The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-11-30
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planned. She bought II new dress. a new
hat, and a thick veil, SO as to be disguised
nj a distance. As for escaping the doctors
~acuteness By any disguise should he meet
her face to face, that was Impossible. But
her mitld was made up-sle would rur
any risk, meet any danger, in order to dis,
cover the meaning of all this.
Next morning She returned by an omni.
bus service which would allow her to
reach the cottage at about II quarter past
eleven. She chose this time Tor two rea
sons: First, becaus. breakfast was sent in
from the restam ant ut eleven, and the two
gentlemen would certainly be in the sdlie
q nld1tger over tina meal; aud, next. be.
cause the doctor always visited his pa
tirnt after breakfast. She could, there
fore, hope to get i'll unseen, which was the
first thug.
tn. spare bedroom-tiat assigned to the
ps,ient-was on the ground floor, next tic
the dining-room. 1t communicated with
the garden by French windows and by D
small fight OF steps.
Fanny walked cautiously along the road
past the garden sute; II rapid giance as
sured her that no one was mere; she hast
lily opened the gate, and slipped in. She
knew that the windows of the sick room
were closed Oh the inner side, aud the
blinds were still down. The patient,
therefore, had not yet been disturbed OF
visited. The windows OF the diuiur-room
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woman therefore slipped round to The
hack, where she found. US she expected,
the door wide open. In the hail sue heard
the voices OF the doctor aud Lord Harry
and the clcklngof knives and forks. They
We're mt breakfast.
One more ,ning-what should she say to
OXnye? What excuse snouId She make
for coming backy How should she per-
suaue nm to Keep silence about her pres
eace? HIS passion suggested Il plan and o
reason. Sac mad come back, STE would
tell him, Tor love OF nm. to watch over
him, unseen by the DOCTOR, to 20 away
with him when he was strong enough 10
travel. He was IL simple and u candid
soul, ami he would fan iuto such n little
innocent conspiracy. Meantime, it would
be quite easy Tor her to reInaln in The ilouse
perfectly undlsturbed and unknown t.
either OF the gentlemen.
She opened the door and looked in.
So fur, no reason woulu be wanted. The
patient was sleeping peacefully. Bu uoI
IA the ped. He wa lying. partly dressed
itilu covered with Il biaukrt, on the SOFA.
With the restlessness OF couvulescence lie
had changed his couch in the morning Ut.
ter Il wakeful night, aud was now sleep.
ing far into the mornius.
The bed, as is common in French
houses, stood III hu alcove. a heavy cur
tain hung over il rod, also in the French
manner. Part OF tins curtain lay oven the
VI Nv oSb.
The woman perceived the possibility OF
using the curtain us u means OF conceul.
ment. There was IL space OF IL foot be.
tween the bed and the wall. She placed
herself therefore behind the bed, in this
spnce, at the head, where the curtain en-,
tlreiy concealed her. Nothing WIS more
unlikely tina hat the doctor should look
behind the bed in that corner Then
with her scissors she pierced u hole in the
curtain large enough tor ner to see per.
fectly without the least danger of being
seen, aud she waited to see what would
happen.
She waited for half an hour, during
WAlch the sleeping man slept On without
movement, n the voices or tine two men
in the sale q mnnGer rose aud fsll in CON
vcrsation. Presently there was silence,
only by an occasional remark.
"They have lit their cigars Fanny U
INJURED; they will take their coffee. aud in
a few minutes they will be here"
When they came in n few minutes later,
they had their cigars. and Lord Harry's
face was slightly flushed, perhaps with
the wine he had taken at breakfast
perhaps with the glass Of brandy after his
coffee.
The doctor threw himself into q chair
ana crossed his legs. looking thoughtful
ly at his patient. Lord Harry stood over
him.
Every day." he said, 1.-THE man gets bet
ter"
HE has got better every day, so far"
said the doctor.
Every day his face gets fatter and he
grows less like me-"
sit is true" said the doctor.
"Ilen-what the devil are we to dor"
Wait & little longer" said the doctor.
The woman in her hiding-place hardly
dared to breathe.
"Wha," asked Lord Harry. You mean
that the man, after all"
Wait a little longer" the doctor re-
peated, quietly.
Tell me"-Lord Harry bent over the
sick man eagerly-''you think"
Look he e." the doctor said, (which of
us two has had a medical c~ducation-you
or II"
You, of course"
"Yes:I, of course. Then I tell you, MS a
medical man, that appearances are some
times deceptive. This man, for Instance
he looks better: he thinks he is recoyeriug;
he feels stronger. You observe that he is
fatter in the face. His nurse. Fanny Mere,
went away with the knowledge that he
was much better, and the conviction that
he was about to leave the house as much
recovered as such n patient with such u
disorder can expect"
"Wells"
"Well, my lord, allow me to conade in
you. Medical men mostly keep their
kuOWleuSe III Sucu ullsteCS 10 lutlllSelNcS.
We know and recognize symptoms which
to you are invisible. BY these symptoms
by these symptoms" ne repeated slowly
and looking hard ut the other n 81
know that this man-no longer OXbye, my
patient, but-anothcr-is in II highly dan
eerous condition. ! have noted the symp-
toms in my book'-he tapped his pocket
"for future USE"
And when-wheu-' Lord Harry wns
frightfully pale. His lips moved, but he
could not finish the sentence. The thing
he had agreed to WAS terribly near. and it
looked uglier than he had expected.
'Oh. when!" the doctor replied careless
". Perhaps to day-perhaps in a week.
Here, you see. science is sometimes batiled.
l cannot say"
Lord Harry breathed deeply. "If the
man is in so serious Il condition." he said,
"is it safe or prudent for us TO be alone in
the house without q servant and without
u nurse"