Evening journal., 1899-01-02

only, he added with that cynical smile
we all hated On the night Of the din
ner Robinson and were ON hand early,
for we were anxious 10 see the meeting
between Davis and Whiting, and had
made several bets with the other fell
lows as TO whether Davis would show
up.
"WhN;ug appeared punctually. as
usual, but, though we waited until /
midnight, Davis failed to materialize
OF course this settled the matter in |
Writings mind for the time being, and /
he made us set up several bottles Of /
wine to drink to the health Of his myth
ical counterpart, as he called him.
"The next night, however, he came
to the club, and drawing Robinson and
me aside said; Boys, this matter has
gone too far. like joke, but think
it is rather rough for you to keep up
And on our expressing our ignorance Of
his meaning he showed us a letter from
Davis regretting bis inability to be
present the night before and saying that
he was too i'll at the moment to make
his regrets in person.
"'But, my dear fellow, said Robin
son, If you really think us guilty Of
this letter, will you kindly explain how
it happens to be written on your own
paper?'
whiting grabbed up the note and
seemed frightened for the moment, for
at the head Of the letter was his crest,
and the envelope bore the impression Of
his private seal, which he always wore
on his watch chain. He looked at it
searchingly and then left the club
without a word.
"After this occurrence we ceased ban
tering him about Davis and passed the
word around to the other fellows to
drop il, for we saw that the matter
worried him greatly and feared the ef-
feet Of our chaff on his high strung,
nervous temperament. Davis came to
the club less frequently during the
winter, but at every mention of Whit
ing's name he smiled and said he was
sorry they did not happen to meet.
Zone day early in the spring Whit
ing sent note asking me to come up
to his den after dinner, as he had some
thing Of importance to tell, and begged
me not to fail him. had often been to
his Office on Madison avenue, but had
never visited him at his rooms ON --th
street. 1t was a quiet neighhorhood,
west Of Ninth avenue, and the house
was one of row Of old fashioned frame
buildings still in good repair, but back
ed up against their rear were several
ramshaolxle old tenements nearly de-
serted by tenants.
II had not seen Whiting for some
months and was shocked by the change
J in his appearance. There were dark cir
! cles under his eyes and a strange hunt
ed expression in his face. He graspet
my hand eagerly and drew a chair foi
me in front Of the CRATE fire. for thl
evenings were still cool.
q Doc, he exclaimed suddenly aftei
we had 1T our cigars and talked glitter
ing generalities for few minutes, tina
; fellow Davis is killing me by inches.
? Why, old man, said, so yol
1 have como to believe in him at last.
started to laugh, but cbaihSd mysel
D when saw-thoare,rasg' WiNis his face
T 'WhGQuigley. f. Z. BaclS / askel
{ soothIngPn. George M. d. t be S
d perious. rman- William u TO now
O - sT3srer L. Heisler Baess. sai,
r vhi.;nc aft. William A. ~ tinosin
; ~ ".s5 ynsend. e. n. e.. r. -
MS motive Robert sy-eg. v'ac's' 70
s several weesiclr ais fell Is dogge
my footsteA Npe 4 after y %sAve made
g professional fiP. and left the usual pre-
}, scription heAaS sent a note to tho pa
j. tient initiating my handwriting an
J, changing the medicines for other'
:, which. had they been taken as directed
d would have in some cases proved fatal
Il Fortunately the druggists have telC
+ phoned me that there was some mis-
II take, and have been able to correct il
% But, Of course, this constant ohangin
:, of prescriptions has affected my praI
= tice terribly, and people are beginnin
d TO think that my mind is unbalanced
3, " But, my dear fellow, said /, Try
d ing to quiet him, why not give u
ID your practice for a few weeks and tai
70 a decided rest, and meanwhile we wi
l. deal with this fellow Davis as he d.
serves
n " But that is not all, continue
"a Whiting despairingly. 1t is true don
% need the income from my practice az
& work more from the love of 1t than f
& the fees, but he has gone still turth
ls and dared to call on Miss Wiley, N
10 fianoee, and tell her many of the FOOLS
N escapades Of my college days, the seer
" Of which thought was buried in r
40 own breast. / have tried to expla
a them away, but of course cannot der
" the tales. and fear it is all over f
ne me in that quarter. l can't see how 81
a. could listen TO the cad or where 81
could have met him..
as "Davis' actions seemed to be mo
&C. inexplicable than ever, and / longed
ne get hold Of the brute and force an e
ne planation from him; but, hiding Il
nc anger, l tried to quiet Whiting al
na finally prevailed upon him TO take
he heavy dose of ohloral, which prepare
ke and TO try to get a nights rest, proi
Using to see Miss Wiley shortly and 4
IL tempt to patch up matters.
en- Il left him asleep on his lounge al
ed os il was still early walked over
cir Madison avenue, determined to call