Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
CHAPTER XIX.

tAA-At 1 IN @NA-N.
did not 20 straight home to our dull,
gloomy bachelor dwelling place, for
was not in the mood for an hours sOilO-
guy. | was passing by the house, chew
ing the bitter cud of my reflections, and
turned in to see if any messages were
waiting there The foOtman told me a
person had been with an urgent request
that a doctor would go as soon as pos
sible to No. 10 Bellringer street l did
not know the street, or what sort of a
locality it was IN.
what kind of a person called?" ask
ed.
"A woman. sir; not lady. On foot
poorly dressed. She's been here before,
and DIR. Lowry has visited the case
twice"
Every good" | said.
Upon inquiry | found that the place
was two miles away; and as our old
friend Simmons was still on the cab
stand, | jumped into his cab. and bade
him drive me. as fast rs he could.
wanted Il sense of motion, and a change
of scene. If | had been in Guernsey |
should have mounted Madam, and had
another midnight ride round the island.
This was poor substitute for that: but
the visit would serve to turn my
thoughts from Julia.
We turned ut last into n shabby
street, recognizable even in the twilight
of the scattered lamps as being a place
for cheap Iodging-houseS. }fhere was Il
light burning in the second-Roor win
dows of No. 10; but all the rest Of the
front was in darkness. Ispaid Simmons
and dismissed him, saying l would walk
home. BY the time | turned TO knock
nj the door. il was opened quietly from
within. 4 woman stood in the door
way; / could not see her face, for the
candle she had brought with her was
on the table behind her; neither was
there light enough for her to distinguish
mine.
Are you come from DIR. Lowry's?'
she asked.
The voice sounded a familiar one. but
l could not for the life of HE recall
whose it was,
Yes" | answered. hut l do not know
the name OF my patient here
"Dr. Martin Dohree"' she exclaimed.
/ recollected her then as the person
who had been in search of Olivia. She
had fallen back a few PAGES. and l could
now SCI AACt AANSs II WIS NtWAtAui as
IL she hcstatcd 70 admit me. Was il
possible had come to attend Olivia :
huSband2
II don't know whatever 70 do she
calculated; he is very i'll tonight, but |
don't think he ought 10 see you-I don't
think he would"
Il am not anxious to attend him.
came here simply because my friend is
out % town. II he wishes 70 see NE l
will see him. and do my best. Il rests
entirely with himself"
VIII YOU wait here 4 few minutes. "
abe asked, while I see what he Will
do"
She left ME in the dimly lighted hall.
The place was altogether Soriid, and
diugy, and miserable. At last l hear!
her step coming down the two flights
OF stairs, and wen, 70 meet her.
He will STE you,," she said. eyiu-
me herself with 4 steady gaze Of curl
osisy.
was anxious 70 see Oliyi'S ms
band, partly from the intense aversion
l felt instinctively toward him. He was
lying back in an old. WORKOUT easy-chair.
with woman's shawl thrown across
his shoulders. for the night was chilly.
His face had the first Sickly hue sud
emaciation Of the disease. and was prob
ably refined by il. Il was q handsome,
regular. Weil-vut face, narrow across
she browS, with thin. fym lips. and ewes
perfect in shape. bu; cold ana Slittcrsns
as steel. knew afterward thar he was
fifteen years older 5baa Olivia. Across
his knees lay q shaggy, Starvei-looias
cat which he held fast. ana entertained
himself by teasing and toru,enyin- II.
He scruuniEed ne as kccUIy IS ! Gid
him.
Il believe we are in some sort con.
nected. n-. Martin pohces." he said;
''my hSli sister, Kate naltrey, Is mar
ried 10 your father. DR., noArce~
yes" / answered shortly. The sub
jest was eminently dissgreesble 70 ne
and had no wish 70 pursue II with him
"Ay. she will make him a happy man.
he continued moekinglv; "yon are not
yourself married. l believe. DIR. MartiE
DobreeT'
TOOK no notice whatever OF mis- ~
marx, but passed on 70 formal inquiries
eoncsrninE ais health. My close study