Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22

train this will-power which Is lying help
| less like a creeper that has been torn from
Its supports rs d e TO you '0r
| She shook her head, and the Dead sea
| was in that gesture for bitterness.
The doctor spoke again, gently, tender
Then who has the most influence over
him. he asked.
"Oh, Maud" said She His sister, you
know, Lady Maud Stratton. l have no
doubt about that"
She spoke without bitterness but the sim
plicity of her tone was more pathetic to the
kind man who had to ask these questions,
ms ID Sare
Then may I consult with her before L
CO." said he, las to any possibility that she
knows of, Of presenting some motive to her
brother for living. He Is sinking, he must
sink as far purely medical skill can help
him, and SO we want. do we not; to throw
any life-buoy to him, anything that will keep
him afioat."
'Hypnotism, that sort Of thing?" she
asked
1T is inconceivable that hypnotism or sug
gestion can help him" said he. There
to suggest to, and that something is will
power. That in Lord Thurso, as feel sure,
is practically destroyed
Though Lily had taken this all SO quietly,
her quietude was partly that of some one
who is stunned, and now her mind required,
as she recovered herself, to the moment
when the stunning blow had been delivered.
You mean, then, that 1t Is only a miracle
that can save him." she added.
Yes, but I believe in miracles" said he,
though one cannot, unfortunately, summon
a miracle to ones aid"
She got up quickly.
How strange you should say that!' she
remarked. Because Maud believes in them,
as you do Only she no longer calls them
miracles; she calls them Christian Sci
ence.'
Sir James could not have looked cynical
or sneering If he had tried, and certainly he
did not try. But his tone was exceedingly
dry.
1.-THE lady in Boston," he observed.
Lady Thurso got up. mo, man In
Caithness." she said. II will ring; she shall
come and tell you, If she is in
"Ah, one moment yet please. l want to
talk for a moment about you. Lady Thurso,
you are on the verge of nervous break
down. l have been looking at you and
watching you. You have had a terrible
time, and you are not finished with it yet.
1t has told on you more than you can
guess, though you are bearing 1t with
gallantry that l respect and admire. But
are you not taxing your strength more
than you need?
Her eyes went to the writing table. near
which, on the floor, was the pack Of her
answered letters.
You mean 1 had better sit down and
think over all this terrible tragedy" she
said, her voice beginning to break a little,
rather than find relief from it in forgetting
by means of employment?
mo, l do not pin myself down to say
that you must not answer your letters, but
/ very strongly advise you to rest yourself
as far as is possible, and to avoid anything
agitating beyond that which you must
bear. There Is plenty that you must bear.
that you as your husbands wife have got
to bear. But II there Is anything else, en-
treat you, don't be at home to 1t. Exercise
your will power and make 1t stronger by re-
sstance. Save yourself from anything else
that may worry or tire you. speak, OF
course, quite at random, but feel sure from
your magnificent bravery over what have
had to tell you that you have other wor-
RES" =.
Then, quite suddenly, the breakingpoin
came for her. All these months of eeaseless
anxiety about Thurso had worn her nerves
to fiddle strings; all her life too, she, with
her splendid constitution, which never told
her how tired she was. had been living on
the extreme limits of her powers, and stimuli
taneously with her husbands mental and
physical ruin had come the regret and glory
of her life. She had loved once and had
scarcely known 1t, she loved now and was
loved, and renowned 1t.
She gave sudden shrek Of laughter that
did not sound like mirth.
"Oh, you conjurers!" she cried. doctors
are like Xrays, are they not? Good heav-
ems! have enough to try me, and you
don't guess the half If it were only Thur
SO, why, could bear It,"
Sir James got up quickly, placed himself
directly in front of her. and clapped his
hands violently close to her face.
Now, none of that" he said. st haven't
come here to listen to historical rawlings
Make an effort! Pull yourself together. I'm
ashamed of you"
Lady Thurso checked suddenly In the