Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-17
CHAPTER V-Continued.

Fora had him carried 10 a room In the
hotel and sent for a doctor. who kept him
In bed for a fortnight. Fora and Turner
nursed him. much to his Apologize con-
tent. The Callenders in the meanwhile
went to Berlin.
When Septimus got up. gaunt and star
ing. he appealed to thes beholder as the
most helpless thing which the Creator
had clothed in the semblance Of a man.
He must take very great care Of him.
self for the next few weeks" said the
doctor. IF he gets a relapse I won't an
swer for the consequences. Can't You
take him somewhere
Take him SOMEWHERE The idea had
been worrying her for some days past.
II she left him to his own initiative he
would probably go and camp with Wig
gleswick amid tie ruins of his house in
Shepherds Bush. where he would fall i'll
I'VE can't leave him here, at any rate. -
she remarked to Turner.
Turner agreed. AS well abandon q
nonth-old baby on a doorstep and expect
IL 10 earn its livelihood. She also had
come to take proprietary interest In
Septimus
.'He might stay with us In Nunsmere.
What do you think, Turner
Il think, na'am. said Turner. that
would be the least improper arrange
ment."
He can have Cousin James room. .
unused Fora. knowing that Cousin Jane
would fly at her approach.
And I'll see. ma'am. that he comes
down to his meals regular, said Turner.
Then it's settled said Fora
She went forthwith to the invalid and
acquainted him with his immediate des-
tiny At first he resisted. He would be
a nuisance. Since his boyhOod he had
never lived in lady's house. Even land
ladies in lodgings had found him impos-
sible. He could not think of accepting
more favors from her all too gracious
hands.
You've got to do what you're told"
said Fora, conclusively. She noticed a
shade of anxiety cross his face. lis
there anything else?"
"Wiggleswick. don't know what's to
become OF him.
He can come to Nunsmsre and lodge
with the local policeman. said Fora.
On the evening before they started
from Paris she received a letter address,
cd in a curiously feminine hand. 1t ran:
Dear sdrs. Middlemist: 1 don't let the
grass grow under my feet. I have bought
Penton Court. i have also started q
campaign which will wipe the Jebusa
they blacken. I hope you are finding a
vocation. When I am settled ct Nuns
mere we must talk further OF this.
take greater interest In you than In any
other woman I have ever known. and
that believe you take an interest In me
II the proud privilege Of yours very faith
fully, GLEN eYPHER."
Here are the three railway tickets.
ms'am.". said Turner. who had brought
up the letter. u think we had better
take charge Of them
Fora laughed, and when Turner had
left the room she laughed again. Glenn
Sypher's letter and Septimus' ticket lay
side by side on her dressing table. and
they appealed to her sense iof humor
They represented the net result OF her
misanthropic travels.
What would her mother say? VIVA,
would Emmy say? What would be the
superior remark Of the Literary Mar
from London?
She. Fora Middiemist who had an
nounced In the market place. with such
flourish OF trumpets. that she wal
starting on her glorious pilgrimage to the
Heart Of Life. abjuring all conversation
with the execrated male sex. to have this