Ellen Percy; or, The Memoirs of an Actress — page 366: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

ELLEN PERCY; OR, THE —_—_———— Se myminnik i) we TT ty, WR We WA. y 4 iW the grief of both the distracted parents, as they beheld the almost hopeless condition of their son. The Viscount was conveyed to his chamber ; and medical attendance soon arrived—for some of the hunting party had ridden in several directions, to order the medical men of the district to proceed to the mansion, so as to ensure the quick arrival of at least oneof them. And now came that interval of stupendous suspense—that fearful period— during which surgical skill was employing itself to detect the extent of the injury, so that a report might be made accordingly. That interval of sus- pense was as terrible to the afflicted parents as is the deliberation of a Jury to the trembling culprit who stands in the dock. But at length the report of the surgeons was made—and, alas for those dis- tressed parents! it was utterly hopeless. No. 97.—ELLeN PERcy, ——| oi : yas MEMOIRS OF AN ACTRESS. |= 1 b > | A= 7 —_ —— — YY A x * . YS . WS \ : ~ 4 = us hs \\\] yh CHAPTER CXXVI. CARSHALTON. YEs—utterly hopeless was that report. The sur- geons spoke conscientiously—but it was with pain and grief that they did so. The Viscount had sustained a most terrible fracture of the skull; recovery was impossible: his days—indeed his very hours might benumbered! But parental affection cherishes hope until the last:—indeed it hopes on in desperation’s despite ;—and it therefore invokes every possible agency which can be thought of to bring about the issue it desires. In the present case expresses were sent off to Birmingham that the most eminent practitioners of that town should — -———. 1 ; s ~ A :| Wy 2 ; \ \ \ ws &, Na \ ‘ > " M ' CORnNICLO@o (C --. ee (CO)