The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-20

symptoms of brain fever. and possibly his brain may suffer. May I wire for Sir David Llewellyn from Cardiff. There is no better man in London"
 Yes" Mir. Lampirthy replied; send for him at once. and. if there's another doctor handy. get him as we'll. One of you must be in constant attendance. You can take it in turns. I'll make it worth your whiIe.'
 There is Dr. Morgan at Pen-y-bont; he is not very busy at his time of the year"
 Send for him at once" The doctor sat down and wrote out two telegrams. This case promised to be gold mine. and he was glad to do good turn to an old friend. There was only a bare living to be picked up in this sparsely populated mountain dis- trict of Wafes. and the Welsh people were not generous patients. The fees for this case alone might easily exceed all that he had earned in tho first six months of the year.
 The teiegrams were dispatched and Mir. Lampirthy. who had driven straight from a distant station to the White
 How Is your patient?' asked Mrs. Lampirthy.
 He is very i'll. He may die; and he may lose bis reason. If he lives"
 He hadn't much to lose, poor fel- low" Mrs. Iampirthy replied. with siclly smile--the result of joy battling with pretended sorrow for the control of her features.
 You think not?" said MT LAmpirthy. "Ah. that reminds me that want to have little business chat with you, Violet Tn your last letter She rose to her feet and pressed her hands to her ears.
 Don't talk to me of 1t now" she cried. T won't listen to your lectures. I've been worried enough. You're be- having like brute to me"
 Mir. Lampirthy shrugged his should CTS and loft the room. His wife dined alone In her boudoir that night. and he consumed his meal In the solitary gran deur of the great banquetlng hall. When he had finished. he lit cigar and walked through the village to the encampment by the river.
 He found the little colony of preach CTS on their knees in the moonlight Not a word came from their lips, but he knew the object of their prayers. He did not kneel with them, but barred his head and waited
 When at last. after long silence. they rose to their feet. he went among them and spoke a few words of prac- tical comfort. He told them that, if human skin and science were of any avail, their leader would be spared to them.
 One young enthusiast rebuked him. saying that life and death were fin the hands of God alone.
 True my friend" Mir. Lampirthy re- piled, but man is expected to do the best in his power. I have done my best. Doubtless they are as valuable as anything can give"
 He turned and left them, and as he neared the White Lion," he heard the faint music of a funeral hymn rising into the summer night. He paused and listened. The preachers had ceased to pray for the life of Father Francis: they were singing a requiem for the lad who had died the day before.
 Mir. Lampirthy entered the inn. and was shown into the sitting-room which had been reserved for pr. Parry Whom the doctor had given an account of his patients condition, MT. Lampirthy turn ed the conversation to Harry Brandon
 ''Oh, yes" the doctor said quickly, without doubt his death was due to the conditions of his life He had. so Father Francis told me on the way here. been in a shop most of his life. You can't take a fellow of that sort and ex- pect him to live in the open air in all weathers and sleep in a tent at night.
  house directly he was taken i'll; then we might have saved him"
 Tn other words" said Mir. Lampirthy. The died at the post of duty--the first martyr to the Cause"
 Has this Father Francis any rela- tions?" said the doctor, unwilling to offend Mir. Lampirthy by what he long his real nameT
 T don't know" Mir, Lampirthy re- piled; and then he remembered some thing.
 His relations should be sent for" said Dr. Parry. His condition is very serious"
 T know nothing of them. He has never even told me his name"
 The next day Sir David Llewllyn ar rived from Cardiff. The great phy- sician advised the clipping of the luxurious locks and the removal of the beard and all the hair on the face. The weather was hot and oppressive, and It was necessary that the mans head should be kept as cool as possible.
 pr. Parry was much amused at the change thus wrought in the appearance of the great preacher.
 I'm afraid you've destroyed one of his chief assets" he said to Sir David; he'll no longer look like a prophet from the Old Testament"
 "He is not so picturesque" said Sir David dryly. "but he will be more com 
 I'm afraid he won't be a success till his hair grows again. Do you think his brain will be all right, Sir David?"
 T am not sure. He seems to have been a crack brained. excitable sort of chap, and 1t takes very little to disturb the mental balance of a man like that But I see no reason why he shouldn't live for many years-with care"
 "Ah. yes, Sir David. as you say. with rsre. You've doubtless noticed, as 1id-"
 'Yes. Dr. Parry. He is not a sound man. It is a terrible thing to speak evil of man like this. but. of course, we are talking professionally"
 "Of course, Sir David"
 Well this man has lived hard life In his early days You understand?"
 (COntinUrd TOmOrrOw.)