Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
HIS MIDNIGHT PATIENT.
By ANNIE o. TIBBITS

clock struck midnight, and all Elm.
chester seemed to be in bed. The lights
| had disappeared from the sedate houses
round about, and only Dr. Clement 8
lamp burned brightly. throwing a streak
of red across the WEI. empty and wind
! swept street.
| 1t was an ugly night, aud DR.. Clement
| put down his paper to listen. y fierce
| sleet beat and missed against the window
| panes and the wind drove blusteringlv
| round the house.
1t was an ugly night, and it was going
to be worse, and DIR. Clement hoped fer
vently that no one would call him out
again. lie had had hard day, and h'>
room was coy and he was warm
| He picked up his paper again. 1t was
full Of stories of an absconding solicitor
| and Of rumOts of his whereabo He
| had disappeared and ruined hundreds of
his clients. One of them was in Elm
| chester, aud DIR. Clement frowned as he
! thought Of him, worried and broken and
They ought to shoot him when they
catch him." lie muttered. He is worse
| than murderer"
| Tonight the papers stated confidently
! that he was in Spain, and that the police
were following hard on his track. Yes
| torday he had been in Manchester, the
| day before in New York Tomorrow he
no doubt and meanwhile ne was prohu-
bly, somewhere close at hand--pcrhaDs
| even in Chichester itself.
Dr. Clement threw aside his paper and
rose to his feet. After all, very likely
the police would never find him. and
even If they did it would not do much
toward healing the hearts and lives that
he had broken and ruined. Nothing
would do that; aud the old man in ELM
| chester who had believed he had suhi
Gent money to last him and his wife the
rest of their lives would be penniless ali
| the same
nr. Clement crossed the room with a
sigh and then stood still. A faint tinklc
had sounded in the hall outside. a tink 10
like the bell of his front door. He
listened. The sleet whipped the window
| panes and the wind clustered on, There
was no other sound, and for d moment
| he hesItated before he passed out to open
! the door.
Who could be calling him out on a
| night like that? He had no ono so So,
riously i'll ms to need him in such haste
! and If il were Lady Lynwood again he
| decided that he would refuse to 90. Her
! nerves were too irritating for anything
lie firm gopcH the door impatientiy.
! convinced that he should see her tan
foo.man on the step and hear the well
| known formula. Lady IynWood's com
~
But Whca he looked only the darkness
! OF the night lay before him. Only his
! own wet steps and the muddy road.
lie stared aud then retreatcd backward
| huri1cdly as the cold wind tore past, but
rs he dld some one started from out Of
! the shadoW-some one thin and white,
| with the face of Il ghost and wide, girish
blue eyes.
lie stared down at her. She seemed
hreathleSS. and as the light fell full on
her he saw that her lips were uuivcrine.
Come in" he said quickly, land tpll
me what ! ear do for YOU"
She stepped. shivering cold AMI wet.
INTO the hall and looked into his face
lie closed the door. and for n moment she
stood before him in silence looking eager
y into his eyes, into his han isome clear
cu face. rs if she had special interest
in watching him closely. You are Or,
! Clement She asked ut last slowly: ana
rs he bowed she added. IL thought
You were an old man, not young man.
aud H."
She stopped. and Dick Clement moved
$50 That be could sec her face more clearly.
Well did you want an old MANI" lie
asked But tell me hat can DO for
yout"
She hesitated again, her ewes looking
almost wildly across the hall with it's
pictures and >tatuary and heavy curtains.
want von 70 cn,,o o o. laSo snG ,',,
n" i IN III" az S ~ 10 NY iat9Gr
I'M, Ills f,ra AMI am me ,o"Ne" lulch,,y
| enough. thrill ran through DIR. Clement
rs he met her eyes. He looked quickly Al
quickly HAT She woulj h ,'' 'f hd, ~ ~
! taken cara Of '''l'''' "''SN''' anu
'.Yr.," be sail "rcu ma ,,1., -,
I matter with him"
The girl ,,onneJ hack jc,ioor,t,Y. sat-,
/ The sh,1totv nv" ''''" "''''F"U'F mic
II dnnt know. -" sbe coil .,.,,. H., ~
! had u lot or worry latelv "nd a,, "' 1.''
ever comes Ia HIM mnst AK 49,, ~, WHY. ~
tinnS.musr ba secret and ori'l Pu ,.-,,
,,nlo,xf9ndg Un is1onnnr H., -" . o''
/ Gni,l I;,.i QuVVI' iiet voice
/ to Or Clement an odd ferlina tEa ,''' LV
! y.sn,s3 - hnl, H. ca U,'" 't'i'"- !ua' ne
~ ~, oi1 ~; - s'o.e' l"i IN Npde
he sn,.,,.',, "'' ~, 80 ,"nS'[tA '''a' seemed 10