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By Percival Christopher Wren, Author of “Beau Geste” (Copyright by Prederick A. Btokes Co) CHAPTER XIX. WAYE'S LIFE “INSURED.” URPRISE me?” replied Dr. Studley, and he laughed. “T'll absolutely guarantee you against that, my dear sir, if you are nervous. And so, I'm E’w certain, will Dr. Charters and fMcAdoo. I'd like to be sure that ive to reach the age that you will.” nk you, doctor. You roassure | me mplflcly. .« . » Do you know, | ¥'d mctually got into my head that /I, might be found dead here, one morn- Silly of me, wasn't it?” and Jobn ‘Waye smiled pleasantly at Mr. James | and Dr. Charters. “I fe:l perfectly | certiin, now, that I shan't die in my or be taken suddenly ill and die and Mr. Waye lit another ciga- Tette. “That’s all, Studley, thanks,” said Dr. Charters, and winked heavily to his colleagues, as one sane man who conveys to another acknowledgment of their mutual appreciation of a difficult | situation. Decidedly puzzled, Dr. Studl:y’ retired. “No, Simon,” observed John Waye as | the outer door was shut, “I don’t think | I shall be found dead, and I «<don't think I shall disappear—to the bewil- | derment of my solicitor and banker, not | to mention Sir Bernard Matthieson— and.I don't fancy yowll give me up to Justiee.” “Look here, my clever friend,” said the doctor, his voice quiet and menac- ing, “supposing that, on the one hand, | your health remains good here and, on the other hand, the police don’t tear you from us, exactly how long do you Ppropose to give us the pleasure of your ‘eompany?” “Well,” considered Mr., Waye, “I couldn’t tell you anything definite b2- yond this—I shall most certainly be ‘with you, my dear doctdr, until this w fellow is hanged for the murder of ‘Theophilus Webb of Witherby End. And now that the police have ‘Bt hlm. I feel quite certain that he ‘will be hanged, for I left on the spot evidence confirmatory of what I wrctv. and most incriminating. shall inly be with you until hes‘ a nod and a smile, Mr. y into the mds, rjarlz uudcrdel he had A meet him in Ruins,” the Mufllm remains of the ancient Abbey Church, once the chapel of the monastery. Dr. Charters ‘;:: the confidential members of his petent staff looked at each other in a discomfort bordering upon consternation. 'And phwat dy! know about that?" the matron. to me like he gets away with answered Nurse Jones. “8o long as he gets away from . . ."” sald Dr. Charters. ‘But did you ever, in all your young llvm.’ ,, ever hear of such wicked- “Bump him off, I say,” interrupted Mr. James. “There are occasions when the ad- ministration of your one and only pana- cea 1is not indicated. . “Your observations are lpt to be monotonous, Jimmy,” continued the € doctor wearily. “Do you suppose that man will remain—er, unbumped—for one minute after circumstances render him—er—bumpable? Be patient, my boy, and you shall get him.” “If you don't wait till he gets us,” grumbled Mr. James. “Well, you leave it to me. He can't, and won't, do a thing until this other guy is hany or the whole affair blows over and is forgotten. ‘Then he’ll want to make his getaway. . . . And when that time comes, perhaps we'll start something bad for the he!l'.h of Mr, Mysterious Waye.” “We certainly don't want him visit- ing here again,” observed Dr. MacAdoo. “If he were taken {ll here, later on, nnd stayed with us for good—under the yew tree—we’d feel safer.” True enough,” agreed Dr. Charters. “But I'd feel safer if he left us, having said good-by to his solicitor and banker ard Sir Bernard Matthieson, and Jimmy followed him.” The doctor gazed reflectively at the b!ntunz pad that he tapped) with his pencil “Well,” he said, rising, “that's that, | for the present,” and with a complete |change of voice and menner, added, “Let us now resume our intérrupted | professional duties, my dear collzagues.’ As the doctor's dear colleagues de- parted he called one of them back. “Er—one moment, MacAdoo,” he said. “I want a word with you about one of | the patients—that Miss Lauderdell.” Closing the doors, Dr. MacAdoo Te- turned and seated himself opposite to his chief. “Yes,” he said softly. “The poor girl is getting worse, doctor?” Dr. Charters eyed his dear colleague | - with a probing and searching scrutiny, beneath which MacAdoo grew obviousty uncomfortable. “Getting worse, doctor” he said again, suggestively. “No,” replied Dr. Charters, “better.” “Getting better?” “‘Steadily mprov‘nfl , Quickly getting better . . . and bef Dr. MacAdoo smfled as one to whom 2 nod is as good as a wink. “Ah! You want my help, eh, doc- tor? . .. One of my private, particular and peculiar ‘drugs,’ eh?” “No, I think not, my dear Manoel. m |fancy I can cure my patient myself, without any help whatsoever. . . . In fact, under my treatment, she is making rmous strides.” “Getting better?” asked Dr. MacAdoo | in some bewilderment. “Fast. And she's going to get well.” “Going to get well?” “Sure. So make no mistake about it.’ “Why this change in our plans, doc- I mean in the medical history— the, er—the future medical history—of this case “Too risky,” was the curt reply. “Sim- ply because this man Waye knows as much about it as we do and hasn't chown his hand. He goes to you with hints and shows that he knows the price, but he hasn’t come to me with any talk of a -rake-off for himself. . . . I don't like it, I tell you. He's got me guessing and I'm worried,” and again the doctor sat in deep and anxious thought. k. y,” he continued, “this Lau- I.l mum- l.l ,Off, and the 's 'u“And you‘x-e mlng to let the £10,000 T am,” replied the doctor with decl- ‘And you're going to lose that half share we joked about?” he added. Nothing whatever is going to happen to Marjorie Lauderdell? . “Not just yet. Not' while Mr. Re- markably Myster! Waye is in the house,” he continued—after both doors had closed behind the bewildered and distrustful Dr. MacAdoo. * His duties for the day accomplished, Mr. James, & scowl upon his brow and the corners of his slit-like mouth down- drawn, slouched, without knocking, into Dr. MacAdoo’s sitting room and, without ' salutation, flung himself down in that gentleman’s armchair. Like most other people, Dr. MacAdoo was curiously uncomfortable when alone with Mr. James. “Something troubling you, Jimmy?” he inquired nervously, breaking the sour silence. “Huh! There'll be something troubling the lot of us before long—an.J that's the police, unless the old man watches out. Why in blazes can't he tell this Waye guy where he gets off? Why doesn't he either do hirh 1n or &ick iz out! “We-1l, he’s given us plenty of good reasons’ for doing neither, hasn't he?” urged Dr. MacAdoo. “Yeah. Too many .. .and it's not like him to take any guy's bluff. He's got me guessing.” “Seems to me the boss is weakening,” he added thoughtfully, as deftly he rolled a cigarette with his left hand, while his right hand remained behind his back, his favorite attitude with Mr. James—and one which always troubled | Dr. MacAdoo, whose left hand liked to what Mr. James' right hand was doing. | “Ill say the boss is weakening, | Jimmy,” he agreed. “Don’t you say I said so, but I've come to the conclusion | that the boss is doing two things. He's p!nflng hxs own game and he's weaken- | ing, too. Seeds of distrust! 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