The morning call., 1894-12-23

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him! How? Oh. to ask poor, strange
grill But can see the first steps, and as
/ we advance we may see more clearly.
| Anything IS better than that 'hlt-me-
! again, please expression. The man out
! there saws that ne told your clerk he
couldn't see you unless he was his relief.
| Why. then. shouldn't The old man apply
for the lob? La the continuance OF this
awful epidemic lies your only hope. Your
sister will readily take part in the decep-
ton. All she has To do is to be sick. and
she is that already. The young doctor
will be proud and pleased with the prog
ress of the case. Mr.. Cantacle, being as
sured of YOUR immuremeDt here, will make
haste slowly, so slowly that we may en-
compass him about with guiles and snares,
and all that sort OF hing can giide OUT
the side way and warn Mr.. Squills TO apply
for the post Of night watchinan, and you
can f1atter the physician on his success,
when he calls, so he'll agree to appoint
him. And then, and then
'Oh, but you are dear! cried the en-
raptured Nelson.
ut that all you are good forP" retorted
Gertrude petishly, as she flew up the
stairs TO tell Agatha that she must have
the smallpox for few days longer
Meanwhile Caleb Cantacle was nervous,
| ndgety. distraught of purpose. 1t is one
| thlng to pose for years as the exempiifica-
ton OF utter platitudes and quite another
10 engineer fraudulent escape. In the
| FORMER case every one helps; In the latter
one must act for ones self. In the cavity
Whero his heart should have been Caleb
! was dreadfully afraid of his young part
ner He recalled Nelson's broad shoulders
ana muscular hands and his sinews would
shrink In apprehension of their helpless
ness should Nelson ever become pbysi-
caily aggressive 1t was, therefore. with
relleI that ne read and heard of the pro-
gress of the Caraway case, gaining a sense
| OF security from the knowledge that
quarantine had the young man secure.
| When old SQuills hestatingly told him OF
| the chance offered him to act as Waterman
! over the sequestered house from P. NJ.
until midnight Mr.. Cantacle eagerly con-
| sented. Business is dull" he remarked,
land you can get away just as we'll as not.
| Besides it may be a comfort to them tn
| feel that their friends have not entirely
deserted them. Go, by all means. Squills;
l shall be glad to get sure report daily or
| the poor child's condition"
| And SO Caleb Cantace Schemed aud con-
verified assets into crisp little bits of paper
aud laid out routes for various ports of
| safety, and the Health Board met and
issued satisfactory bulletins from the
| young doctors enthusiastic reports, and
| Agatha possessed her erysipelas in pa
thence, and Gertrude and Nelson learned
that strength ana weakness amalgamate
readily into love. Finally, one afternoon.
! old Squills communicated excitedly through
the peephole of the area door. II think
| he's off sure Tonight, sir" be said. "H8
| gave me a dollar to-day for brushing off
! his coat. which is more than the null suit
| is worth; and he says, saws he. 'Squills,
| I'll be by the house about O'Clock. There
| are some papers l want you TO deliver in
| the morning that are not quite finished
yet Some papers, sir, that Will account
| for time for his absence"
And the TWO listening heads within
| came closer together, as they planned an
|
| ner.
1t was raining at o'clock that night and
natural then that the Waterman at Cara
way mansion should seek shelter under the
front stoop. natural, too, that one who had
| papers TO give him should produce them
| there out of the wet But ID seemed most
unnatural to Caleb Cantacle that stout
| hands of which he had dreamed should
grasp him suddenly by the collar and drag
| him into the house, incredibly unnatural
that be should be set on stationary tubs in
the kitchen and that young girl should
hold dark lantern to the scene with evil
| dent approval. And yet. though he rubbed
his eyes and pulled the gray tuft on his
| chin, he could not rub nor pull away the
! horrible reality.
| Nelson, my boy," he faltere0, Il hardly
| expected this of you"
| Come" said Nelson shortly, produce
! your wallet; let us dissolve and settle, and
Then you can travel not only for your own
Dealll DUL LOT my W6lIaT6s won Do
hard on you, for fool must pay for his
folly, but enough l will have to continue
the house of my fathers. Let me advise
speed, for there is more or less contagion
IN the air.
"Lordr' gasped Caleb Cantaele, "and
my last vaccination didn't take. My dear
boy, you wrong me-really you do. To-
morrow at the Office / can give you salts
factory proof Of my integrity, or rather
can send it to you. Meanwhile it's late
| and have other engagements. Think Of
your sister"
Sab, my sister," repeated Nelson, po-
litely. II didn't thiDk-of course you
would like to see her. Since you've taken
everything else, You might as we'll have
her sole remaining possession. Miss
| Hand, L think Agatha is strong enough to
come downstairs with her smallpox if you
will assist her. Mir. Cantacle will wait,
never fear"-and he frightened his grasp on
the trembling anatomy.
Don't goW screamed MIR. Cantacle, as
| he jerked a wallet, fat with crisp little
papers, from an inner pocket. Il should
have Kept it only little whiIe-untll L
| died. L would have willed it all 10 you,
Nelson; L swear i would
What privilege, then. is yours" said
| Nelson blandly, "to see your will executed
during your lifetime"
Scientists agree that while smallpox is
terrible scOnrge, its effects ara beneficial.
| And so much good resulted from The csle-
| brated Caraway case, good to Caleb Can
tacle, who was enabled 10 travel without
remorse as guide; good to Agatha, whom
every one congratulate on her marvellous
recovery; good to Gertrude and Nelson,
| since of all good things love IS the chiefest,
and, all. yes, good to the young doctor, who
! in his vainest moments would have never
thought himself as wise as people there
! after insisted that he was-New York
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