The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-11

too, my dear. What did l tell him
now? / said you were returning from
Derby and the horse bolted and your
car ran into a field. That's it, WASH It
it now. Dear me. how very foolish!"
Evelyn did not hear him. They had
strolled together down the corridor and
witnessed the earl enter the sick man s
room, and now a sharp sound of voices
almost in anger came up to them. On
his part, DR.. Philips remained con-
vinced that the count had come into
Derbyshire to see Evelyn and that the
earl had some knowledge Of the cir
cumstances. Evelyn s abstracted man
ner seemed to bear. him out. in this
ridiculous idea. Pale and silent and
agitated, she waited for the result; of
that momentous interview. What had
the two men to say to each other? How
much she would have given to be able
to answer that question!
:, Your father knows something Of
the count, think?' the doctor ven
tured at hazard while they waited
She answered that she was unaware
of the circumstance. ,%-.@
in my life, she exclaimed with grow
his biography, doctor, I really am worse
than useless.'
He looked at her amazed. "This
man, Surely there was nothing ro-
mantle about that. eS.szzs 35g:~E2 L.
"Writing his biography. Ny dear
thought he was an old friend Of yours.
But; everyone we know is an old friend
of ours nowadays,'' he said, somewhat
solemnly, as tho grieved that his antici-
>pations should thus be disappointed.
"sI know. absolutely nothing Of the
count, y he went on, "exceptt that he is
Rumanian, a country, [ believe, in the
of with Pnlx xhoroCf
for it's capital. I remember that from
my schooldays The Rnmanians shoot
the Bu1garians on half holidays, and
the Bulgarians burn the Rumanians
alive after they have been to church on
Sundays. Evidently a;count;ry to which
elderly ones who have made their wills
satisfactorily. ~
Evelyn was too kind to embarrass
him by the declaration that her mother
had been daughter of the country he
esteemed so lightly. His readiness to
cal Of kindly man who believed that
all the world was ready to find fault
. with him His livelihood depended
upon his recognition Of the fact that
illness itself is sometimes little better
than vanity-and that when an OBJ
stinate man tells you that he is an
invalid, his pride, is hurt if you tell
'IAlll CllL1I 1IC ID AOes =. .. +
"My father spent many years in Ru.
mania when he was young man,
Evelyn said, in answer to the DOCTORS
TRADE. t'Those are years he does not
often speak of. T can It tell you why,
doctor, but he dislikes anyone even to
tao he at Bucharest: Perhaps he will
not welcome Count odin here. I imag-
inc it may be so. - .&s -
"I'm quite certain Of it, said the
doctor with a dry smile. People who
are glad to see each other DO not talk
like that-of course we must not 1is-
ward the long gallery; "we are not
supposed to be present at ALL
A sound Of voices raised almost as
tho in anger warned him that this was
no common affair. Every doctor is GU
rious, and DR.. Philips had no merits
above the common in this respect. He
circumstance to the vicar later on in
the evening, and that two wise heads
would be shaken together over this
amazing discovery For the moment
he watched Evelyn narrowly, and, per,
ceiving her agitation, found himself
Had She. indeed, met this intruder but
once in London; and was she in ignor,
ance of the earl s past, so far as Ruma.
MIA had written its He doubted the
+ possibility-it seemed to him prudent
however, not to remain longer at the
Hall. -.
''I shall run over in the. morning, .
he said blandly; you can tell me any,
thing [ ought to know then. There is
nothing. much the matter with the man
and a bump may have knocked some
good sense into his head. Don't allow
him to worry the earl don IT want an
other patient in the house, and your
father has not looked very we'll lately
Send for me again if you have any
trouble, and I'll be back as soon az
the messenger
He would much have liked to stop
but that, he realized, was out of the
question. Here was some private page
from the life story of "a man whose ac
! tions had ever mystifed both hi.
friends and neighbors. An old woman
in his love Of a scandal, Dr.. Philips
had the earl $ displeasure to set in tn,
other pan Of the social balance; ant
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