Show GLAD TO PAY FOR SYMPATHY Ennuled Rich Woman Who Thought It Cheap at S5 Per Hour When Dr Pills went abroad said the young physician he left me In charge of his practice and opposite ono address In hln book ho made a mark I wont say what It was but It meant that I was to call at that house everyday every-day without fail I naturally expected to find the case a serious one hut owing to another mark beside the name I learned thsL nothing In the world was amiss with the patient IL was a woman nnd she lives In a handsome house In the best quarter of the town She has a husband who Is wrapped up In Ills buitlness nnd two grown sons who have their own affairs af-fairs to attend to I found her In hod her elderly face topped by a coquettish Invalids cap A lace shawl lay about her shoulders and a slllc quilt was spread carefully over her Every lime T went to see her T found her In a different toilet Kven the quilt was nCI alike two days In succession There wins absolutely nothing noth-ing I the matter with i her but what I many call heart ennui She was rich hut she Inidnt anything In the work lo Interest her bier husband and sour were good lo her Ihnt hi nil They didnt pet her nor make much of her She was simply plnlnf for a little sympathy sym-pathy It diverted her to see me come InIt It pleased her to he able to talk about herself to Homebody who would listen She gained in her own estimation estima-tion from having her pulse felt every day She wanted tIm doctor to plan her day for her Some days I ordered her to drive In a closed carriage Othci days I told her a drive In her victoria would do her a world of good I always al-ways cautioned her to wrap up well I gave her sympathy and attention antI I made her feel that she was an object of Interest 10 at least one person Of course she wan silly and selfish too but 1C I her thickheaded t family I I had only thought of llattcilng her of making mak-ing much of her of treating her will anything besides their unvarying un ninotlonnl klndncsi shed never have fancied herself an Invalid As It was and as It Is she pays 3 a vhslt for Hit chunco to talk to Homebody who Is sympathetic sym-pathetic and Im willing to supply sym palhy to the whole town at that price Washington Pout |