The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-05

family germ n!asm back Ut the. time
through which you could trace il
DR.. Crafts shrugged his shoulders.
I her" often IL. must adult something
so can't discover because Il lies luu
lar back in thr past
AMI likely to crop "ut after ship
p'ns ScnrrationS. put Ill Maudc Schu-
tt-'ld.
. IN" evidently did not TAX" IN" same
liberal View III the practical application
If the matter expressed by her chief.
set 1T clown, IL the ariur Of youth
IN 4 uCw Causr. winch often h"r"nics
IN" >an,r conservatism 1T maturity.
YOU know burroughs .Nin"rl"u on
both lines at descent" asked Kennedy.
changing the subject abruptly.
Yes. fairly we'll. ansHercd Crafts.
New. Tor example. went IN Craig.
How would you advise him TO mar
saw at "nco tina; Ii. was taking
this Suhtcrture as d way "t securing
informatin which might otherwise hay"
been withheld If asked f"r DIRECTLY
Maude Schutcld also saw Il, tancicd.
but this time said nothing.
They had a grandfather who was Il
maniac Oppressive on tbs .Alh"rt"n SIDE.
said Crafts SLOWLY. Now. no attempt
has ever been made 10 breed that de-
feet out of the family. in the case vi!
Burroughs. it is perhaps little worse.
for the other side of his ancestry IS not
free from the faint "t alcoholism"
And Edith .\thcrton:
The same way. They both carry 1t,
| won't go into the Mendclian law on
the subject. We are clearing up much
that is obscure. But as To Burroughs.
he should marry. ii at all. some one
without that particular faint. | bclier:
that IN d few generations. by proper
mating. most tainls might be bred out
OF families.
A1aude $choticId evidently did not
q grpc with DIR RATS.
Strength should marry strength and
weakness should never marry, She do
clared Nothing short of that will
satisfy the true cuG"nist.
"Thcorct iCally.' objected Crafts. "Hut
Athcrton was going TO marry, anyhow.
The only tkinS for m" 10 do was To lay
GOWN a rule which h" might follow safe
l.. Resides. any other rule meant sure
disaster"
Ntaude Schonrld had ri<cu To return
to supervising clerk VIII" needed help.
She left us. still unconvinccd.
That is a very clever girl" remarked
Kennedy as she shut the door and he
scanned DR.. Crafts face closely.
Very" aS$cntcd the Doctor.
The Schofields come Of good stock?"
haZarded Kennedy.
Very. assented Dr. Crafts again.
Kennedy thanked him for his cour-
teSy. and We left apparently on tho best
of terms both with Crafts and his as
sistant. l did n"t see Kennedy again
that day until late in the afternoon
when nc came into the laboratory carry
ing a small package.
Il have just seen Athsrtrn." ho said.
He's obsesscd by the fear OF Burroughs.
Why, he even told me that Burroughs
had gone so far as to take a leaf out OF
his hook, SO to speak. get In touch with
the E,uEenicS Bureau as If TO follow his
footsteps. but really TO pump them about
Anterior himself. Anterior says ills all
burroughs plan TO break his will and
that the fellow has even gone so far rs
to cultivate the acquaintance of Maudn
Schoflcld. knowing that he will get no
sympathy from crafts"
Maudc Schoti"ld that he bitches up with
Burroughs" I commented.
''Wcll,' said Kennedy. wrapping The
package. there is his much to it, .\tn-
errou says Burroughs and MauGe Scho-
field have been seen together more than
once--and not Ut intellectual gatherings
either. Burrows is a fascinating fellow
to 4 woman, If he wants TO be. and tn"
Schoields are at least the social equals
OF the RurrnuEhs.'
Kennedy had unwrapped the package
which proved 10 he the instrument he
had left in the closet at htherton's. Ii
was. as l observed. like Ar ordinary wax
cylinder photograph record.
You SOC" explained Kennedy. ut is
nothing moro han successful! applica-
ton at last Of say. one of those phno-
graphs YOU have Seen III offices for TAX
ing dictatinn. placed so that the fechler
vibrations of tn" telephone affect it. Let
us SOC what We have hcrc.
CONTINUED In Fridays 1ntelngeneer.)