The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-19


in ordinary limits, had swelled itself up
to degree shocking to behold. AS kind
hearted woman as ever lived, my
sister was perfectly brutal in her COM
ments on my appearance. and made it
so plain that she expected me to keep
out of sight of the numerous callers
with which her house was always
thronged, that / skulked about all thai
day like some forlorn leper, a large
bandage about my head and very dis
pleasing ointment imparting pungent
odor To. my entire person.
Night came and / was not better. My
sister became desperate There was
nothing for it'll must be lanced. The
pain had stopped by this time, and
pleaded delay, but was scornfully re-.
fused. / limited at rebellion, and then
my fears We're meanly played upon.
0Who could tell but that my disorder
might be some deep-seated affection
of the bone? l laughed softly at this,
> but was promptly frowned down. DR..
A. must be seen. He knew everything.
We'll, send for him, them"
But no-he must not be sent for: he
was in delicate health; 1 must go to
him.
What. In this high wind. 1 was in
delicate health myself,
Nonsense. There was nothing the
matter with me.
Then why go for a doctor?
viii not write down all my pitiful
efforts at logic with a woman, and that
woman sister. l went, of course; an
unsightly mass of shawls in close car
riage; and after a long drive. during
which / went to sleep, l was admitted
INTO the presence of the most disagree
able man l ever met-none other than
the great doctor himself. who was eat
ing what smelled like very poor soup.
out Of a large bowl. and who insulted
me the moment l explained my bust
ness. i was pitifully servile. but to no
purpose. / abused myself in bitter
terms, l jeered at my own folly in sup
posing my case worthy of his notice.
but l could not soften his Judgment
by hairs breadth / meanly laid my
indignity at my sisters door, and told
him as mirthfully as possible that she
had feared some trouble with the bone.
For answer he drove lancet in my
swollen jaw to its very hilt and
stopped my speech with my own blood
l could have shrieked aloud. but for
the contempt in his eye; and then, he
called my trouble ''gunl-boil" as the
most atrociouS thing he could lay his
tongue to. and while the cold sweat of
pain was drying on me. ! handed him a
large bill. from which l got no change
1 should have been gone in a moment
and what did happen never would have
happened. but my bandages kept me-
While ] stood in the cold hall fumbling
with them, another patient. or at least
another caller, entered. Not a meek.
detected figure this time, with his head
tied up in a shawl. but a great aggres-
sive creature in a huge coat, with a
heavy stamping step. and smell of
new leather about him. which probably
came from his long-wristed driving
gloves. He paid no attention to me;
indeed he could scarcely have seen me
7 or hncly in be oh It-f
he strobe on into the presence of the
doctor, leaving the door open and hav-
ing a general air of hurry and inn
patience.
1t is all going down just as it hap
pened. so l may as well confess that L
was conscious of sudden vulgar curl
osity as to the reception OF my stcces-
sor. 4
DIR. A. believed" exclaimed the new
conner in the loud, aggressive tone af-
fected by the hack driver and travelling
Snowman, and then stopped-which was
more than the doctor did. for he kept
on with his soup, rafting the spoon
against his false teeth at each mouth
full with a vindictiye, stabbing move
ment. Well ne snarled, at length
setting down the empty bowl and fixing
the man with a savage scowl, What's
the matter with you?-Have You got al
gum-boil too" This last with con-
tempt unutterable. This was too much
OF course the newcomer knew nothing
of me and my troubles, was ignorant Of
the creatures meaning; but remembers
ding the pain of that boil. if l must so
call it, l felt that it should have re-
ceived more respectful treatment. and I
was on the verge of doing something
rash, when the doctor again surprised /
me.
shut that door" he screamed, but
WHISTLER at mesor my successor, could !
not tell Evidently the man the, ght |
that he was addressed. for mutteAing /
an exclamation not strictly moral, ne /
ciosed the door with bang that made !
me wink.
] came to myself at that, and a little |
Ashamed of lurking there. l finished |
my bunGling hastily, and withdrew /
with stateliness. My carriage was
waiting for me just where had left it. I
which should have surprised me, con- I
siGering that l had told the man not to !
wait. as felt inclined for some ex- /
ercise after my days retirement. This,
however, l failed to remember. only !
observing. as 1 climbed inside that I
there was no one in the DRYERS seat /
Doubtless he was a tipping animal. !
anC had stepped across the way TO that /
coy little saloon / saw there. Another
time would not have grudged him his |
little fling, but was growing decidedly /
ill-tempered. and meanly plotted how l |
should discomfort him on his return
1t WAS a gratifying thought as I /
huddled myself upon the seat to wait /
his coming. had been so ignominious- I
" handled myself that the conscious
ness Of the power l held over my sis {
tiers hireling, elevated me almost to
where 1 had stood in my own mind be-
fore the occurrence of this affair of the
boil, Petty? OF course it was. naked
human nature is a horrid think 10 look
at under the scourge of bodily affiic-
tions.
] had sat for some moments and was
Just getting warm and comfortable I'M
der the robes. when ] heard the coach
man moitlk hurriedIy 30 his seat. |
began gathering myself to give him a /
surprise, when the carriage door was
flung open by a rude hand, and a tall
muffied figure bounded in like some
captured animal forced behind the bars
by a keepers lash.
In my surprise l sat passive; SO
might or might not have been observed
Anyway, / got no greeting: and my
informal friend was just settling him !
self into the seat opposite when, NUT
tering in a voice muffied by many |
wrappings, I've forgotten the other
case" he bounded to his feet, and re-
opening the door, framed his lips for
a peevsSh caA to the driver. AT least I
TO be perfectly exact, that is what I
think this intruder designed doing. butt
owing to certain circumstances 4 shall
never know to an exact certainty, for