Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-28

LUZ h9E'H ' . ~ LlH HUI
heardp The Eaglish MILFORD died on Thurs
day morning, n week and more ago, OF
consumption, and WAS buried in the Gem
etery OF Autenil last Saturday. Mademoi-
selle appears astOnished."
"En effet, Monsieur, | am astonished."
"AlreadY the tombstone is erected to
the memory OF the unhappy young man,
who is said to belong TO a most distln,
guished family vi ireland. Mademoi-
selle, can see 1t with her own eyes in the
cemetery"
zone word more, Monsieur. II Mon
sieur would have the Kindness to tell her
VINO was the nurse of mllord in his last
selZurei"
But certainly. All the world knows
the widow La Chaise. IL was the widow
La Chaise who was called in by the doc
tor. All! there Is IA man what a man..
What a miracle OF science. What devotion
to his friend! What admirable sentiments!
Truly, the English are great ia sentinleu 5
when their llsular GOODNESS allows them
10 speak. This widow can be found-easi.
~ found"
He gave Fanny, IN fact, the nurses adj
dress. Armed with this. and having got
put Of the landlord the cardinal tact OF
Lord Harry's alleged death, the lady's
maid went in search of this respectable
widow.
She found her, in her own apartments.
D respectable woman indeed, perfectly
ready TO tell everything that she knew,
and evidently quite unsuspicious of any
thing wong. She was invited TO take
charge of u sicE. man on the morning OF
Thursday; she was told that he was a
young Irish lord, dangerously i'll of a pull
monary disorder; the doctor, in fact, in
formed her that his life hung by a thread,
and might drop at any moment, though
On the other hand he had known suca
cases finger on for many months. She no
rived, as she had been ordered. at midday
she was taken into the sick by III,
doctor, VINO showed her the patient p.acid
ly sleeping on a soft; the bed had beer
slept in. and was not yet made. After
explaining the medicines which she was
TO administer, and the times when they
were to be given. and telling her some
thing about his diet, the doctor left hei
alone with the patient.
He was still sleeping profoundly" said
the nurse.
You are sure that he was sleeping and
not dead?" asked Fanny, sharply.
"Mademotselie, | have been a nurse fol
many years. ! STOW my duties. The
moment the docto, eft me | verified his
statements. | proved that the patient was
sleeping by feeling his pulse and observ-
ing his breath"
Fanny made no reply. She could hardly
remind this respectable person that after
the doctor left her she employed herself
first in examining the c~upboards, drawers,
drmotTe, aud other things: that she then
found a book with pictures, in which
she read for a quarter OF an hour or so;
that she then grew sleepy and dropped the
book
~ then" continued the widow, "made
arrangements against his w~akiug-that is
TO say, | drew back the curtains and turn
ed over the sheet TO air ne bed"-O, Mad
amel Madame! Surely this was needless
| -Nt1hnnl ~. fhA nilln4Qa aud nca.,nfa1 -, O.,
self in the cares OF a conscientious nurse
until the time came To administer the first
dose OF medicine. Then | proceeded To
AWAKEN my patient. Figur, yourselfl
He whom l had left TRANQUILITY breathing,
with the regularity OF a convalescent rath'
err thar a dying man, was dead. He wal
deadr'
"You are sure he was deadi"
"As II ! had never seen "a dead body be
forel / called the doctor, but It was fol
duty only, for knew that he was dead!'
And them"
''Then the doctor-who must also have
known that he was dead-felt his pulse anC
his heart. aud looked at his eyes and de
clared that he was dead"
"And theny"
"What then? II a man Is dead he Is
dead. You cannot restore him to life,
Yet one thing the doctor did. He brought
q camera aud took a photograph of the
dead man for the sake of his friends"
"Oh! He took u photograph of-of--
Lord Harry Norland. What did no dc
that fort"
al tell you for the sake of his friends"
Fanny was more bewildered than ever
Why on earth should TIE doctor want 8
photograph OF the Dane Oxbye TO show
the friends of Lord Harry Could he have
made a blunder as stupid as it was uncail
ed fori No one could possibly mistake the
dead face OF that poor Dane for the dead
face of Lord Harry.
She had got all the information she
wanted-all, in fact. that was OF any ust
to her. Que thing remained. She would
see the grave.
The cemetery Of Auteuil Is not so large
IS Pere la Chaise. nor does it contain 50
many celebrated persons as the latter
perhaps the greatest cemetery, as regards
It's illustrious dead. in the whole world
1t is the cemetery of the better class. The
tombs are not those OF lmmortals but OF
Respectables.
Among them Fanny easily found, FOL.
lowing the directions given to her, tie
tomb she was searching after.
On IL was written In English, Sacred IA
the Memory of Lord Harry Norland, sec
ond son OF the Marquis OF Malven." Then
followed the date aud the age, and moth
Ing more; dow, :, ,.,,, ana 49,,
templated this mendacious tone.
The Dane Oxbye." she said, twas
growing better fast when l went away
That was the reason why | was sent away
The very next day the doctor. thinking M,
far awaS, poisoned him. | saw him do IL
The nurse was told that he was asleep
and being left alone presently discoyeret
that he was dead. she had been tolC
that the sick man is a young Irish gen
tleman. lie is buried under the nam Of
Lord Harry. That is the reason | found
the doctor alone. And my ladyi Where
Is shel"