Middletown transcript., 1906-11-10
[coErINuEp FRoM LAsT WEEK

Brue 60 IOr the dOcl0Es 10f 1eiti
that a woman who bad thgee par
oxysms of weeping within one
hour, needed something The
door uextto5 5sarah's stood slight
ly open, and was curious enough
to look ia. The bed was in truth
unmade. The chairs were piled
with clothing Of various kinds,
the bureau was covered with
laces, ribbons, soiled collars and
handkerchiefs, a couple Of plumed
hats Of immense size, gloves.
empty candy boxes, and mercy
knows what else. The mirror
was stuck round with photo
graphs of insipid dudish.looking
men with waxed mustachios, and
what we call asiders. in Cherry
Crick. Stepping across the room
/ perceived that they were differ
ent views of the same man. On
one, in which he was smirking
over fiddle, the name "Amati'
was written very black, with a
great encircling flourish. ICON
eluded that the room was Sade's.
The windows we're shut and fast
ened. Toa well-regulated spin
lister of fifty-one, there was some
thing absolutely sickening about
that room. Poor Tom Everton.
He must have c deal to try him,
+ thought.
When I told Prue wanted her
to 60 for the doctor, she arose
from the piano with great cheer
fulness and ran to get her things,
Then / said to SADIE There's
quite a lot 10 do to-day, and no
body in particular to dot. So it
you don't need to practice any
more just now, I'd like to have
you straighten out the rooms up,
stsirs.
She looked at me to see if was
in earnest, and then laid her I'D
~ d =
die on the piano. She whipped
up the tailof her pAle blue morn
ing dress, and walked out with a
naughty air. There were large
holes IN her stockings that show
ed above her blue kid slippers,
and I started to tell her abOat
them, but ! didn't.
The doctor was q Young man
a tallish chap who stood up very
straight and looked at you fixed
ly through gold bowed spectacles
I told Prne that thought he was
much to young, for of course /
had committed prediction for
OLD doctors myself But Prue
sured me eagerly that nova
days folks thought young doc
tors were best, and that any how,
there was no dreaming how much
Doctor Winthrop knew. I con
cluded by the way he talked to
Prue in the front hall after he
had said to me all that anyone
could reasonably expect, that at
least he was very conscientious
doctor. However, he had talked
quite sensibly to me. He said,
among other things, that Mrs.
Eyerton was a typical type. When
/ Iasked him to interpret that say
ing to me, he said we'll, Mrs.
Everton was woman who was
devoted to her family, and who
thought nothing too hard or too
much To- do for them. That, in
fact, she made herself a slave to
them, and always took alarm if
it was suggested that she ought
to have help. Indeed, it seemed
sometimes as if she were jealous
lestanybody else should be neces,
sary to their comfort, and she
did not seem to realize that Il
would be to her interest to hire
servants for the drudgery, and
thus save her strength for the
higher duty of home making,
Then, too, he surmised that she
was naturally Of a frugal turn,
and thought OF the expense, not
realizing that her husbands re-
sources were such as to make
her shaving appear ridiculous in
the eyes of her acquaintances,
He said he had been expecting
complete prostration for many
5 months, and that Mrs. Everton
had exhibited wonderful power
of endurance in continuing at hel
work as she had He finished nI
By making some pretty obserya'
tons on my managerial ability,
which, Of course, be had ample
opportunity to know all about
never III my life had engi-
neered a musicale, and III con
fess that the idea Of il staggered
me. If if had been 3 church So.
ciable, Or . donation party 70 the
minister's. or d baked bean sup.
per in the vestrg, where a whole