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Show 27G HIGI/A!W 11UHDI8. OllAPTER XL. " Arc th(·y both d('nJ r I did not think 'l'o find thee in tlds pale societ.y Of g!JoSts so soon!" -'l'lit! Brvtl1er1J Tuouon li ttle of a physici:m, 1 yet saw that something must be done for her relief iJtStantly, in this almost complete suspension of l1er powers, or she must perish; and proc uring a lancet, which was fortunately in tl1e l10nse, made an open ing in one of ..... her arms. 'l'lto resu lts were lwrdly sntisl:'lctory . A iCw drops of j ellied :mel nlmost bla ck blood oozed ft·om the OJ1ening, and l1ad no vi siUlc eflCct upon Iter situation. 1 opened a Ycin in the other arm, but with little Letter success. "\\rnrm fomentatation and friction were 11e.xt resorted to, but to no ndYantnge; nnd, leaving the patient to tlJc cltarge of the motlJcr, I mounted my horse, and rode with all speed to tl1e nearest physicinn-a man named llodges, an ignor:mt, stu1>id fe llow, but the best which at this time our ncighborltood could :dl'ord. H e was one of those nccomm odating nsses who lw.ve tlte one merit at Ien st, if tltey nrc fo ols in nil other r c:;prcts, of being an unpretending one; and gladly, at all times, would he prefer taking t lte opin ion of another to the task of mnking, or the rcspo11sibi lity of giving, one of l1is owu. I have l1eard ltim ask an old lady if she had j::da11 and calomel in the iJOuse ; and wh en silo replied that she had not, but she " had some cream of tartar," answer," 'l'lwt will do, ma'am," and g ive the one medicine in lieu of the otl1er. rrherc was li ttle to be looked for at the hands of suclJ a creature; but wl1at were we to do 1 I ltad nlready exlmusted all my little stock of information on such suLjccts; and ignorance, in a time of emergency, is compelled to turn even to licensed stupidity for the relief wl1ich it can not find itself. l' I DJ.:.\TH! 277 l>r. lloclgrs came, and did nothiug-. Iff' reopened tho veins without ndvant.'lgC', l'C'JlCnted the wn1·m-watcr fomentations, took an extra chew of tobneco, shook his empty lu~ad, and remained si lrnt. 1 nntured n suggest ion, of tJ,o wcrits of which I had only n pnrti al guess. ""'ould not a blister to tho IH~nd help her, doctor?" "I think it would, l\r!', llurdis-1 think you had better try it." Cursing tho oaf in the bitterness of my l1cnrt, I went to work, with the help of the old Indy, and we p repared a blister. When it was ready, we proceeded to cut awny tho volumi nous masses of her raven hair, the glistening loveliness of wl1ich we could not but adm ire, even wh ile we consigned it to destruction. But we were not suffered to proceed in this work. J~ re the sc issors lwcl swept awny one sltred, the unhappy maiden awakened from her stupor; but she awnkened 110t to uny mental consciousness. She was mad - raving mad ; a nd witlt the strength of madness she rushed from the couch where she was lying, and flew at her moth er like a tigress. I was fortunately niglt enough to interfere, and save the old lady from l10r assa ul ts, or the effects might haYc been seriou sly lmrtful. I clnsped her in my arms, and held her, though with some dirrlcdt.y. Her strength was p rodigious under the terriLle excitement which raged in her bosom; and, though rather a st rong man, I found that I dared not relax for a single in stant in my hold, or she became free. Yet she complained not that I held her. She uttered no word whatsoever. She knew nothing; she s1)oke to none. Sometimes a slight moaning sound escaped her lips, but slJC had no other form of language. ller eyes were fixed and fiery; yet they never seemed to look upon any one of us. I oLscJTCd thnt they seemed in stiuctively to avoid the light, and that they shone with a less angry lustre when tmncd toward the dnrkcr sections of tho apartment, and f1·om tho windows. Seeing thi s, I directed the mother to double her curtains, and exclude as much of the ligltt as !JossiiJle: this done, it seemed to relie,·e the intensity of her srnre and action. But she was as little disposed to be quiet as before. rrhe moment I yielded in my grasp, that moment did she make new exertions to escape; aud when she failed in her object, that same slight moaning, per- |