The Washington times., 1918-04-18

lear OF the knlhe--
what" BeGdE OF perspiratiou
stood on the mans brow. You
don't mean-H ~
I'm AFRAID 1T Is ,ineYitable." VIII
braham stood gazing calmly at the
frightened face. The day of his re-
venRe had dawned, and this was the
berinnings OF the rsokoning. There
should be no mercy shown. He had
SUFFERED for yeSrs. this man should
suffer for but an hour. but the I'M
tenslty OF the pain should leave its
mark. he shall not 90 as he
CAME" muttereds the avenger Of
w6mans honor, "oh.. no; oh, no;
win see TO that"
The light of an electric lamp was
turned fully on Moneriefs white
( face. Wilbraham, in shadow him
>self. fixed the trembling man with
: his eyes,
'InevitabIe? What Is inevitable
WhatT' MOnerief.s voice shook with
the terror Of apprehension.
There II deep-ssated mischief In
your foot disease The strain which
you must hkve given 1t yesterday
only brought this to.a climox. 1t is
not a sprain from which you are
knHarinE. but a malignant disesse
witch will spread. and spread rap
idly, till other parts of Your body
are involved, still your life itself is
thxeatehed."
Dooaed To horrible Death.
sAiy God! NY Cod" The wretch
sds.ms6 started to, his feet, then
feeling Z. sharp. tWlnEe of pain in
his anklt he sank back again into
chair. ',Are you'sure Of this?''
'What-reason should have for
deesIVinEi you?" asked the surgeon.
I what reasons, indeed? MOnerIef.
in his aEeny. asked himself the
question. For all he knew he was
but an ordinary patient TO this sur
Eebp.
you may. rely upon my expert
enee in sueh easss. continued VIII
braham composedly 1t Is un-
fortunately often my lot TO have
10 impart unpleasant information
ssUnplsasaut inGormatioh!'' groan-
ed MoncIief You 6alk as II IL
were nothing. Boh't you under
stand that it is torture which you
are inflictinE7 what Fssto be done7
Quick let me knew the worst"
WfIbraham stopped again and
touched the ankle. He touched it
in such . mAHnsrt as 70 impaFt
] paih. - - 2s% -t-
/ aThers is considerable disease
about the joint.2she said. '.Prob-
ably II has already spread to- the
knee. Allow me-" He twisted the
leg sharply. resting one hand upon
the wretehed mans knee. Don't
that pain you?"
"Yes, yes; It Is agony"
"where!"
| my knee"
Exactly. It IL AZ I feared Your
eonditien- is- highly dangerous
one. Mr.. Monerief. and my prog
nosis must be very guarded. There
Is but one thing that can save your
life. 1t is a drastic remedy. and
cannot even guarantee 1t a. q cer-
tain one"
CrlaGes At ThoaSht Of Death.
/ Monerief swayed from side to
side on his chair. His features
were distorted, and the sweat pour
ed from his forehead. He had not
exaggerated when he said that the
fear Of death was enough to drive
him mad.
wiIbraham watched him Pitl-
lessly =
'This Is but the beginning he
mutterSd to himself at is as a
broken man that he shall leave this
house And he shall not 20 with
out learning why haye made him
suffer. He shall beR living example
OF what fear. may DO for a man
abject eowardly fear. Interesting
a. a scientific -record-quite."
jectly lifting his hands together,
don't tell me thStl I'm not It TO
die. I've led such a vile life.
must have. time. time to atone" He
burst into weak tears
"We. shall do our best for yoJI. a
course" said the surgeon eoldly,
but should be failinE in my duty
II did not warn you"
And what is your best-this dras-
tic cure?"
AnPutsf1oa oaIy Cure.
You shall have TO have your leg
amputated above the knee. There
is no possibly eourse but that"
"oh. no! oh, no. I couldn't en-.
dure it. It would kill me" Sud.
denly Aonerief started 60 his feet
He Bwayed a. he stood. His volc,
rose almost to a scream. 81 dom
believe you, You're 4 fraud ",
ing dog! II isn't true. You dom
understand what you are talking
about
81 always hated DOCTORS greedy
i lying crew. They. hack our bodieI
about because they are paid for II
or just fog experiment Oh, I know
] know. There are tales about you
DR.. Wilbraham; needless operations
to determine some scientific point
erueltiss practieed on the poor and
helplesa-upon animals. too. Tv,
heard OF them And now you thlnI
you can Impose upon me. But
won't believe you'll won't. I-oh
God in Heaven, what pain I'm In"
wilbrakam had quietly resumed
bis seat He had taken up a PEI
and IL NAE a. n he were takinI
notes on the case. "Abject fear
he murmured. beneath his breath
There CAP be no real pain. Mos
interesting. In few minutes I
Will be time 20 try something else.
You are EuferinE." he" sail
aloud. disrsEardinE the wild &C
euFatlons which had beer Aung a
a him. II can underatand II from
man in your condition. But yo,
Iaust do aS y'U think best, my deo
sir. Takq ether advlce, iT yo'
Please. nave done my dusv Il
telling you the plain facts OF tn
case
(continued Tomorrow.)
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