Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-28
A CASE OF GRIP.


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~ Il. LOUISE ALDEN, / ask you
| il for the last time, will you marry
- me?"
Attorney Bernard .Holme l answer
you for the last time, NO"
There was slamming Of doors and
scurry OF feet on the stairs. There
was also a CLEAN Of wrath in pair
of fine black eyes ana a smile Of
amusement in a pair OF tranquil blue
ones The question and answer had
been repeated so often that they had
lost much of their significance and all
Of their romance
Before t''e young attorney had gone
half a block he halted abruptly, turn
ed and retraced his steps. Louise had
meanwhile taken up Il ponderous tome
on nervous diseases and was intent on
the study of perpleXing case when
series of vociferous sneeZes greeted her
! from the outer office.
! Il didn't come here to make fool
of myself" Mr. Holme began rs he
thrust his head in at the door Il
came to get you to dose me up.
have taken IA wretched COld-sneezed
seventy times by the clock this after
noon, and l ache all over in spots as
| il | had been sleeping on the rock
| pile. Now don't you dare tell me that
1t Is the grip
Poke out your tongue. little boy.
Here. you may smoke mp while | count
your pulse" and she placed the bulb
Of tiny thermometer beneath his
tongue Call it what you like, but it
Is influenza just the same, and good
round case of 1t. with danger of pneu-
monia, heart disease and other com
plicatl0ns. Go straight home this min
ute and have your mother make you IL
barrel Of hot lemonade with big stick
in it. Boil your feet for an hour and
then turn into bed and stay there until
you sweat it out. Yes, and you must
take one of these every two hours"
and the woman counted out twelve
huge tablets.
"All right. Doctor I'd as soon die
by your hand as by that of any other
member of your murderous profession.
BY the way, you must have me well
before TriN comes. So you We're in
love with herr"
Certainly. and marry her-if she'll
have you. She looks exactly as | did
when you proposed To me II dozen
years ago. Trix is rs and ought TO
have no difficulty In curing you of
your ridiculous infatuation for an old
maid of 30. neglected TO tell you
that she will arrive tomorrow instead
of next week"
And neglected to tell you that l
pahion returned in Il tone that seemed
TO her as unnecessarily hippant she
was in the same sleeper with me when
| went from Albany TO Boston last
week. While the porter was making
up her berth she came and sat with
me, and of course we chatted. rec
ognized her by her resemblance to YOU.
and had no difficulty in verifying my
saSpiclon I'm afraid | should have
fallen in love with her on the spot If
ii had not been for the contemplate
disloyalty to YOU
Nonsense" Louise calculated Go
home and take your medicine or you
won't be able To see her tomorrow
evening" and she resumed her study
AS II she were quite alone For an
hour after the door closed behind her
too persistent lover. she tried To read.
For some unaccountable reason the
words conveyed no meaning. A SEN
tence that ut any other time would
have been perfectly lucid had To be-
read again and again before she could
grasp its significance. At length. dis
guSted with herself, she threw aside
the hook ordered her carriage and
Went out To make some professional
call When she returned ii was quite
dark and the telephone was ringing fu
riuuSly. 1t was Mrs. Holme. and i'm a
VOICE full of excitement she announced
that Bernard was very i'll. In raging
fever, and that he was going on like y
crSzy man"
"Bcrnard in deirium"' the physician
cried, and for the first time i'm her pro
fessionsl career she lost her wits. The
carriage had been dismissed and IN
tremor Of fright she ran--yes. actually
ran To the home OF the man for whom.
not an hour ago, she had told herself
She cherished only sincere friend
/ ship. As she entered the sick mans
room, he stretched ont both his hands.
and with a hollow laugh he exclaimed.
"Frixle. my darling. nave you come at
last With that he seized her hand
and pressed 1t to his fevered cheek
How have been longing for YOU"
he continued. And to think that she
thought all the time | wanted her