South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-19

I Ctndy'd a skeared one up from. II
YOU. sub. hadn't come along. II old
/ Mars knowed one ten-huudred part
I OF desc doin's deyd be shootin'
gviue on. suh-pistol shootin'-
leb'm feet marked of on de ground.
and evybody a-duellin'. And dat po'
/ lamb. Miss Amy"
Lead tho way" said Doctor
James. Getting his foot upon the step.
'If you want me as a doctor As an
auditor I'm not open 10 engage
ments"
The negress preceded him into the
house and up a flight OF thiCkly car
peted stairs Twice they came 10
dimly lighted branching Railways. At
: the second one the now painting con-
ductrcss turned down a hall. stop
lpins at q door and opening II.
II done brought de doctor Miss
I Amy"
Doctor James entered the room,
7 and bowed slightly 20 a young lady
standing by the side OF a bed. He
set his medicine case upon a chair.
removed his overcOat, throwing II
over the case and the back OF the
chair. and advanced with quiet self
possession 10 the bedside.
There lay a man. sprawling as he
had faIlen-a man dressed richly IL
the prevailing mode. with only his
shoes removed; lying relaxed, and as
still as the dead.
There emanated from Doctor
! James an aura Of calm force and re-
serve strength that was as mama in
] the desert to the weak and desOlate
among his patrons. Always had
women. especially, been attracted by
/ something in his sick-room manner
II was not the indulgent suavity Of
/ the fashionable healer, but a manner
Of poise. Of sureness. Of ability TO ov-
ercome fate. Of Difference and pro-
lection and devotion. There was an
/ exploring magnetism IN his steadfast.
/ luminous brown eyes; a latent au-
| thority IN the impRssive, even priest
/ " tranquility Of his smooth counte-
mace that outwardly fitted him for
/ the part Of confdant and consider.
| Sometimes, at his first professional
visit, women would tell him where
/ they hid their diamonds at night
from the burglars.
/ With the ease OF much practice.
! Doctor James unroving eyes esti-
mated the order and quality OF the
rooms furnishings. The same glance
/ had secured cogniZance Of the lady's
appearance. She was small and
scarcely past 20. Her face possessed
the title to a winsome prettiness.
now Obscured by Cyou would say)
rather a fixed melancholy than the
more violent imprint Of a sudden
sorrow. Upon her forehead, above
one eyebrow. was a llvid bruise, suf-
/ fered, the physicians eye told him.
within the past six hours.
Doctor James fingers went to the
mans wrist. His almost vocal eyes
/ questioned the lady.
II am Mrs. Chandler" she re-
lsponded, speaking with the plaintive
southern slur and intonation. MY
husband was taken suddenly III about
I10 minutes before you came. lie
has had attacks OF heart trouble
/ before-some OF them were very
I bad" His clothed state and the late
hour seemed to prompt her to fur
! Their explanation. He had been out
late; to-a supper, believe"
Doctor James now turned his at
tention 20 his patient. In whichever
of his professions" he happened TO
be engaged he was wont to honor
the case" or the Job" with his
whole interest.
The sick man appeared to be about
80 His COuntenance bore a look OF
Iboldness and dissipation. but was not
without a symmetry Of feature and
/ the fine lines drawn by a taste and
Indulgence In humor that gave the
redeeming touch. There was an
odor OF spilled wine about his
clothes.
The physician laid back his outer
/ garments. and then, with a penknife,
slit the shirt-front from collar to
waist. The obstacles cleared. he laid
his ear TO the heart and listened in
tently.
"NIitral reorganization ?" he said
softly. when he rose. The words
ended with the rising infection of
uncertainty. Again he listened long;
and this time he said. "Mitral insult
fciencyf with the accent OF an as
/ sured diagnosis.
Madam" he began, In the reas-
surfing tones that had so often al
Il3yed anxiety. there Is a probable
ity-" AS he slowly turned his
head 20 face the lady. he saw her fall
white and swooning, into the arms OF
the Old negress.
"Po' lambl po' lamb Has dey
done killed Aunt Cindy's own bless
ed chnd2 May de Lawd stroy wild
his wrath dem what stole her away;
what break dat angel heart; what
left"
Lift her feet" said Doctor James.
assisting 10 support the drooping
form. Where Is her room She
must he put 10 bed"
I'm here. sub" The woman nod
ded her kerchiefed head toward q
door Oats Miss Amy's room"
They carried her IN there. and laid
her ON the bed. Her pulse was faint.
but regular she passed from the
swoon. without recovering conscious
ness into a profound slumber.
"She is quite exhausted" said the
physician. Sleep IS a good remedy.
When she wakes. give her a today
with an egg IN IL. IL she can take Il.
How did she set that bruise upon her
forehead2"
'She done got a lick there. sub. De
DO lamb fell No sub" the old
woman's racial mutability swept her
into sudden flare OF Indignation