Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29

board and, taking a bottle from til !.
shelf poured some of the contents into
the medicine measure and drank 1t.
Almost instantly his weakness
seemed to disappear. and, after lock-
ing the door, he turned and confronted
Cyril with the same expression of re-
straint and reserve which had been
SO marked in the morning.
I'm afraid I've alarmed you," he
said with smile.
You certainly have, my good sir
hope you are better?"
"oh, yes, I'm all right now. Pray
sit down.
1T is very unfortunate that / should
have-fainted just at the moment OF
your arrival; it was poor kind of well
come, but I'm very glad to see you.
Mr.. Burne."
Don't trouble to talk for little
while" Cyril said. Il don't think you
are quite right yet, and you'd better
rest"
'Oh, am quite recovered, thanks p
said Guilford Berton. These attacks
don't last long and leave me as sud
denly as they Gomez
You appear to have got quite col
lection of chemicals in your cupboard. >
remarked Cyril, not curiously, but for
the sake of saying something. Il sup
pose you keep them as restoratives?
Some of them, yes" Guilford Ber-
ton said. Il always had a taste for
doctoring, and keep few simp. Q
remedies by me. We have no doctor
nearer than ParKham, and | find the
kind of things keep useful among
the poor people here. Toothaches and
that sort of thing are their most Sc
rious ailments, and they have got in
the habit of coming to me-"
Il see; it's very kind of you,' said
Your room smells quite like a chem
lists shop"
you noticed it? Let us go into an
other ROOM" and he rose. Il verg
seldom sit here myself"
He led the way across the small.
hall into another room, which was not
quite so g.oomy, and much more cori-
tortably furnished. There were some
books and few pictures and Cyri Twas
rather glad to miss the peculiar odor
which pervaded the other room.
His host turned up the lamp and got
some spirits and glasses from side
board.
Il have only one servant, the old
woman, whom you saw. SO you must
excuse the absence of ceremony Mr..
Burne," he said.
Il am too accustomed to waiting
upon myself to require many servants.
responded Cyril
You've emptied the carafe, I see,
sad Guilford Berton, when he had
fetched it from the other room, and
he went to the fireplace and touched
| an electric bell
The old woman entered and Berton
pointed to the carafe and made signs
to her on his fingers in the deaf and
dumb language.
Your housekeeper is greatly af
| fiicted," remarked Cyril. looking at
her compassionately, and thinking at
the same time that it was the finishing
touch to the gloomy little place and
what cheerful kind of person MIR.
Guilford Berton must be to live under
such conditions
He was evidently of melancholy
disposition, was subject to fits and
lived in a sunless house surrounded
by high wall, and quite alone except
ing for an old woman who was deaf
and dumb.
Yes" said Guilford Berton care
lessly, she isn't quite deaf. however
though she's as dumb as this table"
and he struck 1t; but thought ii
easier to teach her the deaf and dumb
language than to be continuously Yell
ing at her. I dislike all noises"
Much more convenient" said Cyril,
"but-Tm afraid you'll think me rather
impertinent-I'm surprised at your