The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-26
NUMBER THIRTEEN
A Powerful Serial Story.
BY F. NJ. WHITE,
Author OF Th. Weight Of

drinking" he gasped. You Will see
for Yourself that he Is on the verge
OF bad attack OF delirium tremeDs.
He Is Sir Charles Altamont, who lives
next dodr, at No. IA. He managed To
break down a partition between this
house and the next. lie insists that
some friend OF his is hiding here. and
altogether he has made n great dis
turbance. You will quite see. doctor.
! how important IL is TO remove al once
| the source OF so much danger TO your
| patient
] The stranger nodded CURLY. There
was no occasion 10 point out all this
/ TO him He watched Sir Charles
struggling In the arms Of his antagon-
| list he could see at glance that II
was even AS Braybrooke had said.
Fortunately | can deal with the
matter out of hand" he said. II came
I here tonight prepared to sfapple with
/ a dangerous form OF delusion. My pa
! tient is quiet now, and II Is quite
critical thar she should not be dis
| turbed One moment"
The doctor opened his black bag
! ami produced q -hypodermic syringe
/ He gave sign 10 Braybrooke. who
/ forced Sir Charles to the ground and
tore open his sleeve. A moment later,
and the syringe had done It's work
Only few seconds elapsed before
the baronet collapsed altogether, anu
lay like log on the carpet
NO more trouble with him for the
next four-andtw hours the doc
ter said cheerfully. so he must Oe
got TO bed and his clothes removed.
VIII you help me, sir?'
II will help you with the Creates
possible pleasure" Braybroohe saii
grimly. Indeed, | am lastly Obliged
by your ready assistance. You take
! his Lead and ri take hrs feet
+; ncy can pilot you up % his room
all right
Man OF wonderful resources Is
| Thomas" Colville mutte"ed compia'
Gently.
Lady Altamont laughed unpleasant
! ~, and Braybrooke noted the mirth
with apprehension. Things were go
ing his way now, but he was not out
of the wood yet II would never do 10
/ leave Colville and that woman alone
together, yet at the same time 1t was
Impossible to do anything until the
! body OF Sir Charles had been properly
disposed of
! The latters bedroom was reached at
last and the unconscious form cepos'
] lied with much ceremony on the own
cr's bed. A few moments alter and he
was stripped and made comfortable.
He is likely TO do pretty well now
for some time 10 come the doctor
said III the fellow goes on In the
same way, | wouldn't give month FOR
/ him 10 live. Altogether. YOU seem 10
be a queer lot in these part
we are Braybrooke aid grimiy.
we are very queer lot on both sides
/ o. the party wall. But tell me. how IS
! your patient next door getting on? !
understand that she is NIECE OF the
old huusekeeper Is she better"
she is in a pretty bad way the
doctor exclaimed. Still, she only
wants rest and quietness TO null her
round. Ii isn't for me TO ask too many
questions. but should be inclined TO
doubt the statement that my patient
is i Liece OF that old lady. But rea
'ly must be getting along. | shan be
glad il YOU can see your way 10 lettlnS
me out OF the house. I'm pretty wen
done up cor want of sleep. and don't
want to stand there answering lot
OF silly questions.
I Nothing easier" BraybrooHe said
! Il can let YOU out OF the front door
here and fasten it behind YOU. Then
| can go back next door by the way
We came"
Five minutes later and Braybrooke
was back at No l3 once more. he re
turned very quietly. SO quietly thar
Lady Altamont was not aware or his
presence lie was about TO say that
/ he had got Sir Charles comfortably In
| bed when a word OF the conversation
arrested him He drew back in the
shadow, and stood there listening in
ttntly Il say you are wrong. Cot
lie muttered You know nothing
about IL. You say that turned my
wife out OF my house. and am not
prepared To deny IT, But you do NOT
know. nobody will ever know what
prcyocation | had. Your sister was
a. great an adventures as yourself.
And YOU are not asking all these ques-
tons ont of any affection that YOU feel
( fo- her. oh. know great deal more
than YOU imagine. You littl: know
how carefully have had my eye on
YOU for some considerable time past.
| could tell YOU pretty well anything
/ IfGI TOOK place. NOui iouSt Oh INV
occasion of your masked ball A wO-
man comes 20 your house who is Il
perfect stranger TO you, ami she meets
With q strange accident there. real
all about II III the papers How +!
laughed when | read the report. Lady
Altamont who was greatly disturbed,
could give no account Of her mysteri-
ouS visitor. or how she came to be
! injured Oh OH Lady Altamont,
with her usual kindness. IL doing all
she can for the sufferer 4 trained
Nurse has been engaged, in TACT every
thing that could possibly be- d ne etc,
etc. And all the time there were two
of us close together who could have
told the whole truth. II necessary"
81 might have guessed something of
this" she said shall have to be
more or less candid with you. The
woman in question has disappeared.
and she has vanished from M house
IS completely as II she had mover ex-
isted That must be the work, OF
some deadly enemy OF mine OF course
And when Sir Charles came in and
dcclared that he had seen her face
Hooking out of one of your bedroom
windows. | felt quite certain that"
tTo Be Continued.p
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