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CHAPTER LVI.
FANNY'S NARRATIVE.
Fanny returned to London. Partly, the
•tenderness of lier resources gave her no
choice; partly, she had learned all there was
to learn, and would do no good by staying
longer at Passy.
She arrived with thirty shillings left out
of Mr. Mountjoy'B timely gift. She sought
a cheap lodging, and found a room, among
people who seemed respectable, which she
could hare for four and sixpence a week,
with board at a shilling a day. This set-
tled, she hastened to Mr. Mountjoy's hotel
brimful of her news for Mrs. Vimpany.
Every one knows the disappointment
•when the one person- In the world whom
you want at the moment to see and to talk
with proves to be out. Then the news has
sot to bu suppressed; the conclusions, the
•uspioions, the guesses have to be post-
poned; the active brain falls back upon
Itself.
This disappointment—almost as great as
that at Berne—was experienced by Fanny
Mere at the hotel.
Mr. Mountjoy was no longer there.
The landlady of the hotel, who knew
Fanny, came out herself and told her what
had happened.
"He wac better," she said, "but still
weak. They sent him down to Scotland in
Mrs. Vimpany's car#. He was to travel by
quick or slow stages, just as he felt able.
And I've got the address for you. Here it
Is. Oh! and Mrs. Vimpany left a message.
Will you, she says, when you write, send
the letter to her and not to him? She say»
yon know why."
Fannie returned to her lodging profound-
ly discouraged. She was filled with this
terrible aocrut that she had discovered. The
only man who oould advise at this juncture
was Mr. Mountjoy, and he was gone. And
she knew not what had become of her mis-
tress What could she do? The responsi-
bility was more than she oould bear.
The conversation with the French nurse
firmly ostablished one thing la her mind.
The man who was burled in the cemetery
of Auteull with the name of Lord Harry
Norland on a headstone, the man who had
lingered so long with pulmonary disease,
was the man whose doath she had witnessed.
It was Uxbyo, tjie Dane. Of that there could
Edually there was no doubt In
own mind that he had been poisoned by
>f Mrs. vimpany's husband, In
and to all appearance with the
n»#Q5 aqft full knowledge of Lord Harry
l#n her mistress was in the
power of {hese two men—villains who had
now added murder to their othef crimes.
As for herself she was alone, almost
ess; lg a week of tWo she would be pepni-
be i
fler
the
he doctor,
fea preeen
things which he reveals—all these are evi-
dence. But these ifanny was unabl# to set
down Therefore it behooved her to be
strictly careful.
First, she stated how she became aware
that there was some seoret soheme under
consideration between Lord Harry and the
dootor. Nest, she set down the fact that
they began to talk French to each other,
thinking that she could not understand
them; that they spoke of deceiving Lady
Harry by some statement which hadSready
derived the authorities; that the dootor
undertook to get the lady out of the house;
that they ongaged herself as nurse to a sick
man; that shesuspscted from the beainning
that their design was to profit in some way
by the death of this sick man, who bora a
slight resemblance to Lord Harry himself.
And so on, following the story as closely as
she could remember, to the death of the
Dane and her own subsequent conversation
with the nurse. She was careful to put in
the dates, day after day. When she had
done all this—It took a good deal of time-
she bought a manuscript book and copied
it all out. This enabled her to remember
two or three facts whlchjhad escaped her at
the beginning. Then she made another copy
—this time without names of people or
place. The second copy she forwarded as a
registered letter to Mrs. Vimpany, with a
letter of which this was the conclusion.-
"Considering, therefore, that on Wednes-
day morning I left Lord Harry in perfect
health; considering that on the Thurs-
day morning I saw the man who had been
ill so long actually die—how, I have told
you in the packet inclosed; considering that
the nurse was called in purposely to attend
a patient who was stated to have long been
ill-there can be no doubt whatever that
the body In the cemetery is that of the un
fortunate Dane, Oxbye; and that, some
wb«re or other, Lord Harry is alive and well
'What have they done it for? First of
all, I suppose, to get money. If It were not
Rum of £8000. Of oouree I shall be very
ileased to receive a check for this sum in
ItOl
due to you. I shall be in Paris at the Hctel
tin '
pi„„ , m
lull as soon as you have touched the amount
lue to you. I shall be in Paris at the Hctel
Continental, where you may address Ine.
,-Naturally there Is no desire for concealment
and if the insbranoe companies desire any
'information from me I am always ready
and willing to afford it."
Lord Harry gave this letter to his wife.
She read it and laid It open iu her lap.
"Must it be, Harry? Oh! must it be?"
"There is no other way possible, dear.
But really it is nothing. You were not at
Passy when your husband died. You had
been in London—you were In Brussels—
anywhere; when you arrived it was all
over; you have seen his headstone. Dr.
Vimpany had him in his care; you knew he
was ill but you thought it was a trifling
matter which time would cure; you go to
the lawyers and present the will. They
have the policies and will do everything
else; you will not even have to sign any-
thing. The only thing that you must do is
to get a complete rig-out of widow's weeds.
Mind—there will nojt be the slightest dotibt
or question raised. Considering everything,
you will be more than justified in seeing no
toe and going nowhere."
Hueh's letter breaking in upon Uer fool's
paradise had awakened the poor woman to
h«r better self; shohad gone so far with the
fraud as to acquiesce in it, but she reooiled
with, horror apd shame when this active
part fraa forced upon her.
"Ob, Harryl'' she burst into tears. "I
can not—I can not. Yo'a ask me to be a liar
and * thief—oh! heavens! a^ile thief!"
"It is too late. Iris! We are all vile
thieves. It Is too late to begin to cry now."
"Harry," she threw herself upon her
knees, "spare me! Let some other woman
go and call herself your widow. Than I will
go away and hide myself."
"Don't talk nonsense. Iris," he replied
roughly. "I tell you it is far too late. You
should have thought of this before. It is
now all arranged."
"1 can not go," she said.
"You must go; otherwise all our trouble
may prove useless."
'Then I will not go!" she declared, spring
I* "Ii '"'—" •'
fi
getting money the doctor
- A' -
Llmost friend-
less; In a week or tWo she would be penni-
less. If she tola her tale what mischief
might she uotdbf If she was silent what
mischief might not follow?
She sat dawn to write td the only friend
•he h'ad; but her trouble froze her brain.
She had not befn able to put the case plain-
ly. Words failed her.
She was not at any time fluent with her
pen. She now found herself really unable
to convey any intelligible account of what
had happened. To state clearly all that
Bne kbew so that the conclusion should bi
bvious and patent to the reader wonlc
are been at all times difficult and was now
agi
say that from all
I have reasons to
t U
Impossible. She could only confine herself
to a simple vague statement. "I can.only
t from aH that 1 have seen and heard
or believing that Lord Har-
ry Is not dead at all." She felt that this
was a feeble way of summing up, but she
was not at the moment equal to more.
"When I write again, when I have heard
from you, I will tell you more. To-day I
can not. I am too much weighed down. I
fcni afrAid of saying too much. Besides, I
Jiave no money And must look for work. I
am not anxious, however, about my own
future, because mv lady will not forsake
me. I am sure of that. It is my anxiety
about her and the dreadful secrets I have
learned which give me no rest."
Several days passed before the answer
came. And then it was an answer which
g&ve her little help. "I have no good news
for you," she said. "Mr. Mountjoy con-
tinues weak. Whatever your secrut. I can
not ask you to communicate it to him in his
present condition. He has been grieved and
angry beyond ail belief by Lady Harry's de-
cision to rejoin her husband. It is hard to
understand that a man should be so true a
friend and so constant a lover. Yet he has
brought himself to declare that he has
broken off all friendly relations with her.
He could no longer endure London, it was
Msocinted with thoughts and memories of
her. In spite of his weak condition he in-
sisted on coming down here to his Scotch
Tilla. Ill as he was he would brook no de-
lay We came down by very easy stages,
stopping at Peterborough, \ork, Durham,
Newcastle and Berwick--at ^otne places for
one night, ana others for more, la spite of
•II my precautions, when we arrivod at the
villa he was dangerously exhausted. I seat
for the local doctor, who sseuis to know
something. At all events he is wise enough
to know that Hits is not a case for drugs.
Compete rest and absence from all agitat-
i-s sbnncrhts must be aimed at Above all.
e is not to see the newspapers. That la
fortunate, because, I suppose. Lord Harrv's
death has been announced In them, and tha
thought that your for.-ner mistress n a
widow might excite him very dangerously.
You will now understand why I left that
message at the hotel for you, and why I
have not shown him your letter. I told
him, it is true, that you had returned
without finding yonr mistress. Speak no
mora to me of Lady Harry,' he replied ir-
ritably. So I have said no more. As for
money. I have a few pounds by me, which
•re at your service. Yqu can repay me at
some future time. I' have thought of
one thing—that new continental paper
atarted by Lord Harry. Wherever she may
bo. Lady Harry is almost sure to see that.
Put an advertisement In it addressed to her,
stating that you have not hoard of her ad-
dress. but that you yourself will receive any
letter sent to some postotSce which you can
And I think that such an advertisement
will draw • reply from her. unless she de-
sirrs to remain In seclusion."
Fanny thought the snggestlon worth
ad opting After careful consideration, she
drew np an advertiaaoiont:
"Fanny M. to L —H . I have not
been able to ascertain your address. Please
write to me, at the postofflce, Hunter street,
London. W. C."
She paid for the Insertion of this adver-
tisement three tit
days They toid b
more likely way th
aive Saturdays. Tl
feeling that somctc.
would have had nothing to do with the con-
spiracy, which was his own invention. That
is very certain. Your idea was they would
try to get moneyoutof thelnsuranceoffices.
1 suppose that is their design. But Lord
Harry may have many other secret reasons
of his own for wishing to be thought dead.
They say bis life has oeen full of wicked
things, and he may well wish to be consid-
ered dead and gone. Lots of wicked men
would like above ail things, I should think,
to be considered dead anil burled. But tha
money matter is at the bottom of all I am
convinced. What are we to do?"
What could they do? These two women
bad got hold of a terrible secret. Neither
of them could move. It was too big a
thing. One can not expeot a woman to
bring her own husband—however wicked a
husband he may be—to the awful shame and
horror ot the gallows If murder should be
proved—or to a lifelong Imprisonment if
the conspiracy alone should be Drought
home to hifn. Therefore Mrs. Vimpany
could do nothing. As for Fanny, the mere
thought Of the pain she would inflict upon
her mistress were Lord Harry through her
interference to be brought to justice and an
infamous sentence kopt her quiet,
Meantime the announcement of Lord
Harry's death had been made. Those who
knew the family history spoke cheerfully
qtthe_evont. "Best thing he had ever done.
Very good thing for his people. One more
bad lot out of the way. Dead, sir, and a
very good thing, too. Married, I believe.
One of the men who have done everything.
Pity they can't write a life ol him." These
were the comments made upon the decease
of this young gentleman. Such is fame.
Next day he was clean forgotten, just as If
he had never existed. Such is life.
CHAPTER LVIL
AT I.OU VAIN.
Not many English tourists go out of their
way to visit Louvaln, even though it has a
hotel de ville surpassing even that of
Brussels itself, and though one can get
there in an hour from that city of youth
and pleasure. And there are no English
residents at all in the place—at least none
In evidence, though perhaps there may be
some who have gone there for the same
reasons which led Mr. William Llnvilleand
his wife to choose thlslspot—In order to be
private and secluded. There are many more
people than we know of who desire, above
all things Beclnslon and retirement, and
dread nothing so much as a chance of meet-
ing with an old friend.
Mr. William Linville took a small house
furnished like the cottage at Passy, and
also like that little villa, standing In Its
own garden. Here, with a cook and maid,
Iris set up ber modest menage. To ask
whether she was happy would be absurd.
At no time since her marriage had sho been
happy; to live under the condition of per-
petual concealment is not in itself likely to
made a woman Any the happier. Fortu-
nately she had no time to experience the
full bitterness of tho plan proposed by her
husband.
Consider. Had their scheme actually
been carried out quits successfully this pair.
id have found themselves
lug to her feet. 'Twill not degrade myself
any further. I will not gol"
Harry rose too. He faoed her for * mo-
ment. His eyes dropped. Even ho remem
lured at that moment how great must be
the fall of a woman who would consent to
play such a part.
'You shall not go," he said, "unless you
like. You can leave me to the consequences
of my own acts—to my ow-n degradation.
Go back to England. In one thing Onlr
spare me. Do not tell what you know. As
for me, I will forge a letter from yoU "
"Forge a letter!"
"It is the only way left open, giving the
lawyers authority to aot, and inclosing the
will. Whfct will happen next? By whose
hands the money is to reach mo I know not
yet. But you can leave me. Iris. Better that
you should leave me—I snail only drag you
lower."
"Why must you forge the letter? Why
not come with me somewhere—the world is
large!—to some place where you are not
known, and there 1st us begin a new life?
We havo not much money, but I can sell my
watches and chains and rings, and we shall
have enough. Oh, Harryl for once t>e
guided—listen to me! We shall find some
humble^ihannw of living, and we may be
happy yet. There is no barm done if you
have only pretended to be dead; nobody has
baen injured o^ defrauded."
"Iris, you talk wildly! Do you imagine
for one moment that the doctor will release
me from my bargain?"
"What bargain?"
"Why, of course he was to be paid for the
part ho hns taken in the business. Without
him it could never have been done at all."
"Yon are to pay hi® some of the money,"
she said, conscious that such agreements
belonged to works of Action and to paji e
courts.
"Certainly I have to pay him a good largo
slice out of the money."
"It Is fifteen thousand pounds, Is it not?
How much is to be paid to the—to the doc-
tor?"
that his lordship was not on speaking
terms with the members of his own family
—pray understand that I am not expressing
any opinion on the case—but this fact
seems to render his end more unhappy."
"He had Dr. Vimpany," said Iris, In a
tone which suggested to the lawyer jeal-
ousy or dislike of the doctor.
"Well," he said, "It remains to prove the
will and make our claims against the In-
surance office. I have the policy here. His
lordship was Insured In the Royal Unicorn
Life Insurance company for the sum of
£15,000. We must not expect to havo this
large claim satisfied quite Immediately.
Perhaps the office will take three months to
settle. But, as I said before, your ladyship
can draw upon us."
"You are certain that the company will
pay?"
"Assuredly. Why not? They must pay."
"Oh! I thought that perhaps so large a
sum "
"My dear madam"—-the man who ad-
ministered so muchoreol and personal prop-
erty smiled—"£15,000 is not what we call a
very large sum. Why, If an insurance com-
pany refused to pay a lawful claim it would
cut its own throat—Absolutely. Its very
existence depends upon its meeting all jiiBt
and lawful claims. The death being proved
it remains for the company to pay the in-
surance into the hands of the person en-
titled to receive It. That is, in this case to
me, acting for you.'.'
"Yes, I see, but I thought that, perhaps,
my husband having died -abroad, there
might be difficulty——"
"There might, If, he had died in central
Africa. But he died in a suburb of Paris,
under Freuoh law, which, in such matters,
is even more careful and exacting than our
own. We have the official papers ami the
doctor's certificate. We have, besides, a
photograph of the unfortunate gentleman
lying on bis death bed—this was well
thought of; it Is an admirable likeness; the
sun can not lie—we have also a photograph
of the newly erected tombstone. Doubt?
Dear me, madam, they could no more raise
a doubt as to your husband's death than If
he were burled In the family vault. If any-
thing should remove any ground for doubt
it is the fact that the only person who bene-
fits by his death is yourself. If, on the
other hand, he had been in tho hands of
persons who had reason to wish for his
death, there might have been suspicions of
foul play, which would have been matter
for the p
company.'
"Oh! I am so gli
there will bono trouble. I have no knowl-
DR. HARTMAN,
The Renowned Physician and Surgeon, at
the Earnest Solicitation of Many of Ills
Patients and the Afflicted, Has De-
cided to Visit Galveston.
Ho Will Take Rooms at the Tremont Hotel,
Where He Will Practice Monday and Tues-
day, December 23 and 24, 1880.
Eyes Straightened that an Oeullst llad Op-
erated On and Had Turned Them in
the Opposite Direction.
police—but not for an insurauoe
h! I am so glad to learn, at least, that
trouble. I have no f
edge of business, and I thought that
"No—no—your ladyship need have no
such ideas. In fact, I have already antici-
pated your arrival, and have sent to the
manager of tho company. He cortainly
went so far as to express a doubt as to the
cause of death. Consumption In any form
was not supposed to be in your husband's
family. But Lord Harry—ahom!—tried his
constitution—tried his constitution, as I
put It."
He bad put it a little differently. What
he" said was to the following effect: "Lord
Harry Norland, sir, was a devil. There
was nothing he did not do. I only wonder
that be has lived so long. Had I been told
that he died of everything altogether I
should not have been surprised. Ordinary
rapid consumption was too simple for such
a man."
Iris gave the lawyer her Londop address,
obeyed him by drawing £100, half of which
shesent to Mr. Wm. Linville at Louvaln,
and went home to wait. She must now
stay in London until the claim was dis-
charged.
She waited six weeks. At the end of that
lime she learned from her solicitors that
Eyelids Raised, Sore Eyes Cured, Cross Eyes
Straightened, and People Made
Beautiful.
Terrible Cases of Diabetes and Pain in the
Back Cured.
Canoers Remove^ and the Surface Healed
Over Smoothly.
»
^hronlc Ulcers and Bone Sores Healed, De-
formed Feet and Crooked Legs Made
Perfect, Crutches Laid
alternate Satur-
thls would be >
bee
hatred
ber. st
i take three i
encouraged by the
however little, bad
upicion ol
to say. to
rards the f
i make up
iran ted to
> to eat it
i to sit down and to
which she would set
ig that had happened
ipened. Her intense
Dr. Vimpany aided
keep to the strictest
tcu. For It was not
charges and accusa-
fiod out tee exact
down tbataoySody
still young, wou _ _
condemned to transoortatlon for life. That
was the first thing. Next, they could never
make any friends among their owu country-
women for fear of discovery. Iris could
never again speak to an English lady. If
they had children the risk would appear ten
times more terrible, the consequences ten
times more awful. Tho children themselves
«rould have to grow un without family and
Sithout friend. The husband, cut off from
itercourse With•U.er mea, would be thrown
«?°n. and wife,
with tbU horrible load laid upon ttuun
would Inevitably grow to loathe and hate
the sight of each other. The man would
most certainly take to drink, the woman —
but we must not follow thlsllneany filHher
The situation lasted only so long as to give
the wife a glimpse of what it might become
in the future.
Tbev took their hou#e, and sat down in
It They were very silent. Lord Harry
bis great conp successfully carried so far
sat taciturn and glum. He stayed Indoors
all day, and only venturing out after dork
For a man whose whole Idea ot life was
motion, society and action, this promised I
I "L
i The monotony was first broken by the
f arrival of Hugh's letter, which was sent
In with other documents from Paris Iris
' read It; sho read It again, trying to under- I
j stand exactly whatit meant. Then she tore !
It up. 1
"If he only knew," she said, "he would
' nol bur# takea th© trouble even to write
i this letter There Is no answer, Hugh. There
ca* be none—now. Act by your advice*
Henceforth I must act by order. I am a
conspirator."
Two days afterward came a letter from
the doctor. He did not think it necessary
to say anything about Fanny's appearance
or her journey to Heme. "Everything." be
wrote, "has so far gene well. The world
knows.tbrough the oa
Is dead. There will be- i
"We agreed that ho was to have the fca!fi"
said Lord Harry, laughing lightly. "Hat
as I thought that seven thousand five
hundred pounds was a sum of money which
would probably turn bis bend and bring
him to starvation in a year or two, I told
him that the whole amount was four thou-
sand pounds. Therefore he is to have two
thousand pounds for his share. And quite
enough, too."
"Treachery on treachery!" said his wife.
'Fraud on fraud! Would to God," she
added with a sigh, "that you had never met
this man!"
'I dare say it would have been better for
me, on the whole." he replied. "But then,
my dear, a man like myself Is always meet-
ing people whom It would have been better
not to have met. Like will to like, I sup-
pose. Given the active villain and the pas-
sive consenter, and they are sure to meet.
Not that I throw stones at tho worthy doc-
tor. Not at all."
"We can not. Harry," said his wife,
"We can not, my dear. Bien entendu!
Well, Iris, there is no more to be said. Vou
know the situation completely. You can
back out If you please, and leave me. Then
1 shall have to begin all over again a new
conspiracy far more dangerous than the
last. Well, 1 shall not drag you down with
me. That is my resolution. If it comos to
Public degradation—bnt it shall not. Iris,
promise you one thing." For once he
looked us if he meant it. "Death before
dishonor. Doath without your name being
mixed up at all, save with pity for baina
the wife of such a man."
Again he conquered her.
"Harry," she said, "I will go."
at 1
CHAPTElt LVIII
"or cocese THEV WILL IV,t."
Three days afterward a hanat :u cab drove
to the offices of the very respectable firm of
solicitors who managed tho affairs of the
Norland family. They had one or two
other families as well and, in spite of agri-
cultural depression, they made a very good
thing Indeed oat of a very comfortable
business. The cab contained a lady in dees
widow's weeds.
Lady Harry Norland expected to be re-
ceived with coldness and suspicion. Her
husband she knew had not led the lite ex-
pected In these days of a younger -;on. nor
had his rtcord been such as to endear him
to bis elder brother. Then, a& may be im-
agined, there were other tremors caused by
a guilt; knowledge of certain facts whlob
might by somo accident "coma out'' Every-
body hfs tremors for whom aomeihlng m»y
come out Also, Iris had had no oxpenenoe
of solicitors, and was afraid of him.
Instead of being received, however bya
gentleman as solemn as the court of chan-
cery and as terrible as the court of assize*
she found an elderly g*ntlainau of quiat,
paternal manners, who held both her ban-Is
and looked as if he was weeping over has
bereavement. By long practice this worthy
person could always, at a mental's notice
assume the appearance of one who was
weeping with his client.
^'My dear lady!'' he murmured,
She started.
had come out.
"Iu a moment of bereavement, t.j to
think of business."
"I have brought you,'' she replied curtly
"my husband's—my lata husband's—will."
"Thank you. With your permission
though it may detain your ladyship— I will
real it Humph' it is short a,
point. This will certainly give
trouble. I fear, however, that
insurances your ladyship will
much."
"Nothing. My husband wai
poor man. as you know. !At the
death he lefta small amount of -
I am, as a matter of (act. gre
She feared
"My dear
— -- you.''
that something
the company had settled, and that they, the
lawyers, had paid to her bankers the sum
of £15,000, being the whole of the in-
suranco.
Acting then on her husband's Instruc-
tions, she sought another bank and opened
an account for one William Linville, gentle-
man, residing abroad. Sho gave herself as
a reference, left the usual signature of
William Linville, and paid to his account a
check for £8000. She saw the manager of
her owu bank, explained that this large
check was for an Investment and asked him
to let her have £2000 in bank notes. This
sum, she added, was for a special purpose.
The manager imagined that she was nbout
to perform some act of charity, perhaps an
expiatory work on behalf of her late hus-
band.
She then wrote to Dr. Vimpany, who was
in Pari3, making an appointment wjth
him. Her work of fraud and falsehood
was complete.
"There has been no troublo nt all," she
wrote to her husband, "and there will not
be any. Tha insurance company has al-
ready settled the claim. I have paid £8000
to the account of William Linville. My
own banker, who knows my father, belioves
that the monoy is an investment.
My dear Harry, I believe that, unless
the doctor begins to worry lis
—which ho will do as soon as his
money is all gone—a clcar course lies before
us. Let us. as I have already begged you to
do, go straight, away to some part of Amer-
ica. where you aro certain not to bo knowu.
You can dye your hair and grow a beard to
mako sure. Lot us go away from every piace
ond person that may remind us of the past.
Perhaps, In time, we may recover somothing
of the old peace and—can it over be?—tho
old self-respect."
There was going to be trouble, however,
and that of a kind little expected, impossi-
ble to be guarded against. And it would bo
(rouble caused by ber own act and deed.
[to UE CONTINUED]
Aside and the Lame Slade to Walk, Neural-
gia, Consumption, Epilepsy, Female
Weakness and Harelip Cured.
Dr. Hartman needs no introduction to the
people of this city and vloinlty,as his estab-
lished reputation as a physician and sur-
geon whose sagacity and skill is such that
no one who Is afflicted can afford to negloct
to consult him is conceded by all. He will
be greeted by hundreds of old patients, and
many who have heretofore failed to see him
will secure an early interview with him.
The rapidity and painlessness of hfs opera-
tions are the wonder of the age. His suc-
cess as a physician Is astonishing to all. To
be oertaln of getting a chance to see him
come early, as many fail to see him by put-
ting It off until too late. He will take rooms
at the Tremont hotel, where ha will prac-
tice Monday and Tuesday, December 28 afid
34. Office hours from 8 a. m. until 8 p. m.
each day.
The following lotters from some of Dr.
Hartman's Texas patients speak volumes as
to his ability:
Alvoud, Wise Co., Tex., Nov. 24, '89.—
Dr. S. B. Hartman—Dear Sir; My son,
whom you commenced treating for spinal
curvature two years ago, is rapidly Improv-
ing. His spine Is already much straighter.
We are very thankful for the benefit he has
received. I would say to the people of
Texas to bring your alnictod children to Dr.
Hartman and you will never regret it.
Edgar H. Katb.
Fbedonia, Mason. Co,, Tex., Nov. 5,
~1-—Dr. S. B. Hartman: Our boy is no
lief- My eyelids got so thiok It was Impos-
sible to raise them, and the lashes turned In
toward the eyeballs, so that they becama
very painful. It is now about six weeks
that 1 have been under vour treatment, and
I can now raise my eyelids as well as any*
body, and all my friends are surprised to saa
them looking so well,
f MltS. MATT7 WlNTKRa.
The following cases of cross eves were
most successfully operated on by Dr. Hart-
man without pain, time of operations
averaging half a minute, all of Memphis,
Tenn.: Mrs, Cora Camp's daughter. 355
Main street; Miss Mamie Dalton, 116 Main
street; Joseph Hill's son, 81 Union street;
Mrs. M. J. Manly, 09 Second street; Miss
Balile Smith, No. 19 Gates avenue. ,-»■
Mr, F. M. Stone of Stoneville,
whose eyes had been greatly crossed .
childhood, called on Dr. Hartman at
Peabody hotel, and in a few seconds th
were perfectly straight, without tho leasl
pain.
W. P. Keenan, merchant, of Trenton,',
Tenn., has two daughters, both of whom I
were troubled with strabismus (cross eyes).
Dr. Hartman performed bis momentary
and always successful operation on the uvea
of the eldest one, and the younger one's be
straightened with glasses.
Mr. T. F. Friday of Tremont, Miss.,
called at the Peabody hotel ahd had Dr.
Hartman operate on his eyes. He declared.
flOO was no prioe at all to have an oculist
of such skill straighten his eyes.
, Mr. Charles Blaydes of Oakland, Tenn.,
was born with a crossed eye. Dr. Hartmaa, -
operated upon it, straightening it perfectly.
Fiianklin, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1838.—Dr. S.
B. Hartman: One year ago our little girl's
right foot, after treatment for two and a
half years, was still badly deformed. At
the tlmo of your visit to Franklin, last No-
vember, I put her under your treatment.
The two appliances have acted like a charm,
and tho foot is all right. "
E.
Yours.
J. E. Harbison,
Church South, Franklin,
bta
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as his widow Ii
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■rd Harry's death, we <
The Art of Spending:.
Apropos of the sale of jewelry In Paris
during the exhibition season, a French con-
temporary enters Into what it calls "the
physiology of the buyer," with special refer-
ence to national Idiosyncrasies. It seems
that purchases of jewelry have this year
doubled the average amount of former
years; and that this happy compensation for
political dullness is due almost entirely to
the Invasion of the barbarians. And among
the Invaders the American stands pre-emi-
nently first in favor. He has three fi'-st-rate
qualities—he goes straight to what he
wants; he pays each down, and he
never baraains. One day a lead-
ing jeweler had the pleasure ot
selling a necklace to an American for 600,-
000 francs for money down on the counter
without being asked for the smallest dis-
count or reduction; how much he would
have given had he beon asked the Parisian
tradesman does not say. Next to the
Americans, "le rol des acheteurs." comes
the {Cusslan, who makes very large pur-
chases, but not quite in so reckless s. man-
ner. then tha Spaniard and tbeu the En-
glishman. wfcor we should have thought,
would have baen placed third. The rest of
the nations seem to come nowhere In com-
parison—tUe German,-no donbt. has not
much cash left after n series of
military budgets; the Dutchman is
too frugal, and the Italian Is too much
accu;tomed to bargain, regarding discount
of!» par cent as Tu the natural course ot
things at home But even the Italian is
welcome in comparison with the French-
man from the country. The detestable pro-
vincial. even when rolling in money, will
avoid the great establishments, and seek the
small.onas which can not affoad to sand a
customer away be will drlva outrageously
hard bargains, and will go away ana re turn
day after day until the tradesman will let
him hare what be yaote at almost any
pries to get rid of him The American
without vanity, or the Englishman who dis-
likes trouble, would evidently do well to
employ a Frenchman from tha country,
even at a heavy percentage, to do hU bar-
gaining. [London Globe.
Priceless R
longer obliged to wear the braces you sup-
plied for him, as he walks so well that no
one would notice that there was anything
wrong with his feet. I am well pleased
with your treatment. Our boy is two
years old to-morrow, and can use his feet
as well as any child of his age. He usod
the braces six or eight months. I will send
you a photograph of my boy, showing the
improved conditiou of his feet as they now
are. You aro welcome to use his cure, to
show others who have deformed children
what your treatment can do for them.
Yours truly,'* M. B. McKniqht.
Perrt Falls Co.. Tex., Nov. 20, '89.-Dr.
S. B. Hartman, Columbus, O.—Dear Doc-
tor: Your letter of recent date at hand, and
I will not delay answer. My son Emll is
quite well, and I am more than pleased
with your treatment. I want every one In
Toxas to know that Dr. S. I). Hartman of
Columbus, O., cured my son's leg of White
Swelling. The leg was very much deformoil
at the time you commenred his treatment.
After using the apparatus you sent us as di-
rected my son can walk as good as any one,
and his leg is perfectly well. My wife, as
well as myself, feel very thankful. Yours
truly, Wm. Hadder.
Junction Citt, Texas, Nov. 26,1889.—
Dr. S. B. Hartman: The operation you per-
formed on me, for cross eyes proved a suc-
cess. My eyes are as straight as anybody's.
Your» truly, A. Y. Kelton.
Oak Woods. Texas, Oct. 23, 1889.—Dr.
Hartman—Dear Sir: Your letter of recent
date at tiafid, making inquiry In regard to
my present condition. You treated me 'or
Catarrh of the Throat. You relieved my
throat trouble; the scales do not form in
my throat, any more, and I believe it Is
cui'ed. You have kept your word in every
respect with me. You aro at liberty to use
this in any way you choose. Yours truly,
T. RlCnARDSON.
Anson Jones Co., Texas, Nov. 20, 18s9.—
Dr. Hartman—Dear Sir: My son improved
rapidly from the start of your treatment.
His leg is not straight yet, though ho can
get along very well without crutches or
caue. I am certainly well ploased with
what you havo done for him. I was so dis-
couraged by some of the best physicians in
•i'exas before I saw your way of treatment.
They all wanted to use tbo knife. There is
action now in his knoe-cap; before you treat-
-J L,_ " —*■ * f0
cd him I could not see a
I as i
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1 as
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from my bt
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as in any da;
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as:nst al
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lac to his (are
his urea
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"Why do job
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I hare
a prirelem relic of
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dient. W. B. ESXE8.
Fremont. Texas, Nov. 23, 1889.—Dr. S. B.
Hartman—Deal- Sir: Your letter of the 13th
at hand. Iu reply, wguld say I a:n well
pleased with your treatment. I havo im-
proved slowly, aud think by continuing the
treatment that I will get so' that I can at-
tend to business. I would not be without
the brace for any sum of money. My im-
provement I attribute eutirely to your
treatment, aud can recommend it to any
porson similarly afflicted. Your truly,
C. W. McCARTifY.
Rogers Prairie, Texas, Dec. 1, 1889.—
S. H. Hartman—Dear Sir: Your favor at
hand. Will say in reply that my son's feet
are very much improved, and 1 am well
pleased with the treatment. He walks with
braces without any pain. His feet are not
entirely straight, but I think hv continuing
the treatment they will be. 1 am perfectly
satisfied that all cases of club foet like my
son's can be relieved permanently under
your treatment, if the treatment is con-
tinued according to directions Yours, etc.,
Wm. H. Hibbetts.
Caldwell, Tex., Nov. 16, 1S99.— Dr. S. B.
Hartman—Dear Sir: Yours received; con-
tents noted. Seth has worn the brace about
ten months, and we think him much Im-
proved. I am pleased with your treatment
of his case. Respectfully yours,
Mus. S. C. Harris.
Beltok, Tex., Nov. 24, 1889.—Dr. S. B.
Hartman. Columbus. Ohio—Dear Friend:
Yours to hand in due cou.-so of mall. Our
daughter Nina has Improved a great deal.
We have used your appliance for curvature
of tbe spine fifteen months. She has now
no lattaral curvature, ind in other respects
•be has been much benefited You have
done ber much good, and we believe with
the brace readjusted she may farther re-
cover from the vertical curvature. Yonrs
truly. J. J. p. Foitts.
Dr. 8. B. Hartman, Columbus. Ohio.—
Dear Doctor: My daughter's eye. on which
yon operated, is all right. Yours very truly,
0 Adam Sciimitt.
Wo reproduce the following report of
cases from tbe Memphis Appeal of Feb. IT.
1839, at which time Dr. Hartman was stoi-
pingat the Peabody Hotel, Memphis:
Miss Fioretta Waite. &I6 Mississippi are
I nue, Memphis, bad cross eyes from her
I youth. Several years ago. while visiting 11
the East, her eyes were operated on bv a
prominent oculist of Wheeling, W. va.
i Hta operation turned ber eyes outward too
I far. She ca lied on Dr. Hartman at the Pea- I
: body Hotel. He at once proposed to correct I
I tbe mistake Miss Waite was only too glad |
I to accept his proposition: so he operated at
once, and that without tbe least pain and
j without chloroform The result i?- simply
I perfect, no one could have eyes more natur-
| al In every particular
Mr. J. B Barry of Liberty Hill, Missis- j
slppl. was cross-eyed sine his youth, and |
Pastor M.
Tenn.
Dr. S. B. Hartman—Sir: Four weeks
ago, when I met you in Memphis, I could
only hobblo; now I can walk as straight as
any one, without limping. Every one who
has seen me pronounces it wonderful.
Yours, most truly, ScoTt Green.
Bonham, Tex.—Dr. Hartman: My littlo
boy, who never In his life could walk with-
out his crutches, is improving beyond my
expectations. For two days past he walked
amazingly well without bis crutches. My
child will surely walk woll In less tim&
than one year. M. J, Fenn.
Mr. Honry Dlckman, No. 183 High street,
Memphis, has a daughter eight years of age
that tor a number of years has had scrofula
of the knoe and hip. She has had great
running uloors at those joints, extending
down to the bones, and discharged matter
and pieces of bone to such an extent that
the best physicians of the city considered
her case as hopeless. A year ago they
brought her to Dr. Hartman for treatment,
and, surprising as it may seem, all her sores
are healed, and »he is now in better hoalth
than ever inher life before.
Mrs. M. H McDowell of Holly Springs,
Miss., had an angry looking ulcerated ephl-
theloma (canoer) at the right side of hSr
neck. Dr. Hartman removed it with but
two applications, without pain.
DrtLiNGHAM, Ky.— Dr. S. B. Hartman—
Dear Sir: I thank God that directed me to
•top at Campbellsvillo, Ky., to see Dr. S. H
Hartman, for he has cured what I thought
could not be cured. Tho cancer Is healed
up and I feel like a new man. Yours truly,
W, H. Dehart.
On the 12th day of December, 1888, Mr. L.
N. Stevens, whoso postoffice address is C ot-
tonwood, Mo., called on Dr. Hartman at
the Peabody Hotel, Memphis. Mr. Stevens
had been a great sufferer for nine yeara
with a large cancer on the right Bide of the 1
neck, and extending up to and almost 1
He consulted soveral '
touching the ear.
physicians, and the
5U
. . utterly failed to do it
any good, and finally proposed as the only
Dr. H
to and almost
e consulted several
y
fly
hope to cut it out. Dr. Hartman at onca
made an application, and repeated it on
.three successive days. He then prescribed a
healing dressing, when just eighteen days
from tho tlmo the treatment was com-
menced both cancers were healed perfectly.
A more perfect cure, with the surface even
and smooth, could not bo desired.
Mrs. Ursa Farall, of No. 549 Main street,
Memphis, said: "Seven years ago, early in
July, 1 was suddenly takeu with a sever*
pain In my back, was chilly and feverish for
several days, but the pain continued un-
abated. I could not walk, nor scarcely turn
in bed. I had five of the best doctors in
Memphis, but they could do me no good.
Before I was under Dr. Hartmau's treat-
ment a week I got up, and have .never sine*
gone to bed in daytime.
Mr. Henry Foreman, 253 Manassas street,
Memphis, has been suffering from diabetes
for the past three years. His oase was *
very serious one. He placed himself under
Dr. Hartman's treatment about one month
ago and Is already quite well. The sugar
in the nrine has passed away, the swelling
in the feet has disappeared, tbe secretlohS
of the kidneys aro now normal and his great
weakness has been exchanged for robust
strength.
Kempto, Ky.—I was a most intenso suf-
ferer from pain in the head—neuralgia I
do not believe anyone suffered as I did. I
bad tried everything, and soveral physi-
cians without relief. Doctof Hartman haa
cured wo entirely. Very respectfully,
Minnie Caldwell.
Trenton, Tenn„_Doc. 11.1888.—Dr. Hart-
mau: I had lost my voice .entirely for
seven years, during all of which time I
never spoke a loud word; my lungs were
very weak; my pulse 120; and I could not
walk at all without support, and then only
a few steps. I called on you without tha
least hope; I took your treatment; In three
mouths 1 could walk as well as ever, t
havo no cough and can walk and work all
day. Yours truly. M. H. Fowler.
Commerce, Hi nt Co., Texas,—Dr. S. B.
Hartman—Dear Sir: I write again to let you
know, how mv daughter, whom you are
treating for epilepsy, is getting along. She
has not bad the least sign of a spell since
under your treatment. 1 had the medicine
renewed and anrgiving It to her as directed
in your last letter. Yours truly,
W. II. J. Bever.
No. X Nineteenth Street, Galveston,
Tex., Jan. 10, 1889.—Dr. S. B. Hartman —
Dear Sir; I have been getting along so ulca-
ly with my female trouble that Ienjoyed
this Christmas and New Year better, ten
times over, tban I have any previous Christ-
mas for v^rv many years. The fact is, doo-
tor, I am well, and this Is what none of my
friends and physicians ever expected.
Mas. Mart Towella.
Rcston, La.—Dr. S. 11. Hartman—Dear
Sir: My little girl was badly harelipped.
and I bad her operated upou by a surgeon
from the University o£ Louisiana, and tha
operation was a failure. I tbeu had her op-
erated on by anotbersurgeon, and that oper-
ation was a failure. 1 bad lost all heart, and
thought my child was to go through tha
world a deformed monster, whan vou came
this way and I carried her to you at Ruston.
where you operated, and now, thanks to
yon, my little cblld Is well and ber littla
mouth is perfect and beantlful. Respectful-
ly. Mks. Jenniu King.
Mr. Matthew Caldwell of Ord, Angelina
county,Texas, had a daughter disfigured by
a barolip. He brought ber to Dr. Hartman
at tbe hotel. He operated and her mouth la
perfect. Her parents, as well as herself, are
perfectly delighted with the operation.
Do not forget the time-Monday and
Tuesday. December 23 and 34. at tbo Tre-
mont hotel. Office hours from Sam until
8 p. m. each day.
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