Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-07
WOMENS INTERESTS
WHAT HAPPENED TO JANE
BY Virginia Terhune Van de Water

which Mr.. Evans drank, he found it
hafd TO possess his soul in patience
until his companion had deliberate
~ slipped his steaming beverage
ana eaten an egg and two hot muf-
fins.
Now" he announced at last. I'm
ready for you, Evans. Come on into
who had served the repast, see
that L am not called for the next
half hour. Take any messages that
come, please, but don't disturb me
unless it's a matter of life and
death. Understand ?"
Yes, sir" Katie said meekly.
Now, What's Up?"
Now, what's up?" the doctor de-
manded as soon as he was seated in
his office at one side of he table
with Evans on the other side. You
look as if you had a batch of legal
First hear my story" Mr.. Evans
replied. Then we'll look at the pa
pers."
He told of Mary Baird's visit, in
terrupted only by the muttered ex-
carnations of his listener. The mar
ration r. nc, consumed only few min
utes. The reading of the papers in
the long envelope that Mr.. Evans
had brought took longer
Mary Baird, with merciless detail,
had written the sordid. brutal facts.
she had spared neither herself nor
the man who had betrayed her. And
as If fearing that the story might
not be believed, she had enclosed re-
ceipts for the money she had sent to
the Home for Feeble minded Chill
dren.
She had also enclosed the tele-
gram that had informed her that
Thomas Baird had died in convul-
n nelyf hot
disposition was to be made of the
body.
After the documents had been
carefully inspected, the physician
asked single question.
How old did you say the boy
was?"
Seven" replied the minister.
Then she had been living with
Reeves for at least three years -
or more - when it was born. 1t was
undoubtedly his child"
A sudden idea smote the clergy
man. But you must have noticed
must have known that she was i'll
or"
The Doctor Explains
DR.. Monroe raised his hand to
protest. Not so fast, not so fast,
my dear friend! I know that Mrs.
Baird went away for n visit, that
she came back looking pale and
NOiiit anu NldI size oSllu SIG iiiu
been i'll while staying with friends,
l asked for no further information y
But did you suspect nothing? +?
Did it ever occur to you that" -
Again the doctor checked him.
MY dear man, we doctors don't let
things occur to us. If they do, we
hold our tongues. AS to what we
suspect - if we were to voice some of
our suspicious, some people would
have to leave town, perhaps our
selves first of ALL"
He laughed, then grew sober
again. Seriously" he added. "I
knew nothing, and I had no bust
ness to suspect anything. So I
didn't. But since learning the aw-
full suspicious with regard to Jane,
l have well-I have been remem-
bering back and wondering''-
There was a hurried knock at the
door. "Come in!' Monroe called
GROSSLY. Katie" as the girls. face
appeared in the entrance, didn't 1
tell you not to disturb me?"
"Oh, Doctor" the girl stammered,
you said not unless it was a mat
ter of life and death. And it is! At
least it's q matter of death, for
Jake from Mr.. Reeves place is
here. and he says that they've just
found Mrs. Baird's body in the
river down by the dam, dead,
drowned! And he wants you and
Mr.. Evans to come right away. He
says she must have got dizzy and
fell off the bridge hours ago. For
she's stone deadu'
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