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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1912-12-5, Page 6'Prr elici�ns in alities" imos '0 Teatiotsdaliy THE TEA OF STERLING WORTH ImEn 0"—WEET—v--s led Packets Only te'03ilkildease N h' Toronto A whorroemayrao. r cal or for Woc; Or, A Dark Temptation allAPTEla IT.-(Cont'd) l'or an hour or more Gay at in the rector's Wady. Eleven o'olook einincted from the belfry of the old eraytateew churoh. Then slowly the hand e the otoolt in the old ivy- tovered tower °rept round to tweive, and the midnitext, he rang out upon the nieht tzar in eoleilin etrokee. Tie reoleir and lids good wife looked at each other omateily, Gay started up from her *hairwtthe little sharp cry, Red handsome Porter Granville, her young huebond, regretted that hasty marriage. and. Itteerted her at the very altar? "I think my-osay-hueband has forgot- ten about me.".aha cried, catching her breath with a sob. "Ire was to have re- turned from the Highland House within ah hour at most." she added piteouely, Perhape you had better send there. ma dear, awl see what bee detained the young =an." auggested the reeter's wife, turn- ing to her husband. "It would be a good elan," he usenet touthing the bell for one+ of the ser- vantswho was liapoteheel without de- lay. It seemed an age to Gay until he ree turned. The moment he re-entered the room she sew instantly be his white, eitaing face that there waa Dometatiug terribly amiss. The dark, purple fires in Gay's eyee deepened, and her lovely crimson lips Parted in intense eagerness as she eprung to the door to meet him. The man shrunk from her, motioning the rector Out in the hallway. "I could not speak before her," she lieard him weaver. 'The shock would kill the poor, prettet young ehing." Eis voice eunk lower, and Gay strained her ears to listen. and every word he uttered fell like tete stroke of doonz on the ,girls heart. HOOLUB that he went back to the Highland Rouee bo ohallenge a Young' man ieght a daeL" she hoard the man say. 91 seems there had been quite a dim - amity earlier in the evening about this Pratte Young girl whom he has just mar. Med. They are eo fight it out at daybreak in the Piney Woods. They leave gone on there by trait„ They are to fire at eix e'eleek sharp: A wild, shrill shriek broke in uPon his last word. and the Poor little bride, with the moot piteous ory that ever fell from mean, lips, broke from the detaaning cease of the reci)or's wife, rushed to the halt like one inad. threw up her white areas -with a grasp, and fell face down- ward like °tie dead at the inan's feet. "I fear she has beard all that you have told me," exelaimed the minister in dis- tress. and in a few worde, as he lifted the slight figure, be explained all to his wife, who had he.stily followed Gay. "Oh. m.y dear„ elm has died of the shook," exceeemod the good lady itt af- fright, gazing' in horror down upon the marble -cold fees° and placing her hand Quickly over the bride's heart. "Ne,' lie replied. quickly, "it is but a 8W0012." Kind hereto laved. the small, chilled palms and blue -veined temples aa they applied restoratives. yet it was an hour or more before Cetty opened her dark hazel eyes. "You are better 1107r. ran dear," said the rector's wife soothingly. "Lie quite still--tron are veziy weak." But Gast sprees,- to her feet with a wild cry of horror. "Oh, 1 remember --I remember all now!' ahe gasped, in terror. "They are to fight a duel. 1 muat go -'1 must go to Piney Woods and stem them. For the sweet keel of Heaven, do not try to hold me back!' She would beve rueltee madly from the house into the darkneto of the night, but gentle ban& deteetted her. "Piney Wood is a long way from here," tried the rooter pityingly. "They went there by' train; you could not go wetheat 1,1 vouveyance o some kind, and 1 doubt e von could reach there by daylight in v ease." Wenn YOU final setae ateens to take me there?" rasped Ch1,3, in the wildest excite- ment. "For the love of Iteeveu. I nray You to aid me. Oh, sir. two lopette netts hang In the balenee. You niute i, oh, you must not referee me!" will de what 1 0:1U," reeponded the reinieter, ordering the buggy to be brought round to the feont deer without an etstant's detest. (irt knelt elevetri on tile rug at hie feet ated 'o -ed his hand in the very fulness of b'r ernti u 0. Five minutes more,, and the poor bride, with the messenger who had brought her the pitiful neon, were whirling with ligbe nine -like rapidity along the uneven road, thronteli the donee trkizetis teat-, presaged the rooting dawn. It was a ride never to be forgotten. A fltrong• 'Mond held the reins and =mead the trietiteined horse to do ite beet. The ligbt tratrev whirliee and cresbing ita two occupater, swayed to and fro like a 'leaf In the gale. The driver rippl.fee the whip with a steudsr hand, reeking each cut tell upon the pentiter. univering They fairly flew over the road, but, to . Gay's exeitod fancy they eeereed to alenoat creep along. "Oh, Mee:twee lett me he in time to sa,ve ntv 'leve, was the nmestant prayer that broke with a moan from her white lips. The stars paled and died out of the eke claylieht rrni cohl and gray over the eleenine earth, and the pink tints el' the rering sun beraided the bireh of another day. Long ranee tete bell from the adjoining belfry bed tolled the lionr of five, and tbe duel WOO to take plaoe at 817C. Ned for a sheen; instant dared then staelten their terriele speed. Would they rearh Piney Woods in time after all to Preemie, it? let last the tall, dark pinee etand out •in bold -relief against the earlg morning light. How peettefuT the bills and vales leek in the golden Mow of the, resins' enn Alasthat their trattouility shored be broken hy the octane of the dying, and the blood of a batmen heart lave the mod- est violets end the tender gramma, "Five minietee more and we ellen reneh the entrenee to the wood," said Gayei conionnion. . tow her Ifee move. but Do mound fell tom there. Three-el/m-4v., Ininntes pads. Now Ono's teraintul eyes behold the two figures feeing oneth other. standing ten taties apart on elm greensward. • Arld OA PIM leolts site hears fee great • eeetning of the eate.oir eix o'cloce factory belle. • "Oh, Ond itt heaven, am 1 toe Tato?" Tile wile, fettnele, ogonized moan diet awee on ber veleta Meath She eerintot Co lea feet in the buggy ao thourth elm would lefll trOM It. erer !antler], giet)rettreel earls fee backward in the bream, end the reetenink tarlatan tireete Rettig a/zeal-. Ler like te• Tho erimeon Iteetio .at b name with a bitter, pierviee ere, et last movie teie Imees the ter. tittle ectikeenitettr 'tto t4tyoloe Of 'docent "One! Two! Three! Heady ?ire!" The next inetant two eharp reports ring out simultitheeuely on the early morning OHA_PTER et was a strange sight wettish w» bathed by the rosy glow of the early morning sun -the two ha,ndsome rou.ne men still in ballroom costume, he Mliite buds wheeh clung to the lapels of their coati; not more white than their faees. The earful stillness was broken by the oomeaand to fire, and as the two reports rang out they were mingled with a mere- ing cry; and at that thrilling instant the terrified horse clashed, panting and rear. ine, between the ewo coral:Meets, reeeiv. leg in its own breast the two bullets the duellists aimed at one another. With a death -white face Gay sprung from the vehicle, but not an instant too aeon; foe the rearing, plunging animal. maddened with pain, whirled Resent like a aaell. Percy Granville was etanding direetlY in its path. One second those iron hof s reared above hien, the. next instant one of them descended with sunning force upon his temple, just as he mit out his hand to green the bridle and spring aside. A wild shriek of terror broke from Gay's lips. Covered with blood. Percy Granvtlle fell face downward in the long grass. "Oh, he is dead -he is dead!" sobbed Gay, flinging herself down on her knees beside hien, and attempting to draw him into the clams of her trembling white arras, but a rude hand thrust her back. "Stand aside, girl:" cried Harald Tee- m:mine fiercely, pushing her away bymain force. "You have caused enough enough mischief already -how dared you come here -begone I say!" Gay gazed at him with dilated eyes, the oolor oomieg and going in her lovely dusk face at every sal:icing, scathing word. "You would have killed him, if I had not come to save him," she panted. "I will nee leave hira-ney place is here he his side." She would have cried out that, she was his bride, but the remembrauce of his words -"we mutat keep our marriage a secret for the present"--oecurree to her lust in time. and she crushed back the words from her trembling lips. eaawhile the doctor who liad aroma - Denied them on, their fatal mission was examining Percy -'s injuries. He has received an ugly wound," he admitted, "but I hardly think it will prove fatal -unless brain fever sets in. It be some weeks before he will be able to be up a.stel about. Ha must he removed te his home at once, where he can have care and attentima." Gay listened breathlesely, her very heart in her dark eyee, her little hands clinch- ed together in intense excitement. They- raised 1111,i from the green grass and blare him to the. couch in waiting, first dressing the wound and bandaging It tightly to prevent the flow of blood. Gay (mold scarcely suppress the wild sobs that shook her elight frame as the coach -door closed upon bino He was her husband, wedded to her but a few short hours before, yet she must not tell -hera-she eriust not even kiss his lips, lay her fair cheek againet his own, caress him, or weep over him. The doctor offered Gay a seat in his car- riage to ride back to the village, and gladly enough she accepted it. "One moment!" cried Harold Tremaine harehly, as tb,e doctor gathered up the reins. Ile strode •hurriedly up to the side of the vehicle in which Gay sat. "Thie little crooned° has cost you your Platte in the mill," he said. "Your sis- ter oan go along with you -never dare to set your foot in the Passaic Cotton Mill again, either of you; YOU are both di. charged," A defiant gleam blazed for an instant into Gaye eyes and her cheeks flushed hoely. How she longed to tell her insolent foe that she never intended 00 etand et her loom in the mill again, for she was Percy Granville's bride now. She drew her cloak about her with on. perb acorn, and her utter indifference maddened and piqued her malignant fee. "I shall see that every mill shuts its doors against, you both." he went • on erinle. "Apply to the labor union if you like; even they will turn from you when this matter has been fully shown ap to them. A working -girl must lee strictly bonoeabie to claim their protection, I be- lieve.' and with a diabolical laugh tbat made the angry blood fairly boil in Gay's veins, he turned on hie heel and strode away toward his own coach. The young doctor took more than one glanee at the young girl sitting beside him, as cold and white as a marble sta- tue, as they 'whirled rapidly baok toward town. "What a wondrously beautiful little <•,',R17 she is," he thought, admiringly; "iust such a beauty as MOS rare and fight driels over." Gay never sa.w the green fielde, the hens, • and the vales as she wbirled quickly east. She was thinking of the handsome yo-atig hero who had to -day, for the sec- ond time, daringly risked his life for love of her. Tee doctor had assured her he would not dee; the ehanked 'Heaven for that. Then lser thoughts Bow back to Hazel. For the first time, and with quite a shock, too, she realized how. terribly frightened Hazel Tweet have been when the returited to her rowel and fOund her gone t How had Hazel passed the long, torture twee hours that had followed? Gay cleite wondered that she had not cemeed tho town bells to be rung for her, and or. itemized a band of Bearchers to find her. Site had only meant to peep in at the grand ball one little minute, then slip straight book again to her lonely lode. inge ere Hazel sbould have roturned. Alas, how human calculations fail, lloa bitterly angry Hazel would be with her. What a blow it .would be to Hen] when elm told, her that they were both detelovetted from the mill. Would Hazel throw up her hands with a bitter ery sobbing out: 'ley God! what thall we do for breed? •and he cold wintor corning on!" then fall fere downward on the floor in a dead feint? No, uo, elm elitist not tell her that mail after Elbe had reneated to her every detail of' tbe ceepte thee had trail/mired the Droriodlno nitthie 0°V -ening the blow that ems to come by 'fielding her fare in sewers bosom. and telling her she was Percy Grenville's bride. Ile ivOta en Rind and good, for her sake he weilid ,lot willing for her fro heap her teeter Havel with her. Poor Hazel shoula know hard work. -elevate/Me Cold and wont never tetain-no, never male. It wee neerly noon when the doetoret carriage titopteel lui front of Oesee lente- het toiletries, end elle eprairet dot thank - her bine eraterially, for bis dneNtr. With wore feet and a beeteter begin, elle toilet! Ito th0 arrari eight of eteira that lee to- the 144,0 MAIO DO9B18 Oho and Jfeatel ealled IMMO. On the fleet laudinbo toot tluer lady--41uslied and angry, and Gay tite ea Wibh alarm that she held a Tea ce'ict in her hai.id, - "014 Ws you, is last -Miss ge lirook?" she exclaimed wrathfullat, pit ing herself direetly before bar, "rve Oa the 'watch for either of .yon.twe tore slime five o'olook tlais momenta T knew was rout day, and I want eight dollars or out you go, beg and b gaze, before nightfall, geine to give Yell fertniglit's tiee to leave, anetineive she Werkir On- " respeetable girl goes skylarking, arqu at all lecture of ten dee' Anti night. a" client do it and, stay here. Yeur meter .1 gYirifC around almoet aboot you 1 night, asking every ono if he had. s you. Tin. afraid line elepede <trio& wringing her halide as BhO Or • back to hor rooms, `anq it will break heart, I levee her Roe • With paling cheeks .Gay dashed p her irate landlady without waiting hoar avother word. arid up the next tag of stairs to her romen fitting the lc wbioh e e et' I 'trete ahetit Iter neek, to the look with trembling lingers. Of course Hazel had. gone to the mill to her work iit seven. She Toilet riot wait until tbe noon hour until Teazel returued, she muet, slip on lier d.ress and. go to her OA once.. She must Sea her before, Harold Treniame ettode up to her and diseharged hoe. She opened ,the door, entering hurried- ly, wheu to her great surprise site ea,w Hazel sitting by the table, her faee buried in her hands. tlie lamp still burning on. the table before her. Poor Hazel!. had she sat up and waited ter her tintil exhausted nature succumb. eel to the oblivion oe sleep? Swiftly crossing' the room, she flung herself me the hassoele Hazel's feet sob- bing out broltenly her piteous 0OnteMOOn- how she had been tempted to go and peep in at the grand ball, and all the events that had happened .after. "Say that you forgive me, Hazen' she sobbed, 'for I ad- it, Mut I shall not eye lair up te Oet elle iverit On ettereetieallye she shall not , re, ' triumph over nie, Would that I eould blot ' - eV Mgr the beauty of that prettY, baby -I ter- i_sla Noe that has ,NyeA IA4 llyo from Ale. Pit- OlAvieet, It hate ROY '00-''''" I een• "Huh, 1 ewes, eve, Ma hide; don't 1 tiete elotah SO loud, oome p4o might hear c 01,1 you,' whispered her maid wriailleY- I MY MO • 'zeolite,- turnea her laiplule:, anger - No her white, Jeweled hand,. her lips fairly • I ate• II/Steeled Wei kowagd. the girl 'with a look' ou it Avice never forpt. Me . eLieten to my row,' she said, raliking xid ',trembling with suppressed passion, ou 'This girl, ,Siay, shall never win my love vibe . from me. I, would have sent hor away oat' quietly., but fate has interfered, and I eau cannot hold nereelf responsible for any - he. thiug that might happen ba the future, I apt, was erigagod to him mule, and he oared my 1 for me before WO had that foolish, 10Y - •I era' quarrel- that eartee Up, BUIL his heart ast ' would have returned Le ite allegiance if 'to she had not corne betweee us. I am sure ht he loves her, 11„Yi00, and I ----Oh, lies. Veern.64-7X-oeuld aleeost kill her, :f. hate The worde had =expely died on her lipe ore there was a timid peel at the trout door bell of the greed old raansien. "A young girl to see you, miss," an- nouteed the servant. 'She Mtn she MUM, see yetu." "Please do pot tend me away unheard ---I will detani you but a feet minutee, Ries et, Claire," pleaded a sweet, timid voice behind him, The heiress sprung from her seat with gleaming eyes arid bated ereath. There, standing •hesitatingly on the threehold, stood -Little Gayt ere be continued.) „,.. cannot bear to think of the hours of tor. ture you have endured, Oh! Hazel. please iGaayy.ynour hand on my head and say you foreere your own little, erring'. willful The thin, patient face was not lifted from the toil -worn hinds upon which it rested so heavily, No gentle hand was laid caressingly on the boived, ourly head; no forgiving voice answered that piteous ap- itOal. Hazel's voice 'would samwer her never again, With a low,' startled ory, Gay caught one of the hands to draw it from her aikees face, What was there in the cold, clammy t000k that sent a thrill of hor- ror to her heart!' She stoop ts and gazes for one breathless moment into the pallid Omer -into the glazed eyes that flesh back no look of reoegnition into her own. Then as piercing shriek rings through the lonely attic room. "Oh. my God' my God! Hazel is dead!" Yes, the was dead, leaving Gay, her dare line, her idol, aloue to light out the bit- ter destiny that fate had mapped out for her. Two days later the funeral was over. It • took the eight dollars that was found carefully wrapped nu in a bit of paper in Hazel's pocket. b-esides every artiele of furniture the two meager rooms Pos. sessed to Day for that -not it Denny was left overt for the rent. "Heaveo pity me -what shall I do?" sobbed Gay, as her landlady left her in a towering rage, vowing that she ehoned vacate the rooms before nightfall. 'I cermet go to Percy for protection, for he lies tossing in the. ravages of a delirious fever. I must not laim him until he hinattelf gives ma permission to do so. I have been discharged froin the mill by my mortal enemy -the door of every mill to which I have applied for work is closed against xne, and I must find em- ployment and shelter or die!" In inits-the darkest and most bitter hour in her young life -Gay's thoughts reverted to the haughty heiress -Evelyn St. Claire -who had, appeared to take such a great interest in her welfare. "I will go to her," Gay thought in des- Peration; "perhaps she will give me sheh ter for a title while, and advise me what I ought to do. Yes, I will go to Miss St. Claire.' That resolution was the turning point in Gayneirs lite. It would have been better had she fallen dead then and there, than have lived to darken the time:B.11°1cl of her cruelest and most relentless en - eine,. Evelyn St. Claire. -et that self -stone moment the haughty heiress was pacing up and down in her anizioue bouctoie, with hands clinched teehtly into the filmy lace she wore en her heaving bosom, the very personifica- tion of a beautiful fiend. "Avice." she cried, turning around to heir maid, "I told you that it VMS 10'70 instead of duty that prompted Peirce Granville to fly to the rescue of that beg- garly little loom -girl that night. Now since this duel affair, I am Convinced of CHRISTMAS APPEAL TO THE •PEOPLE OF ONTARIO FOR The Hospital for Sick Chlkiren Dear Mr. Editor:— It would take more Space titan yo can spare to tell Of the good wor done by the Hospital for Sick Chil dren, Toronto, for the sick and de formed children of this Province. Le me, in a few Words, tell you of th steady growth of this Hospital. In the year 1875 there were only six cots and beds, one nurse, 44 in-patiente and 67 out-patiente. • In 1912 there were 250 cots and beds, 64 nurses 1,294 in -patients and 17,882 out patients. During the 37 years of the Hos pital's existence,' 12270 in -patients have been admitted, and 138,724 out- patients have been treated, a total of 153,094, Or an average of 4,138 per year. Of the 19,370 in -patients, 5,495 were from places outside of Toronto, 9,644 of the total in -patients vrere cured, and 5,711 were improved. 'This is a great record, Of the 1,294 in -patients last year, 841 came from 213 places outside of Tor- onto, so that the Hospital Is not a local, but a Provincial Institution. In the Orthopedfc Departm.ent in 37 years, nearly 700 boys and girls have been treated for clubfeet, and about 600 were corrected. Half of, these came from places outside of Toronto, so surely. we have a fair claim for help from the people of this ProVince. The Corporation of Tilionto grants $25,000, not only for the city children, but towards the maintenance of ell patients in the Hospital, and the citi- zens of Toronto donate an average of 05,000 annually to the funds of the Hospital:. Will,you, kind reader, think of what your money will do? /t helps to xe store health and strength, and gives sound limbs and straight test to crippied boys and girls, • 'IteM emb or, that your pocket -book nus be the Heepttal'e friend, if the Hotpitel'th is to be e children't friend, • ReTtlember that Christmas cane yoU tpu o open tlae rse oe yeer kindnees to the Hospital, so thet the Hospital mai open the heart of its help to the ohildren, etemember that' yetir money -can help the Ilospittil build a ,bridge over which the toot or little ohildeee meet travel oxi the foureey from sorrow to e01. teen siess cketo health—eye, from death to lies. mesa send a dollar, or more it 'Yen ,ezet Sparc ft, 10Detiglue Daviciten, the Seoretel-YeTreasurer ot the eleepital, or Y. \itocie tobertson, Clhafreite0 et theTrusteee, Toroate, • eseasesetelaweeleetseeeoess On the Farm ealesealesaseesea. Raising Calves. Several systems of raising calves are in vogue among different stock- men. The calves may be allowe-d to run with the cows and suck at will. They may be confined and al- lowed to &tole two 'or three times per day. In this system one calf raay be allowed to suck one or two COWS, or two calves -may be allowed to suck the same oow, according to the flow of railk and size of the calves. Calves may be confined and fed fresh whole milk from the pail. Again, they may be fed on fresh, sweet skim milk er sepira- tor milk or on sour slam milk, or even buttermilk or whey. On .the western ranges and in other localities. where beef is the chief object and where the milk is not desired for other purposes, the calf is Allowed to run with its mo- ther. Under range condition& this is the only possible economic way of raising calves. The sucking calf develops into a more promising yearling thai the skim milk calf, especially if the latter is fed ha a careless or irregular manner. With- out proper "'care skim milk calves make Small pot-bellied yearlings. Whatever cantle are raised on a small scaleand there is a good mar- ket for milk, it does not pay to let calves encic the cows. Only calves which will bring faaey prices .for .breeding purposes can profitably be allowed to run with the mother. Milk will bring a larger price as butter than ordinary calves can make from ie. The results of nunaerous experi- ments in the -United States and Canada are in substantial agree- ment with regard to the most eco- nomic method of raising calves. They ehould be allowed to suck the cows for three or four days. They will thus get the colostrum or first milk and exercise a. favorable in- fluence in preventing infiamma,tion of the udder. About the fourth day the calves hauled be separated hem the cows and fed on whole milk by means 1 an artificial feeder, or taught to [rink whole milk from a pail. As oon as they have learned to drink he whole milk should be gradually eplaced with warm sweet skim millc so that the calves are receiv- ng nothing but skim milk at the nci of four weeks. The skim milk hould be fed sweet and warm (95 t 'o 100 degrees F.). The change rom whole milk to skimmilk should over a, period of about two weeks. The skimrailk ration may begin at en pounds per day and increase to fteen pounds at four weeks of age, ter which it may range from ig,hteon tesent7-fout pounds. . It is 'beat to teach calves to drink y using the fingera as- artifieial eders are not very satisfactory. courincP oalies is usually due to eding%oo much milk or sour, ld or unclean milk. milk, at- ntiort should be given to' these etails. If scouring persists the Ives May bet fed small quantities wheat bran or rye bran or a lit - o lime may be added. For their best development calves quire milk for four or five months. ter that tim.e milk may be omit - from the ration, • Small quan- ties of grain should be fed from e time the calves are two or three eks 'Corn meal, kaffir torn eel, oatmerti and ground flaxseed linseed meal eere best for this irpose. Calves niay be taught to -6 by placing a handful of dry eal in the enoistlee Calves which seize se the fall are $ subjett to scouring than. spring d etitemer ealves, and there .are any, othee extellent reasoncs,why 1 calving ShOtild be c pratitieed, fi as. fe GO 40 ca of 41 re ted ti tit we or pt ea Zfl les tfl re Lal , A, Sere Sign. „ "Ws going to he a,. hard winter.' "Iless den you tell?" . • , "By the size of, the ealaty I'm Our tiui blif.e 54;isin1alseaY0 he to do oer beele e One: Uli. wfl1 :e uv failere are eetiefied 'withthe ithuteimply'te 'snake out life better. RRIN 0 LOVES The best for all occasions. Always suitable. Always stylish. $ee that the trade rnark Is enevery gloye, WAY ROYALTY IS GUARDED. Special Soldiers er Attendants Watch Oyer Sleeping King. Every night the palaoe at which King George is sleeping is patrolecl by -night-watchmen, who pass along the earridors throughout the night inspecting doors and windows. These watchmen wear carpet slip- pers to deaden the sounds of their footfalls, and are epecially trained to know exactly what to do in case of fire. In addition to the. night pa trol, there is always it sentry on duty outside •the chamber in which the King sleeps. Ring Alfonso of Spain is guarded at night by specially selected sol- diers, who take charge of the keys of all the palace doors each night. These men pledge themselves that the doors shall not be unlocked un- til daybreak, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the palace until he nightis over. The guards sleep utside the royal bedchamber, so bat no one may enter during the 0 night. 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It is the toile. man who will not believe that, he ill, who consults a doctor Simply tct allay the fears Of his wBe., Only / the doctor knows that he is droning his owe death-sentenoe. There is no need for further prod- ding or sounding or questioning. The evidence, the message that comes through the. stethoseepe, iti unmistakable. The Meet &Wird student would knew that the man 'is doomed, One lung already it al -- most useless. The White Plague, will claim another vietim in a few short months. The doctor busies himself need, lessly with his instrumentg to gain time. "Well, doctor I" He can wait Tpc;. longer. He intuit say something. "I am afraid you are a little worse than you think," The "In fact, it is absolutely thatyou should go away a But the fellow won't eee. of the hearty, manly type, dreadfully slow to ta,ke alarm pecially about himself. "It would be so inconveni doctor. You see--" • "I absolutely warn you that you will be running a very grave risk if you stop in town. Of course, if you • would like to take another opin- ion--" For a moment the doctor elutchee at the chance of passing his burden to a brother practitioner, I "Oh, it's not that, doctori But, frankly, I can't really afford it! I have only been with my present em- ployers a short time, and it would be absurd to expect thern to stand the racket. Beyond my Pay, I have only my savings, and— 11Y:e a wife and child, you know!" Here is a ghastly riddle for the doctor. In his heart, he knows that it will be useless for the man- to go away—a. mere waste of the money that will be so desperately nee1434_,.. soon by a widow and her orRiirt v It is not even possible to leave hirn in ignorance of his state for the symptoms he has already the first iriclications of galloping consumption—will rapidly develop. The tradition of his profeesien, aq well a.s common humanity, dem theantthe should at least warn the a, "But if you say I have got to go, there's an end of it," the patient continues. 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