Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02

eouSniu6 HIS SHOULDER 0BntlyS ne Is
looking at u.s." When Aleck looked up
James was indeed looking at them
with large, serious, half-focussed eyes
1t was as IL he were corning back
from another world where the laws OF
vision were different, and he was only
partially adjusted to the present con
ditions. He moved his hands feebly
under the bedclothes, where they
were being warmed by the freestone,
and then tried to moisten his lips
Agatha took glass of water from
the table, looked about for a napkin,
but. seeing none, wet the tips of her
fingers and placed them gently over
James lips. His eyes followed her at
first, but closed for an Instant as she
came near. When they opened again,
they looked more natural. As he felt
the comfort of the water on his lips,
his features relaxed, and a look of
recognition illumined his face. His
eyes moved from Agatha to Aleck,
who was now bending over him, and
back to Agatha. The look was sa-
Lutte, happy and peaceful. Then his
eyes closed again.
For an hour Agatha and Aleck kept
their watch, almost fearing to breathe.
Doctor Thayer worked. gave quiet or
ders, tested the heartbeats, let no
movement or symptom go unnoticed.
For a time James kept even the doc
tor In doubt whether he was slipping
into the Great Unknown or into a
deep and convalescent sleep. BY the
end OF the hour. however, Jimsy had
decided for natural sleep, urged there
to, perhaps, by that unseen playwright
who had decreed another time for cur
tain; or perhaps he was kept by Doc
tor Thayer's professional persuasions.
In defiance of the prompters signal.
However the case, the heart slowly
but surely began to take up It's Job
like an honest force-pump, the face
began to lose its death-like pallor. the
breathing became more nearly nor-
NAL Doctor Thayer, with Mrs. Stod-
dard quiet and efficient at his elbow.
worked and tested and worked again.
and finally sat moveless for some
minutes. watch In hand, counting the
pulsations of James heart. At the
end of the time he laid the hand care
fully back under the clothes, put his
watch in his pocket, and finally got
up and looked around the room.
Mrs. Stoddard was pouring some.
thing into a measuring glass. Agatha
was standing by the window. looking
out into the blue night; and Aleck
could be seen through the halfopen
door, pacing up and down the hall.
Doctor Thayer turned to his sister.
Give him his medicine on the half.
hour, and then you go to bed. That
man Hand will do now" Then he went
to the door and addressed Aleck.
We'll, Mr.. Van Camp, unless some
thing unexpected turns up, think
your cousin will live to jump over
board again."
Offhand as the words were, there
was unmistakable satisfaction, happi-
ness, even triumph In his voice. and
he returned Alexis hand-clasp with a
vise-like grip. His masculinity ignored
Agatha, or pretended to. but she had
followed him to the door, AS the old
man clasped hands with Aleck, he
heard behind him deep, 20 Doctor!"
The next instant Agatha's arms were
around his neck, and the back of bis
bald head was pressed against some
thing that could only have been a
cheek. Surprising as this was. the
doctor did not stampede; but by the
time he had got clear of Aleck and
had reached UP his hand to find the
cheek, it was gone, and the arms, too
Susan Stoddard somehow got mixed
I'D in the general TIE Deum in the
hall, and for the first time. now tina
| the fight was over, allowed her femi
nine feelings-that is, few tears
! to come to the surface.
Aleck, however, went to pieces
gone down in that species of menta
collapse by which deliberate, judicia
men become reckless, and strong me-
become weak. He stepped softly bacl
into the bedroom and leaned agai
over the curved footboard, his fac
quite miserable. He went nearer, an
nSlu HIS ear uOWn SAVSS " thO 1Ce
clothes. to hear for himself the regl
lar beating of the heart. Slowly b
convinced himself that the doctor
words might possibly be sue. at leas
He turned to Hand. who had come
and was adjusting tAe shades, an
asked him: do you believe he
asleep?" in the tone OF one who d.
| oath
"oh, yes, sir; he's sleeping NIGEL,
Mr.. Van Camp saw the change th
moment l came In"
Aleck still hesitated TO leave, fea
} full. apparently. lest he might take II
! blessed sleep away with him. As
: stood by the bed. low but distin'
8 whistle sounded outside. then. aft