Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-30
SYNOPSIS

Q retired broker, who has been found
dead on his couch.
Suspicion points to Gustav Conrad,
his nephew, with whom he had quar-
relied the night before and who to all
appearances tried to commit suicide
after killing his uncle.
Physicians find that Gustav has a
chance to recover. The will leaves
$4,000 to Gustav and the balance of
the estate to George Mallet, another
nephew
Not satisfied with the apparent So
luton of the case, Semi Dual, the old
man Of Mystery, takes hand in the
tangle Of human life.
Dual asks Gordon to go with John
son of the detective force and search
the Conrad premises thoroughly for
other evidence.
Another sister, fair of skin, round
of face, glanced up, and to her pro-
ferred my request for package or
parcel of anything which Sommers
may have left. was vaguely indefi-
mite, for / really didn't know what /
had come for.
The sister, smiled.
"There was a package left here by
DR.. Sommers for a Mr.. Dual" She
pronounced it in syllables as though
slightly puzzled. "Do you come
from him."
nodded assent.
"Then 1 shall give it to you," she
decided. "Wait just a moment,
please"
She rose and passed into room
back of the office and presently re-
turned with large sealed envelope in
her hand.
"This is the package" she said.
"Dr. Sommers stated expressly that it
was most important, and that some
one would call"
She extended the envelope to me.
took it and thanked her.
"And sister," / requested, 81 be-
lieve there is a young lady here by
the name of Burton, who is waiting
until the young man upon whom DR..
Sommers operated to-day shall show
signs of recovery or the reverse.
Would it be possible for me to see
her? / have a message for her."
81 will see," said the woman as
she turned to a house phone by her
side.
81 will speak to the nurse in charge
of the mems surgical department" !"
she explained, and spoke into the
phone.
A moment later she turned back to
me.
"Miss Burton is in the visitors par
lor on the second floor, at the extreme
end of the building. If you will come
/ will show you the way"
Rising she came from behind the
railing and / followed her out to the
hall. Everything was very quiet, and
! found myself walking on tiptoe as
followed her well-nigh silent flatfoot-
ed shuttle.
Every time l put down my heels
they clicked and snapped in the quiet
of the place, till felt l must be dis
turbing the sick inmates. Accord
ingly ! teetered along after my guide.
She took me to bronze grating,
rolled back the door and led me into
an elevator which raised US to the
next floor.
Then there was another long stretch
of hallway with numbered doors on
each side. The odor of drugs
hung over the place and gripped my
fancy.
found myself wondering what
suffering, what sorrow those num-
bered doors shut in-what tragedies
of human life. i decided then that
l would make a poor member of a
hospital force.
The pathos of it would get on my
nerves.
But my guide didn't notice. She
went steadily down the hall toward
a circular room with glass walls at
the far end,
Over her shoulder / could see that
it was sort of sun parlor, fitted with
wicker tables and couches and loun-
ging chairs, in one of which latter
could see the figure of a woman half
reclining.
Even at that distance / could see
the droop, the lassitude of tired con-
troll in the lines of the figure, and
knew that she was the woman had
come to see.
The sister paused at the entrance to
the room.
"A gentleman to see you, Miss Bur-