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The ey yp - tise emiabie. injured man’s vitality was standing peer things on and come out.|!™ in good ad. He had asked ine sot garden.” for Sidney and she was at his bed Les side. Dr. Ed had gone. “I'm going, Max. The office {s fugly in a flash. full, they tell me,” he said, bending igot somebody else on the| Over the bed. “I'll come in later A : - : and if they'll make me a shakedown 1 — PR way with you tonight me. Tl write to him, of course.| “Don't you think you could o/ed the boy's hands over his by c : | if | : cae naires Rabe: taiat vroken but| Peer Je Seenething Sor mee, ate?” The violin’ player stood by pt ate pooner sree by o = re sy Ming ss the best and greatest man that ever ee, F Pic ogg > dheeendiogge Aa Stl" ie: EDINA. Walt be’ eid shay GEL When ie. Gib, soe, saphy, wk Gis | Gelale ' g away, he offered to take| “Yes, dear lived. I—when I said my prayers, idenly and P the blame himself, to h 4 t K a , Geeta bi i bleu a poe. sclelt try to do bet. down at the desk and take up ajhe lsunched into an explanation “How ! ‘ soe at yr Fog Gaait, ike aoe te sepchh yee | nt: Ue eee im. a ‘ y : ow very young he is! Was it ed the incision. He tried to any more. Come here where I can) were a sort of god'to me. When ian a hie y else | ter His roving eyes fell on the | Pe? hen he went back into the I’ve been lying here a good while./an accident?” 1 - * . a ke y 4 make me think he was responsible. | see you | Lam b—that’s one of the int Lee diguth Beier veakt | ang Wallaeon the stand. He omiled | aulet room: I didn't say h because I knew! “it was the result of a man’s|! knew—better.” ‘The deer of agitating him: wndbtl dou te tok c Ber for a second, his face) “Good old Bob!” he said, and put/ Some one entered the room. He | Td have to take a cha Either | damnable folly,” said K. grimly it's in ible.” her quickly. For a moment he as ty ate oat mips bs flerce. Then, slowly and|h!s hand over Dr. Ed's, as it lay on| thought it was Sidney and turned |! pull thru or I wouldn't, and the) “somebody always pays." ag peaned Ge Tin Ong 2 nt et ae he, drew her into his| the bed. with the light in his eyes that was | Odds were—well, I didn’t say much.| And é Johnny Rosentgld paid. erat's. taoee Wks its Hol deivele | ccs Tan cece aa ‘@runk and she knew| K. found Sidney in the room, not |only for her It was Carlotta. The old lady's hd a lot of trouble.| oTHo-Mlinediate remult af hi deain (DRUEME Was ® laborer. He lett 4| Jou are sidney?" He lifted first onelectt et et pe Him the queer loyalty of her|*itting, but standing by the win-| “He is better, isn't he?” | But now, with this under my filiow! was that K. who had gnined some mily. I've sent them money from jana and then the other to his fog be ‘was the only man she had | ow is rallying. Of course it win | fr ber . ve got a right to ask. I'll of hie faith in himself on meeing | ining auieor ti I weed to ait O84) «115 you ever going to forgive me?” | . 20 Stoned, yater Bil Repu Bhe cared now. She, They did not speak beyond thelr | be two before we are quite chance, tf you will.” Wilson on the way to recovery was | (ink about the children he left, and) “sie “you mean about Carlotta, 1| “N° man could live up to that, that moment, felt hix| #teeting, until he had gone over the It's only 4 chance, Jack beset by his old doubts what would become of them. Tlie) cceave that long ago.” * "| ney ° . ‘ “I know that. But lie he r ironic part of it was that, F is Son her mouth, her throat, | Tecord. | Then stood looking down at Wile) i KnOw Ut. But lie here and’ And now came a question that de | that h se tapnened, T wae huser ui, He was almost boyisbly relieved, | “No. 1 see that now. But thats” EE wale bis rather brutal e can't talk here, 1 want tolson'’s quiet figure : he treet. manded immediate answer. ‘Wilson : s busier ail) when are you going to marry | the way I cared. Now I know thatl © bt her arms in fierce | tlk to you, K.” i pene pem hikew I've been enemn Old, @ lot of them and gettin’ well| would be out @fieemmixsion for sev the time, Men were sending me! oo " Aesan't eneeiter : be really, at ail Phen she put him from her| He led the way into the corridor. | about him,” she said quietly. “Well, |‘ 89 out and starve, and-My God!! eral months, probably, He was gain. | "* from all over the country. It) we needn't discuss that tonight,|built up an taal and worshtpaatl It was very dim. Far away was| that's all over. He never really|™f Moype, they can walk, and 1/ing, but slowly, And he wanted K.| A" Gither stay and keep on work: | gq, + Sr" | You were operating, with evi sl 2 . i. t me ing, with that chance, oi % | . going’ the night nurse's desk, with its|cared for me. 1 played his game |“! to take over his work quit pat chance, or—quit, 1)" "sr want you so very much, I| standing by, saying how Exactly, but it's true. The last sed I'm going”” lamp, its annunciator, its pile of|and I—lost. I've been expelled] %- drew a long breath. He had) “Why not?’ he demanded, hal ( F : hit w comi: «The heat of the little|ed the light of glixtening boards Quite suddenty ahe dropped on her| Faith in himself or no taith, he must | body knows who you are. You're | Xt precautions—" Phen, when 1 G0 arey, Til tabs pou | imck petting reay toe eee fore blood to his head.| “I have been thinking until 1I|knees beside the bed and put her|£° 0. Life, that had loosed its hold) not thinking about going back to|, “We'd taken every precaution we| with me." aa 70" |myeeit terribly. But you 6 && he stood just inside |*m almost crazy, K., and now I|cheek close to the sleeping man‘s|°" him for a Ume, had found him) that ridiculous gas office, are yout knew “Can't we talk things ever wben|you? Jt tan chat I think 96 know how it happened. It was Joe.” |hand. When after a moment she | *#*!" “1 had some thought of going to| Neither of the men spoke for 4/ you ure stronger?” wi ked, It’ 5 t that I nee go back to your wife."| “The principal thing is, not how | rose, she was controlled again, calm,| _‘“!'ll © over you carefully tomor-| Cuba.” a ; or tone canght tte attention, ana| Gea roll jou. hecme an besn't want me. She's in|‘ happened, but that he is going| very white feet Jack, I'l tell you your chances) _ “I'm damned if I understand you “That's athe worst, is it? Max/turned him a little white. He faced a Re ee nh aa am fellow at the house.” |to get well, Sidney.’ | “Will you tell him, Dr. Edwardes, | bonestly You've done a marvelo Wilson dé@anded at last 2 1 “bush?” i dus GHEE Lena owe.’ twisting: whee’ be ts cnnectens, that 1 pom “T have a thousand dollars. What-|iie here und listen to the staff miag,| “That's, enough.” eS ee ee light |" When he remained silent, abe come in and sit down,|her ring around her finger in and said good-bye [ever you charge" ing your praises until I'm sick of . “It* extremely \significant. You! «wnat things? What do you bere py te ai ines mee” ov « Joe in any danger?” |“ will, of course.” | “I'll take it out of my board bill your name! And now,gbecause a 544 an enemy somewhere—on your | mean?” rf oe eee | Fet him pass her into the sit- We are going to get him away| She turned toward the door. But|'" the new house boy who wouldn't have lived any. *t#ff, probably, This profession of| fe had forced her hand, She had peepee wang piel er arg = He dropped into « chair.| tonight. He wants to go to Cuba.|K. coufd not let her go like that,|, At 4 o'clock that morning K. got/ how—" ours’ te a big one, but you know] meant to walt: but, with his keen|Tuere were wie wave pe Re thened me down, and now|He'l get off safely, I think.” |Her face frightened him jback from seeing Joe off. The trip) “That's not it," K. put in hastily. |! Jealousies, Let a man get his! eves on her, she could not dissemble CaP engage hax: tine- thinks I don’t know.| “We are going to get him away! What are your plans?” | had been without accident “I know all that, 1 guess 1 could Shoulders above the crowd, and the| “1 am going to make you very un peers Ste ane ee B fect; I see a lot of things.| You are, you mean. You shoulder| “I haven't any. I'm about thru s eit do it and get away with it as weil | Pack i* after him.” He laughed @| nappy for a little while.” a Bo eet eiyie Pigeod. 1 know that I've made| all our troubles, K., as if they were| with my training, but I've lost my | CHAPTER XXVIII am the average. All that deters me(lttle. “Mixed figure, but you know| “well?” Why? Why? Thee you wou erable. But I made a merry |Your own.” | diploma.” | Johnny Rosenfeld was dead. All|—I've never told you, have 1, why | What I mean.” | (ae ‘ned a ot 08 ties: So) think ot and a lot of them you cureaa jell. for you too, and you don't} “I?” He was genuinely surprised I don't to see you going | of K.'s skill had not sufficed to mave|l gave up before?” K, shook his head. He had had! 1¢ you had really wanted me, Max——"| chance don't voursce? Uniti eee it.” “Oh, I see. You mean—but my part! away like this.” him. The operation had been a mar-; Wilson wax propped up in his bed, | that gift of the big man everywhere, | “iyty God, of course I want you!” eee ee ee a ee that.” in getting Joe off is practically noth What does it matter to you? You| vel, but the boy's longsapped|K. was walking reatlessly about the |!" €¥ery profession, of securing the| «1: isn't that I am an mache rg psc i tug Watching him gravely.|ing. As a matter of fact, Schwitter| don't owe me anything.” lwtrength failed at the last pom, as was his habit. when| loyalty of his followers, He would! not jealous. 1 was at on wei tke 5 ihever seen him just like|has put up the money. My total] “Perhaps not. One way and an-| K., set of face, stayed with him | troubled have trusted every one of them with /that. It's hard to make you under-| "ane sine thing cise, perhaps, could| capital in the world, after paying r I've known you a long time."|to the end. The boy did not know| “I've heard the gossip, . +p his life, lcd: Y Wank wow care fatima Gee eee ae ee ai ean whine a| the taxicab today, is seven dollare.” the end he prevailed on her|he was going. He roused from the| “When. you enka that eect love soul 2 eweat t aever iaves | etn ee he was. “The taxicab?” |to promise not to leave the elty un-|coma and smiled up at Le Moyne. | night on the balcony, I told you I'd cup ether oman astiweten (ee ee eee ‘you in wrong. You were ay Jove, 1 was forgetting! Best|til she had seen him again I've got a hunch that I can move) lost my faith in myself, and yc “Yes.” ape lg page ap ed ‘ ‘The Lord is my shepherd; I . Hl before I knew you. You're | news you ever heard of! Tillie mar idney brought her letter to Joe|my right foot,” he said, “Look and | #aid the whole affair had been gone| He stirred restiessly. ‘To stay on, |, Sa aieten 10 cess Carte , a nie| Gare Satine thn ove pewretipei ii igifl now. I'm not going to| ried and has a baby—all in twenty-|back to K. She was flushed with | see.” over at the state society, As a mat:|t be near Sidney, perhaps to stand| ita: “Ire kne —' ues of bis/ calm with the quiet of twilight ang ‘any harm, I swear it. 1)four hours! Boy—they named it)the effort and with a new excite K, lifted t ight covering ter of fact, the society knew of only|>Y 4% Wilson's best man when she hen ‘ ie knew that Sidney remem-| the end of the day. t0 take you out for a|Le Moyne. Squalled like a maniac| ment You're right, old man, It's mov-|two cases. There had been three.”|W48 married—it turned him cold. /UCrMt too: but abe gave ne sign. “Re mane One te Oe Vive got money. Look| when the water went on its head This is the letter, K., and—TI've | ing “Even at that But he did n ‘e a decided negn Ferhape that's true. | rou might| green pestures: be teste) Giaumm ; |I—I took Mrs. McKee out in a hired| not been able'to say what I wanted| ‘Brake foot, clutch foot,” said You know what I always felt| tive. ‘The sick man was flushed and|# 0" caring for me. Sometimes 1) side the still waters.” arog out the roll of bitis ana| machine. ‘That's what happened tol exactly. You'll let him know, won't | Johnny, and closed his eyes again, [about the profession, Max. We] towing fretful; it would not do to think you would. But there would) ‘The nurses read the response @ lit: her. Her eyes opened | my capital He grinned sheepish. | you, how I feel, and how I blame The ward passed in review. It|went into that more than once in| itritate him. er ag s be oe women, gg a rel tle slowly, as if they, too, were noth.| “Give me another day on it,” he| like that. Perhaps you can’t help it.” | weary ate You're going to do it. of course.” “Take up your work!" fee Gad never known him to|ly. ‘She said she would have to| myself was Sunday, and from the chapel| Berlin, Either one’s best or mae ianed * go in her toque. I had awful! K. promised gravely far below came the faiwt singing of|ing. I had done pretty well. When| 4d at last. And so the matter you loved me you could do] “yea, tho I walk thru the valley that comes|aualms. I thought it was a wrap And the most remarkable thing|a hymn, When Johnny spoke again | I left Lorch and built my own hos. | stood anything with me. He was half) of the shadow of death—” per has happened. What a day this has|he did not. open his eyes. pital, I hadn't a doubt of myself,| Morning and evening, Sidney went | Ue" The man in the chair stirred. He Jook flashed into her eyes,| “You, of course,” she said. “You| been! Somebody has sent Johnny You're some operator, Mr. Le| And because I was getting results I By the way her color leaped, he/had come thru the valley of the ty, but purpose find Max and save him—don Nosenfeld m lot tf money. ‘The wara|Moyne. I’ll put in w word for you|got ® lot of advertising. Men be-| nly smiled at him from the door | knew he had struck fre, All his con-| shadow, and for what? He was very. ¢ waa instantly cunning like that! You did, didn’t you? And| nurse wants ygu to come back.” whenever I get a chance gan coming to the clinics. I found| Way. In the evening she went to | Jectur to how Sidney would take | pitter. He said to himself savagely Men’t you going to give me some| you get Joe away, borrowing money| Johnny Kosenfeld was not asleey “You, put in a word for me," said|{ was making enough out of the|him after prayers, She was allowed | ‘he knowledge of his entanglement |that they would better have let hint to send him. And as if that isn’t| An incredible thing had happened to| K. huskily patients who could pay to add a few|4n hour with him then wats Costattn bad. Seen: Sunes 98 Fate for?” enough, when you ought to have|him. A fortune lay under his pil-| He felt that Johnny would free wards. I want to tell you now,| The shooting had been a closed|one Major premise that she loved) you say you never loved me be. want some clothes” been getting some sleep, you are out| low. He was sure it was there, for| 00d mediator—that whatever he,| Wilson, that the opening of those| book between them. At first when | him. The mére suspicion made him | cause you never knew me. I'm not pyery drink have the intuition | taking a friend to Tillie, and being | ever since it came his hot hand had| K., had of omission or com.| free wards was the greatest self.| he began to recover, he tried to talk | 548P- a rotter, Sidney, Isn't it possible -tim of savages or brute| godfather to the bab: clutched it mission, ynny's ve before the | indulgence I ever permitted myself,|to her about it, But she refused| “But, good heavens, Sidney, you do) that the man you cared about, who 4 He looked uncomfortable, almost| He was quite sure that somehow | Tribunal would count I'd seen so much careless attention | to listen, She was very gentle with | care for me, don’t you? |—who did his best by people and all - ‘ou lie.” guilty or other K. had had a hand in it.| The lame young violin-player came| given the poor—well, never mind) him, but very firm | oo afraid I don't, Max; not) that—is the real me?” ol Rosen-| “I had a day of af nen he disclaimed it, the boy was|into the ward. She had cherished|that. It was almost three * I know how it happened, Max,” | enough | 5 wanted it for Johnny Rosen. I had da ff. 1 When bh lisclaimed it, the boy as\into the ward he had chert 1 t tt e year happened, Max," | aie sited Sa aout. eather, ak (Continued Tomorrow) bewildered , secret and romantic affection for| ago that things began to go wrong.|She said—"“about Joe's mistake and ads fe I lost a big case.” all that, ‘The rest can wait until| fully. After one look at his face, she | spoke to the window, “The Day of Days,” by Louie “['m so wretched about it. 1|Joseph Vance, begins in The Star cared, To ne you were Monday to Max's room. in the morning she mm ke ae “When I look bac and remember thrust it back into his pocket,| how all these months I've been talk It'll buy the old lady what s Max Wilson, « now he was in the iis «hand retained its grasp | ing about service, and you said noth.| wants for the house, anyhow,” he| hospital and ill, So she wore the “TL know, All this doesn’t influ.) you are much better,” ing at all, and all the time you were| said. “But I hope nobody's took| sacrificial air of a young nun and) ence me, Edwardes.” On the day when K. had told Max ig it,” he complained. “Don't|living what I preached—I'm so|up a collection for me. I don’t, played “The Holy City.” “Wait a moment. We had a sys | his reason for giving up his work, | thought IT be happy for minute! | ashamed, K.”" want no charity.” Johnny waa close on the edge of | te in t operating room as per-|Max was allowed out of bed for the} ‘ RE ARES pee — winnie it all up to me" | He would not allow that 1 Maybe Mr. Howe sent it." his long , time, and was| fect as I could devise it. I never | first time give me that for the Rosen.|tressed him. She saw that, a “You can bet your last match he| very eomfortabi finished an operation without hav-| Sidney spent her hour with Max boy, Tl go out with you.| tried to smile idn't." Tell her nix on the yb stuff,” | ing my first assistant verify the clip| that evening as usual, His big Die 1 give you all that, I won't When doe Joe go?” In some unknown the news| he complained. Ask her to play,|and spon count jut that first| chair had been drawn close to a any money to go out with Tonight. I'm to take him acroes| had reached the ward that Johnny'a|‘I'm ‘Twenty-One and She Is| case died because a sponge had been | window, and she found him there, | In order to introduce our new (whalebone) plate, which is the lightest aoe were wavering. She | the country to the railroad. I was| friend, Mr Le Moyne wan erent Wighteen" mince He 2a the on ane field ss ‘You looking: out, ah by yrreshtcront But ana strongest plate known, covers very little of the roof of the mouthg nee victory wondering surgeon obnny had rejected it} She was rather outraged, but o ar Haw SONG SURES SO 2Os.O8 a phaptopeiahie Me spall dee ou can bite corn off the cob; guaram otf enough for the even 8? scornful K's quick explanation she changed | always see them, and one goes by|away, he put out his arms and] oo 16 years. * ‘ “I'd better explain first what hap-} ut the story had seized on his|to the staccato alr the count reasonable caution, | ce t her to him he drew himself up. pened, and why*it happened. Then | imagination “Ask her if shel come @ little} Then Tain lost another case in| “Are you glad? | $15.00 Beer: Sabanttniggens: no piker.” he said largely.|if you are willing to send him a Th ay that you're a surgeon;| nearer; I can't hear her the same way—a free case “Very glad, indeed,” she said so $10.00 Sct Whalebon ” Teeth hog or nothing. ‘Take it.” | line, I think it would help. He w}that you operated on Dr, Wilson he moved to the foot of the} As well as [ could tell, the pre. | berly | $8.00 Crow - Fe held it out to her, and from|a girl in white in the car and fol-jand saved his life. They say that| bed, and to the gay little tune Jobn-| cautions had not been relaxed 1} “Then smile at me You don't} $8.00 pt an pocket produced the eighty | lowed in his own machine He| you're the king pin wher ou cam his long sleep, But first! was doing from four to six cases a/ smile any more, You ought to} $2.00 ye es Fillir f im crushed and wrinkled| thought it was you, of course. He| from.” He eyed K. wistfull “| asked K. & question day. After the second one I almost/ smile; your mouth—" . Pabahias Retesais | didn’t like the idea of ur going|know it’s a damn lie, but if it's| “Are you sure I'm going to walk,| went crazy. I made up my mind,| “I am almost always tired; that's | bind my lucky day,” he said|to Schwitter's. Carlotta was taken| true—’ Mr, Le Moyne?" lif there was ever another, I'd give|all, Max." ay wok Sasrenieet for 28 veqre. Have. impssenion eam iy. “Plenty more where this/ill. And Schwitter and—and Wilson | ‘tT used to be a surgeon sa I give you my solemn wor | up and go ay.” She eyed him bravely | Cc apd See S: 4 Bridge Work. from; Do anything for you.| took her upstairs to a room.” matter of fact I operated on Dr.| said K., huskily, “that’ you are # phere was anoth “Aren't you going to let me make | West of ‘Time, Most of our present patronage is recommended b tf the ttle devil. I—" He| “Do you believe that, K.?" Wilson today, II am rather apolo-|ing to be better than you have ver| “Not for several months. When] love to you at all? You get away |OOTy Arto have tested our work hae ming to ous ontioe, be Oaeee i, “God, this place is hot!”| “I do, He saw Max coming out| getic, Jack, because I didn't explain | been in your life.” j the last died, a free case again, | beyond my h.” you are in the right place, Bring this ad with you, ~ head dropped back on his|and misunderstood. He fired at| to you sooner, For—-variouw rea-| It waa K, who, seeing he would|1 performed my own autopsy, 1| “I was looking for the paper to} Open Sundays From ® te 12 for Working People he propped his sagging legs | him then.” }sons—I gave up that—that line of|no longer notice, or¢ 1 the ser men ay mee, Poon eplns eR ar Jeiros peer, tt ae Re OHIO CUT-RATE DENTISTS ftool, She knew him—knew| “He did tt for me, 1 feel very | busines Today they rather forced|to be wet around the bed, K, who| the room bt he would sleep almost all night. | guilty, K., as if it comes back to! my hand.” drew the coverings smooth and fold zied as I was, It was the same | eyes. fez UNIVERSITY oF, Opveoaite Vrases-l’atersen Om