Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-09
CHAPTER XIII.
When Damon Doubted pv.blss.

WHICH CdflOH OOupIcO fytnlGs.
Not until | had been passed into al
elevator by a dainty young woman il
the white habit of a trained nurse
shot up four floors into the hands OF
another who might have been the
frsts twin sister, and ushered by her
In turn, into severely professional
appearing waiting room, did it occur
to me that | was upon an GRAND in
yolying the employment Of an ex
traordinary degree OF tact So i'm
bued had | been with the importance
of learning whether Cameron had or
had not been in Picking In 1903. that
up to this moment l had quite lost
sight of my own position. Now asked
myself, on what ground was to make
my plea for information? TO tell this
DR. Addison the whole story would
certainly be inexpedient. To hint even
at alarm concerning Cameron might
involve the precipitation of that finan-
cial disaster he had feared and regard
ing which he had warned me. Indeed,
would not any effort to obtain the
facts | desired be likely to arouse sus-
picion, no matter how delicately
made?
The more l pondered the situation,
sitting there thouehtfully while one
after another the patients who had
preceded me passed into the physi
clans consultation room, the more beg
carly, it seemed to me, became my
chances of success. And when, at
length, my turn came to enter tho
presence Of my friends friend, I Wag
about persuaded that | should vcly
soon be making an ignomlnious exit
branded as an impertinently meddliHe
busybody.
/ have always contended that It was
DR.. Addison's severely professional air
which was responsible for my inspi
ration, for no thought OF such course
occurred to me. until standing dumbly
hesitant before him, became con
scious that he was making mental in
ventory of me with view to dag
lnosis
The penetration of his gaze i'm.
pressed me at once. His steel gray
eyes were like a pair of converging
probes; and they were his dominant
feature Aside from them his face
was commonplace.
Doctor" l said. and the sound of
my voice was relief to the strained
tension of the moment, 81 learned Of
you through Mr.. Cameron-Mr Rob
ert Cameron, a mutual friend"
hoped to see his expression bright
en- at the name. but it did not. If
there was any change whatever it was
In the reverse direction. After a sec
| ond's deliberation he asked
you wish to consult me regarding
yourself?"
On sudden impulse l answered,
yes" though l had neither ache nor
pain, and, so far as l could judge,
was perfectly normal.
81 see," he replied. "Am ! right
in assuming that your trouble is of
nervous character"
Heaven knows that in spite Of my
fancied normality there had been suf-
| 3cient reason in the past few weeks
Tor my nerves to go awry. CON
| fessed that l had been under consid-
cradle mental strain.
Thereupon, having babe me be seat
ed, he began to ply me with questions
with a view to sympathetic revelation.
/ fear, however, that l gave him mea-
ger material upon which to base con-
cluson. l slept well. my appetite was
excellent. l had observed neither
| numbness nor a supersensltiveness in
my finger tips. nor a sensation of full
| ness at the base of the brain. l