The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-29


her next startling question.
Well, he replied cautiously, 81
don like the tense YOU use
1t was her turn to look startled
She was woman enough 60 know dan
gerous ground; but she only houndered
helpless!y in an effort to get back to n
safer point.
Il recall that you said you had been
concerned with heart trouble-apd-
and wondered what you meant.
'lou felt sympathetic?" he dared.
Sir she ezpostulated, ignoring
his impudence save for blush. what
DO you mean by telling my mother
that her heart is affected? She i'm
agnes 1t solely; and-and [ don't he.
lleye you are physician"
truly feminine retreat: so Vauuban
rested on his victory.
DO you think L am fraud?" he
asked after a moment of silence. "cDo
you think L can't do what promise?"
Yes she said, quickly catching
at the word, can't expresses it; /
believe You are a hypocrite. "
And, he added, cit will take =
hypocrte to care for n hypochondriac.
az believe your mother to be- lam not
medical man, to be sure but doctor
OF philosophy. Your mother needs
phllosophlc treatment rather than
medical"
Somewhat Modified, she looked
shyly at him and said
Il think you are right and bea vour
pardon for mean insinuations.
They were perfectly justifiable and
certain Y encouraging mean inter
esting"
She blushei again. She could blush
III charming manner, Vaughan no.
tlced and he felt disposed to study
her bushes.
Before the storm was over he had
presented credentials which estob.
hshed their acquaintance through com
mon friends. Then, of course, he nc
cepted an invitation to stay for tea.
Before that agreeable function these
two arch plotters concocted a scheme
| winch sought the cure of one heart
lroqo'e and planted, perhaps, the
! seeds OF one more serious.
When Mrs. Dorrack came down
Vaughan made some perfunctory in.
qurles and shook his head gravcJv
| over the answers
You must take frequent drives
when the weather is suited" he told
her. above all, you must lead n SO.
cable life. Mental attitude has much
to do with matters of the heart: and
one OF two young people, with their
interesting and vigorous natures, are
a considerable factor in such things "
This last was to bring out that fos-
clnating blush. and it succeeded. Mrs
Dorrack, however, unconscious Of by
play, went on with the conversati6n
in her favorite strain.
DO you think my daughter has in
herited this heart troublo?" she asked.
Il am sure she would be glad TO have
yJu---''
May fiji Your cup. doctor?" basf-
lly interrupted Miss Dorrack. i'm n vain
effort to destroy the intensity of the
conversation.
As yet, mol mean yes. thank Won
! viii have some tea, " he said without
any embarrassment. AS vet do
not understand her heart. though
certainly hope to find it free from
any long standing trouble. Sbould I
detect any affection Of that organ
shall take proper steps to give it all
due attention"
II am sure ! can trust you. was
Mrs. Dorrack's reply.
After supper he gave her few di.
recilous and as he was LEAVING
promised to call frequently while he
was spending his vacation I'm Che wi
lage
During the next fyo weeks Doctor
Vaughan rovolutionizcd life nt Tho
Codars Mrs. Dorrack. who for vears
bad been mOrosC and melancholy
now came ont as an active hostess I'm
many ways life there was frightened:
and the effects were soon seen on her
health. Occasionally, when Vaughan
came up from the village. he would
bring her bottle Of medicine. usn-
ally n nice tonic. which he required
her to take regularly aud n prescribed
doses. although as he said. her
trouble did not need medicine so
much as iudicious caro- Of herself
Toward the last of July, when busI.
ness made necessary return 10 tho
city, he felt that me might safely pro.
nouucc her cured He sat one bright
afternoon, ON Che porch with Mics
Dorrack discussing the situation.
i very much fear your mother is
well, he was saying
Too bad, she agreed. "Ycu will
not soon find another patient
He looked At her seriously.
~ wonder II your heart needs treat
ment. Are you sure it is not affected
Heart disease, you know. is quite
contagious.
You think j may have caught IT
from mothcr?" she queried naively.
Yes, OF from me.
Have you heart disease9" she
asked, with beautiful brown eyes vide
open.