Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-06-30
l CASE In EQUITY.
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
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IL.
BY FRANCIS LYNDE
ONE WAY TO CURE ENNuL

,1octor? 1 don't think l quite took in
|fhe length and breadth Of it,"
4 Thorndyke was in his shirt-sleeves,
tbut he reached mechanically for his
coat and vest when the physician re-
placed the stethoscoPe among its kins-
men in the glass case.
II said that your condition is very
critical''-the concern in DIR. Perevin's
yC:co was too real TO be professional;
that il we don't look out you'll slip
away from US as your Uncle Granville
did"
Granville Thorndyke had died of
quick consumption when his nephew
was a boy of -. and Philip had very
vivid recollection Of the strong mans
steeple-chase down the road To emacia-
ton and death. 1t seemed incredible
that such thing could happen to him
H sat down and tried 10 realize il.
Ftalizing is usually methodical
process, but when a man believes ne
has Just heard his death-sentence pro-
nounced it is apt TO Ice different. Thorn
dykes mind skipped the intermediate
steps and arrived at the end of things
. with shock that Jared him out of his
usual habit OF indifference.
For Gods saks. doctor. 10 YOU
4 llnow-but OF course you don't; no man
can really put himself in another's
place when it comes 20 the pinch"
Not wholly. perhaps; and yet l can
tell YOU it isn't pleasant TO be \ prophet
of evil. Hadn't you any hint of your
danger?"
"Not the least in the world. Why.
I'm here now only because the mother
and Helen insisted upon my coming.
A-d / can't take it ina yet; I'm not sick
I've never had a tviuge or a symptom
worth mentioning"
''I hat may bc; The trouble frequently
begins SO stealthily as To give but little
warning. Your uncle reached your age
without susPecting that he had the
\ disease. and then as YOU remember, he
= died within the year"
Yes, / know all about il" assented
the young man. moodily. and now ]
know why mother was 50 anxious"
He got MP and walked ucr,ousIv back
and forth ia front OF the physician.
with his hands behind him and his head
down. IF anybody had told me was
such a coward / shouldn't have he
lieycd it, doctor. This thing has come
so suddenly that I'm am at sea-. What
Is there TO be done or is there anything
TO he donc?"
The phys clan shook his head. TAX
ing it, for granted that YOU want the
plain fact. I'm afraid the chances are
against YOU Sometimes "a complete
change at scene, climate. and habit Will
work the miracle that would seem to bee
necessary i'm case like yours, but it les
only fair to warn you that such am cN-
pertinent might only shorten your life
~ sort OF forlorn hope" r,ioucd
Thorndykc Nevertheless. / thnI, I'll
try it, not SO much on my own account
ais because Doctor where should / 20.
and how long a time can / count on?"
answering your last question first
II don't know; no one can say positive
~; but unless you get help almost inn
mcdiatcly tine disease is likely to- de-
velop very rapidly. / should say that
six months would tell the story. one
way or the other: though IL might take
longer. And as TO the place, there ism {
much choice. 20 long as YOU get am even
temperature and pleasant surround
ings have considerable faith i'm the
climate of the southern end of the Blue
Ridge; but YOU must live out of doors
if YOU go there"
"SiN months; something less than 200
days. That ought to- give "a man time
enough to'make his peace. many "a poor
devil gets less than That many minutes
or seconds. And yet there are some
things that can't well be settled in %
short half t.44r