El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

: little ones might have few weeks OF
country life
A Romantic Spot.
For Elizabeth there was a halo OF
romance about the place, and it was
associated with some of the happiest
memories Of her young life
And now she and Douglas might
lose it. The only thing that could
enable them to keep it would be a
sudden and phenomenal success for
the young physician
The girl had often remembered her
self how much depended on John But
ler's recovery Lately it had seemed
certain that he was on the high road
to health Yet If his Illness had been,
as Douglas had asserted. entirely a
matter OF nerves, what might be the
effect upon him of learning that his
physician and his physicians sister
had been deceiving him as to their re-
lations toward one another-that
Lizzie Moore" was really Elizabeth
Wade, that the girl whom he was
edge this to herself now had deceived
him systematically and persistently2
What could she say If he accused
her of all this?
Clifford Chaplin would tell him the
facts There was no way of prevent
ing that The dies was cast The
mischief had been done by now. John
she was Douglas Wade's sister.
She prepared for bed, than put on
her wrapper and slippers and walked
softly up and down her room. too
nervous to sleep. She must think out
some course of conduct, something to
tell this man were he to demand an
explanation Of her.
She longed to confess the truth to
him It was not so bad after all At
least II did not look very damning to
her Yet from the viewpoint Of the
man himself it would certainly not be
pleasing
She would have to say that her
brother had told her that John But
Ter was the victim of over-study and
nervousness, increased by too much
care from his mother and by an ex-
aggerated idea on her part and his Of
the gravity of his condition
Nobody likes to be informed that his
mental attitude, and not his physical
state, has been at fault We are not
ashamed of the ills of the flesh. We
arc horribly ashamed of any mental
twist
To be sure she could inform John
Butler that his mind was now all
right
She laughed bitterly to herself as
she reflected on the way in which
he would receive such an assurance
from her. He would resent the sug-
gest-on that he had ever been mental .
" uasst:i~d-:n short, that no mad
been a hypochondriac What man
would rot be angry at such an accu-
sationz
She could not explain to him that It
was more his mothers fault than his
He was not the sort Of man who would
allow any one to intimate that his
mother was to blame for anything.
She might as well be honest with
herself She was afraid to confess the
truth. for she wanted to help Douglas
to the full extent of her power
She stood still, as If a sudden self
revelation smote her
Yes, she wanted to help Douglas At
first that had been her one aim But
now another desire exceeded that. She
wanted to stand well in Buffers esti-
nation She realized that 1t mattered
tremendously to her what he thought
Of her She had learned to depend up
on his friendship
Was friendship" the correct wordy
She asked that question sterniy- Be
fore she could answer IL another ques-
ton thrust itself into her brain
Was friendship the only feeling that
she herself had for John Butler2
Go Be COntinued.)