The Washington times., 1912-12-11
CHAPTER lv.-(Conti ntinued.)

numbinS pressure over tho
IN eyes. a. though q s'lver-rim.
med opthalmoscopc were search
Ing tho cells Of his brain. His nerves
ninched under the strain. A needle Of
light seemed to probo and illumine the
quivcring depths Of his retina. The light
was Withdrawn sharply. He heard her
voice, and II sounded very far away.
my fee 10 900 guineas. Your case
would occupy several weeks-a month.
perhaps. There would have to be ex-
fractions by . process Of rad'o-mas-
netics." -,
Renwick half turned in the chair. II.
beg your PARDON. he stamnered'
"Two hundred she affirmed coldly:
Il am not prepared to pay such al
amount was all he could say. .,
Then I must wish 20" sooo "o'"
Stupef,ed by her words. he listened to
the sound Of her fast-retr ating steps on
the carpet, Then. turning from dss n.s
seat. he called her with q note OF oe'
"if you think there is hope. ! mlght! \!
raise the fee within . month. msdame,
"Do YOU think / would have asked ~
there had been noneT came sharp'S
'r"n "I bsS sa' Your our pardon, Mime. Messonler.
I merely desire TO be frank with y9n.
The sum is colossal-to me. HutI., He ie
paused unsteadily. staring b'eak'y IN
her direction. ,,,..c,o in
M Renwick," was her business-like re-
tort, .'Your case IL not quite nops!e.s.
You are suffering from rsdi"m po''o"
She turned to Tony with a smile: ,,,:
nj any time within the next two days
After that'--she paused. WIN smt. sat,
glance at the bent figure near the cn1s. .,.a
AFTER that, 1 cannot answer ''r '"'
consequences" ,,,,cr
The little de.eetivs, detective, dreW rs;nes, a aSc ma.
Samss Gasass' Pray w. consider" he urged with
II must wish you good morning.
Che was gone, leaving Tony staring
after her 40 she ascended the Woe
stairs leading to her private apart
This specialist business beats al
forms Of sambiing, Kenny. It's your
money or your life with vengeance.
Heavens, i thought there were q iew
angels in the medical profession. 80
far. we've encountered no.n'nS ,.,a h,.s,S ~
The attendant showed them TO tbc
door with frozen formality that Jared
on Tony's nerves. TO clifford the situa-
ton was fraught with tnnumerable Ter
rors. Something In Nine. MISSIONER 20
brief examination convinced MN OF ne. n
knowledge and power. A charlatan
would have barga,ned with him-would
have accepted % guineas before nna"y
turning him adrlft az incurabic.
Never before had he felt how colossal
were the barriers which separated the
average man from 200 ga!neas. In the
-. n. hoA enOo rAod auCh n sum AZ q
mere trihe. Moncy-lenders we're not all
swindiers. And a young man occupying
Il fair position In tho city mieht. under
ordinary conditions. easily negotiate a
loan Of two or three hundred POUNDS AZ
n moderate rate OF interest.
In the face Of Sir Floyd Garston's ver-
dict, he could not ask his employer to
assist in paying Nine. Messonier's Zee.
Cyril Coleman would follow Sir Floyd's s
lead, and insist upon his going to an IN
urinary. But Just here Clifford felt an
unutterable loathinG at the prospect OF
a hospital ward. And there was some.
thing In his case that called for instant
treatment.
Strangely enough. Nine. Messonier had
diagnosed his symptoms Of blindness in
the precise terms which TerirS S Tsaska ska
had allowed him two days grace where
In cure was possible. It might ba q
trick to obtain money. he thought: Du!
surely the directors Of so masnihcent
an institute would hardly risk exposure
q. 'S,r%'eos drop q 81 sweat s fel, from hi. brow
a. he stumbled into the car. Il must
get that 200" he painted. Hartman and
are YOU listening? must have the
my dear Kenny. Hartman and lsaaea
won't listen to YOU. Consider the facts
yoa sD prSpess sys ,0pss 4ssays y %
find out all about your future prospects
before they put up q cent. No sane
financiers ever advanced money Tor the
benefit Of q aTack specialist" :.
that "Pc rc%yf:! SSS think that ~"s' Ae''0n'sF Il
s%fsE % soy :sw y, her her r.t ana ySY
n,.uae t., BsrnhasSs could mot have bet
''sa Reanwiek vic fiinched: Cant You see how
she pounced on the real trouble sht
said distinctlv that my nerves were SUI.
seoE.e sene Of ssG9Th The
ter by means of radio ma gnetics. In a
word. half the London hospitals
| wouldn't know what she meant. TerinC
;Is,.r Tsarks a., said she would cure me- be-
Bravo. Kenny! Go home tonight and
sleep; I'll do nv best to raise the money
| Clifford sauirmed in his seat. He knew
! tnaI the KOOO-natufeO little man "OulC
| sell or mortgage all his worldly posses
sions to help him. And Tony had 9
| wife and family depending on his mod
"See here. Tony; don't bother abou
| this affair. Now ! come to think. ther,
are some mining shares at home tina
were bought for me by Aunt Clara
They are worth more than 200 at pres
ent prices: @ Funny didn't remem9e
| Tnny hreathed n trife easier at III,
news. although he marveled why Gif
ford had never mentioned the minins
| shares before. At Waterloo Station III
provided himself with two tickets fo
I Twicsenham. where Renwick's Widowed
mother lived in a red brick cottage nea
Arriving at the picturesque old town
thev walked down a hedge-skirted Ian
where the early spring flowers peepe'
from moss-grown walls and garde
rails.
A few somber clouds drifted over tn
distant fields; yet. as they approache
the lane end the sun rose from tn
piled-up masses. flooding field and high
way with golden mists. Children,
voices reached them from near school
house. Everywhere. as they passe
along. clifford was assailed by a huI
dred familiar sounds that brought wit
them the memories OF his childhood.
What a pitiable homecoming! Only
few days before he had followed I'll
.noA 90 tha ~ tiOn with the iOy of iii