The San Francisco call., 1913-08-17

suffered spells of weakness, as the
nurse herself explained to the In
spectors
Tim Donovan had found himself
considering the administration by
auto-suggestion Of an opiate to his
trailing instinct when a telephone
message received from a bellboy at
Herds hotel. trustworthy stool
pigeon" placed in the hotels employ
indirectly through Tim" himself.
aroused the inspector to new action.
The information that came was to
tie effect that Miss Crandall (the name
used here is fictitious). Isaac Herds
constantly attending trained nurse. had
herself been taken most severely i'll
with tonsilitis so severely that the
hotel physician declared she had best
have hospital treatment, suggestion
to which she and; finally. Isaac Herd
himself had reluctantly acquiesced The
hallboy had been summoned to give an
arm OF support to Miss Crandall on her
~sy to the elevator and to taxicab
when she was departing from the hotel.
and she had turned back and told her
employer that she would see to it her
self that before nightfall she would
have sent to him nurse equal In COM
potency to herself.
There's one particular nurse have
In mind" she said, that know you'll
find all right--one that you can trust. ;"
Thank you. ny dear Miss CrandaIl." !"
Herd had replied. Il hope she will be
able to get here surely in the evening,
for, you know, | sail in. the morning. =
Miss CrandalI nodded
Il know she said, speaking with
difficulty because Of her illness. "of
course she may be engagsd--on another
case, this particular girl But in any
event I'll surely send you sone one
some one" she added as before, that
you can trust
The plan that suggested itself to
Tim" Donovan admitted OF no delay.
II he could plant" the new nurse with
Isaac Herd-that Is, cause some woman
secretly in his own employ to make
the European voyage with the invalid
Of the liners-big revelations might en-
sue. At any rate he could expect with
reasonable certainty to determine once
and for all whether the suspect was
really the mysterious smuggler who
had baffled the authorities SO long or
whether he was genuinely what he rep
resented himself to be-a wretchedly
II. man to whom the constant tonic of
sea air was a vital necessity.
The inspector remembered former
ship surgeon who had set up success
fully in New York practice and he tele-
phoned him. The result was satisfac-
tory.
"Yes." said the doctor. 81 can get you
Just the sort of woman you want-an
experienced, skilful nurse and young
woman of character and determination.
II was the information that she was
able to supply in the famous Barnes
will case that exposed one of the worst
frauds ever attempted in the country.
Her names Burrell."
Give me her address," said Don
ovan, I'D like to see her right away
1t was evident to Miss Burrell--and
her youthful, pleasant face continued
therefore its charming su1ile-that she
had preceded to Isaac Herds apart
ments any nurse Miss Crandall had
designed to send. for the little man
gave his mustache 4 happy tw.rl at
her entrance and said:
"Ah, | see that Miss Crandall has
as lsual--been as good as her word. /"
He smiled graciously. Il am. q con-
firmed invalid" he continued, but l
think that you will not find me q
gloomy or bothersome one; nor unap-
preciative." He looked at her keenly
and smiled again. "All those rnedi-
cines l. have to take are a great nuis-