The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

The doctor understood the state of the lady's feelings towards him, and he did all he could to discourage her aection for him. He tried hard, so he told me, in his conversation to this lady always trying to prevent it talk ing a sentimental turn, but the lady always contrived to lead the conver- sation to the one topic that interest ed her, which was her love for the beauty doctor. She did this in many indirect ways.
 She would sometimes contrive to turn the conversation to the subjecr of love in general and then she would tell the doctor how love had influenced her life. . One day she said to him-'T have loved two men in my life. My hus- band was my first love: and I love another more passionately than I ever loved him and-' She hesitated looked at the doctor in an imp1orins fashion. then went on" And now I hate, because only for him I might possess the man now love-
 The doctor. I may mention, was unmarried. He was in a hopeless po- sition. He found it impossible to ge. rid of his client. Long after the treatment she had come to him for
 
 to visit him on the pretence that she desired to consult him about further face treatment. She would remain in his consultant-room for two and three hours talking to him. This be- gan to interfere with his practice and it gave rise to talk among his own clients.
 At length the doctor came to see there was only one of two things to be done to save both himself and his client from an infnity of trouble. He must either refuse to see his client again or he must give up his present practice and go elsewhere He decided to give up his practice: he feared to face the consequences of telling his client to her face that he would not allow her visits to him to continue. T had not the cour- age to do that he said to me- And perhaps even if he had it would not have prevented the lady doing what she ultimately did.
 The doctor sold his practice pri- vately; he settled to leave Paris with out saying a word of his intentions to his clients. This was no doubt a rather cowardly thing for him to do. but he felt that 1t was the only way for him to get out of the unfortu-
 
 unwillingly got into.
 The day before he was to leave Paris his clients husband called on him. The banker was greatly attach ed to his wife, and he accused the beauty doctor of having stolen her affections from him, and of having done so in the most cowardly and de- hberate manner.
 A Tragic Ending.
 You have ruined my life. you scoundrel!" the banker said, and I have come here to take such ven- gance on you as the law of God and of man allows" The doctor allowed the banker to finish speaking without attempting to interrupt him, and then he explained as briefly as pos sible that what had happened was not due to any fault of his.
 T have sold my practice" he said, and am leaving Paris tomor- row practically a ruined man."
 Some further conversation between the doctor and the banker revealed the truth. of the situation to the lat ter. The banker. after a long pause. took a loaded revolver out of his pocket and showed 1t to the doc tor.
 T came here meaning to take your life" he said. "and thank God l have been saved that crime, I be- heve what you have said. and that you are innocent of having inflicted on me the greatest injury that one man can do to another. I pray your forgiveness" The two men then shook hands and parted.
 The doctor came to London prior to going to New York. While he was In London I met him. The third day Of his stay in London he received from the banker a copy of a French newspaper. In it he saw a news item headed. Suicide of a Bankers Wife, The lady had drowned her self in the Seine.