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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26


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u4"si a. uuirHl% @S II caI""
f'Iu4si-- ,,l,ServHt IONS made ON tho
ground reCeaftf- .Vd stoH lfI The ny
sa'ft5st. tua e4a onta5H,- 1t is lazy apIn-
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ia 1tial and .enaHrih-s ) 58UsiEjttl city,
of gwen greater size that the present
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INN consideration mat fhe ntat#r., =,
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In United state, requires that the
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"a ttafty. sreateY e<t,.nt fhan has baan
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26

office. and fiercely announced 10 the
clerk Sir. Won can send up and take
your old gas meter out of my house"
This Is not the gas office, 1t
isn t?' No. sir. this is the water
office oh. il is Well. then. send
"a man up To my house at once and
turu the water of I'm not going TO
walk q mile and a half for nothing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26

IL Is LH4s UT%f lfIuSlftdt InsIi
ITS KIND To he dedicated 10 a cot
ton mill community iu he Old Do
miaion Ground was broken fer the
foundations over two weeks ago. and
ii il ant}Cipated that Nessrs FL A
Osborne & Son. the contra tors. viii
have tho building ready for occu-
pancy by Nav. 1915
-Fso crautb IF tha Reversible and
p,n piv.- .otton mills ,Iitriny recent
ynars - II nrg7ad chaptrr II, local his
tory upn,.ttIa 10 rirh{f,. a tobacco
too,r ~ h.v th. taroaxt hrirht }nnxa
inaf 4oh.er,, marker H.. 10 world
bnt i also has ane Of t}a largest cot
tnu p,tlts tho si7c al which ran h.
.,sti,,,.,a5 No., r. MI tl,a9 his
,aar,s fatal e77tnf5t VII rAnrasant rs
ona aah norm ~ cottyr, go,1e
Tb,. so,,ranv has ~, t!afttD ahat,t
,l,ra., ,,,tf,.. a,...,., TN ts;,.e,vid. f+ot
ia, Atf1Ie .ha arst If az4taf7 90 h44tlt
tn tSss r,ftt qoao e,s4.gtss end tho
Dan Rfy.r Cotton Efl1- when are
situated IN Schaafffs15 ar anartar
az a ,rifo havoua tho ={t,- limits IN
r,ittv,lyans, i,auntr S~hna,na1d si1
,-a.,rs acn ba.1 rntb+r, nt,+ NJ rbe
common MN atbsr n7iIf VIVA .feu
ao1tta,..,d ,t,-lt,,ha.,t -E. s.n.,l, bnt
tad.v If Is I'm t.tttr H. own mod
e,-,q ,,,,tic o,.;,oct s.,-,r1hes e.ores
an4 "a n9uftituaa 81 E-I,,, 1{t,l, corn
f.a;.. bfoe.s aa,,4fl.4s. liza antfne,3~a
,,,n+. vsbirh tho nra~t r4.,t st.nis
r.dsy H.. r3anta .azva8 ~ tTs
comma an r..,,rel.et,t az at,.lat ~ s3a
sn0a 400 ,hp erbooltafa mills costing
s. 800 aa0 ara fhe R5Vsrsi9a Minis
when are Situated .91ass na. River
u. tbe hc,rt ~ uan4-f}4a -t,rrese,t;,,e,
g. sho 400 rhe fotaf F...4rbev ~ sf,En-
dIes IL 23o 0oo Ty,.rr ,ra : sun am,
nlnvs. The tof., fto.T snafs ar ths
camhf1aa f,}ife is a4ras Thee
arc "a -9 l,nt,e4 ~ .,rtn,tS t4alas
f,r.nt,, nov.f.s h..;I, t41.tt..,,.1 am
tn,natie D,a,,,4r =.,4tnlr,tit4e a.n5r sfs,,-
fo~4 a,,t4r,a,,r. ,tI5,e}, t,,rn ont "a
high. ,raf}e az Goods winch 6at..
made nr t3,a,f,s..l,--u, r,,arA In IN.
Northern r,a~Ieefs ~ SrItno1fleld
dress einphans ehaa31,ravs sh{rtfng~
and v.i,lA sbeetfugs aro mace while
=, N. yfvars{.Io al, MS ghavf,fs .f4i
ham hr,va ara nr,,s4tasd The com
VAN --6ist, = fa,,ffs4,zoa. at - 5ea
oo9 - d3vfaangs conference.-the
i. Ia. riant t,.s5s ~ a.s,,r,a IT,
,,,..n,,,ort}ous tba etffes.,a - 10 ,nf1j
seminary nernn .~aetttg, . bo,,t Ia, !.
r,ta,, ~ ,,,atrs. $50 et-z,-et h.,,,,s r thair
hnnafeaa ~ emnJaYes more enjoy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26

gratifying increase over the last divf-
herd period. and an increase Of. sal
$40 oFef the dividend. declared br
these Institutions year age.
dividends have been announced a.
follows
Bank Dividends.
Auerteau National tcspita
ST ehe. Genl. quarterly afxt-
dend Of per cert....-s - uoU 90
Bank Of Commerce ard
Trusts capital $3.50 9aa'
semi annual dividend ~
per cent ..... ....--.. I56G 90
Broad street capital s2hH
eo). semI-aunual div
a"nd Of 3 -per cent pay
able February 1..-.5s- soae az
Broadway National feapitaI
s2oa eao} new institution,
profits devoted to surplus
Central NatIons! tcapital
$a5e ood1, semi annual
dividend Of L. per
cent s..-.,s.->.z.--..-.. a.z2a oa
Church Hill tcaritai $15e
ase1. seaui-annuai div
dend Of per cen, VI. s.aoq oo
Commercial Guarantee Corr
pany teapitai $4,000
semi-annuaI dividend of
per cent .s..--.--z.e-- see 40
Fidelity loan and sav~
rigs Company teaP5ta5
$ioo d6o1. third eoasecu
Ne semi-annua1 dividend
of , per cent S2,eee. au6
extra dividend of ; per
cent, sieoo aeoa %
FisSt National eapltal =
0oa, eetA. SENT annual dts{
dend Of 8 per cent =-s IV9.8e1 az
Manchester National ecaRj-
tai sIa6nefl. directors
baye not acted
Mechanics aud Mercnarf-'
capital 81 Rea1 semi
annual dividend Of per
Merchants National 5capi-
ISL s20p, a0o>. semi-aanaai
dividend OF IL per cent - eeo e$
National State and City
capital 81 .ooe. e604, semi
annual dividend Of ~
Der cent ~.........- $4,000 FIJI
Ola Dominion Trust Con-
pany capital $1,000. o0ol
quarterly dividend of -
PER cent -...,..-, Is ooe 90
rlanters National tcspitai
$500 039}, sew1l~annus}
dividend Of 10 per ceos.
10000. and extra dtvi-
dsnd Of per cent.
$4,000 observation-disclosures 49, on 20
Richmond Bank and Truss
Company (capital $500
oa0l. serni~annual divl
aend of i-s per cent 1,%9e 90
Richmond Trust and Saw
inEs Company fcapitai
$1,000, 0eo), quarterly divi-
dend Of / per cent ..4. % Gus 90
Savings Bank Of Rich
rnoud (eapitai s2ep. oe0l
setnf-annua' dividend Of
per cent ,,,....-.. le,ooe 80
Union Bank Of Richmond
capital .21a.75e9 semi
annual dividend Of per
cent acknowledgements. 1877 81
Sor.h Richmond Bank
tcapital St0aoo}. new in .-.
stitution. profits devoted
20 surplus,
Viz gtnia Trust Company
capital sl,0od,bo9). semi
aanual dividend of per
cent ......-........+.-,s $4,000 90
West End Bank (capital
sa5 e003, semi annual
dividend Of 3 per cent. $50 90
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26

Insurance and Industrial Corporations.
Virginia -Carolina Chemical
Company tcapisal $40.
eoo,oool. quarterly divi
dcnd of ? per cent ......S 100000 90
Virginia Fire and Marine
Insurance Company tcap
i.al s?5o.oo01, serni-an~
uuai dividend OF 6 per
cent 5000 0e
Life Insurance Company OF
Virginia capital $500,
0o0t. semi-anuual divi-
dend of i-a per cent t2,5oo 90
Total ..........-......s 427.5o0 90
Railroads.
Virginia Railway and
Power Company tpre
ferred stock Of $3.50.
nnol, semi-annuai divi-
dend OF per cen, on
preferred stock dividends
on common stock paid
in April and October) IS e3S.4oe 90
Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad
dividend obligations OF
s1794 3o0), semi-annual
declared .............. S9,7sa 50
Richmond, Fredericksburg
aud Potomac Railroad
common stock OF sl.3i6.
a0ol. semi-annual divi-
dend Of IL per cent on
common stock .4..s 5s,26o 80
itri1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26
RECORDS BROKEN IN
DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
Checks Amounting to Over 81 zoe, 600
VIII BE Mailed Next
saturday.
INCREASE Is SHOWN
OVER LAST YEAR
business Conditions Prosperous, rs
Reelected by the Showing Of the
Cits's Banks.

Cheeks agEregating more darn ST.
coo, 00o will be mailed to stock holders
l.: Richmond banks, railroads and in
dustrtal corporations nexf Saturday as
result of record breaking earnings
of the past SIX months.
The bank dividends evide pcinr the
prosperity Of Richmonds bank in1 in
stttuttous. aggregate s243. lao for the
period ending January j, This Is II
gratifying Increase over the last divi~
herd period. ard an increase Of s4i. =
$40 ofer the divtdcnd< declared by
these Institutions u wear aeo.
t'tVidsuds base been announced as
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-29

FOh RENT-7-rOom house at 223 Nistula
av Inquire 22s s. Carroll.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-29

+ oR RENT Modern room house
blocks north OF Court House. Home
Phone S}72.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-29

FOS RENT-HOUsES.

FOR RENT Modern horse 81 Leland av.
Call Home phone GGl5.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-29

FOK SALE OR TOR REM
FUR SALE OR RENf-A nne manufac-
turing plant, good brick buildings. $1,000
eouare feet Moor space. steam heated,
ali LIGHTED. operated by neves failing
rrSfer mower, located on New YORK Cen
trail Lines and Grand rru--. John j.
SCHNEIDER, Aren't Mlshawaka, Ind
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-29

FOR RENr-f room house. SG. Inquire 32G
Jefferson bldg.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16
ibid He Charge You Anything"

Ibid He Charge You Anything"
hardly thirty. and he looked exces
sively tired, as though his work ha,
almost unstrung him.
"Come right in, sir" he said cheer
FULLY, and Bannon followed him int,
his coy ONCE at the back Of tn,
house. where he took chair and be
gan to describe his symptoms. DR.
O'keefe listened with his lips purset
and the fingers Of his right HAND
pressed against those of his left.
| You say your head aches often?
the doctor asked.
Yes, right here" answered the Wis
itor, and O'Keefe rose and gently
moved his fingers to tho spot indi.
Gated.
"A shooting pain-a sort of gyrat.
Ing pain?" he asked.
YES" answered Bannon. rs it
anything serious?" .
O'keefe sat down, wrote out a pre-.
scription, and suddenly tore 1t up.
You are not married." he asked.
Not yet" said Bannon. blushing.
Il hope to be in March"
Dr. OKeefe arose again and placed
q fatherly hand upon the young mans
shoulder. Go home" he said, land
write to her that you have changed
your mind. and do not want to see
her again."
"Why!" said Bannon. feeling his
heart leap and then futter wildly.
Because you can't live three
weeks" answered the specialist.
That pain Is Gurlick's convolution. It
means atrophy of the breathing CEN
ter. When the cortex 10 invaded you
Will drop-just drop. You will know
nothing. There is no hope-I may as
we'll be frank with you. You will live
not less than II days, and not more
than s."
bannoo got up and faced the spe-
caasist He was breathing heavily.
You've got 1t figured out accurately.
doctorr' he said.
Yes. Banta and Guriick complied
2 table of mortality from this rare
disease. No. there IL NO possibility
OF mistake. Ten dollars. please
and. my dear fellow. 90 home and
write that letter"
bannon did not write that letter. II
was not that he doubted. but he pre-
fsrred to die truthully and not like
. liar. He did not think Marian would
want to think him disloyal. And, then
famous as O'Keefe undoubtedly
was, even the shrewdest doctor some. |
ames erred. So he said nothing, but
ne went on working overtime. because
me Time was SO short now that moth
ing nattered very much.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16
HIS TOWER MAIDEN
BY CONSTANCE MORTON.

Copyright, 1916, by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate)
Strange to relate Deane Barlow hat
never been in love-not until that Apri
evening when he had returned to his
room at Mrs. Pilling's boarding house
and had discovered his Tower Lady
The tower" was the narrow, tut
ting wing Of a fashionable private
hotel around the corner, and at one
OF Its lace-draped windows he had dis.
covered q girls lovely, wistful face,
sometimes looking out at the sunset
clouds piling in the west and just Wis.
ible through rift in the buildings;
sometimes. and more often, bent
thoughtfully downward as If she read
. book.
Deane grew to love her hair Of pale
gold and her eyes of some mysterious
coloi that distance would not reveal.
He worshiped her from afar, for he
knew that there was q wide social bar.
rier raised between the occupant of
that luxurious suite and a poor young
law clerk.
At night the curtains of the tower"
were drawn and his lady had van.
ished. Twenty-four hours must elapse
before he might glimpse her face
again. 1t was only in the afternoon
that he saw her; never at other times
or on Sundays.
At the dinner table that night there
was much animation among the board
ers. Miss Brown, who operated the
telephone switchboard In the hotel
around the corner, hau revealed the
fact that there was to be a wedding in
the Palisade the next day-at least one
OF the guests was to be married; had
they not all seen the beautiful Miss
Gladys Elmorton?
"A blonde, isn't she?" asked Ada
WATSON eagerly.
Miss Brown nodded her head.
Mr. P1lling, who carved the roast
looked up from under his shaggy eye.
brows.
Who's she going to marry?" he
asked gruffiy.
Bradbury Kohler-he's got ocean,
Of money"
Deane Barlow WINGED.
Bradbury Kohler was one Of his em. |
ployers-a big. jovial, red-faced young |
man. So Bradbury was going to |
marry Deane's Tower Lady! No won
der the tower window was darkened;
The prospective bride would have no
Time now to look with dreamy eyes
INTO the sunset
SO Deane banished his dreams and |
plunged into his work with renewed
industry. There was much talk in
me office about the wedding and some
'hafnng of the bridegroom when he
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16

returned from a honeymoon s, en-,
abroad
! Then came a momentous day when
Deane. looking out of his window to-
ward his lady's tower, again saw her
sweet, serious face turned toward the
sunset clouds A little wrench at his
heart told him that he had not sue.
ceeded in dismissing her from his
dreams.
The next morning he happened to
be alone in the office when the door
opened and young woman entered
Delicately fair and very lovely Ia her
summary attire. she turned pair of
blue eyes on the clerk and smiled
pleasantly.
rs MIR. Kohler in his ofice:"
1 will inquire" Deane placed q
chair for her and was about to leave
the room when her voice detained
him.
Please tell him Mrs. Kohler is
waiting for him." she smiled owe, her
shoulder.
Mrs. Kohler! Deane's brain was
dizzy as he delivered the messase to
Bradbury and followed that happy
bridegroom down the corridor to the
outer Office.
"Gladys!" Mr.. Kohler greeted her
and the two disappeared toward his
private Office.
If this strange young woman was
the wife Of Bradbury Kohler, who,
then. was the lady of his tower?
His first move was to inquire of
Miss Brown concerning the other in.
mates of the Elmorton family. 1t ap.
peared that Gladys was an only child.
But there was another girl there.
too, Miss Brown acknowledged. Mrs.
Elmorton's social secretary was Miss
Avis Sanford. Miss Brown knew her
slightly. Miss Sandford's brother
worked in the same office with Deane.
He must know Jack SANFORD!
Deane did know Jack SANFORD as
we'll as he knew any OF his fellow
clerks. They had attended baseball
games together, and always lunched
side by side in the downtown restau.
rant. Jack was married and had fire.
quently invited Deane to his little
home in the suburbs, but Deane had
never been taere. The knowledge that
his Tower Lady was sister to his
friend convinced Deane that some.
thing more than coincidence was at
work 1t was kindly fate-nothing
lens!
When Jack SANFORD repeated his
Invitation Deane accepted with fiat
tering haste.
And that evening he met his Tower
Lady face to face She was more
charming than she looked and that is
saying a great deal.
1t was many weeks before Deane
had the courage to tell her the story
II his Tower Lady and to finally ask
ler to be his wife and sweetheart and
lelpms :e-for the wife of his dreams
nuss be all these three things. !
And Avis, who loved him for him.
'elf slone. turned her face up to his ,
md there was = light on Il - 4
'athed In sunset glory,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16
Pacific island to colleos.


Inc University Of Minnesota has
oeen offered q ten,acre tract on CIV.
press island IN the Pacific ocean "a
miles nom Seattle, and buildings for
use a. . marine biological laboratory.
The alumni Of the university resid.
ing In Washington have made the Of
fer. which Is not yet formal one. The
Alumni also propose to give to the uni
versity, besides the landings and build.
inss, whatever minor additions are
necessary to maintain the station, and
70 give the university three or DOS
sioly more scholarships to assist stu
dents desiring to take advanced work
In biology at the marine station. In
case the offer cannot be accepted now
1t VIII remain open for three years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16
AUNT HANNAH'S ONE HOBBY
VIC Lacy, Restricted All Her Lhe.
Meant to Use Her Money
~ She Liked,

After being poor all her ,ife Ann,
hannah had come into property. |,
was not much from some people,
standpoint, only $1,000, but from
Aunt Hannah's standpoint It was =
fortune. Considering previous depriva.
lions, she held her head pretty level
Her only extravaganza was tele-
grams. She sent half dozen Of them
every day-great, long kilograms run
ming to as high as 100 words. Their
cost began to make inroads even on
$l'O0O A prospective heir felt con-
strained to demonstrate against the
needless expense.
II you must telegraph to all those
people, he said, you ought to try to
Keep 1t down to ten words"
Aunt Hannah displayed the frat
real emotion of years.
Ten words" she retorted. THAT ia
Just what l will not do. All nv life
have been restricted to ten.word
kilograms. have never sent MANY.
Tor people as poor as have always
been have nobody to telegraph to nor
notning to telegraph about, but when
ever l did telegraph 1 had to do It in
ten words. The meanness Of It was
awfui. l ached to add just two or three
words. but l couldn't afford 1t. en-.
Vieo the rich their kilograms. l often
read them in the newspapers, those in
divorce suits and breach-of-promise
cases In particular. kilograms as
long Is q letter those people sent. I'd
nave been willing to figure In a Law.
suit just to send one of them, am
ricn now, middling. SO l telegraph.
oont argue that it's silly. Maybe II
y. but 1t 10 harmless"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16

30 the days crept on: the weel
went round. the second began, an,
ran to Its close He had now from
three to nine days to live. Yet tn,
pain seemed an Insignificant thins
certainly no worse It was a mer,
enthusiastically O'Keefe was wrong
sometimes he could not feel 1t at all
And yet. under the cap of the skull
that deadly wasting was continuing
eating away towards the cortex of Cur
lick. Then it would reach 1t and be
would drop-he would Just cease te
breathe. The thought Of Marian be
reft turned him sick at night
Dearest. what did the doctor sayr.
she asked. And he put her OF with
some triviality. But he could not en-.
ttrely hide his fears from her. and
she watched him with increasing con.
Germ.
Tho third week ended. The twenty.
second day went by. On the next
Bannon felt better than he had felt
for weeks. The time limit was gone,
ana he still lived. He resolved to
nave bis Jest with the doctor. On
tne evening Of the twenty-third day
ne went to his house. This time the
sitting room was filled. But, hear.
ing voices In the hall. he peered out,
and saw OKeefe talking with q mid
dle-aged. bespectacled, bearded pa.
uent. and, suddenly forgetful of the
others who should have preceded him.
he ran into the hall.
We'll. doctor. you're wrong" he
cried to O'Keefe. "You gave me
not less than II days to live, and
not more than %. and the time limit
expired this afternoon. You'd better
make another diagnosis
VIII you have the goodness to wait
your turn, SIR and sit in the reception
room!" asked the bearded man Sc
verely.
VIII you be SO kind az to mind
your own business, sir?" returned
Bannon. nettled. my business is with
this gentleman here"
The younger man turned round.
I have never, to my knowledge. had
any business with you. sir" he said.
Oh, yes. DOCTOR" answered Ban.
non. Twenty-three days and five
hours ago you set q time limit upon
my life. and here l am alive all the
same"
The bearded man was smiling now
"a cynical, hooking, yet human
smile. Il think that l begin to under
stand. he said. Goodbye Philip.
You're certainly cured now" He
turned to Bannon. Won't you come
IN, sir?' he asked courteeusly. II
I'm Doctor O'Keefe."
Your" stammered Bannon. "Why.
mat gentleman is Doctor O'Keefe.
he examined me three weeks ago
md told me had atrophy of Gurlick's
The other clapped him on the back
mo laughed noisily. Poor fellow
'oor fellow!" he said. That's Mr..
;arter, q patient of mine. He has
'een a little irrational, and l suppose
10 got into my Office and played nv
art. Gurlick's convolution? Oh
'es. he must just have been reading
y tnat In the Medical Record but !
Is disease that only affects sheen
a the tropics. wonder" he con.
lnued thoughtfully. how many other
eople Philip has scared. Did he
barge you anything?"
Ten dollars" Bannon replied.
Ah!' said the other, that's very
romising l think he must be cured.
Copyright. 1918. by w. q. Chapman1
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16
C0RTEx OF GURuCK
Strange Diagnosis Of a Prospec-
tive Bridegroom's Complaint
by a Supposed Doctor.
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

Three months before his marriae,
Charles Bannon began to put in over
time. This is q phenomenon BY ne
means rare among prospective hus
bands, and Is usually viewed indul
gently by their employers, ever
though 1t means q double salary Al
the end Of the month. But Bannon',
savings were scan.y and the furnitur.
had to be paid for.
Charles. you must positively stop. a
declared his nancee. Marian James
when q months overwork and lack
OF exercise had showed itself in the
young mans pale and trembling
hands. I'm not going to have you
Kill yourself. dear. for that horrid old
furniture. How is that insomnia you
were telling me about?"
Pretty bad, Marian" admitted her
lover. Il think l shall go to a doc
tor about It,"
Go to DR.. O'Keefe,' answered Ma
rian promptly. "He is the greatest
nerve and brain specialist in the city
Esther Carter was telling me how he
cured her brother Of neurasthenia.
Philip Carter was completely unbal-
anced until DR.. O'Keefe took him in
hand, and now he's almost rational.
And I'm not going to have you become
unbalanced" she pouted, and sealed
her advice with q kiss.
That was how Bannon came to visit
the great specialist He entered the
comfortable waiting room in trepida-
ton. 1t was not O'Keefe's regular
hour. but the maid thought he would
be In shortly. Would he wait? Ban
non waited. turning over the leaves of
. six months old magazine aimlessly,
and gradually becoming convinced
that all Of his symptoms were aggra-
waited ones. Suddenly the doctor ap-
peared at the door.
He was quite a young man much
younger than Bannon had expected.
But then of course all the great spe.
cialists in every branch of work we're
young men nowadays. O'Keefe was