Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-03

answered, laughing. I did not care to tell
him where 1 had been, knowing that he held
my love for Ethelwynn as the possible ruin
of my career
though he put to me an ingenious question
l steadfastly refused to satisfy him. I
recollected too well his open condemnation
of my love on previous occasions. Now
that the 'murdered' man was proved to be
still alive 1 surely had no further grounds
for my suspicion of Ethelwynn. That she
had, by her silence. deceived me regarding
her engagement to Mr.. Courtenay was
that had assassinated him was certainly
disproved Thus, although the discovery
of the dead mans continued existence
deepened the mystery a thousandfold, it
nevertheless dispelled from my heart the
awful suspicion regarding my well-beloved,
and in consequence L was not DESTROYS that
any further hostile word should be uttered
against her.
While Sir Bernard went out to visit her
ladyship and two or three other nervous
women living in the same neighborhood,
seated myself in his chair and saw the
afternoon callers one after another. 1 fear
that the advice / gave during those couple
Of hours was not very notable for its
shrewdness or brilliancy. AS in other pro-
fessions. so in medcine-when ones brain
Is overlooking with private affairs one can
not attend properly to patients. On such
occasions one is apt to ask the usual ques-
tons mechanically, hear the replies and
scribble a prescription of some harmless
formula. On the afternoon in question
certainly believe myself guilty of such lapse
of professional attention. Yet even we doc
tors are human. although our patients fire.
quently forget that fact The medico Is a
long suffering person, even in these days Of
scarcity of properly qualified men-the first
person called on emergency, and the very
last to be paid!
1t was past o'clock before was able to
return to my rooms. and on my arrival L
found upon my table a note from Jevons.
1t was dated from the Yorick Club, a small
but exceedingly comfortable Bohemian CEN
ter in Bedford street, Covent Garden, and
had evidently been written hurriedly on the
previous night.
II hear you are absent in the country"
he wrote. THAT is unfortunate. But as
soon as you receive this lose no time in
calling at the Hennikers' and making casual
inquiries regarding Miss Mivart. Something
has happened, but what it is 1 have failed
to discover. You stand better chance
Go at once. 1 must leave for Bath tonight
Address me at the Royal Hotel, G. w. sta
ton, AMBLER JEvONS'
What could have TRANSFERRED? And why
had my friends movements been so ex-
ceedingly erratic of late, If he had not been
following some clue? Would that clue lead
him to the truth, I wondered? Or was he
still suspicious of Ethelwynns guilt?
Puzzled by this vague note, and wonder
Ing what had occurred, and whether the
trip to Bath was In connection with 1t, 1
made hasty toilet and drove In a hanson
to the Hennikers'.
Mrs. Henniker met me in the drawing
room, just as gushing and charming as
ever. She was one of those many women
In London who seek to hang on to the
skirts of polite society by reason of a dis
tant connection being countess-a fact of
which she never failed to remind the
stranger before half an hours acquaint-
ance. She found it always pleasant man
ner In which to open conversation at
dinner, dance or soiree: "Ohi do you hap
pen to know my cousin, Lady Massingto on ?'
She never sufficiently realized II as bad
form, and therefore In her own circle was
known among the women. who jeered at
her behind her back. as 1.-The Cousin of
Lady Washington" She was daintily dress
ing. for she still had on her hat when she
entered.
"Ah"" she cried with her usual buoyant
air. You truant! We've all been wonder
Ing what had become of you BUSY OF
course. Always the same excuse, Find
something fresh. You used 1t a fortnight
ago. to refuse my Invitation to take pot
luck with U.S."
I laughed at her unconventional greeting
replying. IF say something fresh 1t must
be a lie. You know. Mrs. Henniker, how
hard I'm kept at 1t, with hospital work
and private practice"
That's ali very WELL" she said, with a
slight pout of her well-shaped mouth-for
she was really pretty woman even
though full OF airs and caprices. "But It
US altogether"
II don't keep away altogether" pro-
tested. I've called now"
She pulled wry face. In order to en-