Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

showed his perplexity plainly, whether
1t was feigned or not.
I'm afraid she's not quite 50 well as
usual" put in Miss Langdaie. speaking
to him. but in a manner that indicated
that first of all she wished any blame
for her patients condition to attach to
US and not to herself.
Dr.. Aitken pursued UP his lips, bowed
excusingly to us, and turned down the
hall, followed by the nurse. AZ they
passed on to Mrs. Wardiaw's room
am sure they Whispered about u.s. was
pushed by DR.. Aitken. He seemed to be
sfncere. yet, under the circumstances,
felt that must be suspicious Of evety-
body and everything.
Alone again for q moment, Kennedy
turned his attention to the furniture of
the room. and finally paused before
writing desk In the corner He tried 1t.
i was not locked and he opened it.
Quickly he ran through . pile OF pa
pers carefully laid under q paper
weight at the back.
A suppressed exclamation from him
called my attention to something that
ne had discovered. There lay two docu
rnents. evidently recently drawn up. AS
we looked over the hrst, We saw that it
was DR.. Wardlaw's will. in which he
though he was not an especially
wealthy man. The other was the will
of Mrs. Wardlaw.
We devoured 1t hastily. In substance
It was identical with the first, except
that at the end she had added two
clauses In the first she had done just
as her mother had directed. Twenty-h ave
thousand dollars had been left to Dr.
Aitken. l glanced at Kennedy, but he
also. Fifty thousand dollars was given
to endow the New York japanese mis-
sion.
Immediately the thought OF Kato and
what Miss Langdale had just told US
iY1d
A second time we heard the nurses
footsteps on the hardwood floor of the
hall. Craig closed the desk softly.
DIR. Aitken is ready to co." she an
wish to askr'
Kennedy spoke moment with the
doctor as he passed out. but aside from
the information that Mrs. Wardlaw
was. in his opinion. growing worse.
the conversation added nothing to our
meager store Of information.
IT suppose you attended Mrs. Mar
bury" ventured Kennedy of Miss
Langdale. after the doctor had gone
Not all the time" she admitted
Before came there was another
nurse. Miss Hackstan.
competent"
Miss Langdale avoided the question,
as though it were breach of profess
sional etiquette to cast reflection on
another nurse. although whether that
was the real reason for her reticence
did not appear. Craig seemed to make
a mental note of the fact.
Have you seen NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
cious about this Kat0?" put in Leslie,
while Kennedy frowned at the inter-
ruption.
Miss Langdale answered quickly.
Nothing"
Or. Aitken has never expressed any
Suspicion" pursued Leslie
"Oh, no." she returned. IT think I
would have known It II he had any
No. I've never heard him even hint at
anything" 1t was evident that she
wished US to know that she was In
the confidence of the doctor
Il think we'd better be going inter-
rupted Kennedy. hastily, not apparent
.iy pleased to have Leslie break In the
investigation just at present
Miss Langdale accompanied us to the
door, but before we reached it it was
opened from the outside by a man who
had once been and yet was handsome.
although one could see that he had
himself.
Leslie nodded and introduced us. 1t
was DR.. Wardlaw
As studied his face could see that,
as Leslie had already told US. 1t plain
~ bore the stigma Of nervousness.
.Aoo IT. AitAeHpecH hereE ne IN
CURED. quickly. Of the nurse. Then.
scarcely waiting for her even to nod
he added: What did he say? Is Mrs
Wsrd1aw any better"
Miss Langdale seemed to be en-
deayoring to make as optimistic a re-
port as the truth permitted, but
fancied Wardlaw read between the
lines. As they talked it. was evident
that. there was q sort OF restraint be-
tween them. I wondered whether
Wardlaw might mot have some lurking
suspicion Against Aitken. or some one
else. al -
= CART ten you HOW worried ans