The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-17

y wy ihNV tit MIRROR ana UP 70 lht
l. dock Agatha appealed 10 the doctor
Il with great earnestness.
Surely. Doctor Thayer, II is a
, Providence that we came I'm Just here
7 where people will know me and will
help me- | need shelter for q little
y while and care for my sick friend
, here. Where can we go?"
Doctor Thayer cast a judicial eye
over the landscape while he held his
hat up into the breeze. TITS going to
clear; it'll be fine afternoon" said
he Then deliberately: why don't
you go up 10 the old red house? Sallle
kingsbury's there keeping II, just as
she did when Hercules was alive;
waiting for you or the lawyer or some
body TO turn her out, | guess. And
It's only FIVE miles by the good road.
You couldn't go to any Of these sailor
shacks down here. and the big sum
mer hotel over yonder isn't any place
for sick man, let alone a lady with
out her trunk"
Agatha looked in amazement at the
doctor, 60 TO the old red house
70 stay?"
Why not? If you're Agatha Red
mond, it's yours, isn't Il? And |
guess nobody's going to dispute your
being Agatha Shaws daughter, look
ing as you do. The house Is big
enough for all creation; and, besides,
they've been on pins and needles wait
ing for you to come, or write, or do
something" The doctor gave a grim
chuckle. Hercules surprised them all
some, by his will. But they'll all be
glad TO see you, guess, unless It is
sister Susan. She was always pretty
hard on Hercules; and she didn't ap-
prove Of the wiIl-thought the house
ought to 90 to the Founding Asylum"
Agatha looked as II she saw the
gates Of Eden opened to her. But |
could | really go there? Would II be |
| all right? I've not even seen the law |
yer" There was no need of answers |
to her questions; she knew already
that the old red house would receive
her. would be a refuge for herself and
for James, who needed a refuge so
sorely
The doctor was already making his
plans. III drive this man here" in
dicating James, and he'll need some
one to nurse him for a while, too.
You can go up in one Of Simon Nash's
wagons; and I'll get a nurse up there
as soon as / can"
The launch had tied up TO the
larger dock, and Hand and Little 81.
mon had been waiting some minutes
while Agatha and the doctor con
ferred together. Now, as Agatha hesi-
tated the businesslike Hand was at
her elbow. Il can help you, Made
moiselle, If you will let me. have
had some experience with sick men"
Agatha looked at him with grateful
eyes, only half realizing what it was
he was offering. The doctor did not s
wait, but Immediately took the ar !
rangement for granted. He began Civ S
ing orders in the tone of a man who '
knows just what he wants done, and ]
knows also that he will be obeyed. a
You stay here, Mr.. Hand, and help /
with this gentleman; and Little 81 @
mon, here, you go up to your fathers a
livery stable and harness up, quick as n
you can. Then drive up to my place v
and get the boy to bring my buggy Fl
down here, with the white horse &
Quick, you understand? Tell them the
ioctor's waiting" G
Agatha sat in the launch while the p
iOctor's orders were carried out Lit b
lie Simon was off getting the veh!- Y
,les; Doctor Thayer had run up the e.
lock to the village street on some e.
'rrand, saying he would be back by A
he time the carriages were there; Il
md Hand was walking up and down nj
he dock, keeping a watchful eye on NJ
he launch. James was lying in the fo
heltered corner of the boat, ominous- tC
y quiet. His eyes were closed, and fe
is face had grown ghastly IN his ill bl
ess Tears came to Agatha's eyes in
8 she looked at him, seeing how hi
luch worse his condition was than ce
yhen he had talked with her, almost m
apply, in the night. She herself qu
cit miserably tired and ILL., and as she or
yaited, she had the sensation one
ometimes has in waiting for train; tn
nat the waiting would go on for on
YER, would never end fiC
The weather changed, as the doc kl
,r had prophesied, and the rain I'M
eased. Fresh gusts Of wind from the To-
pa blew clouds Of fog and mist in in
md, while the surface of the water VIZ
lrned from gray to green, from green oW
, blue The wind. blowing against
le receding tide, tossed the foam Ior
ack toward the land in fantastic ha
umes. Agatha, looking out over the Th
"a, which now began to sparkle in the sa,
ght, longed in her heart to take the VII
turn of the sunshine as an omen Of his
,od It warmed and cheered her ma
,dy and soul. of
AS her eyes turned from the sea to wa
e village tossed up beyond it's high tur
t tides, she searched, though in vain, VIII
r some spot which she could iden. bee
y with the memories of her child bee
od. She must have seen Charles bee
rt in some one of her numerous Wis the
to Ilion as child; but though she TOW
called vividly many of her expert cas-
ces, they were in no way sugges-
'e of this tiny antiquarian village, or
the rocky hillside stretching off to-
lrd the horizon A narrow road
,und athwart the hill, leading into
. country beyond 1t was steep and