Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-23


The other turned angrily. He spoke
very low, and his voice was tense with
passion.
.She's ours, tell ye,7 he said. "and if
you speak they'll come an take her
away | saved her. We can keep her
here without bein' seen for a month or
two, then fix up tale about her bein'
adopted from the city, an nobody'll ever
know"
He glanced excitedIy at the unconscious
child, then advanced threateningly, his
hands clenehed, his chest heaving. shes
ours!' he cried, AN You can't take her
away We've been friends for fifteen
years. Doc, but if you tell, so help me,
III kill ye'
~All right. my friend" Dr. West re-
piled quietly, soothingly. Il viii do as
You say. until YOU change your mind.
You can trust me. Sleep now. and when
You have rested we viii find wayne
viii find a way
Wilson turned and knelt beside his
wife. His body fell forward across the
bed, and he lay there exhausted.
Two days later the train brought in a
solitary passenger, young man with a
band of black felt around his hat. who
asked directions of the agent, and hurried
up the street He climbed the narrow
steps to DR.. Vests office and waited his
turn in the anterior
My name is Burns,' he announced in
matter ffact way, after the doctors
patients had gone. Il wired you yester-
day"
You are relative?'
Yes, | am his brother. They left st.
Louis three weeks ago for trip down
the river and a cruise in the gulf-a fool
hardy undertaking in small boat. I
knew from the descriptions and pictures
here"-touching a bundle of newspapers
under his ARMAND | came at once.
There is no doubt"
Dr. West hesitated, embarrassed.
They were all then" he asked finally,
your brother, his wife and the engi-
neer?'
NO, there was a child, too, who per-
lshed with the rest, although the papers
do not mention her"
But suppose the child was rescued"
the doctor insisted dreamily. Suppose
she had found home with ehildless
couple who loved her beyond anything
on earth, and suppose there had been a
lonely old fellow to watch over her
through the years, as he would have pro-
tected a child of his own
That would have been very good
solution" the young man replied; '.but
don't you think this speculation is rather
ridiculous when l am so certain?"
BY the way the doctor exclaimed,
reaching for his hat, you must excuse
me. | have an important call to make
at once, but l must see You again this
evening, say at s o'clock.
"All right" Burns answered 'Ill meet
you here. I'm not leaving until tomor-
row afternoon"
They shook hands and the doctor hur-
ried away. For the first time in his life
he failed to recognize the friends who
passed, and they looked after him, won
dering at his preoecupied air, and the
strange, youthful spring of his step as he
turned into the Point road
When he reached Wilson's cottage the
blinds were drawn, the place was mys-
teriously quiet and looked deserted. He
Knocked several times before the door
was opened very cautiously by the cap
tain
Wilson sank upon the edge of tla bed
his hagge rd face fell into his hara3.
why do you come to take her awav -
he demanded "She's happy here"
"1es. | am sure she would always te
happy here the doctor answered. 81
was not thinking of her happiness now,
however OF your own--yours AM mine.
land the love between your wife and
you"
Il know, She says he ought to give
her ur, but it would break her heart, too,
an we can't-we can't, | tell We"
Yes, hut you know that this child.
when she grows older, may discover
your deception? Then she will hate YOU.
Can you afford it, Wilson? You who
have always been a good man"
firing of her play, the little girl had
wandered across the hall and opened the
door noiselessly. "Dood man." She hsped,
catching the last words 'Dood man.
Wilson sprang up with cry and
clasped the wondering child in his arms.
You're right, Doc" he said brokenlv.
Il guess we'll-we'll have to do what's
right
DIR. West stepped to the window and
threw open he closed blinds, flooding
the room with the golden light of the
sunset.
He deserves to suffer for a while, at
least" he mused, looking out beyond the
long reach of sand to where the waves
tossed and gl;nted and murmured peace.
fully. Their another thought crossed his
mind.
1t is TIE physicians duty to alleviate
suffering when he can't matters not
whether it be the pain of the body or the
anguish of the heart.
by the way, my friend" he began
his voice trembling, and again his eyes
shone with strange hght--the ethereal
light of vietory.-James True, Jr., in the
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Not Every Nurse Knows.