The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

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| whole great room with its tier ai,.-,la,
| of bookcases and it's draWo. ara,
drawer of probable memoranda fr.o ho.
fore him. He could imagine the co., Do.
tors impotent wrath over such ..,.
| tlngency, yet he felt no scutIy.n,J
| mawkIshness over his own pu .t.Ug. A,
| far as he knew the dead were d..
Sitting there in the Old Doctor. ,,pAv
he conjured up scene after scene n
the old Doctors Feasibility and er.
clusiveness. Even as late as the S.ck.a.
Bed Lady's arrival the Old Doctor had
snubbed him numerically before
| crowd of people. 1t was at the ..atjon
when the little sick stranger W.. being
taken off the car and put into o. car.
iiage and the Old Doctor had hai.I The
Younger with unwonted friendl,l.,s.
1--WE got case in there that womb
make you famous If you could master
it, he said.
The Young Doctor remember p.r.
fectly how he had walked into :'.. tr,n
What is it, he had cried eager.
That's. none of your bu.a..sn
chuckled the Old Doctor and drovp away
with all the platform loafers shouting
with delight.
Well, it seemed to be the Youn- D,,.
tors business now, and he g,t up
turned the lamp higher ana b,.la to
hunt through the Old Doctor .re
books for some light on certain ..ls
developments in the Slck-a-Bci O.!,
case.
lie was just in the midst Of Oh mt
| when the Old Housekeeper sI...! n
like n ghost and startled him
"Sit down" he said absent m 1.Iy.
| 4. I
almost forgotten her presence w..a She
coughed and said: Excuse m. 81. 4t
| I've something very special t. g to
you"
The Young Doctor looked $50 . slip.
prise and saw that the Woman e.e
was ashy white.
"I-don't-think-yo l.--
stand the case" she stamm '.I /
think the little lady upstairs j. Jag
to be a Mother"
! The Young Doctor put hs d. 10
to his face and his face felt Is. ..s.I j.
ment. He put his hand down The
book again and the book cove, gu. rod
| like flesh.
What do you mean" d. .,l
"Ill tell you what I mean" -I .Ie
Old Housekeeper, and led HIM 10
the slckroom.
Two hours later the YOuu- o. or
staggered into his Best Friend ..use
clutching a sheet of letter pai". rs
hand. His shoulders dragged a ,..Igh
under a pack, and every trace q 'y-
ishness was wrung like a rag on, ( his
| face.
For heavens sake, whats the nat
ter?" cried his friend, starting Up
Nothing" muttered the Young Doc
tor except the Sick-a-Bed Lady"
When did she die? What hap-
pened?"
| The Young Doctor made a g,-'1re
of dissent and crawled nto char lal
began to tumble with the paper 80 as
hand. Then he shivered and stasci his
Best Friend in the face.
you might say" he slammed,
that I have just heard from tn, k
a-Bed Lady's Husband" he ch,fri
at the word, and his Friend sat up e.'h
establishment: you heard me sav I had
heard from the Sick-a- Bed Lady lis-
hand?" he persisted. "You h,Hri me
say 1t. mind you. You heard nr say
that her Husband is sick IN Jl,Hn-
detained indcfinitely--so We ar-':rad
he won't get here in time for her eon.
fnement-'
The sweat broke out In great lroni
on his forehead and his hand thI' he'd
the sheet of paper shook Ike and
that has strained its muscles with heavy
weights.
The Best Friend took a ss
glance at the scrubbed words .a lie
paper and laughed mrthessly.
you're n good Foo,.' he sul. "A
Good Fool and I'll publish your ".,sol
lie to the whole stupid village j t.a,s
what you want"
But the Young Doctor sat o'.v91s
with his head in hl' hand., mu' s:
Blind Fool, Blind Fool. how g.jd l
have been such blind foo,?'
What is /. to you?" asked his Best
Friend abruptly.
The Young Doctor Jumped to d 8 feet
and squared his shoulders.
It's this to me-" h. cried. Cd" Il |
: wanted her for my own I could I'VE
cured her, I tell YOU | ,'.I I'VE
cured her. ! wanted her for w. ."
shes only a Wait" said a.. Fest
Friend tersely.
4 "Waf?" cried the Your- Doctor.
, "waif? No woman whom / lY., %
waif'" His face h'azcd fgrs,N
, THE woman love--that ill., -'a'e
girl-a waif?-wlthout a Hm.'-l
a Wpu4i make a cool nome Tor I''' - 20
| llell itself, il it was necessary ID mn,
damn, damn the brue that q. 'ted
her, hut home is all around he.
$40 | think the old Doctor -..i
, about It? NO. Nobody c'Hd have
guessed about 1t. Nobody coul ave
known about it much before You
say again she isn't anyhody's2 'e
to you as soon as it's decent ..s
mine"
His Best Friend took hm tae
shoulder and shook him rou..
+ Its no time" he said, "i." %
=, he counting a woman"
= "I'll court my Sweethcart ssh. ana
e where | choose" the louus ~
= answered defiantly and left a., see
! The night seemed thousand IS
. long 10 him, but when he Slept LAST
D and woke again the air was '.. ma
! hopeful with a new day II sod
= quickly and hurried off to O.. 20
. of last nights tragedy, whore II
I the Old Housekeepcr arguiu- ne
: doorway with a small boy. Slr "a
e. % the Doctor complaContly.
Hes begging for the posta-n up
/ off the japanese letter. she c>' fd'
a and I'm JUS telling him ! t' 10
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