The morning times., 1897-02-28

wealthy woman enter her carriage and
drive off as If it was quite a matter of
course for so eminent phys to refuse
her an interview.
| 1t scored a big point with Mrs VIC
| and when in a minute later she saw an
| equally handsome carriage drive up,
| and that its occupant met with the same
! treatment, for DR.. Darlington came out
| before she was even admitted, and got
! into his waiting carriage, and with very
| few words with his disappointed patient,
drove off.
| We'll, said Mrs Witherington-C -Carruthers
| to her friends, Mrs. Styvesant Thinguni-
| bob and Mrs. Van Somethingorolher, "he
| Just treats them with the utmost indiffer-
| ence, my dear, and his offices are per
| fectly elegant and he is so very English;
| 1t is quite charming. / am perfectly con-
| vinced tnat Mrs Van Wicker is being
| treated by him, although she won't ac-
| knowledge il, of course, on account OF
being 50 sensitive about her deafness.
| He S certainly man of unquestionabIe
reputation and efficiency. DO you know
he found what was the trouble with my
eyes at once, and several other physicians
had examined them without discovering
| ttlt dStigifldIlSlil. WHICH Hc sstNS Is uil-
| mista kable in my left eye. oh, yes, 1
should wear glasses, ne says | should have
worn them from childhood Your eyes
trouble your Ny dear, do let me recon-
mend the doctor. Do you know / saw
card OF the Duke of Marlborough on his
table oh, certainly he must be well
connected Well goodDy dears, so sweet
of you TO call so soon There, look! there's
the brunette coming now She is going
to wait for the doctor, l presume. All,
there he comes also, now is he not quite,
quite too sweetly English?'
In a surprisingly short time it became
noised about that the doctor is really
wonderful man. Unfailingly correct in
every diagnosis. Yes, you know, l am as
sured that he was quite at the head Of his
| profession in London so young, too, and
| so elegant. you know Really, my dear.
| he is quite the fashion" And this, too, in
| less than six weeks after his inst allment
| at No. 1873.
Cissy had thoroughly carried out her
| program, and although it had taken her
| bracelet and several other trinkets TO do
it, her scheme really seemed to ne "A sue
| cess She managed TO change one Costume
il the carriage by simply changing wigs
and donning redingote and different bon
net OF course, the driver knew that some
| thing was going on, but as he was paid for
it, he did not appear to think it at all
| strange Although CisSy only hired the
| carriage an hour each day, she managed to
| get in two and sometimes three different
visits to the doctor by an ostentatiously
| different indivi dual
The doctor was reported as rich and
| ariStocratic,' so fond mammas with mar
| riageabIc daughters suddenly developed an
| astonishing variety Of ailments of the
| eye and ear, while the sweet buds were
80 afraid they were near-sighted, and
| ''Oh did the dear doctor really mean they
| must wear glasses Well" they were
| ''coing TO get those lovely shell lorgnetJes
| which were really very becoming, and so
| awfuHy swell, YOU know.
| So the sweet thing babbled on and paid
the doctor fees with sentimental Slauces
and the most fetching smiles.
| In a surprisingly short time the band
some doctor became quite the lion OF the
| town. Dinner and other invitations be-
! coming so very pressing, ana fondmammaS
| angled so openly for the great catch"
| that in selfdefense the following notice
was put in the social column of Sunday
paper:
Mrs. Charles Darlington, who has been
spending the winter with her relatives
in London will arrive in New York on the
26th instant, and will come direct to
| Washington. DR. and Mrs. Darlington
will be at home to their friends on WeGneS-
days"
And Ont the walls of wrath that We're
poured upon the head of poor Mrs. Van
Observation-Disclosures who had intro
| duced himl"
And She. good creature, who had teen
! mortally afraid that he ''mightn't fancy
| Edythe. after all, calmly replied TO their
remarks:
Why, Of course, he's married! Why,
didn't you know? Oh, yes; and his wife's
a charming little woman; own cousin TO
the Duke Of Marlborough. my dear
For, you see. poor Mrs. Witherington-
| Carruthers was in too deep to turn hack,
and so she wisely determined to make her
find all she had supposed it to be.
As for Cissy, she arrived" in great
style-seven trunks and a pet poodle in
her train. Mrs. MISUNDERSTANDING
observed il all from behind her curtains
and congratulated herself that she had
"gotten in with these swell Lon
donerS" And Cissy? Well. she sat with
her dainty feet on the fender in front OF
the open fire in their cosy apartments,
and laughed and cried together, as she
said to her doctor:
We'll, my dear, 1 may not be an actress,
but as businesS-boOm. not boomer, an
a grand success"
And Charles? Wen, he simply stopped
and kissed her.
Who wouldn't?