Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
with ,aborious carelessness began to write

with laborious carelessness began to write
the duplicate.
so you're physician. sir?'. queried
the chemist, with the garruliiy of san old
and solitary man.
Thurso nodded. relieved at the credulity
in his fnterlocutur's voice.
'Then," pursued the other. maybe you
wouldn't mind deciding bit of dispute me
and my assistant had this morning. He's
studying surgery and he thinks he knows
1t all It's good many years since l dab
bed in anything of the sort, but l fancy
can pose him yet. Now. the point We ar
gued was: is the partial paralysis that
sometimes accompanies cerebral typhoid a
true hemiplaegia or just functional symp-
tom of the disease? Now. claim that it's
functional and nothing more. But that
thick head of an ASSISTANT"
You're right. Perfectly right!'( broke in
Thurso. his palms and forehead wet with
nervousness at the dangerous position
wherein he found himself. He hent again
to the task of writing the prescription. his
hand shaking uncontrolably.
The clamor of fifty voices rising suddenly
just outside the pharmacy door completed
his confusion. He turned peevishly to
learn the cause of the trouble and encoun-
tered a stream of excited men and boys
Fastening into the place, all talking, shout
ing and explaining in fifty different keys.
In the midst of the rabble two constables
bore a groaning figure on stretcher.
third was busy hustling the crowd out
DOORS where they gathered f1attening their
noses against the dingy glass and striving
to peer through the dim recesses within.
Run over by a motor car on the road
just below" reported one of the constables
as the chemist hurried from behind the
counter and began to run .-practiced fingers
over the writhing NAVY on the stretcher
I'VE sent for doctor, but he was out, and
the surgeon down at the station is away
on another accident case. So We brought
him in here. Any bones broken?
The little chemist had Strengthened HIM
self up, and now spoke in a sort of pleased
excitement.
Yes he said Looks to me like a
compound fracture of the tibia, and it's bad
enough to call for immediate attention II
he wants to save hiss leg. You're lucky,
my man.! he resumed, addressing the
NAVY. for there's physician right here
to hand. good one, too he added with
smirk and bow to the Mortified Thurso. ito
judge from his knowledge of hemiplegia.
Doctor, will you look over the case? I've
all the appliances here for bone-setting."
The constables respectfully made way for
the earl. The suffering man on the stretch
er ceased to groan and turned on him blood
shot eyes that held the dumb appeal and
trust of a hurt dog. The look went through
Thurso like white-hot iron. He stood
inert. nerveless.
Excuse me. sir!' said the chemist tim
idly. but think there's no time to wait.
The man is in great pain and"
Thurso's first impulse was to declare that
he was no physician and that the chemist
had been mistaken in thinking he had
claimed to be one. But there on the counter
lay the half-written prescription to give
him the lie. There. too, at his sde were
three officers of the law. OF the law that
he had transgressed in usurping the right
to practice medical lore. His brain went
blank. The navy, reading bewflderment
in his glance, broke out again in a series of
nerve-wrecking means. The constables
looked stolidly eXpectant.
For the moment Thursos craving for the
drug that had led him into such a pre-
dicament turned to loathing. He felt like
an animal in a
Watt" he gasped, his voice harsh and
lifeless. II must get my medical chest.
There's no ne; Of" began the chem
list; but Thurso gone. Snatching up
his half finished prescription he was out
of the door, shouldering his way through
the crowd that parted respectfully for him,
gained his cart and with one leap was on
the seat and driving down the High street
like mad.
Nor did he pause nor look back until he
turned the sweating horse over to groom
at his own gate. -
.
Maud came back 10 the. tea table. drop
ped into a chair next Lily and waited till
she could speak to her.
He has gone back to Windsor to get
some more" she said. HE would not listen
to me- He is frightfuly angry with ia"
Lady TIulrso just nodded, and then, since
whatever private tragedy was going on
the public comedy had to be kept up, she
devoted herself again to hostess duties.
Meantime the tinkle of dra wing-room
philosophy went on round her, and she
Joined in it with that facility that was
always hers
Yes, it is quite certain we must have
some fad which for the time being we
take as the most serious thing in the
world" she said to Lady Swindon, who
had come down the river from Cookham.
1.-TWO years ago do you remember, it was
no hats. and that was followed by the
simple life
Lady Swindon laughed.
81 know, and we gave that up because. it