The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-19
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Brixton's illness which made her doc
tor fear the worst. Yet he chung to one
important fact in his hope that all
might be well, and it was this. The
German faculty had of late come to
consider a particular symptom as de-
%cisive, for or against the patient, ac-
cording as it was absent or present;
now, fortunately in this case, it did not
appear. Old John Graham, the doctor
alluded to. laid great stress On this
point in the lady's illness which he
prepared for Sir Walter Mcmahon, the
specialist, whom he persuaded her to
consult.
He had himself some hope Of a COM
p~aratively favorable verdict. Great
was his surprise, therefore, to hear that
Sir Walter had brushed away the one
favorable fact as nonconvincing, and
had given Lady Brixton to understand
she was condemned. Two months pass
ed, and during that time, feeling she
was doomed, Lady Brixton tried to
make such amends for her past reck-
lessness as lay in her power. She dis
missed the man with whom she had
had every intention of clipping, gave her
intimate friends to understand that she
realized what a selfish and undisci-
plined wife she had been; Joined every
charitable association she could afford
to subscribe to, m admitted TO her
husband how she felt h a been
wanting in her duty. In her case, as
in some others, the very recognizing
Of there being such a thing as duty
was a severe trial.
One morning she was sitting in her
drawing room when old DR.. Graham,
who a known her since h was S,
entered excitedly. He seized her by
the shoulders-rather a rough old doc
tor, this.
Eva" he said, IL can hardly
speak, I am so out of breath; but I am
the happiest man alive! You are safe!
and will not die! 1t is not what we
feared; o will not die. Mcmahon
admits that he was wrong"
Lady Brixton did not faint; but h
turned deadly pale, and remained star
ing at DR.. Graham inquiringly. Was
it going to turn out to be a dream? No;
the jovial old doctor, very red and hot,
still sat there, out of breath; but with
his face beaming joyfully and refusing
to melt into thin air. Gradually her
heart settled down to it's normal beat.
Presently she spoke.
Say it again, DR.. John! I am not.
o,,3%o ,,,~a %no% - Sc, oI1 ~;orb% Cav -
again, and hat you are sure"
DR.. John said it again, and tina he
was quite sure, then he added:
For just three minutes I am going
to enjoy your happiness. After that
we had better shake hands as old
I have no bad news for you, 1 have to
tell you something that will max you
terribly angry. Angry, did I say? In
dignant, Mortified, scandalized beyond
all measure. Yet, if you will believe
me, since all has turned out we'll, you
should remain calm"
Eva simply sat still and looked at
him; she was not quite certain yet
that all was right.
II Ia said that, as far as we doc
tors can tell now, you affection is not
a malignant one; not what we feared.
Hold tight to that happy circumstance
while I nave to tell you that Sir Walter
knew it from the first"
He waited R~ervously, yet with de-
termination, for the result. 1t is a
mistake to think that ladies cannot use
straight" language. After all. are not
their feelings as intense as those of
anybody else?
1.-THE cowardly curl" she said. HAS
he no shame to have made a woman
suffer as I have suffered? Oh, 1 will
make him"
Pooh, my dear! I have known you
for 80 years. Why cant you be a wo-
man for once-that kim of person who,
though men will never retaliate upon
her, if they can help it, always wants
her revenge. Yes, though you have
turned me out of the house the next
minute, I am going to have my say.
Don't you know that the worst thing
that has ever happened to you is that
you have never been punished for any
thing-have always got off scot-free?"
How dare you, DR.. John?" Interrupt
ted Eva, weeping. IF you were not
my oldest friend
II would not dare. But if I don't,
who is going to dare? You may be
differently Of late, but formerly, If your
husband had spoken like this. you
would not have stayed to hear him, and
would have Judged up some a s Of
cruelty out of it int the bargain, to be
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