The evening world., 1914-03-05

I've kept my word,' she said, and
It's up to you to keep yours. II Gus
comes to see me. that's your lookout.
not mine" And since Bymes could
not help himself. he consented. al
though he knew that the delay might
mean the loss Of an investor.
DIR. Harpe quickly realized that she
had assailed him In his most vulner-
able spot and Symes realized as
surely that she would use> this knowl-
edge 10 the limit TO attain her ends.
Am ! a coward or a hero?" Syrnes
sometimes asked himself In his hours
OF humiliation and ignominy.
The day Andy L. bymes left for
Chicago DIR. Harpe celebrated the era
Of prosperity upon which she was
about to 0nter by the purchase Of Q
top buggy" which Is usually the first
evidence Of afriuence in the West.
Lamb accepted her partnersh.. =.
proposition with an avidity which
rather indicated that he needed the
money. lie had no objections to being
n salaried scapegoat providing tho
pay gas sure. but naturally It did not
occur to Lamb 10 regard himself In
any such light. II DR.. Harpe dubbed
him her ''peon." she took care to
treat him and his opinions with Aat-
tcring Difference.
They rented a long. unrainted, one
story building. which had been q
boarding house, for hospital purposes.
II was divided lengthwise by q mar.
row hall which ended in a dingy
kitchen In the rear. DR.. Lamb, who
had some vague theories upon sanita-
tion. protested feebly when the oper-
nting room was located next to the
Kitchen. but the location was not
changed on that account. The Office
i'm the front was furnished with a few
bottles and their combined
display Of cutlery was calculated TO
impress. Their idcns as to keeping
expenses for equipment at n minimum
were In perfect harmony. for Lamb
as well as DIR. Harpe regarded II as n
purely commercial venture.
II DIR. Harpe had been given tho op-
portunity OF selecting an associate
from a multitude OF practitioners II
is doubtful II she could have found
another better suited to her purpose
than the man Lamb. Although by
some means he had succeeded in be-
ing graduated from an Institution OF
rood repute. he was n charlatan In
every instinct-greedy. unscrupulous,
covering the Ignorance OF an un-
trained mind with Il cloak OF solemn
and pious pretensc which served its
purpose In the uncritical, unsuspi-
cious Western community, where a
profession Is always regarded with
more or less awe.
In her new buggy with its flashing
wheels DR.. Harpe was soon driving
through the different camps along
the project. and the laborers rather
enjoyed the novelty Of visits from
the ''lady doc" as they called her.
and consented good -naturedly enough
TO the deduction of monthly dues for
hospital benefits from their wages.
While her horses trottcd briskly the
length OF the ditch and she was re-
turning smiling mods and fiinging re-
torts that were not too delicate over
her shoulder. she begun to feel her
self q personage: she was filled with
a growing sense OF importance and
power.
There was everything TO indicate
that the contract would prove all
that she and Lamb had hoped FOR.
The general health WIS exceptionally
good and she urged sanitary precau-
tions upon the mon to prevent long
and expensive fevers: rs yet there
was no dangerous rock.work entail.
ing the use OF explosives to imperl
remedies required were OF the siiu-
plest and the running expenses OF the
hospital were nil.
When they received their frat
checks from the company ana the
contractors Lambs JOY was almost
fearful.
ITS easier than layin' bricks,
Doc" he said as they wring eacn
others hands in mutual congratuia-
ton.
DIR. Harpe's ambition grew with
her bank account. and among them
here was one which began to take
the shape OF a. fixed purpose. With
her successful manipulations OF con-
iitions to further her own ends she
came to believe herself In her small
world invincible. The effect OF this
belief upon q nature like hers was TO
Increase it's natural arrogance and
her tendency to domineer. while tho
strange. eXtravagant personal concert
which seemed 30 at variance with
her practical nature became para
mount trait.
There was really no doubt In her
mind that she could marry Ogden
Van Lennop if she really set about
doing so. 1t was only Of late that she
had given the thought words. In the
beginning when she had discovered
his identity. the most she had hoped
FOR was to be friends, for a friend OF
Van Lennop's Importance might be
useful. She felt that there would be
some way OF turning his friendship to
account. The fact that they were
'till only acquaintanccs did not dis
her. nor the fact that he
seemed entirely satisfied with the
Of the erstwhile belle
)f crowheart.
Rich men and rich mems sons had
a way Of amusing themselves with
the society OF their interiors where
they were unknown, was her dis
dainful explanation to herself, but II
piqued and irritated her even while It
furnished the material for her sly
for the insidious attacks
which were fast completing what An
dy i. Symes's social dictatorship had
begun. With her mounting arro-
gance DR.. Harpe believed that II her
ultimate success In her new ambition
the entire removal Of Es-
sic Tisdale from the field. this too she
could accomplish. Her overweening
now was such that she
was persuaded that she could shane
events and mould the lives OF others
IA nd her own as she wllled.