San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-27
Begin Here Today.


Colonel HOLES. soldier and adven'
turer, returns to England, his native
land. when war with Holland is DE-
clared His Grace of Buckingham
hires Holes TO abduct the actress
Sylvia Farquharson. 1t is dark wheel
the colonel carries her to the house
buckingham has rented.
Upon their arrival HOLES is horri-
fled to see that Sylvia is an old
sweetheart.
buckingham and HOLES engage
in duel. The servants of the duke
render the colonel unconscious.
When Buckingham attempts TO
embrace Sylvia, her dress falls from
her throat. revealing a purple blotch,
token of the plague.
The duke and his servants flee.
HOLES nurses Sylvia and saves her
life. When the doctor pronounces
! her out of danger HOLES leaves the
house at night. The doctor goes with
Sylvia TO her old home. Now go on
with the story.
The three rooms, that had cont
posed her home were situated on the
first floor. and as they assembled to
the landing they saw the three doors
standing open. Two of the chambers
were shattered, and. therefore, in
darkness: but the drawing room.
which directly faced the stair head.
was all in sunlight. and even before
they entered it they had picture
of the devastation wrought there. The
furniture was not merely disarranged :
it was rudely tumblcd. some of II
broken, and some was missing alto
sether. The secretaire stood open, is
lock broken. its contents rifled. lit
ter of papers tossed upon ard
about &.
DR.. Bcamish and the lady stood IN
silence just within the doorway for a
long moment. contemplating tina;
dreadful havoc. Then Miss Sylvester
moved swiftly forward to the sccrc-
tairc. in an inner drawer Of which
she had left considerable sum of
money-representing most of her i'm
mediate resources. That inner draw
or had been wrcnched open; the money
was zone.
"What am ! to do? Where am
TO turn" she asked. and almost at
once supplied the answer: Il had
better 20 from this accurscd place at
once. | have an old aunt living in
! will return to her."
She had also. she added. certain
Eear Charing Cross. Once she SHOULD
have withdrawn these there would be
nothing TO keen her in London. Bat
the doctor gently restrained her.
1t must DO almost certain that the
banker she named would temporarily
have suspended business and with
drawn himself from place in which
panic and confusion had made an
end of commerce for the present. 1t
would be with difficulty that out Of
London she would find any one 10
give her shelter. e..
The realization of this unsupported
thing. that she was doomed to i'm
prisonment in this dreadful city
which seemed abandoned alike by
God and man. inhabited only by the
unfortunate and the unclcan. city
Of dead and dying. drove her almost
to the uttermost limits Of despair.
The doctor set comforting arm
about her shoulders. "You are not
utterly alone" he assured her gently.
81 am still here, to serve you, my
dear. and | am your friend"
MY friend. it is beyond considera-
lions. Who can help me now"
at is in helDing others that VIZ
best help ourselves" he explained.
"Ycs. yes. But how does it lie in
my powcr now to do this?"
an several wavs.. my dear. I viii
tell you of one. BY Gods mercy and
the loving heroism of felow-crcd
ture you have bcen cured of the
plague, and bv that cure you have
been rendered what is commonly
known as safe woman'-a person
from infection who may
move without fear among those who
suffer from the nestilcnce. Nurse
keepers are very difficult TO find He
paused. pecrin= Mt her shOrt-sightcd
ly through his spectacles.