The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-03
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d. HenLET lAN|CDoN..

L amazed a. ne saw Ol0 IL. GDen MAT 4
sston take the arm Of Ben Adams, the
confirmed inebriake u the town, and
lead him into the nearest bar room
Coming out of TIE place the retired (
( physician observed Nat Gookins, q lad
I q eleven. puhine away Ct = cigarette
sheltered ~ an ash box Il an alley
1 Or. Merston blandly advanced toward
the callow youth, who dropped the,
cigarette with q sheepish grin, and
deliberately handed him full grown
cigar. s1l /: .as 81 slsa 3ss III
Paul was not only astounded. but
curious. Was the aged physician,
whose morals and habits were Of the
highest order, taking leave OF his
senses He kept closely on his trail.
The doctor was halted BY Andrew
Reed, q shivering, nerve-racked dope
fiend. He made q pathetic appeal to
the doctor. The latter conversed with
him earnestly. Then he took ont his
medicine case snd handed the suf-
ferer Q small phial. ss3. @ II
well! what In the world does al
this meanf marveled Paul.
5 Il he had seen the aged physician
before he left home carefully prepare
several small capsules. one Of which
he had inserted In q slit Ii the cigar,
and two others. which he had dropped
III turn into the phial he had given
Andrew Reed and into the stimulapt
he had bought for Ben Adams, Ne N
would have been still further mysti-5
fed. He and d.. Marston were Close
friends and later Il the day he dropped
Into his ONCE. t5 sssj5 5.S
Doctor he said. + am 10 spy,
but i saw you do some strange things
today " IS 3s
.'Yes1 / observed that you were
watching me-" nodded the doctor Inn
perturbably. If. Il S.5s
.sYoui ,did1 Then you ean fancy how:
/ was puzzled and yes. actually
shocked. n What were you up to. any
how7 Helping, that poor got 60 fur-
ther down the ladder Encouraging
that lad to smekel A Keeping up the
misery q that poor wreck, Reed !"
mot at all" responded Or. MarstoD
nnite ~ snallv. " am intent on chr
IN them., '@35. .5{53 s6 Nd sst
i s.C,nrinpre the,m7r sS35 VI;
Z Saving them, ! should have said
/Drury, you are q friend ! can trust
and / am gong rs imnart "a YOU some
sthino ahsnlntelv conf1flential. m Those
three subjects mn saw J, ~, onerata a
to1,av '., ara ernertm nta Tor nv har-
mnnv perm system.
q .sT1armonv FERN i. re.peated PAM
3 " aneIv. a And wnat nav that be1', s
~ y, isten while I Wa on nv tin
,.ro,n,nd ( tho 3twu,or1d - = choice littla
ialand n Tho sod,11thern Pacific / dis
Covered Al earthly ,pa.lradise. :ItsI In
hahitants were mid. friendly people.
ali kindness and p,e,nialitvys TIA frnits
ana ho,w,ersI were exnuisite. The peo-
nle ate Nd meat Eyen, the birds and
amman. = that select spot subsistei1
entirely a frnitsa. veeetablesa and
orain. M studied & all out. II made \
sa Rreat discovery, j located the har-
mony germ that is, substance per
ssyading al the fora and fauna Of that
lovely ocean bound Eden, which /
seemed to, make everything in nature
harmonious. II may not Be precisely
q germ ri but it IL vitality substance
which puts good where there has been
bad. / have determined to expert
ment with It. You have seen three
subjects operated on. Wait IA month
and then decide II there. Is any basis
to my erratic idea.'' NJ u
s IL Paul had known the truth he
would have learned that Adams had
fallen and broken q limb the very day
81. Marston had administered his har- !
mony germ. one lesson had been
/ warning to him and he had reformed.
al Likewise, Ned was smoking the doc.
tored cigar In the \, woOdshed when
his father called him. He had thrown
/ the lighted weed among some shaw