The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-21

tuch shorter tina. the others, was sup
plemented by brick. Upon it stood a
mug with wall flowers on it, the only
decoration the apartment could boast.
Yet all was scrppulously clean, down
TO the bare boards unrelieved by shred
of Garnet. had seen hundreds of homes
before shorn of every comfort. but never
one so cared for in its last extremity by
hand and eve. Even the brick ON which
the table stood was washed and resem-
bled one from childs toy box.
"That is good sign, her sleeping, is
il not, sir?" whispered Rebecca eager
ly. We had entered very softly, and
doubtless the ear of the invalid had
only caught the footstep she expected,
but when her sister spoke she answered
in faint, reproaohful tones:
81 am not asleep, and you have broken
your word, Rebecca."
"It was not my fault, my darling;
indeed it wasn't. Oh, did 1 not tell you,
doctor, how it would be?" And the
great, gaunt woman wrung her hands
distressfully.
at was not your sisters fault that
am here" interposed gently. "She
would have had me believe that she
came to consult me on her own account,
but saw through her. 1t was my duty
to come, and it will be pleasure to me
if can do you any good"
l had caught sight for moment Of
the face of an angel, or rather, as it
seemed to me, of one that was about to
join the heavenly choir, but even while
was speaking she had put up both her
hands before it. 1t was poor protec-
ton, for they were so thin and fragile
that one could almost see through them,
but the gesture was eloquent enough.
"You need not be afraid Of the doc
tor, my dear. He is not like any one
else, said Rebecca soothingly, COM
pliment evidently addressed to my pro-
fession and not to myself. She'll come
round after a bit, sir" she whispered
encouragingly, "but she has not seen a
stranger-not TO speak to-for years,
and your coming is terrible trial to
her."
nodded indifferently, as though such
shyness was q common trait, for 1T is q
point of honor with us doctors never to
be surprised, but to say, Just so, and
incline the head at the angle of assent
when a case is introduced to us, whether
it be humps or the leprosy. Moreover,
could have waited patiently for some
time to get glimpse of that face again.
1t was the face of "a girl rather than of
young woman, though, paradoxical as
this may seem, there was little of youth
in it. The continuance of some distress
ing emotion or possibly of physical pain
had, as it will do, driven youth away
from it, and instead Of 'the vermeil
hue of health" had given it an unnat-
ural flush, as when autumn lays its
fiery finger on the leaf i'll springtime,
but the features were perfect and the
large blue eyes the most beautiful L had
ever beheld. They had only expressed
shrinking and alright at my presence,
but it was easier to imagine them as
the natural homes of love and tender
ness. Around this picture, the beauty of
which had something unearthly about
it, or rather, as it struck my profession
al eye, was only to be for short time
on earth, that cleaning hair made a
golden frame.
A greater contrast to her sister it was
not possible for one woman to be to an
other. Presently she seemed to recover
herself little, and ventured to put
to her few questions founded upon
what Rebecca had told me. She an
swered them very gently, but in so in
different tone that they might well,
as in her case, have had no personal
application. This was a bad sign, for
her disease was consumption, where if