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

hV +hoi Ntlc Dul a silDTL
in Denver ere Philip took turn for the
worse, instead Of improving. They
were at the st. James hotel, where
they had decided to stay until they had
selected place where the hustle of city
life was absent and the air uncontam-
mated with the breath of trade, the
factory smoke and the exhalations from
the thousand and one pestholes indig-
enous to municipal life and progress.
Philips decline was sad blow to
Inez. She was alone in big city, prac-
tically without friends, and her devo-
ton to her brother precluded thoughts
of aught but him. Hence she had not
the opportunity to search for a country
cottage and locate in more congenial
quarters. ..."=
Her brother, too, had conceived an
intense dislike for physicians. Their In
ability to infuse new vigor into his
wasting frame was to him sufficient
proof of their worthlessness. At the So
licitation Of lnez, he continued the med
icines prescribed by the family medicine
man, ms no termed him through force
of habit from his use of the nomencla.
ture in the SoCiaty Of Red Men, to which
he belonged. But he had refused to lis
ten TO amy more advice from physicians
They are lot of quacks, Inez, all
of them, he said in peevish tone
81 can get well without them. If I'm
not going to get well, can certainl,
die without them. :"
She Was propping him up in bed. A
tear fell upon the pillow He realized
its import-a message from heart suf
fering through his affiction, poignant
with grief at his helpless state-and lie
hastened TO satisfy the wish that b,
know was hers.
I'm tell yen. Inez. You can bring
in physician. 1t will please you, but
they re no good.
lnez had made many friends in the
brief time she had been in Denver. Peo-
pie in hotels do not add many to theiI
list of acquaintance, except at summer
resorts where class distinction sinks
temporarily before the generous opera
tion of unrestricted recreation. But
somehow or other, from tho bell boy to
the chief clerk, on to the proprietor and
through him TO guests of permanence
and character sympathy arose to light
en- the sacrifice she was making. Not
through any act of hers was it known
that she had trouble to bear, but Philip
had become cross, was churlish to the
servants, imperative in his ways, and
they instinctively pitied his patient
nurse.
But if Insz suffered it was not ap.
parent. Indeed she became brighter
than ever that morning when Philip
consented to allow another doctor to test
his skull, experiment upon me, Philip
would say, and keep me from improy.
Ing.
What physician should she summon?
She knew nothing of the reputation of
any one in Denver. She went down to
the ladies parlor to see the housekeep-
er, a woman we'll along in years, whose
motherly spirit beamed in her kindly
smile. The housekeeper advanced TO
meet Inez and asked:
E" Anything l can do for you, Miss
Mortimer 7"
. | think there Is.
In sure I'll he happy 10 do it. You
don t care to bother me-" she added,
reproachinglv, and 1t isn't because l m
snappish, il it2 Why, bless you, child,
I'm the most worried woman you ever
saw when people come and go and
never asked me about anything. Per-
haps they imagined bite their heads
off,"
That's not the reason. You are SO
careful that nothing is required -
Do You think that is tho causel'' |
and this old fashioned woman, who
looked upon every guest in the hotel as
her own, appeared to have great load
lifted off her heart.
Undoubtedly that Is it,
Well, now, you want something.
see it. Be plain. | told the girl in
charge of your rooms to be very care.
full, but she is always laundering, and
1 know she has made muss of some
thing.
"I 1t isn't anything about the house, !
assure You. WANTED your advice about
a physician. .
A physician, child?"
Yes, for my brother"
Consumption"
"Yes."
The old lady shook her head IN
muscd awhile before she said:
There is one but don't know wha
to say about him.
Don t recommend one of whose abi
ity You are in doubt"
1t isn't that. child. He is yer,
peculiar man. He will accept no pa,
for services. He Is not a practitionei
in the regular sense of the word. II
has made "a speciality of consumption
1t is hobby with him. He is the only
doctor | have any faith in But he In.
bors among the poor. Just think of i'll |
You wouldn't speak about bills, would |
your