The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-03

Teacher-Now, why was st. Paul angry?
Bobbie-Because de Minneapolis team won de pennant

leading myself"
But" she added, quickly, 81 thought
you cared for some one else. I was told
you were going to marry Nurse Dora"
He started at the name. ''Who told you
that? Why. she was the woman who took
me to Nine. Pollette. We both attended
the poor lady professionally, and subse-
quently reaped rewards But personally /
disliked Nurse Dora intensely"
Don't look annoyed. Sydney. I am
not jealous in the least; but I have heard
a good deal about her lately from Dr.
Bonsor."
''Who is DR.. Bonsor? A new friend?"
Yes. 1 seem to run to doctors, don't -"
with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.
He is Nurse Dora's brother-in-law. wild
over. She stays with him when she is not
nursing. He says he lives in London. You
would call it the suburbs-it's somewhere
beyond vauxhall. He keeps few lunatics
at his house, and he tells me Nurse Dora
has wonderful power over mad people"
well, thank goodness, I am not mad!'
declared Sydney. please never accuse me
again of being in love with that terrible
woman. l ought to be grateful to her,
but, instead, her very name gives me a
relation Of hers. She must have told some
awful crackers in her letters to this DR..
Bonsor. Was he-like the rest-in love
with you? II seems a chronic disease that
attacks everyone who comes to this house"
Don't be silly!'
But you have not answered my ques-
ton"
well, I can't say he was not; but L
rled him for all the world, and 1 begged
him not to come again-his presence wor-
ried me-
What an odd coincidence" said Sydney.
that 7 should be connected with the sis
ter-in-law For the future we had better
both avoid that couple. Our engagement
will be announced directly, and then DR..
Bonsor will know that the little fairy tales
told him by Nurse Dora had no foundation,
and that his attentions in this direction
will be strongly resented"
Though Sydney spoke lightly, he was at
heart somewhat troubled by the dstaste-
full memory of Nurse Dora Was it not
possible that she and her brother-in-law
together might hatch some desperate
scheme of revenge. TO try and hinder Yer
onicas happiness? That Veronica was
happy, Sydney could not doubt, from the
calm look of content in her eyes, the play
full smiles and delicious dimples lowering
round her mouth
What sort of a man is DR.. Bonsor?" he
asked later, when they had discussed their
future, indulging in lovers rhapsodies to
their hearts content.
HE isn't bad-looking, but it is a face
should never trust. Father was quite in a
fuss for fear 1 should want to marry him.
1t seems men never like DR.. Bonsor, though
he is quite popular with women"
Sydney said nothing, but changed the
subject to pleasanter topics. He did not
refer again either to DR.. BonsoT or Nurse
Dora. But that night, after he had parted
with loving words from Veronica, her sweet
face was absent from his Dreams and in
stead the sinister visages of Dora Bentley
and an unknown man troubled Sydney's
sleeping hours. He fancied their lips whis-
pered horrible things, they appeared to him
out of a great black cloud. When he tried
to fight them, each turned into bat, with
immense wings, and whirled past him.
making the air strangely cold He woke
with his heart beating furiously, and his
mind full of DEATH