Evening star., 1918-06-23

dyce yet. Isn't ne aDout!
thouph 'usI Hes of en his rounds nd 'ea
present. Makes practice Of looking
after the poor for the simple human
ity of the thing. Never charges for
his services. You'll like Fordyce. he's
a ripping sort"
And SO indeed he seemed to be when,
at tea, Cleek met him FOR the first
time and found him a jovial, round
faced, apple e-cheeked. rollicking little
man of ffty-odd years.
PLEASED to meet you' Mr.. Headland
them. 'Londoner. can see. by the
cut of you, Londoner and soldier, too,
No mistaking military training when
a man carries himself like that. Lon
doner myself once upon time. But
and no part of the country like De-
Won. Paradise, sir, Paradise. Well,
captain. and how are we today. eh7.
mo; I'm afraid not, doctor" replU
o,sa the o.d thsn Nsssr eser
bad as when 1 woke up this morning.,
and, II you'll pardon me saying it, sirf
that lotion you gave me doesn't seem
to have done a bit of good"
heard this. 'I'n have a look at that
lotion before go to bed tonight" Yet.
when he did, he found it harmless
thing that ought to have been bene-
fetal even If 1t had not.
Bridewell, remembering Cleek's de-
sire and seeing chance OF gratifying
it sooner than he had anticipated,
don; don't you think & it would be be coed soe.a
arm now? He says the pains getting
up to the shoulder, and SO bad at
times he can hardy bear it. Do look
at it. will YOU? hate to sec him suf-
"Oh, certainly. of course. will. Just
wait until I've had my tea. old chap
replied the doctor; and, when he had
had 1T, moved over to the deep chalr
where the captain sat rocking to and
fro and squeezing his lips together In
silent agony and proceeded to remove
the bandages. He had barely uncov-
cred the MANNED hand, however, ere
Cleek sauntered over in company with
the old seaman's son and stood beside
study the character of the eruption.
and the sight of it frightened the
creases about his lips, twitched one
swift CLEAN of light through the
Good God!'. he said, swept out Of
himself for the moment by the ap-
paling realization which surged over
him; then, remembering himself,
caught the doctors swiftly given up
ward look and returned it with one
it. doctor? Don't think It's smalfpex,t
or something of that sort. do you?"
"Rubbish!"' responded the doctor,
M1S sy foo as hs fof s%ss
Man alive, it isn't the least thing like
It. I should think a child would know
that. No. captain, there isn't any
change in its condition, despite the
nH yNos Ix t111A
it is just shade better than when I
dressed it this morning. There, there,
don't worry about it's going up to the
shoulder, lieutenant. Wen save the
arm. never fear" And then. without
examining. that arm at all, proceeded
to rebandage the manned hand and
replace 1t in the supporting sling; and
afterward went over and talked with
Aunt Ruth before passing out and go
ing round to his side of the divided
mouse. But so long as he remained in
sight Cleek.s narrowed eyes followed
him and the tense creases scanned
Cleek's indrawn, silent lips. But when
he broke that silence it was to speak
pointless thing about that refuge Of
the witless-the weather.
"Bridewell," he said ten minutes
later, when, upon Aunt Ruth's object
Ing to it being done indoors the lieu
for a smoke, "Bridewe1l, tell me
something: sons, Where does your father
Dad? Oh, upstairs in the big front
room just above us. Why?
Nothing. but I've a whim to see the
place and without anybody's knowledge.
Can you take me there?"
Certainly Come along" replied the
lieutenant, and led the way round to a
back staircase and up that to the room
in question. 1t was a pretty room, hung
with an artistic pink paper which COW
cred not only the original walls bIt~the
wooden partitions which blocked up the
door leading to DIR. Fordyce's own
part Of the house; and close against that
partition and so placed that the SCREEN
Ing canopy shut out the glare from the
big bay window, stood narrow brass
bedstead equipped. with the finest of
case In the way of soft mattresses, and
SO piled with down pillows that king
might have envied 1t for a resting place.
Cleek looked at 1t for a moment In si-
lence, then reached out and laid his hand
upon the papered partition.
whats on the other side of this?" he
queried. Does it lead into passage or
q room?"
Unto Fordyce's laboratory" replied the
lieutenant. "As a matter Of fact, this
rsed to be Forordyce's own bedroom, the
best In the house. But he gave 1t up
especially for the dads use, as the view
and the air-are better than in any other
great believer in that sort of thing for
sick people. Ripping of him. wasn't it?"
VERY. Suppose you could get your
father not to sleep here tonight for q
changer
Wouldn't like to try. He fairly dotes
on that comfortable soft bed. There's
not another to compare with 1t in the
act