The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-22

"Then he would be angry with me,
indeed he would. But I'll tell you.
Don't talk about payment for time,
and I'll fix it somehow. Trust to me. :"
But who is this queer MANI"
Queer, child2 He isn't queer. He
is one of the best men on earth,
and"-
"Oh, he must be. I'm sure of that, "
said Inoz, lest the housekeeper might
feel that reflection had been cast upon
her medical friend.
Yes, and you'll like him. l know
you will. Everybody is in love with
him."
Inez had to smile at her earnestness
Then she asked:
But are you sure he is the best man
for case like this2"
"Positlvel Positive. Why he has
studied abroad and, oh, let me give
you his story and then you will know
how good he is. Come over to the win
dow and rest yourself while / tell you. 4"
lnez was amused and interested -
amused at the earnestness of the house,
keeper and interested inasmach as that
the narration might afford her the op-
portunity to form an opinion on the
doctors merits.
This doctor is young man. His
father was killed when he was but
child. The father had a mania for buy
ing land, and when he died owned con-
siderable property that is now in the
heart OF the city. This has made DIR.
George Leland immensely wealthy. He
was curious lad. The stories of peo-
pie visiting Colorado for health, for a
cure for consumption, led him into
determination to make special study
OF that disease. He is still studying,
and older physicians turn to him for
counsel. He is the right man."
He is not too young, is hep
Never mind his age. When he
comes in, will bring him up stairs and
introduce him. You want TO go away,
i see you do. Goodby for a little
while"
Where does DR.. Leland liver"
Right here in the hotel"
I'm go back, then, and await his
arrival.
When she entered the suite of rooms
occupied by her brother and herself,
Mortimer was lying on couch reading
the papers from his home. The news
from the city where he was born and
bred acted like tonic, and Inez was
delighted at the change in his appear
ance. ...a"
Pm trying to catch up with the
times, lnez, he remarked.
h,l H.. n
she said. "We forgot to subscribe for
the local papers, and some good friend
has remembered us-Raymond, | sup
pose, as his apology for not writing"
Raymond writes little. II | keep
on as now feel I'll go back soon, and
in that case, should he care TO SEQ us
here, it's about time he began the jour
ney."
lnez was so used to her brother con-
valescent periods, so to speak, and had
seen them so often followed by days of
weakness that she was not inclined b
agree with him. But it was better to
acquiesce, as she did by saying:
You look much improved. DR.. Le-
land may be able to keep up the i'm
provement."
"Dr. LelandP" ..".... .... ...r"
Yes, you know you told me | could
call in physician.
1t was the name, not the profess
sion, that prompted me to inquire.
why tho nalne?'
1T was that of a client of the old
lawyer with whom Raymond and !
studied.
Nothing strange in that"
No, lnez, nothing. 1t occurred TO me
and at the same time | remembered
that he was killed in Denver" ?"
why, so was the doctors father too.
That is strange"
'Then Raymond is = oh, never
mind. -
Raymond is WHAT
FRO M