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tjtnowledged to be the best miller ia the
!nt.. I am prepared to famish OOOB
FLOUR In any quantity. Every sock war
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stores in BrcvnrVttie.
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pair Garments, and war
rant to give entire satis
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nest door to Hoy's Furniture Store.
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Be Sure Yourc" liisht
Adopt tils beautiful motto -
"Write It In letters of slJ-';
TIs a saying nttereU In tylsdonr.
Applies to tfae yonrg and the-old.
Twill help usalong In life's jovrmji
Kotiiih like atartlng- aright;
Sceh aetion is pleasing toothers
And fills us with inward delight,
"Who can compute all the trocb!er
The orrors, disasters and woe,
That occur from neglect of this duty?
Their number but few of us know.
Think and reflect before aetiug,
"Weigh well the project In view;
Be sure of righteous decision
On whatever you wish to pursue.
Those who've adopted this motto
Seldom have cause to regret.
It saves us a deal of misfortune.
Relieves us from worry and frai.
"Wejog along, easy and happy-.
On a wide ami a definite plan.
Assured of suceessia our labor
By -doing the best that we can.
THE
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- CHAPTER VL (Continued.)
Ph'ilip took a long breath, as one
about to faint. The womau looked at
him pityingly, but yet resolved.
"You had better drink some water,
Philip," .she remarked.
But Philip had already seized a de
canter from tbe table, from which he
poured, not water, but half a tumbler
of -brandy, and swallowed it down at
a draught.
"Uurse me," he said, in a manner
very different from his usual drawl,
"if I know whstyou mean! If there
is anj truth in this story you tell,
which I doubt, who was this child
this false heir, who "
He could say no more, for his words
choked him : but he cowered before
Diana's pitiless pointing finger, witlW
shudder, as she said,
"Yourself!"
AlwHys -ungrateful, he began at
once, plundering and blustering, to
bully.
"A nice trick if what you say be
true you've all played me " And
then, again turning fiercely upon her
with the old bad scowl on his evil
face, "Who may you be, that I'm to
take what you say for gospel ? You've
got the storj' at your tongue's end.
and are-somebody; I -suppose. Who
wining." , ,.-!.. A L m
" Your mother V
The words were calmly said, and
expected by him
Yet Philip reeled
before them. He staggered like a
drunken man, catching at chair.and
table for support.
"I don't believe a word of it," he
repeated, mechanical!', "not one
word! It's a clever trick got up be
tween you, your old father, and money-making
Mat. I must have proof
of. trhatyou say legal proof!"
"I think you would hardly ask for
that," she said.
He looked at her vicious', but re
turned no answer.
"Don't be a fool, Philip! Rut for
stronger head:? than yours, and strong
er hauds, you would long ago hnve
i floated down the stream to perdition.
But why speak cf this just uow? I
have told you" and her voice beoome
musical in its softness "that I am
your mother your mother ! Have
you no word to say to me?"
He made no answer to this appeal,
but stood, his head bent forward on
his breast, his eyes fixed on vacancy,
his hands agaiu deep sunk ia his
pockets, his shoulders all hunched up
a picture pf irresolution and impo
tent rage, none the less intense now
that its more violent demonstrations
had ceased.
"I sinned for you, Philip. I was
ready am still ready to sacrifice ev
erything for you life itself, and, if
necessary, more than that,1' she low
ered her voice to a whisper, "the
lives of others. It was my prido to
see you take the first place in your
father's house my ambition to know
that my son should inherit all, for
tune and name. That ambition shall
yet be realized, if you are wise. As
yet, your enemy has been yourself."
Still no word from Philip. He
seemed to be slowly realizing, in its
full force, his position and his was
not a nature to rise up at once after so
terrible a blow.
"It was to please your father that I
married Mr. Rookwood," Diana went
on, at last; "to prove that I meaut to
keep the oath I had sworn, and re
move every obstacle between you and
the estates. Hitherto Sir Hugh has
kept his word to the letter, and own
ed you before the world as his son."
"Sir Hugh hates me," blurted out
Philip; "he has always hated me,
and you know it."
"The fault has been your own en
tirely your own. The sort of life you
have chosen to lead, your reckless ex
travagance, your studied neglect of
Sir Hugh himself, absenting yourself
for sis months together from the Ab
bey." "Why not ?" growled the cob. "I
always loathed the gloomy old place.
Sir Hugh's notions about 'sports and
I pastimes' were not mine ; and if ever
U kreak my neck, it wm not be in
the bunting-held, xnere was a sort
! of tacit agreement between us that, as
long as I was left free to follow
own tastes in London, I would
my
not
allow my presence to interfere with
his. By Jove!' be continued, with
iiiOPiy
1 i P u II i O
HVWPY-
afs iu S Lit I0
something- like a return to his oldionce:" -
BBOTOTYILEE, NEBEASEA, THURSDAY, JAOTART 25, 18
manners, "I think 1 see myself up to
I my eyes in mud all day, flying over
hedges and ditches, only to catch
sight of the vanishing tail of a beast
ly fox, and then coming home to doze
by the fire, while the governor plays
backgammon with old Mildmay, the
rector, or sit, as he would do, for
houra, listening to the music music,
egad, of the year one! 'Home Sweet
Home!' and that sort of thing of
poor little Gertrude's piano!"
As we have before observed, any
mention of Gertrude "Wentworth's
name had a powerful and unpleasant
effect upon the by no means amiable
temper of Mrs. Rock wood. It moved
her now into an outburst of passion.
"Gertrude! Gertrude! Gertrude-!" J
she said, stamping her foot as she re
peated the name, "may yet be your
ruin, Philip. The wily little jade, if
you had not been deaf and blind, you
might have known that while you
were angering your father in all
things, she, with her hypocritical
ways, her gentle manners, and win-
niug graces, was coiling herself about
his heart."
"Well, and why shouldn't she?
Gertrude's a good girl, though a slow
one awfully slow ! one of your dove
species, that like to sit couing at
home, and are incapable of doing
harm to anyone."
Mrs. Iiockwood started to her feet, I
her dark gipsy face Hushed with an
ger, her eyes Hashing and her hands
clenched.
Mr. Philip started too, but it was a
pace or two backwards, for, truth to
say, the "beautiful Diana Rock wood"
was not a pleasant sight to see when,
as Matthew termed it, "one of her
fits were on !"
"You fool !" she said ; "you vain,
conceited fcol! will nothing teach
you wisdom ? nothing open your eyes
to the precipice upon the brink of
which you stand? I tell you that this
soft-spoken, gentle-mannered, peach
visaged girl is the one great danger
we have to fear. My father, a wise
ra&n who knows how to trim his sails
to every wind, lias retained, as you
know, some portion of his early in
flueneeover Sir Hugh. When I was
banished, he, supple and crafty, re
mained to watch over your iuteresls.
His power is still great the power of
a strong miud over a weak ons ; but
his power sinks to nothing to noth
ing before this girl's! He is ever
warning me that while you are mak
ing for yourself a fool's reputation in
London, she, your sister Gertrude, is
quietly slipping iuto your place. His
LieaLAvjurni ugiiraiuIasnetiMdc
of the telegrams from the table "is
here!"
"What am I to do?" grumbled
Philip, helplessly bending, as usual,
before Use stronger spirit. "You've
not told me all thl3 devilish unpleas
ant business for nothing. What am
I to do ?"
"Behave like a man," she answer
ed, almost contemptuously "and not"
(pointing to the fragile gilt chair that
iwas lying with broken back in the
corner) "like a child. It may be that
even now as we speak, Sir Hugh ia on
his death-bed ; if so, your place is by
bis side You will not be alone there''
she continued darkly and with a smile
a smile that was by no meons an ad
ornment to her hundsome face ; "you
will find friends to advise you and act
for you ; friends do you hear me
Philip ? whom you muU obey."
"I suppose you mean Mat.thmon-ey-spinuer,"
&aid Mr. Philip, very un
graciously, and old Daddy Dark noil.
I sha'n't get much of anything that
is to be filtered through their hands."
"Be governed by me. then, and jou
shall get all. Mathew Rockwood
cares for but one thing money ; while
my father, your grandfather," Mr.
Philip winced, "Benjamin Durk
noll, has no other thought in life but
3'ou."
"I'm sure I'm vey much obliged
to him. I was always fond of Daddy.
I don't think I should ever have
known how Uo read or write but for
him; my tutors threw. me over one
after the other, and " he suddens
stopped as a eew light burst in upon
him. "I saj, if Sir Hugh has made
another will, aud Gertrude "
His mother stopped him.
"I know what you would say; but
as yet we have every reason to believe
no will has been made. A weak man
in all things, Sir Hugh has always
had a superstitious dread of all will-
It was only after his last
quarrel with you about 3-our ever-ac-i
cumulating debts, that he expressed
to Mr. Mildma his intention of jour
neying to London to visit some law
3er. M3- father was present, and
heard him his motive was plain
enough. The estates are not entailed.
I He would, had ho reached London,
j have made Gertrued his heiress, end
with a favorite term of his what is
called 'sufficient provision, 7perhap3,
have disinherited j-ou."
Philip groaned. He had now fully
realized his position.
"But," continued Mrs. Rockwood,
with Berunpleasnt smile, "he did not
come to London ; the accidentia the
hunting-field prevented that: nor, as
Ism informed, is his brain in a con
dition that would make a will valid if
written now. A state of things it is
our intention to keep unaltered."
Philip stared, started, and turned a
little pale.
His mother eyed him sharply.
"A man with your tastes can hard
I3' submit to become a beggar, litteral-I3-
a beggar, perhaps for want of a lit
tle looking after 3-our own interests.
You will leave at once for Wentworth-
A hhfur . -Hn-Trnn Vion ma THiiltn
at
"And what sort of a reception shall
1 1 get? The last time I saw Sir Hugh
we parted with high words."
"A far better reception than yon de
serve," answered the woman impati
ently. "You Will be eovernad in ev-
j erything by my father. He loves you.
though why," she added bitterly, "I
can hardly tell, and can advise yon
better than I. There's a 'Bradshaw'
on that side-table give it to me."
Her son obeyed her almost mechan
ically. His intellect had not 3'et re
covered the series of crushing blows
it had received; he spoke vaguely,
like a man In it dream.
"Gertrude never did anv harm to
me,' he mnttered, as, again obedient
to a gesture of his mother's, he drew
a chair up to the table, "and I won't
have harm come to her."
Mrs. Rockwood laid down the pen
ihe wa3 using to tick off the depar
ture of the Dripsey Bridge trains, anfl
leaning forward, looked full in Phil
ip's sullen face.
"Listen to me,"shesaid, "and take
to heart, or rather let me say to mem
ory, every word I am about to utter.
I am, I repeat, ready to sacrifice eve
rything to you, out of the greatness of
my love though it is useless to speak
to you of that. There are others, al
so, whose interests are bound up in
yours, in whom I, and therefore you,
can trust. Our plana are formed;
dare to disturb them, Phllipk by ac
tion or word, and I leave you to a
fool's fate poverty and a nameless
grave! Above all, remember one
thing; that if you are but guided by
me, no obstacle no matter what
shall be allowed to stand long between
you and fartune. As for Gertrude
Wentworth, her future is in good
hands. It is for you to be careful that
no act of folly on your part destroys
your own. Push that ink nearer to
me,
said
and
ponder over what I have
She had again taken np the pen,
and now resumed her railway calcu
lations, jotting down the figures on a
paper by her side, without even glanc
ing at her son, who sat stupidly- gaz
ing at her, wide-mouthed and open
eyed. By Jove I ns he would himself have
expressed it, one thing, at least, was
certain that Mr. Philip Wentworth
(we still give him that name) was suf
ficiently "astonished" at last.
CHAPTER VII.
the t-wo nurses.
"GertjigdbP'
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Ice that first
ii immmssmtmt
spoke was quer
ulous and weak ; the voice that re
plied was soft and musical one of
those-plcasant voices to the ear that
are ever suggestive of devotion and
love.
Has the new nurse come ?'
'Yes, papa : she came down from
Londou with Doctor Malyon. Would
you like to see her ? I'll call her.'
'No. no not yet; but I am glad
she has come. You want some relief,
darling, from your endless watching,
and I want some better nurse tha.i
poor old Bleek. Tell me, Gerty, do
you like the new-comer?'
'Oh, yes; that is ' and then the
answering voice hesitated. 'It won't
do always to go by apperances, you
know. She seems & nice, quiet body
enough ; and, Doctor Malyon says,
thoroughly understands her business,
which it all that oan be requirea'
'Justso. Draw the our tain a little,
to shut out the light from the win
dow. Little as it is, it hurts my ej'es.
So that will do. Now come and sit
beside me. I feel more comfortable
when you are near, and less pain
when I touch ybur hand.'
The man who speaks so wearilj is
Sir Hugh Wentworth ; and the girl
who has again seated herself by the
bedside, and whose hand he now so
lovingl clasps, is his daughter Ger
trude, The room i3 vast and very ancient.
The walls are panelled in dark oak,
curiously ornamented with intricate
carvings. The ceiling is crossed by
heavy beams; while the greut ba3
window is all ablaze with color and
quaint heraldic device.
The huge bed is worthy of the
room, and might be almost coeval
with it, to judge from the carved
woodwork, the massive pillars and
genera! design.
The looped up curtains are of heavy
velvet; while beneath its stateh-can-
opy lies slretched, restiess with pain,
Sir Hugh Wentworth
As seen by the faint light admitted
by the curtains, Sir Hugh would be
taken for a man very far advanced in
i3-ears, which is not the fact; but the
face is deeply lined, and the forehead,
now hfdden b3 linen bandages, which
Gertrude conttuually moistens, could
it be seen, would show deep furrows
of care
His hands are brown and sinewy,
a3 those of a man accustomed to field
sports ; while the restless limbs, toss-
ted impatiently hither and thither in
the bed, show how ill this forced con
finement is borne.'
I can't bear much of this, Gerty,
my girl ! I was never made for a lie-
a-bed, and sometimes I catch mvself
wishing that Brown. Robin' (his
horse), 'when he rolled over me, had
struck me a little harder with his
hoofs, and finished me, once for all.'
'O, papa ! m3" own, dear papa !
please don't tallrIike that !'
'But why not? My father wa3 car
ried home dead from the hunting
field. We ever loved the open air,
and It seems mortal hard if the last
fbrea'th we take of it shouldn't be uu-
rriV
II.
der the broad sky, and in the open
fields.'
'You will soon he out again, and on
horse-back, too, if you'll have a little
more patience. So Doctor Malyon
"says; and so you must be a good pa
pa, and not complain.'
Patience!' moaned the sufferer;
'I think I've had enough of that. It
seems to me as though I had been ly
ing here for ages And did Doctor
Malyon really say that? He's a clev
er fellow, that London dobtcr," he
continued, without waiting for Ger
trude's reply ; "can talk of a hundred
things beside his profession, which isj
more than most of them can do. Look
at Bowlby' (Bowlby was the Went
worth practitioner) 'knows nothing
beyond a pinch of jalap and an ounoe
of rhubarb. Even his best friends
can't deny that little Bowlby's an
a?s.'
"Surely he's a very kind-hearted,
amiable man?" fcaid Gertrude.
"Kind-hearted, amiable man !" re
peated the suflerer, testilv; 'that's
just where it is, 1113- dear. The num
ber of people that have been killed 03-kind-hearted,
amiable practitioners
would have made the Duke of Wel
lington stare. If one could onty see
old Bowlby's case-book, T'm sure that
Waterloo would be nothiug to it.'
Gertrude, who knew her father's
nature too well to oppose him directly
in anything, did the nextbest thing-
she changed the subject.
'By the way, I forgot to tell 3ou,
papa, that Mr. Mildmay called yester
da3 ; but, a3 3ou were asleep, I would
not have 3ou disturbed. You'll see
him, won't you, when he calls again?'
Sir Hugh, however, was in pain,
and like most active men so prostrat
ed was cross.
'Anxious! I don't see why he
should be we never ran our horses
together but we jostled. A parson
should be content to have all the talk
to himself on a Sunda, and on other
daj-s give other people a chance,
which is just what Mildmay won't
do. B- the bye, what has become of
that nice lad, his pupil, and wb3
hasn't he been to see me? It's most
unkind of him. A finer, braver
joung fellow I never saw. He'o ride
to the hounds with the best of us ; and
as for shooting, on3 ask that rascal,
Peter Applethwaite, who is not 0013
the most incorrigible poacher, but the
best shot within a whole score of par
ishes.' It was lucky that Gertrude's face
was in shadow, for she crimsoned to
the neck, as she heard her father's
praiseiof.baaJaver-.M,Wto,.M. , ..-.,-v..
'He's gone, papa.'
'Who is gone ?' asked the sick man
I impatiently, his brain ajrain slishtlv
wandering. 'What were we
about?'
Mr. Everard Corbet.'
talking
'Where is he gone to London ?'
'India.'
'Ob, ah! that's a long woj ; but
that's no reason why he didn't come
to say good-b3e. Why, we Were old
friends, and being so ill makes me
wonder the more.'
'He wanted to come sgairi and
again, but Darknoll refused to admit
him to 3'our room ; he said ou could
not receive any visitors.'
'Ah, well, I suppose old Benj3
knew best!' said Sir Hugh, ae, tired
already of the subject, he let his head
fall back among the pillows.
Alongphuse; then suddenly, 'Did
tiny one tell me, my dear child, that
Brown Robin was dead ?'
'No one. He is alive and well.-'
'I'm glad of that ; a better horse
was never put at a fence. It wa ray
fault, not his, that we ceme to grief.
Gertrude, darling, lean over me for a
moment ; I want to say something in
3our ear.'
She leaned over, and after twice
kissing her cheek, he said,
'Are yod sure quite sure that thi3
Dr. Mal3on gave hope?'
'The greatest hope only he wished
he had beerj sent for sooner.'
'Yes, yes! that Is all that a&3 Bowl
b3's fault. I had something to say to
jou, dear samething that 7itu$ibe
said, but not now not sow; it will
keep for a time, and I want to sleep.
Give me m3 medicine, and then draw
the curtains close.'
Gertrude was b no means surprised
at either her father's words or man
ner; of late she had become accus
tomed to both, His brain had fre
quentl3 wandered, and this secret so
solemn I3-hinted, at, she natural at
tributed to have no other origin.
Passing from the bedside to a Small-
I table, placed within the deep embras
ure of the. window, upon wbloh was
arranged that sad array of phials and !
bottles peculiar to s slek room, Ger
trude took up a small phial aud held
it a moment to the light.
The new doctor's mediaine,' she
murmured. 'What a beautiful color
it takes as tlie sun shines throttgb it!'
She was about to uncork the pfaiul,
and mix a portion of Its contents with
water, when a soft touch .was laid up
on her arm, causing her to start, and
nearly drop the bottle.
She turned, and confronted a little,
dried-np, old woman, in a slate-color
ed silk dress. She had round reddish
e3'es, somewhat uncanny to look into,
but Gertrude never thought of look
ing into them; Ehe only smiled and
nodded.
An tue ntue old woman she had rec-
ognised the new nurse from London, i
'I beg your nardon. miss. with a !
w . m !. I
deep curtsey ; 'but these are Dr. Mal
yon's medicine3, and it is his wish
that I should administer thern my-
- - - . . 1
kelf.'
YOL. 21 SO. 31.
CHAPTER Viri.
WTXDLBSTBAW house.
Badnpws!'
'May I ask what is bad news. Dr.
Balm?'
For ansvr er Dr. Balm folded down a
portiou of the newspaper, and indi
cating a paragraph, passed it over the
I breakfast table to Iris wife.
With the aid of her glasses the lady
read aloud :
'We are happ toanneuacea change
for the better in the condition of Sir
Hugh Wentworth, M.P., for ,
whose recent severe accident in the
hunting field has caused sueh snsiet
to his friends. H8 son, Mr. Philip
Wentworth, has been summoned Co
hi3 bedside, and all that medical sci
ence, combined with the most unre
mitting care and attention, oan d, is
being done, and the best hopes are
entertained of the Baronet's ultimate
The lady put down the newspaper,
and Iped her largnon. with a little
mocking laugh as she did so.
'Ah ! these newspapers, she said,
how amusing the3 are; and to think
how many people In the world believe
in them!'
'But, my little Ppsy, is ieensa 03
this that Sir Hugh '
'I3 in excellent hands! in excel
lent hands!' chirruped the lad3.
'Do yon see, Sepp3, darling, that for
once the newspaper is right ; and
with the medical skill of my brother.
Doctor Ma'3on, and the unremitting
care and attention of Mr. Philip
Wentworth and Mr. Mathew Roek
wood, the ver3 best hopes may be en
tertained by us!
And the little Iad3 laughed laugh
ed consumedly, tapping the Times
meanwhile fitcetiouety with her eye
glass. 'It will be the making of us, Pops3
it will be the making f us ! It will
be absolutely- the making of us !'
"And of the young patient also,'
giggled the Iadj-. 'The air of Wind
lestraw is considered by the highest
medical authorities as the most
healthful in England.'
'Quoting the prospeetu. eh, my
dear?' chimed in her husband. 'It
will be found beneficial, above all, to
those suffering from nervous com
plaints, from hallucinations of the
mind, and feebleness of the heart.'
In short, continued the lad3T, tak
ing up the running, 'Windlestraw
will be found to combine health in its
highest forms, and happiness in its
most domestic character.
TT am proud of thai paragraph?
chuckled Doctor Balm, rubbing a
couple of soft, plump hands together.
'It breathes of the meadows and the
downs, and the comforts of the fire-!
side at Ihe same time. If vou will'
. 1
remember, my dear, when I wrote
that paragraph, I observed, Topsy,
that will fetch em !' to which you re
plied, 'Septimus, if that doesn't noth
ing will !
'And it hat; fetched them pretty
well,' replied the Iad3. 'Doctor Sep
timus Balm's H3-dropathk Institu
tion, Wiudlestraw. The teiMierest
family secrets respected si!ee' the
motto of the establish neiit all seer eta
deposited -with Doctor Bal will be
considered sacred s the utabrella
whieh Is returned an touched upon de
parture.' This little sally created great mirth.
The mirth subsiding, the lady al-
taeked a dish of ham and ears, while
her partner again, buried himself in
the limes, tilting his chair baek. ;
meanwhile, and throwing up hid chin tas
as if seeking a pose for his portrait. Am will a sharpness of ea war
As Doctor Septimus Belm ami hfe'nicn eaaset tho doctor ta nearly,
cheerful wife are likely to occupy choke hiauelf with a piece of teasbe
wmewhat prominent positions in our ' W8S in the act of awalJowheg, 3ffia.
stor3, we shall ourselves assume the Balm rose to her feet.
part of photographer, and rapidly 1 A soaall woman, ae we hmv aaW,
sketsh them as we see them new.
Mrs. Balm a very little woman a
'tiny dot of a woman, as she loved to
describe iterselr; a fairj- ereetere,
dressed in perfect taste; a 1 modern !
Titania, who, knowning the value of!
elothes, and on how many shoulders
the 'ass's head was to be found,.
bloomed upon you, net from soft sand-
t
or moonlit glede, bat with all the
magic of Regent and Oxford street
about her.
Was she pretty ?
Many people said so some people
believed it. Herself for one her
husband, curiously enough, for an
other. She thfe light, butteray erea
tu re governed the learned Septimus
j in all things.
Butterfly! Scarcely that! in art
are other insects in the air. eozv-
winged and fragile in texture, with
lulling Imixz and poison tube, who
soothe but to injure, who touch but to
destroy.
A gushing woman, who at forty
five endeavored and soowtimee sc-
cessfully to remind you of tbwseboot eel-red the other day from my brother
room and the sash. that mysterious message wbloh took
Would any one, knowing her, navel13 Dripsey Bridge, I eonace I waa
trusted her ? surprised, not having heard fromJDa-
Doctor Balm did, with if we can ' vd for some years.
use such words when speakin oft 'Except several applications ;
.such people all hid heart and Mel f
and, cold-blooded creatures both, they
lived as happy as two efts in an aoea-
num
Perhaps she woold have been pret
ty but for a certain sinister droop m
the eyelids, which covered her prom
inent pale green eyes. Otherwise,
the round, small fse wv$ AommAM-
place enough,
The learned doctor by the way his
diDlorsa -a-n n ftarmnn , 1 on.
,- - w iwh"..... .net; fc
teen years his wifes senior ; yet 30
mighty are (he resources of art,, be
looked as many-years her jtfnlor.
J False hair, false fcesife, fate
OFFICIAL PAPER OF TEEC0U3TI
brows, false complexion ; along, thin,
acquiline nose, in the centre of a face
with the form of a triaugle ; the face
of a sheep, with tho beak of a bird of
Prey
feee the doctor when yen might, he
had always the appearance of being
brand new:' exouisitelv 'crraompd
from the tips of his trimmed and pol
ished ringer nails to the toes of his
tight little lacquered boots.
With the doctor, all was in order,
shining, polished, and oold, like one
ot those steel surgical instruments
wh ich, ly i ag so sn ugly j n i ts vel ve t
ease, nevertheless suggest .a creepy
horror like a torpid snake.
At Eton for, as we have said, the
doctor was a man of education he
he had been known as Doll Balm,
shortened In 'Dollya term whieh h ft
gushing little wife still constantly ari
plied to him ; ami ia truth, as j'oa
looked at this vivacious old boy, in bi3
painted waxen shell, he seemed a sort
of link betweeu the Burlington ami
Lowther Arcades.
And now a word or two for Ihe
hurrying events that are crowding In
upon us will not allow too long a
pause about the place itself, this
Wiudieslraw House this Temple of
JEculaplus and well-spring ofsolence
and phliauthrop3'.
In the immediate neighborhood of
a great commercial town, Windle
straw Downs had long enjoyed a rep
utation for their health-restoring powy
ers ; and. for those who eooW stand
the seasoning, a sojourn at Windle
straw was sure to bring book light to
the dim eye, and oekr to the faded
eheek.
It was, therefore, upon Windle
straw that these two uird3 of passage
Doctor and Mrs. Balm had madethelr
deseent.
The Hydropathic Institution was
the ooihsequenee.
High, lonely, gusty, and 'abound
ing in the newett Inventions, Wlad
iestraw Hooae had all the elements
for making money by advertisement
and it did. , f. , r , . tf
Supremely uncomfortable, bails In
side and out, new patents shivered
through season after season. Health
ia not immediately at one's call, net
more than Rome was bo I It in a day;
and if some of the patients returned
which some few did srel3- that
was no proof see advertisement of
the institution's popniarit3.
A huge, bald, red-brhrit. rambling
pile was Windlestraw House, sugges
tive of manj- things, but principally
of the barrieks and the penitentiary.
Bet here we most pausfc forthe.
present in our description, for Doctor
Balm has again laid down his paper.
'A? 3-oa liave seen her, 013 doar
what kind of a -ouag lady would you
describe Miss Gertrude to be? Would
you eall her prett3?'
Now, as there was oaf j one person
on the face of the earth to whom Mm.
Balm would have given tbat title,,.
she gave a eoquettwh little shrug to
(her shoulders.
A tall giriH-with large gray, sadi
1 eyes, asort, ecearay alt in. lmt.no oal-
or; and without eotor, aaChex Rule
IshrtNE, 'what is sJtin or feteaa?
As botb the lady and gentlemen-.
laid on their color pretty thick, hw-.
upoa followed iicda of mutual appro
val. 'Nothing like Windlesirasjr fwrre
storina; color!' said the doeinr. In his,
most utterly respectable and -westirj-
boljd - T .. xbaBe
and weary it
'There, there ! do drop the pspee-
n melegaat, hssoiae ae a Ifeerd,
compact and '11001' am a daanMifear3i
model.
When at- brother Malyon spoke im
me about this business. It woe emter-
stood.
It ww now the doctor's turn to rfeo
hastily.
-'Nothing wae understood nofiWng.
but the poor dear yamag hury& nocv-'.
003 autftfring, aad tho conaoijuenU. re
quirement of seeloaion and eare the
utmost eare and the strtetaafc seelc
sion !
Mrs. Balm aurreyecT hba. fclwoaga.
ner half-closed eyeftds, and gave a lit
tle mocking Magh.
Why. bless me. Dolly tfcMur, yon am
in a fright already. Yon siUy mts
man ; there is nothing kftsgithmw a. finr
tnne before ns a large fortune, as. I
ean manage-it.'
It shall be left in your bonds. Pr
sy entirely in your hanwftV said' tfee
I doctor, with s readlneae tan sewosed
of relief.
'When,' eon tinned the tody, 'Tre-
miey,' corrected the doofcac.
'Which were not ropBed toF saW
the doetor's lady, sharply. 12Fpott
explaining to me, without any cir
cumlocution or nol -ing beefcwifcat
was required of me I mean of us
Entirely in your hands, y iittle
woman entirely in your baadsseM
the smiling eoetor. ..
I saw gt onee toe risiE the
rtek!'
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