The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24

WhatT Why Lawlors sudden fear. on
receipt of the strange missive?
His mysterious, devoted servant Cash,
too-theres another riddle. So, also,
LaWlors intense curiosity about the
higher forms of surgical alteration.
And the gorilla! There, il seems to me,
Is the greatest mystery of alln'
Striving intently 70 knit all these dis
Jolnted fragments into a connected
whole, he passed down the driveway,
then turned of into the forest and
strolled over the sprirgy pine-needles,
which cracked pleasantly under foot.
Lawlor's haste 10 change the subject,
when he had heard of the case of the
dead man brought back to life by saline
solution and adrenalin came into Har-
greave's mind. The surgeon recalled
what he had said about the complica-
tons in regard to the S2000,000 Will Of
the reSuScitated man.
Some complex property situation
hereE Some tremendous plot 10 de-
traud?' thought he. "A great insur-
ance swindle. maybe? Or an attempt
70 pass this gorilla of for a man, when
thoroughly transformed by suitable Ope-
ratiOns2 May be hangeiif / know what
to think! Each hypothesis seems to
contain possibilities, yet none completely
explains the affair. OF ali mysteries, all
battling situations, this certainly stands
out supreme above any experience OF
my whole CareerI'
The idea struck him for a moment
that now, II at all, was his best oppOr-
tunIty 10 evade the whole tangle Of
myStificatiOn, 10 strike out for liberty,
10 escape. TO win his way TO some house.
settlement, town, ana thence by any
means at hand regain New York. There
he could refute the rumOrs Of his death
and once more take up his interrupted
llework. The temptation was strong
but only for a minute. Other thoughts
Inhabited its execution.
What? Leave this case2" said he
Abandon a client In need, whatever
that need may be- Never And, tCO,
this singular oppOrtunity-shall 1 leave
that2
Lawlor's words came 10 his mind.
These months which you are going 10
pass as my guest, either voluntarily or
not, Will set you head and shoulders
above any living surgeon on earth-will
make you supreme in knowledge, in
technicI'
Supreme he repeated paUsing be-
side a ragEed-barlled old cedar ''Su-
premei No, I can't forfeit this great Op-
pOrtunity, whatever II may be, which
fate has thrown fair in my way. As
Tor the kidnapping, the druging, and
ALL must forgive that for the present.
at least"
He found the thought Of compromise
not disagreeable, provided only that the
compromise should work no evil.
Nothing contrary 10 honor 70 my
professional standards" ne declared.
with this strange work. A singular
exultation thrilled him. With. strange
enjoyment he breathed the crisp ozone,
looked out through the old forest,
sensed a new life, new interest work
ing in his blood.
Escape now? Desert2' said he, half
aloud mo. not for a thousand dol
Iars-nOt for ten thousand This Law
Tor, too, whatever he may have been or
may be. darned If I don't like him well
Wicked ne may have been, cruel he
may be and INSCRIPTIONS. but he's big,
he's strong, he's maI.-and he's in ter
rible distress. He n aedn't guard me
here III stay"'
4 breeze came rushing through the
forest, swaying the evergreen boughs,
whispering age-Old secrets among the
spikv needle clusters. Hargrave saw
something fiuUteT. Something white
lodged against the bole Of spruce
twenty feet away
"A paperT' said he
Instiuctively he moved toward f. He
saw that L. was covered with figures
some Of them underscOred.
'.Hmmm, What's this. now2'
He stopped and picked it up. "a cal
endar. Ell? I was hoping ii might prove
something Of Importance He was
about to throw 1t away, when second
thought restrained him. He opened the