there was q Certain vet, he
explained, with q twinkle ID his eye
which the lady resented, ''who worked
the most Gaarvelous cures on ladies'
lap dogs, and it turned out that all
he did was to tie his patients TO Tree,
and give them nothing TO eat Tor two
days"
Mrs. Tempest thrilled with anger at
ta1is unfeeling anecdote, b'Is she CON-
tinued TO ksep her temper and even to
smile family.
] 81 have tried four days with nothing
but slops," Isabel remarked little
fercely, 'ssnd DON'T feel any szse oesoer
for IL, yet"
well, then gTve'up The Stops eno
perhaps you will"
"You recommend ansoauSo EtsEvatspu
then, IN fact" she saic, iclsT.
Eyes. in your case, should @y 10
he assented with exsspeEa+sng cheer
fulness.
why do yon say N my caseT tfFe
lady inquired indignantly my sPpe-
tite Is at the best of times small" This
was indeed fact.
''I mean 1 should not recommend
starvation in case OF emacsattpn.
bat" with laugh, which Was coG1sso-
cred particularly Offensive, outs ma,
Ia, my dear Mrs Tempest, you ea'e not
emaoiated, TO say the least
Isabel's lips began to CULVER she had
O horror OF growing stout, and she an
swered somewhat peev1shly:
"It Is not always oVereatng that
makes people stout The stcutest
woman I ever knew ate next 10 noth-
ing. whereas once saw a positive
skeleton get through seven mutton
outlets at a sitting"
With another inopportune laugh. DIR.
steadman rose.
II should not advise your trying Thar
cure, ho said, Il don't think ~ would
suit you at all"
Isabel was so angry Chat she walked
out of the room and left him; 10 was
hard, she thought, to be SO cruelty mis-
understood
The next day as she was sfctfng In
her bedroom, with the Venetian blinds
down, very miserable, her maid came
to tell her that her neighbor, Mrs. Car
son, was below. Now Mrs. Carson Is
one of the most sympathetic women In
the world, and, still snarting under DR..
Steadman's perfectly unjustihable In
slnuaoions, tne aggrleveo iaoy naaieo
Der aPproacn snankluiAy -
MIS-. carson gave me!oolous n0lie
scream Oh dlsmay "nen she was usa'
cred into the sunerers presence
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