Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-10

alcoholism or of the drug habit in some
form"
81 viii come" Claude Surtees said. He
had commenced with the intention of
playing trick on Phil by impersonat-
ing him during a case" The words
"a case of alcoholism or of the drug
habit" had decided him.
Thank you; Pm very glad" Mr..
Lorrin said. you see, for some time we
thought-we hoped-it mightn't be pos
sible to cure her The patient is q
young lady" he added as Claude raised
eyes full of surprise.
Il didn't expect that" Claude said
gravely,
But you'll conner" Mr.. Lorrin cried
eagerly. You see, want doctor who
doesn't know her, so as she won't run
any risks of seeing him again after she's
cured. 1t would be too painful to her
We must know the truth-must know if
she can be cured You won't go back on
me-on us. l mean? I'd sooner have
you If you'd eome-Fd trust you to do
your best"
He broke off with bashful little
laugh.
Claude Surtees had a sympathetic i'm
agination, and he at once surmised,
either rightly or wrongly, that the young
man before him had special interest in
che patients recovery.
"All right, I'll do all I can for you'll
Eve made special study of the thing,
and l will do my best for your cousin"
Clause said
Thanks! I'm awfully glad But she
isn't my cousin, you know Delisle's my
cousin, but she isn't his daughter. De-
isles her guardian-she and her sisters
are the daughters of an old friend of his
Well, won't you dine with me this even.
ing? You can get your valise passed and
sent on to the station and we can go
straight" =
A few hours later the Northern train
was painting along in the bleak March
night. Claude Surtees had sent three
kilograms from the stat;Cu--onc to his
brother saying he had gone 10 Scotland,
one to his landlady; and one to Mime.
Stephanof.
How did Claude Surtees come to be
engaged to Rose Stephanoff? What had
been his motive in proposing to herr
What had been hers in accepting himf
In the drawing room after dinner, and
just a little before the Scotch express
left st. Pancras station, DR. Surtees and
his wife were talking over the situation
Retta was of opinion that "the wom-
an" was chiefly to blame, but she
thought too that Claude had not been
sorry of an opportunity of doing some
thing extraordinary" The woman" be
ing as Claude had admitted, penniless
and growing old, had naturally accepted
the young man, who, she keenly knew,
had some little means of his own.
Perhaps l didn't receive che news in
a proper spirit" the doctor said. per
haps / should have met him half -way-
should have encouraged him bit"
Nonsense, dear!" Retta said with a
laugh. Claude doesn't require any en-
enlargement to say what he wants to
say. He has been terribly foolish, and
the woman has taken advantage of it."
The parlor maid brought in a tele.
gram. DR.. Surtees sometimes received
half a dozen of these dispatches in the
course of a day, but a feeling of absurd
nervousness seized him as he tore open
the envelope.
Claude has gone to Scotland" he said.
What does this meant"
What does he say?" Retta asked
'He says simply that he has gone to
Scotland with q FRIEND" the doctor re-
piled. What made him do that ? What'a
| the matterH"
HE does not want to see you, sup
poser" Retta said dryly
Nonsense, my dear! It isn't like him
to run away"
"Then he is probably angry because
you object to his engagement"
The doctor admitted that that was
more likely, but he felt that Oaude's
freakish conduct had absolved him from
| selfreproach.
There was one very simple explanation
of the matter which had not presented
itself to either of these excellent people.
which, had it been presented to them,
would have been considered by them a
stumbling block and foolishness. Claude
loved Nine. Stephanof
Ito Be Continued.)