The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
Continued from the Weekly Leader. }
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-At her home In the Street,
Sidney Page agrees to marry Joe Drum
to K. LIE Moyne, the new roomer.
who has been dressmaking with Sidney s
mother, launches an independent modiste' 8
parlor. Sidney gets DR.. Ed Wilson's in
fluence with his brother, Doctor Max, the
successful young surgeon, to place her IN
the hospital as probationer nurse.
CHAPTER III-K. becomes acquainted
in the Street. Sidney asks him to stay
on as a roomer and explains her plans for
financing her home while she Is in the
school.
CHAPTER IV-Doctor Max gets Sidney
into the hospital school,
CHAPTER v-sidney and K. spend an
afternoon in the country. Sidney falls
into the river.
CHAPTER VI-Max asks Carlotta Har-
rison, a probationer, to take a motor ride
with him. Joe finds Sidney and X. at
the country hotel, where Sidney Is drying
her clothes, and Is insanely jealous.
CHAPTER VII-While Sidney and K.
are dining on the terrace, Max and Car
lotta appear. K. does not see them, but
for some reason seeing him disturbs Car
lotta strangely.
CHAPTER VIII-Joe reproaches Sidney.
Sl6 COnHO0S 10 ~. CildC JOG KNOWS now
she will not marry him.
CHAPTER IX-Sidney goes to training
school and at home relies more and more
on K. Max meets X. and recognizes him
as Edwardes, a brilliant young surgeon
who has been thought lost on the Titanic.
ks losing cases lost him faith in him
self and he quit and hid from the world.
CHAPTER X-Carlotta fears Sidney.
Christine Lorenz and Palmer Howe are
tod Tho hor I'D 70 or Of or 70
puzzle Sidney.
CHAPTER XI-Max continued his fir
tation with Carlotta, who becomes jealous
of Sidney. K. coaches Max in his work,
but remains a clerk in the gas office.
move into rooms in Sidney's home Sid
neys mother dies. Palmer neglects Chris
tine.
Grace, a young girl. Palmer is hurt and
Johnny, the chauffeur, seriously injured.
CHAPTER XIv-Sidney nurses Johnny
Carlotta changes the medicine that Sid
ney is to give him.
CHAPTER xv-Johnny nearly dies. K.
who has brought Johnny's mother to him,
saves the boy and comforts Sidney.
CHAPTER XVI-Sidney Is suspended for
80 days. She confesses to X. that she wor-
ships Max. Joe warns her against Max.
by Palmer. turns to K. who tells her it
Is only reaction.
CHAPTER XVIII - Sidney discovers
that Max is flirting with Carlotta-
CHAPTER xIx-Max and Sidney be-
come engaged. She tells X.
CHAPTER XX-Carlotta campaigns for
Max's love. K. tries to moderate Joe's
jealousy.
CHAPTER XXIThinking that it Is
Sidney, Joe follows Carlotta and Max to
Schwitter's and shoots Max.
CHAPTER XXII-When Max's case
seems hopeless, Carlotta, in agony, dis
closes ks identity and K. performs the
EdWardes operation.
After a pause: "Does she know who
did it?''
sidney? No."
''Then, if he gets better, she'll marry
him anyhow"
Possibly. That's not up to us, Joe.
The thing we've got to do is to hush
this thing up, and get you away"
I'D go to Cuba, but I haven't the
money"
K. rose. 81 think I can get It,"
He turned in the doorway.
Sidney need never know who did
It,"
''Pm not ashamed Of it." But his
face showed relief.
There are times when some cata-
clysm tears down the walls of reserve
between men. That time had come
for Joe, and to a lesser extent for X.
The boy rose and followed him to the
door.
"Why don't you tell her the whole
thing ?-the whole filthy story?" he
asked. "She'd never look at him
again. You're crazy about her. I
haven't got a chance. It would give
you one."
81 want her, God knows!" laid K.
"But not that way, boy"
The five thousand dollar check from
Mr.. Lorenz had saved Palmer Howe's
credit. On the strength of the de-
post he borrowed money at the bank
with which he meant to pay his bills,
arrears at the University and Country
clubs, hundred dollars lost throwing
aces with poker dice, and various small
obligations of Christine's.
The immediate result of the money
was good. He drank nothing for a
week, went into the details of the new