Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-06
THE PARADISE MYSTERY.
80 STARTS THE STORY
By J. S. FLetche,
COPYRIGHT. 1890. oy Apred A. xnop,, Inc.

wonidn ,outh Of seventeen,' are ndrus
Dio,c,oy Dion, ~ " Rdnsjord. Doctor 5Tyce W
,astord's assistant Brpco rpsa,sd ,s W. W to
pith MaIy, d;a, 10 ASK htp, TO cease ms
her gnu. Ronsford and Brycs hdve
aten',1y,,,,c alteration tohtoh ehds W
some e,ord dismisstng Bryce Irom n,s
fr;ce,, funI;, "You're redLp tmW".w .,wro,,IT
s%dy because Dec, ssSc.Iient II my ytsino for her and
be p.yyf p.yyf n Miss Betoory tooiud cor.
for mysen o,rT me. That's the plain
sent 70 mar" wv
tra'., HERE 1T CONTINUES
SsEoRp allowed himself to take a
h and steady look at Bryce. inc
done now. and his dismissed
mus seemed to be taking 1t quietly
tsslS,o o. nsford's curiosity was aroused
"t can't make you out y he excia'll'eu.
=, aont know whether you're the r'ost
,.,oa, Young man I ever met' or
S.sotber you're the most optuse-
". >,a, the last anyway" interrupted
,"1 assure you Of that J.
BIZ, 80, vou see for yourself. then, man,
.so cir, doesn't want your SAID
",,ord @ Hang it!--for anything you
100, ,o the contrary, she may
..irht have-other ideas? =,
en,.cs who had been staring out OF
-. window for the last minute OF
so .,ddenIv laughed, and. lifting
W., nointed into the garden. Anu
.,,rd turned-and saw Mary Bewery
noikinp there with tall lad wnoin ne
,i,.a as one Sackville Bonnan'
Ne.n NJ Mr. Folliot. a wealthy resi-
steps, .,o c,ose The two young peo-
rlo we're laughing and chatting aI,nass 'ose'"''
with sShans" SN1re" remarked Bryce quietly,
reiiaoaa run in--that direction IN
'her 'ue ueae Doctor Ransford, you,il nave
wniGH Eor Mrs. Foliot, mother o. o.
vonder callow youth, WHO'S .ne app,d podiea
yonae, oys Is one Of the inquisitive iad,es hes
her eNor, eye i've lust told you. and II her ,
Of ",ou ,nItes himself with anybody, smell
ton ~ Lnow exactly VINO that any
wan, van, ,s 90 You'd far better have support
.Toy .S me as an aspirant howe'e'-i
nneo gu there's no more to say, ,.,.
suppose r'.e answered Ransford: "Ex-
..,, ~ saw good -day-and good-oy 70 70
cep' Won needn't remain-Iil see 10
y.,,hinq you. And I'm going out now.
mink you'd better not eNchanse
wells with any one. a p,,sford.
.,iLinS I'm his hat and gloves leLt .ne
pcks hy the side door. A moment
,.,ar Rryce saw him crossing the CLOSE
The siImmarily dismissed asslsIan. t.. -
,bns left alone, stood for mornen. a ~,
..N.rT .vlaenT, RRansford's Rams desk and picked IN
Wv check, He looked at 1t caretuily,
sniaod /, neatly, and put II away III ms
n,ocSsthook: after that he proceeded 10
ppoilsct a few possessions OF his own, IN
struments, hooks from various airo afsI thess
ssinrs in a small handbag when gentle
tnn sounded on the door by whlcn
satients approached the surgery.
Come in" he, called.
There was no response. although me
door was slightly ajar instead, .ne
knock vac repeated, and at that Bryce
crossed the room and flung the door
open. .,,o,,
slight. figured. quiet-looking man. whe
looked at Bryce with a half-deprecatins
half-nervous air ; the air or a man VIM f,,
| was shy in manner and evidently fearfu
Of seeming to intrude. Bryce's quick
observant eyes took him In at glance
rotIng much worn and lined face, thir
gray hair and tired eyes this was
man he said to himself, who had seer
trouble. Nevertheless, not poor man
Il his general appearance was anything
/ 10 60 by--he was we'll and even expen
sively dressed In the style general,
affected by well-to-do merchants anc
city men; his clothes were fashionabl,
cut, his silk hat was new. his linen ant
cleaned In his carefully arranged
cravat. Why. then, this unmistakabl.
furtive and half-frightened manner
which seemed to be somewhat relieved
at the sight of Bryce?
rs this-is Doctor Ransford within |?
asked the stranger. II was told this II
Doctor Ransford is out" reptile,
Bryce. Just gone out-not Ave minutes
ago; ago This Is his surgery. Can I be o
The man hesitated. looking beyonC
Bryce into the room.
NO, thank you" he said at last. /"
no don't want professional service
- Just called to see Doctor Ransford-
Inc fact Is. once knew some one o
'hGt name. It's no matter-at present.
across the close.
Doctor kansford." he said, wen
%er there-I rather fancy he's gone I,
we Deanery-he has a case there. L
iTu vent through Paradise, you'd yer.
nney meet him coming back--the Dean
yonder" Wv -"' WI '"e
,retSbaa tns stranger anger followed Bryce's out
"wbsta "wbbaTadse?" is -, he said, wonderingly
prayuH, po,lteu 10 long stretch o
s,ay ssHy wall which projected from the soutl
"GM no, OF The cathedral into the close
mol an nclosure-between the soutl
NJ 'II oIi ana the transept, ne said "ru,
neso vTIlios ana trees--a sort of wilder
Tbero,w called Paradise / don't know
deanerS,. snort cut across it to tn
"".TTusn that archway you see over rh,.r.
n you go across. you're almost s,,r
WT.eeI Doctor RanSford"
strsnworn n'uch en- obliged to you," said tn
Gnser, III GER, Thank you"
Rryoo GIhed away in the direction whic
bS9yce had indicated, and Rrvcn wuaT wan
after sftTSITniy SIny to go out again and ca
vonHt you don't meet him, shall o.
what NAIL GaIi Sagain?' he asked. And
de ine stranger shook his head
Zoo lmmaterial," he answered "I,
thanEsi Esiii-somewhere-or later. Man
and and RSSn Rwent on his way toward Paradis,
comnIntoGGe returned to the surgery an
ure rp'e'ed his preparations for depar,
p'o., e. And in the course of tbingap
dow man man once looked through the win
Bewor,,' INTO the garden and saw Mar
younr sun walking and talking wit
1Ws ,sackVille Bonham.
wonMr,o, he muttered to himself "
"oht trouble to exchange anW 20 ra,,oI,
becSuseo because the OF Ransfords hint. bu
t6nEuns t6use there's no need. II Ransfor
WrycTbosntesss Wr%Tb nes going to drive me out 9
oaaIy mistaken-it'il be Se tjms 20 e,d go ne
%srd s farewell tll when / take my depsrt,jr
wonder 'mat won't be just yet. Now
some eer r. who that old chap was? Kne,
he" one pf Of Ransfords name once dl
which case 9oaoly Ransford himself-i
nobndain %1 ANYBODY in wrychester knoWsWfr iS
beyond N WINCHESTER knows anythin
PansSa,Sa PUHu = few years back. No Docto
A mera dno .Lno farewells--to ANYBODY
1--WE ueDaftuFp-tilI I ,,,,, N'' y