The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-04-08
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! rae HtFHA iaft faake 3 Al 20 a#tt htN Ala -
4ly. ltvss nuv tso toars nuos the ma
stretched cot 90 TIE bed bAJ gt9sBtt
; shIflrd aud tsIlsB to tbe dsar
Attas si3e Of tbe couch wss DR. Il.
moad. Mrs. " .tbsf lan, auefrau u maj
Sod tAe nule child -ho,e presence a.
oterlooted Of tafsotlea. Dr.. k.yDoa
iaii tlo cliachsi band on The cover. ii
js dead, be said, flosIy, quietly.
II be bad expected the vile to make Al
cute , ct "a lsipt bis ssalian sas Tee,
ls.
She til lip. rse uustrsdiIy spt
wildly tried TO cay something
Bot there vas 40 overwhelming sotrop
90 her face,
fLe silence srsw oppressive sud lh,
child begsn to cry, not from realization.
DO, from be str ngeness. Tue maid hss
thy picked bin mp aud Il % the room. sob
bl1s ~ she ttImblel cut
Mo-, Wealhermfn turaed ssslu - the
bed where Icy the quiet aud ms'sive hg
are
Ne-he u dead, she rrpested 81 though
10 Impress be fact upon her bfsin. L Is
nsri t. comprehend DR.. Raymond look
I'd at her grave y With 10 touch Of symps
/ Thy II wss eyld Btly not needed.
/ Ne noticed that she even remembered to
/ held Der handsome bead at the angle St
/ which she hsd been 70 admired in her por
| trait r1diblt at the institute reception and
! there Was delicate pink flush coming
back TO her lovely and gyrish face. He
moved uHcartaluly toward the or. !
must send for come one, she SAID uneven
ly will telegraph Gerald Netherman
hi. brother down 10 Hyde Park. viii
you take the message, DR. Raymond?
Certainly, answered the doctor. Hs
glanced at The still tlute 90 the bed with
,s set face aud follussd Mrs We.hermsn |
down The brad stsitcase,
She led tbe way TO the Itr ry, bat the
physician paused 10 Sudden remem brsnce,
Pardon m. be SAID, I'll be here when you
have the message written. left my gloves
and case ia the dIaIog room.
He rapidly walked down the TAIL into
the btg, suuuy room which had Witnessed
the beginning OF this tragedy.
The disorder Of the table and the cloth
half pulled Of, together with the added
touch OF al upset chair, told the story.
II had been on this spot that the dead
man had lam two hours before
Tue doctcr refully moved around the
place 10 order not TO step on it.
He had been a friond OF W eatherman,
one OF the few that the rather cold, re .
pressed man had permit, himself. ,
He knew bis history; be was bound to
BIZ by knogledge which often mskes the ;
Ilmily physician sn unwilling father comics
ior There had been time 10 his friend t,
,hip when he had Witnessed that rare
hing. the revealment OF strong mans ,
lesrt, aud the memory had scared into bis a
Drain.
There was beginning to thrOb in hls 10 I,
most soul bitter resentment that there +
vas DO mourning, no outcry, no heart n
lreak, no hing but ceoorous 81 ence ov .
II the corpse Of the man upstairs,
he deserved more He had always de q
erved more than he received. u
One OF the gloves had dropped to the e
lJor half under the table cloth, n
As be picked 1t up there rolled out from
Inder the table, drawn in its wake, tiny
,ottle resembling the ones be carried 10 h
lie case !,
lie felched for it nd looked at it, first "
as0a,ly, reIt surprised aud puzzled then d
'nb white, settled comprehending q it
Iessi3u. uI
Symptoms conld net be forgot en-. In. IL
oluutariy be suil ned and stared 10 tue h
irsctlou from which he had come. v
20 not want to believe it, be said, AZ. Al
umeu,stiveIy. | could not answer for
lyself, ferc-Iy, Great Go as bis reent 3,
.ss prolesii1nal habit pressed facts upon
in, v by Jid dad il? ia
There VAS q soft rartle aud Mrs Weath AT
ralaa cane 10. She was psler than when tr
le lett toe dgatLbed sud her eyes were bl
ara With some emotion OF
It is written, she seii approaching pc
ID table. caa't think OF what else to
o You will ese to thipgs2 az
Even as she spoke her eyes searched the
t,,.. silh hAsLiug persistence, travelled be
,,rte aagf aud came back to hia face te
,sb INITIAL at.tmpt .t any tlllg but snE vi
~. ''
She leaacd egaiust tho table aud ber to
,4uils dIlsted. She WAS breathing fast.
dactar took hef ia With relsutless
V.s, be said. I'LL sttend to things
~, ~ = ib,re al be sn irqaest2
q rss ,ys. von.a beioro bin 1.' stricken VI
:, .aT4,a a >vs OF psrDlysis She an
,s....,,v o.. st doSn An ID ~
.ned presently A1- wbu-WA.tforf
es', she suld GarsLly'
rely -- ,.- ~. 49,,
Il - eaaomuy. he said. ke >Fi's d. 'e' s.,
ID Oh The slovs be wsa draTi-s T. n 81
NJ form. / ain testify.
Ysuf There vac ilgoIuatary appeal ID ~
voice. ~
Frs. DR. Raymoni saii, gently
BE- opeued bis case; there Sss ooi'le 20
bis hand aust nave dropped tLi'
tie Of argeatc op the hoor whrn bret "e
.e in. be- satd, uedigstvsly. | ionnd sm
der The table, Tue ross Of betile' 10 th'
homoepsthesic case were exposed to lI'
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