The Washington times., 1915-05-17

could not very we'll force myself
upon the household. but II you could
slip me In with You aE consulting
physician l will be immensely obliged
to you. and there will be no talk OF
splitting fees
DR.. Wainwright smiled and nodded.
The object OF Prof. Stilliter's in
terest was not hard to find. She was
seated. forlorn and disconsolate, upon
DR.. Wainwright picked her up in his
arms and kissed her. He made her
shake hands with Professor stilliter.
was very fond Of little girls, and
wouldn't she DO her best to entertain
him, while he himself was with her
mother upstairs7
Professor stinlter could not conceal
delighted him. and that his appear
ance did not furnish her with the
same delight affected him no more
than a ducks back is affected by
up, and carried her three or four years
with too much dignity to run from
him and hide, as her instincts prompt
sd her She did not nnoI resist slN.s when bsI he
and said. My, how heavy she was -
She WINGED little and finched lit.
tic when he prodded her arms and
chest and felt with evident admiration
and when he made her open her
mouth and looked IN and murmured,
Colossal" But when he asked
wouldn't she show him the pretty
gladly. for It seemed to put an end to
being handled.
For his Immediate purpose Professor
Stilliter did not need to penetrate be-
yond the cheerful living room. for
here his eyes at once singled out from
many three photographs, in which JUS
tice had pretty nearly been done, not
only to his small companion, but to her
fa.4rous father and her mother.
What is that funny thing on the
piano?" asked Professor Stilliter. The
little girl looked In the direction inol-
Gated. and told him that II was
Chinese "ephelent'
During the moment in which he had
succeeded in diverting her attention
the young man had slipped the three
photographs IN their folded leather
frame into one OF his capecious
pockets. His mission in the house nm
tshed, he asked her II she would give
him a kiss. This was a thing which,
1t seemed to her, she could neither 40
cord nor refuse. She simply burst INTO
tears. The Professor shrusged me-
great shoulders, grunted like pig ana
abruptly took his his departure.
Still weeping, the little girl found
her way to a piazza that opened on
the living room. Here she seated her
self on very small na. onair nn crvinr ana untiI
she had almost forgotten what she
was crying about.
Tommy Barclay, still lingering about
the premises. traced the infantlle walls
to their sources. The sight OF his sym
pathetic face above the veranda rail-
ing, across which he had thrown one
leg. started tears again. for he was
her best friend in the world, and she
wished to tell him all about the wicked
man with the black-rimmed spec
tacles. Tommy took her on his knees
and listened and gave comfort Pres
entity he took from his pocket a little
rag doll. and very shylY for now that
he look at 1t again. It seemed poor
gift. he offered It to her.
There was silence in the room. at
once so rich and repressed In ita mold
tngs and furnishings. where Gordon
Barclay received and gave orders to
such of his fellow-millionaires as were
in his confidence
Semmes and Sturtevant, of all mon,
deepest in his confidence, were
strangely moved. The great man for
once had not been dealing with facts,
but with fancies. Very quietly and
earnestly he had been painting for
them that terrific future to which. as
he saw 1t. the restless forces or the
world were driving.
1t may have been that the presence
of Professor Stilliter in the room had
kind or nypnOtlC eHeCl upOH lile
two men. He stood in shadow against
the wainscoting, and his eyes never
left the back of their heads.
At first BARCLAY showed them some
OF the achievements of capital
steamers too great to be tossed by the
waves. interminable freight trains
creeping over high trestles, square
miles of corrugated iron roofs, the
chimneys belching black smoke;
streets as bright as midnight as at
noon. and as crowded. buildings SO
tall that they staggered belief and
sWayed in the wind; hospitals. hotels,
banks, Libraries. cathedrals, great
acreages of rock and gravel turned
into green outrageous Fairgrounds
for a free people He showed them
department stores teeming with life.
vast terminal stations, tunnels passing
under broad rivers, great libraries,
free to rich and poor alike. The waters
of whole counties coaxed by one mir
acle after another into one city to
keep its millions healthy and clean.
And they stood with him upon the
bridge of a warship and passed from
the worlds second ocean to Its rrst.
through the Incredible ditch, which
capital was to build. and which men
already called the Panama canal
And then he showed thep some OF
the failures Of capitAl-msn and wom-