The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-10
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all. but hero they were. and showed
them up In their room. Pretty soon
the doctor came back. and liked
things stll less. He's an ugly one. 10
the doctor. and YOU can take my word
for II. Have you ever seen himr'
NO" I answered; only once. vogue
~. and In the moonlight"
You know them" said Mrs.. Lathrop.
shat no Is almost as tall a. you are.
with great. heavy. sIopfng shoulders AMI
queer. broad. stumpy hands. His hair
was black and not very thick and grew
down low In tho middle OF his fore
head. In what thlnh IL called a widows
peak. and what with tho long nose un-
der II ana eyes too small and near to-
Eether and that queer. mean. little baby
mouth of his: can tell you was
sorry I hadn't slammed the door In
his face"
Here at last was some picture Of the
man to 60 upon.
How was he dressed.' I asked.
Il don't exactly know" said Mira.
Iathrop. II remember that he did have
a brown derby and that his clothes were
brown too; smooth. think. and with
narrow stripe. lie wore n ring with .
sort OF pointed purple stone in g. AN
his things looked as II he had plenty Of
Perhaps woman always docs bate .
woman more. when she's hating 1t all.
thought she was fat at first. but she
wasn't only heavy and broad and strong.
with a square. mannfsn face and Q silly
mop OF chorus-girl hair over Il.
"No one said very much while they
were eating their supper. The two Of
them had tho girl between them. and
talked across her. while she said,nothins.
Once or twice the doctor raised his thtn
eyebrows at me. ns n he meant me to
understand something he didn't want To
say at the moment. He had caught me
looking at the girl. poor dear. I suppose.
and all no could think Of was TO make
mystery of II; for II was pretty plaip
that she was frightened and unhappy.
and onoe. when she raised her hands
from her lap. noticed . red marx about
her wrists, as n they had been tied to-
gether by a cord. 80. whom he came
out into the Kitchen 10 pay me. asked
him about It
Perhaps I should have told ysu
about II. Mrs. Lathrop.' no said, but
there are things that one does not Opsak
of unless II Is absolutely necessary. This
young lady has run away from . sans-
forum. and her nurse and are bring
ing her back. II would have been better
II some ono of her family could have
como with US. but they are al abroad
At present"
"Do you mean to say asiesd him,
that that lovely little thing - out Of
her mindr
Only eighty. MIRA LAthrop.' he
told me: we hope to have her wen a. Q
year or 10. Absolute quiet and mod
ern treatment work wonders. you
know. She imagines that she has been
married. ana will probably esll you %
II she gets tho chance
well. she wears Q vsddfng ylnG,'
said !. That made him scowl ct me.
Mr.. Ellsworth. 1t was pretty plain he
thought was too inQuisitivs: but I
am not one that minds other peoples
scowls much. and guess he saw that
he was doing the wrong thing. 30,
finally. he told mo that they let her
wear II to keep her quiet. ana more
than half believed Il. because you
couldn't tell from her face whether she
was married Or not
'-Then he went IN ana whispered 20
that nurse . few minutes. and went
out without saying another word to
me. Pretty soon after that tho ladies
went upstairs TO bed" Mrs. LAthrop
paused and sighed. and I. too, sat
Of tho night that Nancy must have
pa ssed. and must pass again. for how
long I could not say. ] looked up 10
ind Mrs. Lathrop staring at me In as
constituent.
What Is IT," asked.
Mrs. Lathrop chuckled. do you
know. Mr., Ellsworth. that all this time
you have been eating dinner In your
Gloves"
why. so 7 have" I said. "but I am
quite through now. so the harm Is
done
For two days had forgotten my
hands. and this sudden reminder startled
me. bringing back with a rush. as II did.
the accustomed pain OF my affliction:
and yet this time a new thought and
feeling mingled with tho bitter old one,
for | glanced down at my gloved hands
and remembered how strong they Were.
with what compensation. poor though
II was. OF unusual physical power they
were endowed. and tho reflection heart
ened me-
/ looked up to ind Mrs Lathrop star
ing at me across the table. She colored.
but kept her eyes bravely upon mine
"It | was you Mr.. Ellsworth" she
said, Il should so n little easy. That
doctor deserves good beating right
now. hut II won't help either you or
anybody else TO XIII him."
"Kul hlm?" | questioned.
Yes" she said; isn't that what You
we've thinking about? You have been
sitting there for tho last five minutes
looking like battle, murder and sudden
death"
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