Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-16

too T am ashamed of you'll What of the
| pocket turned inside out, the rampled
|snow and the man who ran away?"
appearances are often deceptive.
Thieves are not the only people who turn
pockets inside out. Men run or walk fol-
other causes than guilty conscience.
| Besides, the fact that she was an idiot,
not being known to the thief, would
not prevent his waylaying her in q
| lonely place. "
"You don't believe what you say, Ju-
liam. This girls outer garments fitted
her They were made for her. Idiots are
not provided with street costumes.
This was clincher. Maxey, worsted,
as usual, in an encounter with his sister,
made an irrelevant reply and turned his
| attention, with momentary irritation, to
DR.. Lamar.
"Do you think, too, that this girl had
no friends?''
The same suggestion which had before
caused the philosophic physician to
wrinkle his brows again disturbed him
in similar manner. He suddenly bent
a meaning look upon the artist as he
made the deliberate reply:
'For good reasons. have more than
| once suspected it. "
Maxey started. He became at once
imbued with the suspicion which trou-
bled Lamar. He grew excited at once.
''That is something had not thought
Of 1t would explain everything
Possibly" said the doctor, resuming
his view of the river.
"And it would prove that was some
thing too hasty in allowing her to be
brought here rather than to the hos
pital. If really believed it, Iwould"-
"Julianr' Miss Maxey rose to her
feet, with flush in her face and dan
gerous light in her eyes. She went on
with increasing rapidity Of utterance
and unsteadiness of tones. The words
came so fast they seemed almost to choke
her.
"What you arc saying is heartless,
cruel, unmanly! You made me a prom
Use, Julian Maxey. Do you think I have
forgotten it? Do you think will allow
this helpless, innocent creature of whom
one OF these days you would blush to
speak with the slightest disrespect-Go
what has been, believing, as firmly do,
that hospital would be the death of
her? Oh, it does seem as if all the world
were determined to turn the back Oh this
poor, defenseless girl! [ consider the re-
fusal of those Somerset people to keep
her in their house any longer when they
knew it would be dangerous to move
her utterly barbarous.
cit was brutal to think of sending her
into great, cold hospital where every
body is sick and dying and the doctors
experimenting with the patients. Yes,
DR.. Lamar, I'm very sure of it. I've
been told so on excellent authority, and
if it hadn't been for me she'd have gone
there, too, and now-now after all
you've said, Julian Maxey, for you to
begin and talk about hospitals and
and-oh, it's too heartless, and think
you ought to be ashamed of yourselves
both of you, to sit here and-well, do
what you will! Do your very worst! I
shall not lift a finger to stop you! I
shall not say one word in remonstrancep'
Just trifie excited and hysterical
Ellen Maxey, but you look exceedingly
we'll with the tears sparkling Oh your
long dark lashes and your cheeks aglow.
DR.. Lamar turned with considerable
surprise from his survey of the river,
but she was gone before he had an OPP
portunity to admire her.
1.-The deuce'' calculated Maxey,
with faint sigh at the thought of his
to stay, that's all
"Think so?''
ooh, there's no doubt at all about it,
When Ellen begins to act like Lady
Macbeth, I know what's coming. But
she's 4 good sister, Eustace," added the
artist feelingly, land the best girl that
ever lived. And then, dare say, very
probably she's quite right, quite right
indeed.
"She causes you, however, to take a
great responsibility, said DR.. Lamar
gravely.
81 don't understand you"
''But you will before very long, for,
mark my word Maxey, the patient will
make you trouble
Maxey started.
"What do you mean?'
81 mean" said the physician, "sim-
ply lutil. Ou NlOIl SIG w
lie there always as now? You must
know that she has body that has no
disease as well as brain that has. Sup
pose she should be able to sit up and go
about -
"Well, what them"
"What then? Well, if you don t watch
her, she will be in the fire or lying at the
foot of the stairs with her neck broken"
Maxey arose nervously and went to
the sideboard, as he was too likely to do
when his mind was troubled. He had
raised his glass to his lips when that
faint, weird cry that was not moan of
pain nor plea for mercy, but akin to
both, suddenly escaped the lips Of the
patient. Maxey set his glass down with
a force that spilled the contents
'"There Why will she do that? Any
thing but that. twill give mo the hor-
rors. How she startled mer'
He crossed tho room and put hand
that was by no means steady on his
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