The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIII.
Joy heard the truth from Frank Tis-
dale, and all the truth. because he knew
what manner OF woman she was.
One can best describe him by saving
that he was the antithesis. physically
and mentally. OF DR.. Snelgrc-e. the med
ieal attendant Of the Misses Mottisfont
the Bungays- the JaIlands. and the Pun
dies Tisdale had an enormous and badly
paving practice IN a suburb OF East
hampton Dr. SnelgrOve, living in Us
which may be called the heart Of the
Forest. paid his visits sitting at ease IN
comfortable brOugham drawn by g pair
OF gray horses. an equipage which would
have been no discredit to Harley street:
Tisdale ratified about in a motor. which
he steered himself. and It IS to be feared
that he often exceeded the legal limit OF
speed Snelgrove was a type. not an
individual He represented the old school
now almost extinct. and washed his pink
face and white hands with more care
50 it was said-than he bestowed upon
his Instruments. His manner. in cases OF
bereavement Chis word) was nicely ad-
justed 20 the position and fortune OF the
bereaved. Lady Albinia Jaliand. as the
daughter Of a marquis. and a Slowshire
marquis into the bargain. gave utterance
10 an opinion. repeated by others OF less
high degree. when she said that Dear
DR.. Snelgrove was a tower Of strength
in The hour OF need" II things went very
wroEg. as they did with poor little Mrs.
Bungay. Dr. Snelgrove humbly admitted.
witb unaffected piety and IN half a dozen
felicitious phrases. that 2 Greater Ply
stefan had taken the case out OF HIS
hands The finite prostrated Itself before
the Infinite; a beautiful and precious
thought, as Miss Priscilla Justly observed.
A radical dentist. a very common fellow.
had the impudence 10 assert that SneI-
groves success was entirely due to his
admirable treatment Of the healthy Dur
ing times OF dangerous illness. ruII-
blooded relatives were discreetly enJoined
20 nOurish themselves properly. and not
10 allow any falling Of the system below
par. This solicitude for the living. when
less sympathetic practitioners might be
too much concerned with the dead. had
endeared DIT Snelgrove TO many iniuen-
JiaI neighbors. In person. he vas portly.
bland. and pulpy He wore white whis-
kers and had a commanding brow
Compared with this Olympian, Frank
Tisdale cut but a sorry figure. with a
keen. saIlOw. weather-beaten face. and
hard. long. lean body. He devoted him
self 70 the sick. fighting disease desper-
ately and TO a finish. Cnhappily his
treatment Of the fuIl-blOoded indicated
want OF tact He had no hesitation In
accusing them Of criminal negligence and !
indiTereac5; he docked them Of food and /
sleep; he told respectable. God-fearing, |
rate-paying Tradesmen that they were /
too intent upon filling their tilIs; he 1
stuck pins, 80 TO speak, into the fat I
sluggish servants; he had no respect for /
the cloth Of q clergyman Of the Church ]
OF England unless Il covered something /
more than convention and department
For more than three years Tisdale had 1
been IN love with Joy. He was awaTs 4
that she liked him, and. being an Op-
timist BY temperament, hoped that liking /
would warm into love. Hitherto. his pro-
fessiOu had engrOssed him; and his in 1
come had barely sufficed for his own /
needs or late. however. his practice I
had percOlated into the richer residential 4
quarters Of EaSthamptOn. and it was
known that ne had been highly spoken
Of by more than one London celebrity.
Z ASAd4G knew wei enough L0dL Lle years
Of lean kline were past
He knew, also that fntermiuable work.
the drudgery OF an immense practice, had
turned him into something approximating
10 machine His very thoughts were
automatic. Each case. in daily practice.
had to be taken on merit, considered dis
passionately and then pigeon -holedc < This
DigeOn-hOle habit fastens itself inexorabiy
upon all very busy men leisurely
,hewing OF the cud Of pleasant thoughts.
lear TO true lovers. becomes impossible
u achievement Tisdale kept Joy in
shrine. and gazed at the distracting
Image furtively. as q schoOiboy glances
Il his watch toward the close Of a tire
iome lesson She represented innumer-
lble delights which he had fOrsworn: the
fragrance OF spring. holidays. sympa-
hetic human intercourse. romance. the
dealities-
The fact that he was a machine did not
rouble him much. In an utilitarian age,
machines were needed In fine. it rather
'ieased him TO think Of himself and 9th
rs as complicated pieces Of mechanism
whom only skilled workman could keep
n perfect order Also. he held IN alb
loTrence and contempt any interference
N the part Of buffers and bungIers
After his inspection OF Hernshaw
7arva, he said curtly: There's any
mount OF trOuDie Gnead- We shall want I
lurses-and 7 don't know where to find
en- The flu is raging in Westchester
nd EasthamptOn. The hospitals are full.
Is not easy TO get nurses from Lon
lon"
Tell me what to do. and III try to
10 it."
We mus, enroll every capable ANA
eur {
Within a week a dozen children were
own with diphtheria and three adults
-wo hastily-appOinted village nurses
we're being overworked. and the national {
chool had closed its doors This meant :
ozens OF youngsters at home all day {
0ng and exposed to contagion In Hl-ven-
Hated, stuffy cottages. Each morning. {
" Giles rode down TO the village upon '
stout bog-taiied hcg-maned cob. He 7
you'd stare at his pretty, picturesque ]
hatched pest-hoUses. protruding a dubi- q
US under lip. In his too-prominent eyes I
ay that hah-furtive. haif-frightened ex-
ressiOn OF which mention has been I
made. What he really thought could
My atterefoE>surmise; no wor6=es-i