The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-08-01

" very much fear that the carrs heart
is Is seriously affected"
ID She stopped, and / looked properly
5 sympathetic.
l. 'ould You manage 10 make an ex-
animation without alarming him?
lie Is very nervous, because heart
3 disease is in tht family"
o. promised 10 do my best.
The earl received me most cor
10 daily. lie was man Of about five
, and-thirty, healthy and strong-look-
lng' though somewhat pale. the re-
ID suit OF leading a studious life. The
wound in the hand was Of not much
consequence, and within a quarter
Of an hour IL was sewn ND and
bandadged. Then I approached the
heart question, Of course. very deli
cately. lie laughed.
u don't think there is anything the
matter with my heart. but you are
welcome 10 sound it, If it's only to
please the ladies'"
Now, II there is an organ which
profess 10 understand with some
thoroughncss, II is the heart But
] could find nothing IN the world the
matter with his. The action was
somewhat weak. but that must be
expected in a man who spends almost
all his time in the library. So far as /
! could ascertain, there was not a .
trace Of disease.
There's no heart disease in our
family" said the earl cheerilv.
This was a direct contradiction Of
the dowager's words. but / paid lit
lie attention to it at the time. Every
doctor knows how unreliable pa
iients are in their statements. There
are some who take n delight i'm ex-
negerating every trihng ailment.
there are others who take n delight
in minimizing them. Before | had
left had come TO the conclusion that
the earl was one Of the best fellows
| had met. There was not scrap
OF affectation or nonsense about him.
His great hobby was sxetching.
have never met n man with such a
remarkable talent. Every thought
that passed through his mind seemed ,
TO be transferred 10 paper. For in A.,
stance, while we were chatting. he
sketched my likeness. II was quite a ,
little work Of art. and he gave it to =,
me as souvenir. / still have it. !
with the characteristic signature.
"Pomeroy, December goth. 1895" n
We are both students. DR.. Light h
foot he said warmly, "and if we :.
don't become very intimate, 1t will be ~
your own fault. I am quite glad I 81
cut my hand. 1t has bocn the means a.
Of introducing u.s." +,
That concluded my interview with oI
The earl Of pomeroy.
The same night. at ten o'clock. the p,
iogcart again dashed up 10 my sur ci
'ery This time the groom was OF
white with excitement.
Come at once. sir" he said hus- ca
lily. of
"ls anything wrong?" ! asked. WI
"Ihe earl is dead" cb
For moment ! gazcd at him in
tupiicd silence. Dead? 4 man pr
'hom. only few hours earlier. had its
cen in the prime Of life and in sound re
ealthi II seemed impossible. tal
"IIow did IL sappcn?" ! asked. de-
Ills lordship went TO the library an
fter dinner. as usual lie fell asleep ma
his armchair before the fire. and aw
nd about an hour ago the house su,
'eper found him. sir. lie was bee
.ad." my
Tears were tricllng down the if
ans face as he spoke. felt that Of
y medical knowledge must be in ear
me way altogether at fault. but il ed
is no time for idle conjecture. | l
rang into the dogcart. and three TO
arters of an hour later stood in pre-
g castle hall. on
Everything was. Of course. in con- I
sion. The servants were horror AT
ricken. The young countess. over was
me with grief. had been carried I'M ms
nscious 10 her room. The only per- mo
who showed any nerve and pres not
re OF mind was the dowarer. She tln'
'ked pale, but cool and collected. tod
fact, she was one OF those de-
mined, strong minded women who up
face any emergency. IAN lam
The Ted me at once 10 his bedroom.
ere he had been carried. I shall aiso
er forget the scene that followed. oui
lay on the bed. his face lust as I "set
seen il in the morning. except VI ~.
{ IL was now pale and rigid. VI
How is IT, Dr. Lightfoof." She said -
rnly, that when you saw the earl =. io'
morning You were not able TO 80 =,
'sce this calamity" s'D"
don't believe it was possible for 10
medical man 10 foresce it," I
lied firmly. .'n'
But ! warned you that the earl AZ, ;,eis,
cred from his heart" e.. -
found nothing amiss with the iir;,t il'n'
We hoped that in sending for '''' -
" she said bitterly, eve should
better advice than could be OBJ
ed from an old practitioner ike In
Thornton. Evidently, our con- istie
zee was misplaced" Ton
q swept contemptuously from he"sl
room, and left me there. feeling quene