The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
: September : 1906.


over for tea, and when Thurso and the
two Americans returned from Windsor
there was considerable gathering on
the lawn. He went into the house be-
fore joining the others, and was away
some minutes, during which they could
hear a bell ring fnriously within. Lily's
and Maud's eyes met over tEis, and
when few minutes later Thurso came
out, again a moment IS silent telegraphy
passed between them, and Maud got IN
and went straight to him as he came
across the lawn. Lily could not leave
her guests and the teatable, but she
watched them. They were not far
her. She saw it 90 suddenly white, as
it did when he was angry, and then he
turned and went back towards the house
again, without joining them. He did
not go in, but walked down the road
that led to the stables.
Some minutes later Thurso was urg-
ing his cob mercilessly toward Windsor.
The first flame of anger against his SIS
ter and Lily. for robbing him of his lat
into suspense as to whether: the chemist
had kept the prescription for it or had
returned it with the bottle.
In the latter case, of course, prescrip-
ton and vial must have been thrown
away together; and the problem of Sc
wiling q ACW p1cSCI1pGlOu dTOSc.
Arrived at the chemist s he was out
Of the cart at bound, and, passing I'M
der the colored lamp, panied the inte-
rior of the shop.
An assistant hurried forward to wait
On him. The earl glanced nervously
prescription for him was not in sight.
"Where is your employer?' asked
~. "Mr: Dectlea He's at his tea, sir.
"I left prescription with him.
Does he send prescriptions with his
RRHl s9; or does he keep them on
.:The orr ginals are sent, sir. But
every good. Please duplicate
lin sorry, sir, but I'm not pre-;
scription clerk. am not qualified
, "Is there another chemist IS near
"Only one, sir. About a half mile
down the High Street. But Mr.: DecE1e
will be back in an hour or ="
Thurso did not wait to hear the end
minutes later, he was at the. second
chemist 's-a less pretentious shop in
poorer locality $500 Ess@ =.
An elderly man with bleared, near
sighted eyes was in charge of the place.
It was evident from his greeting that
the earl was a stranger to him. This
| fact gave Thurso a desire-born inspira-,
ton. Fumbling in his pockets he NUT
tered: ., - =.
| "How very annoying! I've left my
prescription pad in another coat. Give
me blank
want man than the chemist must have
noted the furtive, overanxious look of.
! the pseudo physician. But the shop
keeper. without suspicion, laid before
his customer the required blank and
| fountain pen. =: ~ =. r. I. :
I DRY, recalled the exact terms, phraseol-
| ogy and appearance of his missing pre-
| scription, and with laborions careless
ness began to write the. duplicate: !
| $50 you re a physician, sir?" que
ried the chemist, with the garrulity of
an old and solitary man. .
Thurso nodded, relieved at the ere
dulity in his interlocutor 8 voice.
| "Then," pursued the other, I" maybe
you wouldn It mind deciding a bit Of a
| dispute me and my assistant has this
morning. He's studying surgery and
he thinks he knows it all. It's good
H;ng 6 gfaF be so bn sae1 IN
/ pose him Yet. Now the point We, ar:
s< gued was: is the partial paralysis. that
Sometimes accompanies cerebral ty-
l. phoid true hemiplegia or just a func-
/ : tional symptom of the disease? Now,
! I claim that it 8 functional and moth
ing more. But that thick head of an
/ assistant-'' d.
I stYou re right. Perfectly right!''
| broke in ThursO. his palms and fore
| head wet with nervousness at the dan
gerous position wherein he found him
! self. He bent again to the task Of
writing the prescription, his hand shak-
| ing uneontrollabfy.
The clamor Of fifty voices rising sud-
denly just outside the pharmacy door
completed his confusion. He turned
peevishly to learn the cause of the
trouble and encountered a stream Of
excited men and boys fastening into
the place, all talking, shouting and ex-
planning in fifty different keys. In the
midst Of the rabble two constables bore
a groaning figure on stretcher. A
third was busy hustlng the crowd out
doors, where they gathered fattening
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