Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-03

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| planned to her how absurd that no.
ton is. Your eyes look as ia you'd
been crying"
"I-I have an unbearable headache"
| lied Olive. "I've had it all day.
me some medicine for it. But didn't
like to speak to you about it before
a stranger That is why I came away
so suddenly"
SIN sorry!'' said Tom, all his re-
sentiment dying out at thought of her
get you something for your head"
He left the room, coming back a
little later with a stoppered phial.
"Take half a teaspoonful of this in
glass of water" he said, handing
her the bottle. "And if the head isn't
well in two hours you can take an
other dose of the same size. But
don't take more than that"
"Why not?" she asked, listlessly,
cycling the phial. us it dangerous?"
cts a heart depressant," he said,
''like all coal-tar products. For in
stance, a tablespoonful of it would
probably put your heart out Of bust
ness forever. So be careful"
With Minnas arrival, life at the
institute took new turn. Minna de-
clared that she would get much bet
ter rest and recreation by helping Tom
| VIII oth re than hu 1nIlin o.
all day in bed
This naturally meant that he and
she were frequently closeted together
in his office, consulting about the vari-
Gus cases or mapping out new lines
of treatment. And Olives cup of jeal-
Gus Indebtedness was filed to over
flowing. Once Minna said to Tom in
impulsive enthusiasm over her new
work:
I'm so happy here with you! I
never will go back to him! Never !"
And Tom, touched by her words, an
swered:
"You know how much I think of
you, Minna. But you mustn't make
any resolutions you'll be sorry for"
The day following this harmless
dialogue Tom and Minna were sitting
at the office desk reviewing some of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES charts,
| when the door of the office was flung
open and a man stamped noisily into
| the room unannounced. At sight of
him Minna sprang to her feet.
"Henry!" she gasped in alarm.
"Mr. Wilkins" said Tom, coldly,
| sit is my custom to meet visitors in
the reception room, not in here. If
| you came to see your wife"
eyes," interviewed Wilkins, speaking
| almost incoherently in his anger, 81
did come here to see my wife. l came
to see you, too. Look at this letter
| got it in this mornings mail"
| He slammed down upon the desk
sheet of paper on which, in palpably
disguised hand, were written the
words:
"Some husbands are wise. They
watch their wives. Some husbands
are fools. They let their wives get
out of their sight. If you are wise
you will take your wife away from
the OIcott institute.
ZONE WHO KNOWS"
"What is the meaning of this?" de-
manded Tom, tossing aside the anony-
nous note with an exclamation of
contempt.
"It means you are trying to steal my
wife from mel" flared wilkins. at
means She"
"Henry!" pleaded Minna, in fright.
She chung to Toms arm terrified as
her husband strobe toward them.
None of the three noted that Olive had
come into the office.
"You are drunk or insane, Mr.. Will
kins," said Tom. "In either case"
"In either case" beloved wilkins,
"Pm going to thrash the cur who stole
my wife from me-"
He made a bull-rush at Tom. The
latter, with ridiculous ease, eluded the
clumsy attack; and, with quick half
arm Jolt sent Wilkins sprawling on
the rug.
wilkins was up again at once and
charged his nimbler foe, only to find
himself deity caught in a double
Nelson" that left him powerless and
choking.
"Now them" asked Tom, "will you
go. or shall / break your neck? 1
leave the choice entirely to you"
Before Wilkins could sputter a re-
ply Olive stepped forward from the
doorway Straight up to the trembling
Minna she came.
leave this house at once ~ she or
dered, shrilly.
"Olive !" cried Tom.
''This woman goes" flashed his
wife, "or / go~
"And you go, tool" Tom growled to
wilkins, releasing him. ''But If ever
again 1 hear of you ill-treating Minna
I'll break your neck and every bone