Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
CHAPTER v.
When the Clock Struck Tel

~HE doctor endeavored to reas-
sure the millionaire about his
daughter.
"If you send her to a sana-
,oriunf where she will have outdoor
iIfe proper medicine and nOurishing
foods she will get well. That is what
the Everytown Anti-tuberculOsis socie-
~ would recommend. This Is as yet
but an incipient case"
Then the physician gave Boyd a pc
culiar glance. There was something on
bis mind that he had long wanted to
discuss with the father Of his patient
aAbove all, Mr.. Boyd" he said de-
terminedly. do not let her take any Of
YOUR Sacc-OzOne."
Boyds face flushed.
'Do you think my business is a
scheme to obtain money under false
pretenses? Do you really mean to in
suit me. to accuse me of a felOny%
The man of science waved his hand
deprecatingly.
''No, l do not mean any insult, but
as your family physician it is my duty
TO tell you that your daughter will die
II YOU administer any Sacc-OzOne to
her or any other of a hundred or more
of these so called Sure Cures"
His voice rose to a high pitch, and
he exclaimed yehemently:
zone OF the chief processes in the
cure Of disease is diagnosis. How can
bottle Of your Sacc-OzOne or bottle
Of your celebrated Multikurol diagnose
case of any kind? Have they the
power of thinking and speaking? Did
they ever study for years under train
ed professors and have the benefit Of
advice from the noted medical books Of
the WOrldT
BOyd's head hung in shame. He real
lied the truth of the doctors words.
His adviser continued:
"Why, my dear man, the hospitals
and the tenements of every great city
are teeming with victims of patent
medicines and are now in the last
stages of their maladies. Don't you
continue to be a party to legalized mur-
der. The manipulatiOns of the patent
medicine lobby in Washington are re-
spOnsible for as many deaths as the
civil war;
"Thank you, DOCTOR" was Boyd's an
swer 81 will do with Eleanor as you
suggest. will send her to DR.. Rank
fOrds sanatOrium at East TarrytOwn."
In parting the physician decided to
make one more strong appeal to
BOyd's conscience while it was waver-
Ing between wealth and duty.
Mythology tells US" he said, "that
a sacrifice Of twelve Athenian young
men and women was made yearly to
the MinOtauF. a savage, half human
beast owned by a rival king. to pay
certain indemnity. Such a cruel decree
brought forth many heroes, eager to
battle the terrible monster.
"Modern fact teaches us that sac
rifce Of nearly n million men and wo-
men and children is made yearly to the |
great white plague. tuberculosis, to pay |
IOr ignorance and unsanitary condl-
tons.
Are we going to stand idly by and
see this awful death toll go OnP
Boyd stared hxedly at the physi-
clan, then said in serious tones:
You have handed me a very severe
Indictment. l viii have your state
ments investigated"
EleanOrs fever rose slightly during
the evening, probably because Of a pre-
sentiment that had vaguely haunted
her regarding Brand. She knew that
Duncan and her father would not let
MIN pass unscathed while the Clarion
continued its crusade. The worriment
finally oppressed her mind to such an
extent that she reached over to an ex-
tension telephone on a table at her
bedside. She would call up Brand.
She must have a talk with him.
She was connected with the editorial
room Of the paper and asked for Brand.
Suddenly the girls eyes extended In
horror She gasped convulsively.
MY Godr' she shrieked and fell
back in faint on the pillow. The tel
ephone and receiver fell gathering to
the floor from her nerveless fingers.
At the same moment in his library
where he had been pacing restlessly
up and down, Emmerson Boyd was
seen to pause momentarily and throw
up his hands with a Mortified express
sion.
A terrible sound crashed over the
into his ears. He bolted
toward the window. A great red cloud
swept up from the direction Of city
hall square. He sank back weakly.
What has Duncan done-heavens
what has he done?" he choked. 1T
must be murderw The usually calm
features Of the magnate were blanched
and tensely drawn as his guilty con-
science applied the full measure Of It's
torture.
The fatal hour of 10 had arrived, the
hour set by Duncan to meet his crimi-
nal accOmplices at the Clarion buildingl
Duncan and his two aids proceeded