The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-26
DOCTOR AND MILLIONAIRE

You counters, last are indispensable
to us We could never play the game
without sou, any more than a baker
>xcould make bread without -four Cad.
fyhat a joke life is, when fellows well.
NE are you, as decent a chap
hisyr. Cardo Last fidgeted and held up
hand
BsExcuse me- he said, Il don't see. Mr..
Aortington Hough. that / have done any
thing that exacts praise from you.
He did not mean 10 be sarcastic to-
<ward so magnificent patient But he
had his reasons. They were personal
& ones. based on the illimitable contempt
he felt for the financier as a human be-
ing and certain pecuniary losses which
5 slow experience had taught him he owed
TO the maehinarions Of men like MI
Hortington Hough.
''As decent a chap as | know, pro-
ceeded the other, with a smile that was
a sneer Gn spite of HIMSELF. Shaving
from morning till night for about ten
guineas a day, I suppose. with Sunday
OFF, and such a nasty occupation, too"
u see my patients on Sunday also"
said the doctor, after a pause, during
which he DIRE wheavily upon his stock of
self-control.
quite so. There you are! And called
up in the night, too, ! dare say
Even that has happened said tho
doctor. dryly. Indeed, you might havve
remembered that only the night before
last your man favored me with"
cad, 4 forgot Yes. 1 did. Last, do
you think, by any chance. my nlemorys
urd
at work these forty years, with no rest.
Is it possiole?"
He whispered the words He writhed
while he did SO, and his face took on a
plum-coiored tint as his eyes stared in
horror at the doctor over the puffy pill
lows which seemed to support their lower
lids.
MY dear sir; don't excite yourself.
You cannot afford it. !, one of your
counters. say it; and 1 mean il, on my
honor, Mr. Hortington Hough."
II The sfrancier shivered
= Il don't like that tone in you" he said.
Its like hitting a fellow when he's down.
Confound it all, III not stand it either.
IN call in somebody else
II wouldn't advise it until you are bet
ter They'd disturb your foundations.
have the privilege of knowing your con-
stitution as ] know my own, and"
AIr. IIortington Hough sank back upon
his sili1en cushions.
sand you'll pull me through-you WHIP"
he pleaded, with a droop at the mouth.
The doctor smiled and washed his
hands with invisible soap i'll the ira
ditional way. He glanced casually at the
clock-a little golden thing of glorious
workmanship. warranted to tick so that
the ordinary ears could not hear 1t.
4 am bound to consider my own inter
ests, Mr.. Hortington Hough, humanitarian
and professional motives apart" he mur-
INJURED
The fnancier gazed at him with unholy
eyes that grew larger every moment.
cad. what would l do without my
memory he cried, as if horror-stricken.
What should I be? There's not a man
In the world that l can trust, and, of
course, no woman. either. But / could
always trust my memory. It's been the
making of nee, that and my pluck I'd
be Ike a fiayed ass among the flies with
out it,
The doctor made a slight movement of
impatience.
Il understand You to say" he said,
hrusquely, that this last breakdown is
due to the Rotation of the Sea Gull Gold
Aiine?''
The Gull, yes. Good name, doctor.
Capital joke Of mine. BY - But I'm
eff swearing and laughing for the pres
emit. Still. its permissible even for a
weak heart to smile. l do hope. AS neat
combine as ever was. The shares are
at ten. That means nothing to you, of
course, but it's the fact. They'll go no
higher. We've taught the bears their les
sor this time and no mistake-pilled them
9Th their own physic-no offense, l
iElope''
fsut The >inloading will be a deuced
business As l said to Lord Sunrise only
the day before yesterday, just an hour