Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-29

the ground he had taken with the professor
The latter gained control of himself pres
emily, and said:
You don't know what you are throwing
away, doctor"
Il am content with my ignorance" replied
DR.. Williams, turning away from the bed
land 1 command you to speak in lower
voice if you must continue to talk. 1 will
not have Miss Willis disturbed"
Il suppose a physician may assume COM
mand without >offense." returned the pro-
fessor, although there is more than one
way of asserting it. take no offense. You
are in the way of doing your own character
and career a great injustice, and my child a
great wrong 1 do not know exactly what
you think of me, for 1 cannot believe your
recent words really expressed your convic-
tons. but it is plainly the case that you are
visiting upon the head of an innocent girl
the sins you ascribe to her father. That is
rot manly, and it Is not like you, DIR. Will
Hams"
you are mistaken, Prof Drummond,"
said the doctor. What you are, what
you have done had nothing to do with the
matter. l thought I loved your daughter
and told her SO. l was wrong and it should
be cause for rejoicing that / discovered my
error In time. and that she has not the slight
est love for me. There is absolutely no room
for discussion"
What If you had misinterpreted my
daughter" asked the professor. You are
to know that girls affection is not only
hard to gain, but that it is harder thing to
bring her to an acknowledgment of it. What
If Louise d!smayed by what she conceived
to be hostility to her father on your part
should have felt it her loyal duty to reject
you. while all the time the tenderest love for
you was glowing in her heart? You aroused
that love, Dr. Williams; you sought it,
you fostered it by your suit Do you deny
that you have some responsibilities under
such circumstances? Does not your high
conception of honorable obligations suggest
a somewhat different attitude from that you
have now assumed?'
I The doctors heart felt like eaden
weight. 1t was with positive fear that
peGled to him. Could he satisfactorily an
swer the suppostitious question? Was the
professor speaking from mere conjecture
or was he stating a fact as he appeared
to be toward the end of his speech?
Il see," said the professor after a mo-
ment. that there is room for discussion
after all. Think of it, doctor. The night
is before you. Every thing in Fairview is
ut your service. Can / send you anything?
Well I stall be awake for hours, and you
need not hesitate to call or to arouse me
after | have gone TO bed. Matters may
look differently tomorrow Good night
DR.. Williams"
The professor went from the room. leav-
Ing the doctor too perturbed, too much in
conflict with himself to speak. 1t was
hours before he recovered his ccmposure
wholly. He had to review his scene with
Louise over and again to stand firm in
his conviction that she had no love for
him.
Professor Drummcnd will change his
mind when he hears from Philbrick,' con-
cluded the doctor
AS the night wore on Dr. Williams be-
came conscious of his nerves. His fancy
dwelt. In spite of the appeals of his reason
upon all manner of vilainies that might
tie perpetrated by the professor. He
seemed to see the man at work in his Sc
Cret shop connecting posons and en-
gines of destruction. Every mysterious
noise or the night suggested the cautious
4cotfa!ls of the professor as he drew near
the chamber to work some diaboical plot
Against his unconscious niece. Not for