The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
By Virginia Terhune Van
de Water.
CHAPTER ".
c1-rrirht. 81. b = q

Early in the morning a messenger
drought him a note that Butler had
written before retiring. thus setting
~ defiance the rules Of the Rest
Cure"
The more I think. OF that Job
IN the farm the more 1 want to
tackle it, the note ran I'll tell
mother Of It the FIRST thing in the
morning. I don't want any pay Tor
ny work. The experience is what
I'm after. It's a chance 70 pracIiSs
the study I've specialized on ~
mother pleads, as usual my ~
health, Try to talk her arouno-
iIrnov I'm a disgusting tnVAlio' Pue
irn not a dead One-yet
DR.. Wade had intended 20 cI
upon Mrs. Butler to-day, out W
he. seif appeared AZ ms "iSo
.. aIteI $50. -,
Il watt Until your ofnes hou[I
we're ever sac announces
rour patie--J all gone.
wade restrained a wild inehn
don TO laugh. i see no
bere after lea-thirty." he said
can 70 sive me q few Hiinuts =.
before gong out on your cans
the WIDOW asked
- shah not 20 out before eleven
s'clock." he replied.
s-JEeT-I want to ask you about
chiH rrazy notion that John has now
~ workinE on = farm you men
toned. Tell ne what It Il AL
aboutT-
Dourlas had anticipated this de-
-.nd and IN the silent midnight
VZatchss had thought out his rs1oin-
Gently ana taetfuIly, he explained
~ 1itustion, prefacing the eEplana-
flon by the statement that he had
-DecialtEsd IN nervous diseases at a
famous French university, 30 vas
1,ors than casually interested IN
John Butlsr'B case. What John
needed was complete change OF
acme and thought. an abundance OF
outdoor work and an absorbing IN
fersst. would Mrs. Wade trust her
son TO the care Of = man Of whom
ahe knew very litter
An the way through the eonver-
aation the young physician was
-arefuI not 70 suggest that a large
part OF the patients trouoles were
Suo 20 too ansiduous maternal at
fention- Yet he did intimate that
John would be better on where
he could not turn 70 his mother
with ovsry complaint
he Finally Consents.
Mr. wade listened eagerly 20
wads'G proposal that the invalid be
allowed to spend the Summer on
the wade farm IN New Hampshire
when At last abe EDeko her voice
trembled
7 dread to send my boy from
me- she Uaid, and yet hAvO taken
I'm 70 30 many phyaiciHns and have
1ons 40 many thinEs for him-and
All IN vain-that an At my WltS
and II does seem cruel that q
vounan With as much money a.
have cannot save her only Bon from
what threatens TO be q complete
and permanent breakdown"
You can save him from that I
really believe" her companion rec
assured her. WIN you trust him 70
nsT"
she arose impulsfvSly, and the
nan rose, too. Holding out beth
anndS 70 him, she locked straight
Into his honest eyeA
Or. Wado. II you can save my
boy, II you can prevent his bscom-
Ing the wreck that dread, I will
nav you any sum you mama and
viii always be your friend"
Douglas wade smiled down at her
kindly. I viii DO my best" he
promised, and We viii not talk OF
money until We nee the result Of my
.nortA But must AK you to leave
POUR boy completely to me and not
Interfere, even II you think I an
permitting him 20 bury his genius
% the yEfldH of New England"
''Oh, will promise anything you
lsk," she SD But Il L. very hard
% me-"
4 know n" the man EympathiEed
But the game Is worth the candle"
During his solitary oRics-hourB
hat afternoon, Douglas Wade
Trots a long letter to his sister.
Expressed the wish that Shs could
10 lQmeL0luE 4lg AAAllE- uGAR
lin He was about 70 give her an
TO prove the sincerity
Il that wish She had told him
he had. q talent for dFamAticE.
Then she must act a part for him
md follow the Instructions which
is would now give hsr-although
o DO this would mean much thought
md not e little tact
any Directions.
Then there came several pages
4 large lettsr-papeT filled with d.
'S9tlonB - 70 the course she was
o pursue The writer went into
ul particulars on the nervous
Of his patient and on the
proposed plan Of curative treat
1ent
i must have = clever Gndtinter-
istsd person on the ground 70 see
hat my orderB are carried out" he
.Eplained VIII you DO all that !
SIX? Let Chaplin and his wife know |
hat Butler r. a farming expert
hat i8 all You can aay that he |
ias not been well, ana g combln-
nE business and rocFaatiou bY
pending the Sumner on my farm. |
lake them understand that you 40
Tot wish your Identity known TO
his man Let them Ghiu1r that