Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

| care and skillful attention. / should advise
you to come to the hospital. We can care
| for you there much better, but if you insist
! can send you a nurse who will give you
| all her time and
| IN go to the hospital, thanks" broke in
the dry voice of the scientist, land, doctor,
| If you pull me through. I'll-there'n be one
I more feather in your cap"
| He was removed at once to the hospital.
| A terrible attack of pneumonia followed,
| and the head nurse had charge of the case.
He lived, but he didn't gain strength, and
| when March came he was still in bed. BY
| this time Dr. Jared had lost all hope and
| had told him so. The head nurse fairy
| outdid herself In this case, and she could
| not be brought to admit that 1t was hope
| less. The doctor had stopped arguing the
| matter with her, because she grew SO I'M
! necessarily indignant over it. He was
| thoroughly in love with her by TINS tme'
| and had about made up his mind that ne
| would marry her. If only the unforeseen
| would happen; If she should turn out by
| some miracle to be something else than
nurse, rich young woman, Tor instance,
who was nursing to indulge philanthropic
| ideas. How easy it would be to ask hef 10
share his name and his future fame. Ana
, though he could not see 1t coming, the IN
foreseen was at hand.
| DR.. Jared was good fellow, only ne
| had queer ideas. The scientist came 10
| like him very much during his long III
| ness; and one day he took the young pnS :
| sician into his confidence. He knew that
| thing which troubled him. he said; some
| thing which must be settled Would the
| doctor help him, And the doctor all agog
| with curiosity, yet sympathetic too, would
do anything in his power for this eccentric,
| interesting patient.
1.-The sum and substance of the matter
is said the scientist, that l must get
married" He blushed as he said it.
Even DIR. Jared was too surprised at this
to speak His blue eyes opened wide, and
his jaw dropped a little. However, he
soon recovered and closed his mouth very
firmly, which made him look somewhat
' like wise old frog. Also, he soon re-
covered his speech.
Married" he gasped. why, man alive"
Exactly, and soon I'll be man dead
went on the grim voice of the scientist.
| Now, I'll explain, if you won't stare like
| that. I'm not crazy, / assure you.
you see," he said, when he had caught
his breath after a terrible fit of cough
! ing, my father was very peculiar man.
he was different from me. He believed
| in getting married, and he was always
| madden than hops because l refused TO
wear the matrimonial neckyoke. He said
he'd cure me of that sickly idea. He Was
ar ingenious man, my father" and the
scientist laughed, his hand pressed to his
side.
IF I were half as ingenious, shouldn't
be in my present predicament. I don't re-
fer to my health. But his will was a dia-
bOlical work of art. 1t stated that. I'M
less l married, my money must pass at
my death TO certain peOple-dlStant rela-
tives-whom 1 would rather-rather eat,
than let them have anything of mine. 1t
isn't that l care for the money itself, you
understand. It's only that 1 will not, if 1
can possibly help it, benefit those people,
directly or indirectly. Therefore I must
perforce take unto myself a wife. And
here's the difficulty: 1 don't know whom to
marry
There must be some one" blurted the
doctor, some one who will marry you to
relieve you of this burden of wealth."
PLENTY, plenty" whispered the sick
man, but I won't have them. I am pecul-
lar too. and I'd rather marry some one
who would he benefited by my name and
fortune, some one who perhaps would
think of me with some other feeling than
pious gratitude"
He looked anxiously at the doctor, whose
round face expressed many changing emo
tions.
And so you want me to find you a
woman?" the doctor finally asked. Per
haps the kind of woman you want isn't
lying around looser' And DIR. Jared broke
into a hoarse little cackle quite unlike his
usual laughter.
Possibly not" said the scientist, turn
ing his face toward the wall. IF she were