The Raymer enterprise., 1912-05-30

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in company with his wife. He was
seized with severe attack OF appen.
dicitis. and 1t was to an operation
performed by me at the eleventh hour
that he owed his recovery. We grew
to be warm friends. having discovered
that we had many tastes In common;
among others. liking for exploring
the mysteries Of the skies. For Tre-
genna was a noted astronomer. and
the proud possessor Of one Of the larg.
est telescopes in England.
During the following year I gave up
practise. except In cases where was
called In consultation. had resolved
on taking good long rest, and paying
q promised visit to Tregenna. He and
his wife were then at their London
residence. and I was surprised and
pleased to find that Sir John mum.
bered among his intimate friends q
former great chum Of mine-Dr. Hor.
ace Collett. The latter had studied
medicine with me. but later had set.
tied In London. where his brilliant tai.
ents and American push earned him
4 place In the front rank OF the British
medical fraternity. He was the Tre.
gennas' family physician and was
much esteemed by them. Sir John
had been married several years. but
had no children. This fact might pos
sibly account for the gloom which oc.
Sasionally overshadowed his features.
ibr he owned large property In Corn.
wall bearing the name OF Tregenna
Manor. and as this was. according to
English law. strictly entailed. 1t would
90 to distant branch Of the family
n he died without Issue.
About this time a total eclipse Of
the sun was expected to take place
in Ceylon and Southern India. Hav.
ing never seen the great world Of light
under these interesting circumstances.
] gladly accepted an invitation from
Tregenna to join party Of solar spec.
troscoplsts who were starting for In.
dia under his leadership. We arrived
at our destination In good time, and
had the satisfaction Of witnessing a
total eclipse OF nearly six minutes du.
ration. Having made our observations
In the hill country. we Immediately
afterwqrd started for the const On n
certain intensely hot night Tregenna
and were standing on the veranda
outside one of the big hotels at Mad.
ras. when he said abruptly:
II am rather worried about my wife.
Halifax"
rs not Lady Tregenna in good
health?" I queried.
II hope so," he said slowly. and then
added with sudden burst Of conf.
dence: The truth Is, Halifax. that
when left England there was hope
that Lady Tregenna might present
me with an heir to the property. It
was imperative that | should accom-.
pany this expedition. or | would not
have left home ut such critical time.
expected news before now. II was
arranged that DR.. Collett was to cable
to me here. The silence makes me
rather uneasy"
He had scarcely finished speaking
when n servant appeared. bearing two
cablegrams on snlver. One was ad.
dressed to Tregenna, the other to my.
self. I noticed that he changed color
al he took his from the salver. Out
OF consideration for him left the yer.
anda and entered the heated room
where we had Just dined. I opened
my cnblegram. It was from Collett.
written In cipher. and contained n
good deal OF valuable information re.
garding certain discoveries In medi.
cine which corresponded closely with
some had made myself. But the final
news In the message startled and dis.
tressed me:
"Your fellow.traveler. Sir John Tre.
genna, Is disappointed OF his hope OF
an heir. Lady Tregenna gave birth to
n boy this morning. who only lived an
hour"
Sir Johns eager face. the look In bis
eyes when he spoke OF an heir to his
property. flashed painfully now before
my mental vision. The blow he was
about to receive was a cruel one. I
had Just thrust the cablegram into
my pocket. when Tregenna rushed In.
to the room.
Halifax" he gasped excitedly. IT
can scarcely contain myself. the re-
lief Is 80 immense. I am the father
Of a nno boy. and the property Is
saved"
I saw there was serious error
somewhere. but did not dare to tell
him the news I had received. His ex.
element was so great that to dash
his hopes to the ground might almost
kin him.
"You do not realize what this means
to me- he said. III have an enemy
In tho world. II Is the man who was
to have succeeded me at the Manor.
His name Is Dayrell Tregcnna. But
tho coming Of the boy makes II all
right. I am surprised. though. to and
that Dr. Collett did not send the cable.
II was sent by DR.. Mason. Collett
could not have been In attendance.
shali leave for home tomorrow. Wish
me luck. Halifax"
with all my heart" I responded.
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