The Washington times., 1914-08-23
"A mere stroke of the pen."

| 10 call on another physician OF
your standing" significantly. 1T is
"a great thing to have friends like you
two. Always ready to serve US. for
the mere love of it,"
! There's no need of using that kind
OF talk to me. You have me in the
hollow of your hand. Why should
bother to deny 1t? 1 have broken
ing"
1t Is better to starve in freedom
than to eat fat joints up the river.
Today it is a question Of sanity"
And you want me to assist in sign
ing away the liberty of some person
VINO Is perfectly sane?'
The nail on the head urbanely.
You're fine scoundrel!'
Not so loud!' warningly.
AS loud as 1 please. I am not for
ard. 1 recognize that you hold the whip
hand. But you can send me to the
chair before Ill crawl to you. Now
leave me alone for a while
The other physician had no such
qualms of conscience. He was ready at
all times for the generous emoluments
which accrued from his dealings with
the man Braine.
The Countess Perigoff was Indisposed;
SO 1t was quite in the order of things
tnat she should summon physicians.
There is a law in the State of New
fork-just or unjust. whichever you
please-that reads that any person may
be adtudged insane II the signatures Of
two registered physicians are affixed to
the document. It does not say that
these physicians shall have been proved
reputable.
There were, besides the physicians, a
motherly looking woman and a man of
benign countenance. Their faces We're
sons confidence Is. perhaps, among the
greatest human achievements A con-
ndence Sman and woman in the real
sense Of the word. In your minds eye
contribution plate down the aisle on
Sunday mornings. and his wife Kate
putting her mite on the plate for the
dement, of some poor. untidy Hottentot |
On Tuesday of the following week |
Florence and Susan went shopping The |
cnauneur was a. strong young fellow |
whom Jones relied upon. II you pay a |
man well and hold out fine promises, |
you generally can trust him. AS their /
car left the corner another followed |
tanned Thomas Wendt and his wife
Kate. The two young women stopped
at the great dry goods shop near the
public library. and for the time being
forgot everything but the
marvels which had come from all parts
Of the world. 1t is as natural for a
woman to buy as 1t is for a man to
sell.
In some manner or other Florence be-
came separated from Susan. She
could not find her; foS the simple rea-
son that Susan was hunting for her. II
occurred to the girl that Susan might
have wisely concluded the best place to
Florence hurried out into the street,
into the arms Of the wendt family. who
were patiently awaiting her.
The trusted chauffeur had been sent
around to the side entrance by the
major domo. The young lady had SO
requested. SO he said.
Florence struggled and called for the
who came running up. fol-
owed by the usual idle. curious crowd.
THE poor young woman is insane"
.yes. The benign Thomas looked at
heaven. I'VE are her keepers"
1T is not true!' cried Florence des-
,erately.
"she has the hallucination that she is
he daughter of the millionaire Stanley
And Thomas exhibited his
document, which was perfectly legal,
10 far as appearances went.
Hurry. up and get her off the walk.
can't have the crowd growing any
arger," said the policeman. convinced.
So, despite her cries and protesta-
ions, Florence was hustled into the
even the policeman lend
Poor young thing" he said to the
rowd. Come. now, move on. ! can't
ave the walk blocked up. Get a gait
N you
He was congratulating himself upon
young man in the garb OF a
hauffeur touched his shoulder.
What's this / hear about an insane
he demanded.
a pers to prove it, She kept crying that
he was Stanley Hargreave's daugh-
err
MY Cod" The young man struck his
orehead in despair. You ass. she was !.
tanley Hargreave's daughter. and
hey've kidnapped her right under. your
ose! What was the number Of that
arr"
"Cut out that line of talk. young fell
all: know my business. They had the
roper documents
but you hadn't brains enough to in
uire whether they were genuine or
OF, You watt" shrilled the chauffeur.
I'll have you broken for this work"
He wheeled and ran back to his car.
D find Susan and the countess in
reat state of agitation. They got her,
ney got her, And I swore on the book
nat they never should, so long as l
rove the car"
Susan wept. and the counties tried in
ain to console her.
And when Jones was informed he
frightened even the countess with the
narl of rage which burned across his
ps. He tore into the hall, seized his
at. and was gone. Not a word of re-
roach did he offer 10 the chauffeur.
Te understood that no one Is infallible.
Ie found the blundering policeman.
'ho now realized that he stood in for
whiff Of the commissioners carpet.
IL he could do was to give a good de-
cription of the man and woman. Word
as sent broadcast through the city.
he police had to be informed this time.
Late In the day an officer whose
rat included the ferry landing at Ho-
Oxen said nc had seen the three.
had looked all right to him.
was the motherly face of the one and
le benign countenance of the other
nat had blinded him.
At midnight Jones. haggard and with
le air of one beaten. returned home.
NO wireless yet?' asked Norton.
The George Washington OF the North
erman Lloyd does not answer. Some
ling has happened to her wires; tarl-
cred with, possibly" iii
so long as we know they are at sea. iii
e can Aemedy the evil. They will not
2 able to land at a single port. / have III
mt ten cables They can't get away III
'cm the wire. II could only get hold
the names Of those damnable doc
RS who signed that document! Twen-
years Hi
Jones bent his head In his hands. and
orton tramped the floor till the sound
his footsteps threatened to drive the
oaning Susan into Mysteries. iii
1T is only matter of few days.
But can the child stand the ter