The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-03-07
The Minister'S Wife
BY MRS. HENRY WOOD

wanted you this morning, but you were
not to be found"
Il went to Norwood to see Aunt Char
lotte," replied Cyras. "She took me into
the Crystal Palace; we lunched there.
She fired off no end of questions at me
about the Brices of Wellington"
And while he was speaking, Brice, the
surgeon, came in; for he was the guest ex-
pected. After greeting Lady Grace and
the dean, he turned to Cyras, holding
| him before him by the lappets of his coat,
gazing intently into his face. He had not
seen Cyras for three years.
| What likeness what a likeness 1t
is yourself over again." he said to the
dean. Just what your face was at his
age"
DR.. Baumgarten laughed. "You did
not know me when was his age. Brice.
Nor for five or six years after it."
1T is a wonderful likeness, is it not,
Lady GraceY went on the surgeon.
II have always said So" she answered.
Gertrude entered; beautiful girl, with
the fair delicate skin and the proud blue
eyes of her mother. She was a pleasant
girl, not self-willed as Grace used to be,
but sweet and gentle.
How is Lord Avon?" asked the sur
geon.
Quite well" said Grace "and in Lon
don. He was on the Continent all last
year, but this year he is at home"
They sat, after dinner, in the drawing
room talking together until nine O'Clock,
when Mr.. Brice had to leave them. He
was engaged to a gathering at a noted
PHYSICIANS house, near Hanover Square;
dozen or so of learned men, chiefly med
ical men, were about to meet to discuss a
discovery of the day.
DR.. Baumgarten went out a little be-
fore 1 o'clock, on his way to Sir Will
liam Chants. He thought it good time
to catch him; he would probably have
about got rid of his morning patients.
An idea struck him that he would rather
tell his tale of doubtful sickness to Sir
William, a stranger, than to medical
man who knew him better. Such fancy
penetrates to many of us.
Sir William would be disengaged in a
few minutes, the servant said; he was
then with his last patient. DIR. Baumgar-
ten handed the man his card-"The Dean
of Denham" desired that it should
not be given in until his master was
alone.
Il was very glad to see you, Mr..
Dean; very pleased that you should have
called upon me" was Sir Williams warm
greeting when his stately visitor was ush-
cred in.
What shall say if tell you that
have come as a patient?" returned the
dean.
II hope not"
'Yes, it is so. That isl have-have
i have experienced a little annoyance
once or twice, which perhaps it may be
as well to speak off, rapidly continued
the dean, getting over his momentary hes
itation. 1T amounts to nothing, I dare
say"
You do not look as if much were amiss
with you, sir" smiled Sir William. "Will |
you take this chair?"
There is not much to describe" said |
the DEAN "a sudden stoppage of the
heart, accompanied by strange inward |
auttering, which l feel to my fingers
ends; and then a faintness, almost, but
not quite. amounting to a fainting fit"
Sir William Chant put another ques-
lion or two as to symptoms, and then
passed on to another phase
How frequently do you have these at
acks?"
VERY seldom indeed I've only had
bout dozen in all. The first time was
Ifter boating, when l was an under
graduate at Oxford; the last time was
evening; and that covers a good
many years, you perceive"
Yesterday evening" !" repeated the doc
or, struck with the remark"
I'm going home we got into a crowd
objected at a fire. l ran, and otherwise
xerted myself, and the attack came on"
And sometimes, l expect, it has come
n from mental emotion?"
"Yes, more frequently so. What do
GU make of 1t, Sir William"
Sir William Chant smiled, rose and
ook some instruments from a drawer in
is table. You must let me test your
rgans little before can give you an
nswer."
The examination, a slight one, was
BON over, and the gentlemen sat, each
! his chair, facing one another as be-
)re.
w ell! Sdlu tue uean, LOT Or w llllam
id not speak. IAN l in danger?"
my dear Mr.. Dean, in one sense of
le word you are In danger; all people
ust be in danger whose heart is in the 6
,ndition of yours but the extent of the r
eril depends very much upon yourself" }
you mean that with tranquility it
ay be reduced to a minimum"
Il do. With perfect tranquility main
ined of mind and body your heart may g
rye you for years and years to come" o
The dean walked slowly along the street u
his return to Berkeley Square, deep in
ought, unable to put away an impress
On which had taken hold of him-that
r him the dread fat had gone forth. D
seemed as sure as though he heard the s.
ath bell tolling for him in his coffin.
CHAPTER XIV.