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THE DAILY HERALD: PLATTSMODTH, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1S88. o- 13 DEST. I know aa my life grows older And m!o eyea liar cU-arer alzbt. That iin-Utr eorh rank wroiijr soiuewbcr Thrrw lit tl ruoC of ICighl; That eacb sorrow baa Ua pun10"0 By NufTcwInK oft unjrueaaud: But aa sura aa Uia aun bring mornJnff Wbatur la, la bwt. 1 know that each alnful action. Aa auna aa tho (ilht tiring atiadn, la omrwhura, soma tlms punished, Tho' tha hour ba Voog d'-Jayod. I know that the aoul la aided SomrtUnra by tha hnart'a unrmt. And to jrrow means often to suffer; Cut, t haUjTcr la, la bat . V Ella Wheeler WUcox. AX UN EXPECTED VISIT. Ic was with trie air of a man pro foundly indifferent to hi own successes. that Gerard Strickland, twitching Ids culls and Btretching his arms, before let- tins his hands fall into his lap, sank back into tho luxurious arm chair by his li Lrary fire, after throwing on the table the IMtcr that announced his promotion to an enviable post in the civil service. As he thought of the poet, his advance ment seemed to him no subject for" con gratulations, but only one of those grim jests with which fortune delights to mock disappointed men. An old man servant, one of a sort growing rare, entered the room with an evening paper. lie laid it at his mas ter's side, and stood at a respectful dis tance, waiting, hair hesitating, with some anxiety legible in his countenance. "Well, 1 nomas.' asked btricklanu. "I beg your pardon, sir; but do you remember what day it Is todays "No, Thomas." j "Your wedding day, slrl I Strickland's face clouded. ' "I did not know, sir, whether you would wish for dinner the same wine as as voti used to have." "Jw, Thomas; I shall probably dine at the club." "I ordered dinner, as usual, sir, and a bouquet, in case "Quito riorht, Thomas, quite right." For an instant the heart of the pro moted official sank. The fidelity of his old domestic was humiliating. How he would onee have resented the suggestion that Thomas woidd remember this anni versary tx-tter than himself! And that it should fall to the old servant to order from tho florest the bouquet Gerard him self had been formerly so proud to bring home, on this evening, to Lis wifel Hut the slight sense of annoyance passed away quickly. It was with absolute in difference that, 6oeln tho man servant still waiting, he asked "Anything else, Thomas?" "This morning, when you had just gone, a young lady called. Hearing you were not at home, she said she would call again this evening, about G. She wished to see rou on important business." "Iler nameV" "She left none." I "Did you see her?" "No, sir." "Did John say what she was like?" "Rather tall, sir; a young lady, dark, and fashionably dressed." "If sho calls' I will see her. You may go. Thomas" The servant left, and Strickland continued to himself: "Tall, young, dark, well dressed, business with me. Who can 6ho be?" "The lady is here, sir, in the drawing room," said Thomas, returning to the library, after about ten minutes. Strickland went to the drawing room. A y door he paused a moment to 6teal aiook nt his visitor. She stood by one of the tables, idlv turning the leaves of a photograph album. Iler back was toward him. and he could distinguish only the tall and graceful figure of a woman, well dressed and wearing ex pensive laces. Madam I" ho said, advancing. The lady turned. Strickland started as If he had received an electric shock. To conceal, to the best of hi9 ability, his surprise and the sudden pallor of liis face, he made her a profound bow. "1 hope I am not inconveniencing you," 6hb Bai'l. at the samo time returning his salute. Then, with a quiet ease, she se lected a chair and sat down. "Not in tho least, I am at your service," said Strickland. "A I 6hall avail myself of your con descension. I hope that was not merely a compliment." , "Slav 1 ask you how I can oblige you?" The lady stroked tho soft fur of her muff, and once or twice lifted her search ing eyes to his face. Apparently she was hesitating to name the purpose of her visitv Meanwhile. Strickland gratified his eyes with a good look at her, lovely, fascinating still, as the first day he had seen her. Only her pure profile had gained more dec ision, and her eyes had a profounder meaning than when he last looked into them. a3 those of a woman who had lived and suffered. , At l-Tirli sho said: "Do you still correspond with my father?" Yes. It is. however, a fortnight since I last wrote to him." "I received a letter from him yester day, lie is coming to town to-morrow." Tiiis time Strickland made no attempt to conceal his surprise. To-morrow! Your father, who never leaves home!" if WHATEVER 13, "Th. medical men order him to the south coast, and he will, on liis way, stop itft town, to sjcnd the night with" Sh pr.useit. "His daughter." said Strickland. "He stays his son. And so we find our selves in a pleasant embarrassment." She leant back, and with a 6mall hand began drubbing a waltz on the table at her side. , "You call it pleasant," said Strickland. "I diil not come here to discuss words, but to discover a plan of action." "I see none." "And you ore a politician, a man of genius! If those subtle arts, that have been so successfully employed in your own advancement, could be, without prejudice to you, this once employed to extricate me from" "Excuso me, madam; but your re proaches are scarcely likely to assist me to exercise my imagination." "Cah? Well, 1 have a plan. First, I do not wish, cost what it may, to let mr father know tho truth." j. "The unhappv truth I" She made a little grimace, and pro ceeded: "My father would be cruelly ' hurt, and the sins of the children ought cot to be visited upon their parents. Jly remorse I beg your pardon, tliat Is of -little consequence here" ho looked aside to warn him not to expostulate, and continued: "Hitherto, thanks to our precautions, the distance of my father's resilience, and the seclusion in which ha tt" t" live, tT i V" ' r" dutiful falsehood falls to the ground, and 1, at least, am unable to conjecture the consequences." "And L" "Mr. Strickland. It Is absolutely nec essary to prevent this scandal. 1 trust you will assist me. Mr father must find us together; and we must avoid every thing that would serve to awaken sus picion." She spoke sadly, as well as earnestly, A deep shadow of concern settled on her hearer's face. Wrapt in thought, he de layed the answer. His visitor became imnatienL "Your promised courtesy costs too much." she demanded. "No. I am ready. But I see many dinicultleo. I he servants" "Give the new man servant I found here this morning a holiday. I will speak to Thomas." "If a friend should call?" "You will see no one." "If we meet your father, people will "We will co in a closed carriage," "Your father will stay here several hours. Good and simple hearted as he is, do you believe it possible he will not . I .. l Ul I , v "I will send my work, ray music, and so on, this evening. My room.' "Is as you left it." "Sentimentality?" "No respect." "Have you any further objections'' "None. It remains to be seen whether we sliall be able to deceive Mr. Gregory. "By playing the affectionate couple. Can you remember your grimaces and fooleries of two years ago?" she asked, sarcastically. "No; I have forgotten them," replied btnckland, with a frown. And the two looked into each other's eyes like two duelists. "When will you come here?" asked btrickland. things, and I shall slightly disarrange this and that. 1 hope 1 shall not incon venience you. You are not expecting any one.'" "No one, I was going out. If you wish, I will stay and assist you. My en gagement 13 unimportant. "Pray go. We sliould have to talk, and wo have nothing to say to eacli other. "Nothing. Will you dine here?" "No, thanks; I'll go home now, and return by-and-by. She rose. Strickland bowed In re sponse to her bow, conducted her to the ooar without another word, and re turned with a sense of relief to the library. When he returned homo, shortly after midnicht, the house had resumed an aspect long strange to it. Lights were burning in the drawing room, and a little alteration in the arrangement of tho furniture had restored to the room a forgotten grace. Bouquets of flowers filled the vases, and a faint sweetness of violets floated about the liall and stair case. The piano was open, and some music stood on the bookstand. On the boudoir table was a work basket. By the hearth his visitor was sitting in a low chair, her little feet half buried in tho liear skin rug, and her head reposed on her hand, while she gazed wistfully into the lire. Was it a dream? Bertha's flowers; Bertha's music. Bertha herself in his home again 1 Two years' misery can celed in an evening! In a moment rushed across his memory a golden woo- irter a nrrtnil viulilmrr n-innv mnntlia and the bitter day of separation. He turned away, and passed to his room. saying, "Uood nightl "Good nightl" replied his wife, with out moving. The 6trange event that had taken place in Gerard Strickland's house prevented none of its inmates enjoying a whole some night's rest. Bertha, persuaded that to-morrow's comedy could effect no real change in her relation to her hus band, went to her room with the feelings of one who' spends a night in a hotel. btrickland, similarly regarding the past as irremediable, read in bed for half an hour, and then fell asleep. To get married they had both com mitted a thousand follies. After meet ing her at a table d'hote, Strickland had pursued her half over Europe, vanquished the difficulties of an approach to her father in his secluded country house, and ultimately, assisted by the lady's prayers anu tears, gained ine oiti man s reluctant consent to surrender his idolized daugh ter. THe young married people, passion ately attached to each other, enjoyed . i i i i T ui teen mourns oi remarKaoie nappwess, and then came trie end. Bertha became jealous. Devoted to her husband, proud, hasty, immoderate in ail her thoughts and emotions, she re sented, with all the Intensity of her nature, a meeting between Strickland and a former name, a dance, a note. half an hour's conversation. The hus band unfortunately met her passionate expostulations with the disdainful in souciance of an easy temperament, The inevitable consequence ensued, a bitter mts-j nderstanaing. An Impudent serv ant, a malicious acquaintance, half a do.'.en venomous tongues, lashed the wifu's jealousy into madness. An ex planation demanded from her husband, wn.-i refused with a sneer. He had begun to think her a proud, unloving woman, and. under the circumstances, judged sell justification ridiculous. The follow ing morning she entered his library, and witii marvelous calmness, without quav ering over a single word, announced to him their immediate separation for ever. Taken by surprise. Strickland tried to temporize, acknowledged he had been thoughtless, did ail in a mans power to avoid the rupture. Bertha only replied so proudly, and with so mud) se verity, that self respect forbade him fur ther self defense. Tli.3v separated. Strickland externally bore liis misfortune with quietness, and, in counsel with his own conscience, con cluded his life broken and ruined by his own want of tact. The husband and wifA? met two or three times, as people -tJlio barely know each other. lie oe-voU-d himself to professional duties, re sumed some of liis bachelor habits, and ainusod himself as he could. She led a quiet, almost solitary life, restricting her pleasures to Euch simple enjoyments as 6! if could provide herelf at home, and selilotn appearing in public On one Joi:!t both agreed, to write regularly to Jortha's father, repeating 6uch stereo typed phrases as "Bertha is well and sends her love. I believe 6he wrote to you a few days ago." "Gerard is well, uitl at present very busy. He will not this year bo able to accompany me to the seaside." It will be easily believed that to go to her husband's house and to ask a favor of I urn had cost Iiertha's pride a struggle. "For papa's sake; for papa's sake!" she repeated to herself, to steel her nerves to tlie humiliation, which, however, Strick land's ccJ 1 cctrrt 7 1 - i cr-1 y erate on the morrow, a little spirit, a little self command and some clever pretend ing might enable them safely to conduct her farther through the fe"w hours to be rent in town; to see him off from Vic toria, and, with a polito bow, to separate and return to their several existences. Dinner was ended, Mr. Gregory smiled contentment and liappinesa, and the two actors at the opposite endsoi the table or necessity smiled too. gr Their parts had proved difficult. From the moment or tho old gentleman s ar rival they had had to call each other by their Christian 'names, and to use tho little endearments of two married people Etill in love. More than once a word, an intonation, that sounded like an echo of of the dead past, made Strickland pale and Bertha tremble. Iheir embarrass ment momentarily increased. The more perfect their dissimulation the bitterer was the secret remorse that wrung tho hearts of both of them whilst they ex changed for meamncrless things words. looks and smiles, once tho most sacred signs of affection. With tho fear of le- traylng themselves by an indiscretion was intermixed another, a misgiving lest, while they acted affection, they should be guilty of real feelings warmer than the courteous indifference with which they desired to regard each other. On the stairs, when Mr. Gregory, pre ceding them, was for an instant out of sieht. Bertha turned back and bestowed on her husband a grim look of fatigue that meant, "Uow are we to continue this?" " Tis only till to-morrow, Bertha," ho replied in an undertone, wishing to help her. But the Christian name (which, be cause ho had in the last two hours useq it bo freouentlv. unwittinciv slipped from his lips) caused her to turn her face away with an angry rrown. By the fire in the back drawing room Mr. Gregory appeared actuated by a de sire to ask all the most awkward ques tions, and to broach all the topics of conversation most cumcuit lor ms uosi and hostess. "Letters are welcome, Bertha," he said, "when people cannot meet, but I have en ioyed my little visit more than all the pages you have sent me. There Is very little in letters. iJon t you tmnit your wife grows handsomer, etrlcklandr "1 tell her so everv dav." "And 60 he tells me, Bertha. His let ters are all about you. You have a model husband, my dear." "1 have, nana." Strickland hvng his head and regarded the mttern of the carpet. "I sliould like to see your house, Bertha," said Mr. Gregory, after a mo ment. Tho little party set out on a tour of the mansion. After an inspection or several rooms, as Strickland preceded them into the breakfast room, the father stopped ius daughter and said: "Bertha, where is your mother's por trait?" "The frame had got shabby and we have sent it to be re-gilt," replied the daughter, promptly. "Where does it generally hang?" "There." She assigned to the picture which she had taken away with her, the first empty space on tne wan tuat met ner eye. "1 don t think that a very eood placel 6aid the old man. "Oh, what a woman she wasl What a wonderful woman 1 You should have known her, Strickland. You owe her your wife. When she was leaving me, poor dearl she made me promise never to hesitate to make any sacrifice that should be for Bertha's haDniness: and so. when mv little crirl came to me and 6aid, 'Papa, I can never be happy without Gerard,' I thought of my dear wire, and let her go. 1 reared, when I 6ent her abroad, I should lose her. Well, you were made for each Other. Do you remember your hrst meeting in farisr They remembered it. The tour of the house was completed, and they returned to the drawing room. Gerard and his wife congratulating themselves, not without reason, that the good papa was not very observant, for many a token of something abnormal had been plain enough. With a common sign of relief, the two actors sank into their respective corners oi ineir carriage, aiierseemg iur. uregory off the next morning: from Victoria, Not a work was spoken. Bertha watched the drops of rain that trickled down the windows. Gerard studied the back of the coachman. They had again become strangers. Presently, moving accidentally, Strick land touched bis wvfe s arm. "I beg your pardon," he said. 'Pray do not mention it." Perfect strangers! Yet both in the si lence were anxiously meditating every event of the last few hours, remember- j in sr the most tnninar impressions, and studying all they signified. As they oame I near a cross 6treet the husband asked: "Shall I drive ydu to your own house? "I am coming to yours, to superintend the packing. My maid cannot do it alone. On arrivintr, the wife at once went to her chamber. Strickland, conscious of utter purposelessness, returned to the back drawing room and took up the paper. Bertha passed backward and for ward. Once or twice he caught a glimpse of her moving about the room. At last he looked uo. "You will tire yourself," he said; "can not I assist you?" "No, thank you. I have nearly done." A few minutes later she came and seated herself on the opposite side of the nre. bhe appeared tired. As sue sat, she looked around to see if anything had been forgotten. "I think it rains less, said Strickland. who had laid down the paper. . "No. It rains just the same as before. "Is the carriage ready?" I have sent to know." Tho carriage would be ready In ten minutes. Those ten minutes seemed an eternity. WTien the servant entered to say tho carnage waited, Bertha rose, and stood for a little while before the mirror. arranging her laces and ribbons, with difficult), for her nncrcrs trembled. Then she slowly drew on her gloves, and turned toward her husband, lie had risen, and was standing waiting. "Uood morning," she said, bowins slightly. lie bowed, but made no reply. She turned, and auietlv. with calm, even steps, walked-from the room. She could hear that he followed her. They were in the halL Suddenly ho stepped to her side. "Bertnal xouarenot xroinrr without first forgiving me?" ho exclaimed, in a voice in which grief mingled with pas sion. She turned round, and in un instant had thrown herself into his anna. 'Darling! you will never leavo cio in?" y r- irry I ;vcrr Unry Cro THE PAY OF PHYSICIANS. .1 Chlcaeo Ioctor fiaya tlie Fra Ara Smaller Thera Tkan fclMmhero. - "The reports of tho splendid fees paid Dr. flLuckenzie for his attendance upon the cmjtoror of Germany are read with interest by doctors all over the civilized world, and by none more at tentively than tlie Chicago men," said a well known physician. "Of course in this particular caso tho patient's ex alted rank made Mackenzie s pay much larger than usual. Nevertheless, had tho patient been a private individual instead of a sovereign Mackenzie's pay ment would huvo been many times greater than any Chicago man would nave received for exactly Iho same work in this city. Take the opera tion Mackenzie performed with the forceps. Here a man would have received about 15 or $20 for it. An other ojKjintion which tho crown piinco endured tracheotomy Chi cairo men charge $100 for. Tho feo biil established in IS7: has undergone little if utiy chutiffo. The maximum and minimum charge for every opera tion in surgery and general practice h spccilicd in it. There are a few men here who can in their rcjrular practice ask l;ir!!cr prices than tiro maximum rates, hut ynu can count them on tho linjery of or.e hand. There aro cr.Kos in which the grateful patient adds sonif-lliiMg l the bill, but vou mavnut it d.vn as a fact that large fees aro nearly unknown to tho rank and lily of the profession. Amputation pf ll(0 thih is lixed. ut from 73 tQ .00. good ft-o vvoulj he $150. For the removal of cataract vr arc nUV-'xc! t ask $50 to $300. About $ 100 is what the host oculists expect. A New York man would get about $500. Tho late Dr. Agncw left tho fco to his patient, but never took less than $500. Fre quently ho received $5,000. ffor aro tlie rsew lork men, 7 ho charge from three .Q five times more, tho only pliy- ncians whoso fees are scaled higher than ours. "In tho south physicians aro better paid. In St. Louis the earnings of tho leaders aro rich. So also is the case in tho west. You cannot find in thoso localities men of wide renown such as wo havo here who make visits for &2 and consult in their offices for $1." How largo are tho vearlv earninp-s of the leaders in this citv'f" "Considerable has been published upon that point that is wide of the facts. Tiiero are, I think, not over half a dozen men whoso income from their practice exceeds $10,000 or $12, 000. They tiro men of tho widest rep utation who have been years in build ing up a practice among a class of people that will pay a little above tho usual rates. Moreover, they are men of sullicicnt business qhjlity io suc ceed in other walks of life. If tlicv havo grown rich it is out of shrev-U investments, not practice. Thr?r .n-n a large number who earn on the scalo from, say, $12,000 down to $G,GM!. Physicians consider themselves in good practicp if they collect $5,000 a year. Thfro aro in tho city about 400 regulars or allopathies, the same num ber of homeopathy, and from 1,000 to 1'4VV doctors of other schools in all about 2,000. This may seem a small number for a city of nearly 800.000 people. On tho contmrj', it is a large number. Tho great majority earn far below $5,000. Many mako'less than $1,000 per annum. Of course, enercrv. push and c!oe attention to work will earn a man a livelihood in medicine." Chicago Tribune. I"he Indian Sheet Stealer. Before describing1 tho feats of the juggler, I am constrained to mention a class of dexterous Indians who do serve to rank with sleight of hand per iormcrs. i anuuo to the sheet stealer. Not the clumsy oiierator who ktrins your clothes lino in tho dcud of night, but the bold and skillful manipulator wno tates the sheet oil your bed while you are sleeping on it. Tim is a com mon East Indian trick, and tho way thev mauafro it is this: The sulmlwi- of linen, before entering a house or tent, anoints himself thoroughly with cocoanut oil, which is done in order that, should any one be awaka and seize him, he may be enabled to slip irom nis grasp ince an cel. Thus pre pared he creeps into the house as noiselessly as possible. ihe nights m India are generally warm and oppressive, and tho sleep of most people, though heavy, is uneasy and disturbed. Tin's the thief is well aware of, a::d he takes i.d vantage of it. He quietly crouches down under the bed, and with a feather ,ent!y ticklci the nose of tho sleeper, who. half doz ing, rubs hi3 noso and turns over. while ho is turning, a little of the sheet is withdrawn from under him. When fast asleep the feather is applied again, and this process is repeated un til-tho entire sheet is withdrawn. Sometimes tho thief rolls the sheet up .1 1 !.. ' . as close iy us ijossio to the body or the sleeper and when the sleewr turns over ho rolls oil tho sheet. Charles li Komam m Tho Cosmopolitan. The Clara 5!orris IIar;c. Tlio appearance of Clara Morri3 on the local boards recalls to mv mind the days of the Union Square 'theater when Uie l ivnch Urania was being brought out there with a suddenness and uoi tinacitv which m.idp solmr tw- i . i - - pie nervous. Surdou was tho hem of all. Ji:i.'ll t.HUU 1I1U 0 IUI IS, IjCO Astray," "Tho Sphynx" and others, all of v hich scored big runs, and in all of which. I think. Siiss Morris ap pcared. If I am not mistaken, thf same company numbered among its mcnibeis such a galaxy of female stars as Ada Dyas; by tho way, what has become of Ada, anyway? Sara Jewctt, who used tho iiual "h" in thoso days, and Roso Kytinge, since fallen into Uesh and comparative desuetude. Mor ris used to die so realistically that women ."icreancd, and the actress her self had to be medicined off tho slaga. 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