Middletown transcript., 1906-06-23
FINDING HER CURE
By HARRIET i. CIdEEyER

place nearer home be better Tor
as much out of health as
myself !?
No, oh, no. returned Doctor
Wells with decision. Other places
there are in abundance, but !
know nothing concerning them
When it comes to West Hills, |
know all about the air, the water,
the people and the whole general
atmosphere.
The people perhaps are not of
SO much consequence as other
considerations, said the lady.
Doctor Wells did not make di-
rect reply, He did not wish to
oppose anything his patient might
say, but he had his own strong
reasons for insisting that to West
Hills and to Mrs. Testers house
Mrs. Corliss must go. He also
had his own unexpressed opinion
as to the real causes and nature
of the lady's indisposition.
You still think there is no or;
ganic trouble, Doctor? she asked
nervously.
None whatever that can dis
cover, the doctor answered.
And yet / am q constant suf-
ferer.
Oh. yes there is no doubt that
you suffer, Mrs Corliss.
The doctor spoke kindly and
with certain sympathetic into.
nation suggestive of regret that
was very soothing to the qneru5
lous woman before him. She
was robed in a negligee gown of
pale gray cashmere with blue silk
facings, and with plenty of fluffy
lace about the neck. Herdelicate
fingers were adorned with rings.
But the harried look of the ner
Vous invalid was in her eyes, and
there was pitiful air of dejec
ton in her languid or fitful move.
nents.
Her nne education had been
scarcely more than finished when
she married a man several years
her senior. And after many
years of travel and soiourn in
various places with her weakly
husband, he died, leaving her
sole heir to.,his comfortable in
come. For some time after es-
tablishing herselfin a fashionable
suburb, Mrs Corliss enjoyed hav-.
ing entered an enterprising, in
fuential church, finding herself.
the recipient Of many calls, inyi
tations and polite attentions, and
realizing that she had attained
social standing that, with her
liberal education and easy means,
it would not be hard to maintain.
Yetamongal the surroundings
she found so pleasant, Mrs. Cor
liss was often al heart a sad and
lonely woman. She had no near
relatives, and under the softness
of sunny Italian skies they had
cue day laid at rest tiny woman
child that the poor mother could
never cease to brood and dream
over, fas women will. . And
at the sweet, pensiye
hour of evensong, she would
fancy the little creature maiden
grown, and fitting about like the
birds, gladdening the longing
ther-heart that,alas was feed
ing on mere dreams after all
Too much leisure and too much
solitary. thought is not to the
benefit Of poor humanity in a
work-a-day world, and it was not
long before Mrs. Corliss found
herself more easily startled and |
more disagreeably affected by
trifes than was her wont. She
herself, took a fine trip in |
with other s.itinerents,
and returned home restored to
her usual health and with nerves
properly calmed.
But it was not long before the !
old symptoms returned, and with
more menacing power. At length
she consulted a famed specialist,
who assured her that while there
were no evidences of fixed dis
ease about her, she yet had cause
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for exercising extreme caution
in certain respects. A second
consultation resulted in so vague
and unsatisfactory diagnosis
that Mrs. Corliss came to the
resolve to see the best
local physician who was close at
hand.
This she had heretofore hesi-
tated to do, because of reluctance
at having the fact of herill-health
generally disclosed, But Doctor
Wells was shrewd, experienced !
and discreet. If.some few people
found out that Doctor Wells was
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