A DOCTOR’S MISSION
BY EMILY THORNTON
Author of “ R o v R o s s k l l ’ 3 R p i . k , ”
•4Gl.RNKOY,,* **T h k F a s h io n a b i . k M o t h f b , " E t c .
C H A P T E R X V I.—tConttouod.)
"Oh, uo. please do not Investigate! 1
"Rut Sir Reginald compelled me to do cannot allow it. cannot endure H!”
As she spoke, a long, deep shudder
M. 1 begged and «»treated him to excuaa
me; I told hhn it was siuful, but he flew passed over her frame, and the d«X'tnr,
Into a passion, and bade me dhtobejr him noticing it, knew at once that her nen
on the peril o f his everlasting displeas »us ayatem could stand no more, there
ure. Sir, I was homeless, ami he was fore, felt it was l««*t to yield.
“ Shall 1 uot, ut least, light the can
sick! What was 1 to do?”
“ tTorgive me! You poor little girl, I dle?"
“ No, no! I cannot hear It!" murmured
was fast and cruel in my judgment. You
were, indeed, obliged to execute the vile the poor girl, horrified at the thought of
plans o f the barouet. There.” added he, what a light might reveal.
“ Tell roe, then, which way your room
tenderly, as he drew her hauds from her
face, ami with his handkerchief wiped Ilea, and 1 ahull carry you thither at
away hertears; “ weep no more; you orn-e!”
“ Straight! .lust beyond Idle door by
were not to blame. Chilif. give me your
which you em end, through a pastatge-
hand in token o f forgiven«»*«.”
way, my room lies opposite ita door."
“ Then you do not despise me?"
"Rut, iud«xd, doctor. I
“ IVapise you? No! uo! I only.” he she returned.
stopped; he was about to say “ love you.'i can walk, if you will ouly let me hold to
but remembering his vow, he added soft your arm. I would rather.
"W e ll, be it so!" returned the man. re
ly. "P*ty you."
“ Yea. you may pity me! Oh. auntie, leasing her, yet atill retaining her hand,
auntie! why did I ever promise you to which he drew under his arm.
When they n«*and rhe door of rhe ruin,
come to this wretched place?” was her
however, Ethel felt a strong current of
wailing cry.
Still holding her hand in his, and also air upou her «-heck, which revealed the
taking from her the candle, he tuni.’d fact that it stood wide open, and in
and led her down the long, steep atairs. stantly a deadly fear of the horrible
Only once did Ethel speak, then she creature that had e»cap«d, being still
near, seized her. and again she shrank
merely said:
“ Sir Reginald will be very angry if he closer to her friend, while her faltering
hears o f your entrance here! Must he steps told of departing strength.
Without a word. Earle Elfenstein lift
be told?"
“ 1 will think it over and let yon know ed her in his arms, ami so passed into the
Ritnembering that his
to-morrow. You must sleep to-night and passageway.
presence {here must be kept a secret, the
so recover from this nervousness.”
They soon reached the bottom stair, young girl whispered:
"Step softly; let no one hear!"
and entered the corridor. Then Ethel
" I will.'’ he breathed back, and guid-
remembered that her work was but ha!f
done, and the rest could not be accom- ««d by the dim light under the door in
through, emerging
pli. -Jied until I*r. Elfenstein had left her. dicated. he passed
from the open wardrobe, into the bed
Turning to him. she said:
room beyond.
“ W ill you kindly tell me how you en
Placing her in a large easy chair, he
tered this place? You must leave me
stepped back, closed and fastened both
now. going silently as you came.”
doors, then returned to her aide.
“ I will. I came through the ruins. 1
“ Please, dtxTor,” ahe murmured, "ex
save you open a door and reach for a amine every part of this room before yon
basket, then I instantly entered.”
go, to be sure the drea«iful— the dread
“ Rut surely. I fastened it again?”
ful,” she hesitated.
“ You were so agitated, you forgot to
“ Yes. I know," he interrupted, "ami
do It. I eer&ainly opened it, without dif- you will aoon see you are perfectly safe."
ticulty. and crept after you, eager to
Obeying her wish, he then made a
aolve the mystery of the haunted tower, thorough search of room and closet. But
which l then, for the first time, began aa he supposed ’tothing was to lie seen.
to connect with your movement«. Rut
“ Now. bow will you leave the house?”
you are weary now. so I will leave you. she murmured, anxiously.
and return aa I came.”
A sly look back towards the corridor
<»i\ing back the candle, he took her caused her to exclaim, in a whisper, as
hand and was just saying, “ Good night. she laid, her hand entroaringly on his
Miss Xevergail,” when suddenly both arm:
«topped short in their walk; both turn
“ Not there, doctor, promise me you
ed deadly pale, aa a short, strange, loud will not r«»turn to that pla«-e this night,
rep >rt, close by their ears, startled and but will go dire<*tly home.”
confounded them.
Again Earle yielded to the pleading of
Then, to their horror, something darted rhe sw«>et girl beside him. and again an-
tow anl« them, a huge form swooped swere«!:
past, dashing the candle to the ground,
•“Then I must either drop from your
thus extinguishing it. leaving them in window or go through the hsll. Htsy! I
total darknesa and gloom.
•ee a strong strap around your trunk.
“ Oh. what is it? W hat is it?" cried It is the very thing! 1 will fasten it to
the *errified girl, as she nestled close to the balcony, and so slip down by its
her compsnion, while he, scarcely realiz aid to the ground. Are you willing?”
ing what he did, threw his arms around
“ Perfectly.
Doctor,” she whispered,
her form, to protect her from he knew "do you know I should have died from
uot what.
frighrt had you not been there?”
Suddenly a wild, unearthly laugh, or
“ Y«»s. I know; ami now. before I say
yell, floated to them from the other end goo«] night, I shall mix you a <-onip«>*-
of the corridor, and as it passed. Dr. ing draught, and then you must promise
Elfenstein pressed the girl lie held closer me, to go instantly to your bed. as soon
to his heart, and laid his cheek against as you take in the strap, and close the
her frightened face.
window, and the last thing, swallow th«-
“ Oh, do not leave me! I shall die! I preparation I shall leave. W ill you do
shall «lie!” gasped Ethel.
this. In return for my not investigating
“ I will not. You are not so afraid further, what I see you do not wish ex
now, and thus, close to me, are you, plained?"
dear?”
Ethel hesitated, then remembering that
“ No; not so fearfully afraid as I was.” ahe could not se<- Sir Reginald that night,
Gently stroking her hair, the young she gave the promise.
man felt, even in the terror, inapired by
A moment more passed, and then the
<heir dreadful position, a feeling almost strap had been fastened, the doctor had
of rapture steal over him, as he held whimpered “ Goo«l night,” and she watch-
her thus close in his arms, with bers j ed him disappear amid the darkness and
clinging to his waiat.
Rut suddenly, storm.
calmer refle<-tkma came; he felt this thing
Darting out, she secured the strap
must be seen to; whatever presence had without trouble, fastened down the win
been near them must be discovered, and dow, and soon slept under the efTi-iffs <*f
that he ought to follow up the sound.
rhe an«)dyne he had so thoughtfully left
“ Child!” he whispered, “ whatever has for her use.
been near us, I know by that last cry,
W ell ind*»ed was it for her ttiat she
has escaped into the ruins, through the could sleep, for without some rest the
door by which I entered. That being so, <ould never have borne the terrible ex-
I must in duty carry you to a place of eitem«»irt that awaited her in the nearing
safety, Chen search around to see what it hours of the c«>tniug day.
could have been.”
Instantly, then, it flashed over Ethel’ s
C H A P T E R X V I I.
The next morning Ethel attempted to
mind, that the ape. Sir Reginald's choice
<_'onceal«>d treasure, had escaped, and that rise, as usual, but found herself so ill
the knife she had so Carelessly given him with a sick hea«lache that the att(*mx>t
had done the deed. He had ent his way was vain.
Every time ahe lift*»«l her
out. Oh, the terror this thought thrust hea«l from her pillow, it throbbed wild
into her heart was almost unbearable! ly, while a blind dizziness enme over her
Ait once, she became, as it were, a dead to such an extent that ahe felt it w«»re
better to keep still for a while until it
weight again in the dorior’s arms.
Then another thought came that im passed away.
parted new life. H er oath had been tak
A t nine o’clock a servant came too her
en never to reveal the existence of that room, and she sent an excuse to the
animal, nor of the concealed room. In family for her non-apiM»arance. About
order to keep this vow, Dr. Elfenstein ten a messnge came from Sir Reginald,
asking how noon she could come to him?
must not examine the premises.
She knew well now the meaning of She returned for ar»sw«*r that her head
that first report. The beast had knocked was still in such pain that she feared not
down the Iron shelves, burst open the until afternoon.
About five Dr. Elfenstein call«»d to see
panels, and in ornsequenee a light would
«how the «ioctor that opening, ami the his patient, and his lordship at once re-
room beyond. No! he must never exam qimsted him to look after his secretary,
ine this cr>rridor.
Nerving herself for saying that she was not able to come to
him, while he was most anxious to aet
a new task, she said:
“ I>octor, I cannot consent to being left her. Mrs. Frwlon was then dispatehe«l
a moment here alone! Nor will I con to Miss Nevergail’s room to prepare her
sent to your exposing yourself further for a visit from the do«-tor.
As the young man entered, he was
to-night. Take me, then, to my room,
and we will kick up this place, and you really startled to see how wan ami pale
can steal softly from the house anbther the excitement of the night before, and
a few hours’ illnntts, had made her. Hhe
■way."
“ Hut, Mies Nevergall,
surely
this had made aeveral attempts to rise, and
had succeed«»] in dressing herself, but the
ought too be investigated.”
Ayers
exertion had overotwne her, and ones
more she had bom obliged to rocline up
on the bed. while her large dark eye«,
ami Idaek dross, made her cheeks seeiu
alni«»t like enow.
"Oh, doctor!" she sighed, as he ad
vanced and took her haiul in his. "Can
you give me something lo stop this heud
ache, so that 1 can go to Sir Reginald?
Falling hair means weak hair.
He haa wanted me all day, nml has sent
for me several times, and I must ««•<• him,
Then strengthen your h air;
but I cannot seem to get there.”
feed it with the only hair food,
"Y ou have dolle right to keep still. I
A yer’s H air Vigor. It checks
will give you a remedy that 1 think will
cause you relief in an hour’s time. Un
falling hair, mukes the hair
til then, you should try to sleep,”
Preparing a li«|iiid. he carefully held
the tumbler to her lips, siw her drink
it, then throwing a light shawl over her,
left, aayiug aa he did so:
“ I f you sleep now, 1 am almost certsln
grow, completely cures dan
you ean visit Ids lorilship In the length
druff. And it always restores
of time 1 uteiillouod.”
It s«»eiiied that the medicine, and hia
color to gray hair, all the rich,
calm, kind words did soothe her, for at
dark color of early life.
once ahe fell into the h**tful sleep so
** Mi hair wai fulling out badlf *v»4 I wu
iiiueh needed. The nap proved i|iiite a
• f raiti I won I «f !«»•• It all Than I triad A y a r s
Hair V igor. It q uickly tiopuad tha fa llin g aud
Kong one, and It sn> seven o'clock in the
uiatla inv liatr a ll I could w l»h II hi bo.
evening before she crept through the hall,
ft in mvA fc. ALi.au. Kliaabatli. N. J.
slid with a trembling frame but head
j . c. a ▼ an OO.,
f t M a bo t il a .
greatly relieved, entered Sir Reginakl'a
mmihi W h m m
f o r ■■■'■"’T.' ìé
presence. At once she saw that her ill
ness had discomposed him, and that hs
was unusually Irritable ami nervous.
" I aiu sorry I could not come to you
as usual,” she ls>gHii. hut he interrupt
ed her by laying crowdy:
M odesty E x plain ed.
“ Oh, yes; I dare say. Stop all npol««-
Foreigner— Many o f you American»
gies and while we are alone tell me If
j have distinguished aneestors, yet you
you o!>e.ve<l my orders last night.”
urrer ineutloii them. Why la that?
“ I did." faltered ¡he poor girl.
American— It ’* thia way.
While we
“ Did the rhiug work well?" asked lie,
are poor we are asharne«! to hoaat, and
eagerly.
" I t del. 1 had uo trouble in the T o w when we get rich we don't ueed aucee-
er. at all: but, O, Sir Kegiuaki, some tore.
thing terrible has happened!”
For forty year'» t*l»o » Cure for Con
"W h a t? " exclaiitM-d the sick
man, sumption has rure«I coughs and «soldo. A t
starting up in so smhleu a manner that druggist*. 1‘ rli-e “6 cent*.
.
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it caused him to fall back with a groan,
A count of the church aud salooo at
although he kept n firm grip on the arm
he ha«l seized iu his excitemeut rogard- teudauce lu I ’ addlngton. a district of
less of the fa«»t that jii* tight gra«f> caus l.oiulon having a population of 142 000.
made by agents o f W. T. Mtead on a re
ed her to turn pale with pain.
" I dread telliug you, but just as I left cent Sunday, sliowml that the saloon at-
the Tow er to push back the pane!« a j tendance was the greater by ten to one.
frightful muse of s heavy fall came, Only Itl.ono women attended church,
ire re found to n loo PA
Jlten a large moiwter (lartinl out. dashed while 28.000
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the candle from my hiiml, and with a
SUM) Reward. $100.
howl disappeared, leaving me half dead
The readers of this paper will tie pleased to
with fright.”
l«-arii thsl there Is at least one drsaded disease
"G irl! girl!” yelled the infurlate«l man. mat science has l*'«il aldo to rure lu all tla
stages,
aud that Is i'alarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Iiis face turning purple with rage, "what
ure is the only positive «-ore kno«*u lo the
is this you tell me? Gone! Escaped! i medical
fraternity. < alarrh l-eing s constitu
Speak!” add«-«! lie. roughly shaking her te.nal dl-ease, requires a ooustltutloual treat
by the arm. "T ell me It is a lie— a lie ment. Hall’s (alarrh Cure la raien 111 tern ally,
acting directly upon the Uuod and mucous
that you said ju-t now!”
■ uriaces of the system, thereby destroying the
"N o, Sir Reginald," returned the pallkl foundation of the disease, and giving the t«s
streugth by balldtng up the cousUluU->n
Ethel; “ it is the truth. W hatever you 1 Usui
sn-1 assistili« natura In -{.dug Its work, loo
hail there got out last night and ran off proprietors nave •«> much Isllh In Its curative
powers that they offer one Hundred Pollata
through the ruins!”
Tir any case that It falls to cure. Mend for Hat
"W h at did you do wrong that made of
testimonial*.
_ . .
this happen? Answer, or I will tear you
Address.
K. J. ORKNEY A CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists. 7V
to pie«-es!”
Il alca Family Fills are the beat.
"Release my arm. sir! You are cruel
in your rage! Yon hurt me!”
Aa E xp la in ed .
"Speak then. How did he get out of
Henson— W hy does your friend Mig
his prisou?”
glee always carry hia watch in the rvsr
W ith a faltering voice rhe frightened pocket of hia trousers?
gxrl. while writhing in bis grasp, mur
Dawson— Oh, he’s a crank on punctu
mured:
ality.
“ I dropped the knife on the shelves a
Ilensnn— But what haa that got to do
few nights before and forgot It.
It with carrying his watch ns aforesaid?
whirled around, and I knew hy the cry be
Dawson— Why. it enables him to al
gave that he had it.”
ways show up a little nhea<) of time.
| “ Id iot!" returned the enraged being
before her. as he gave her arm such a
’ft P s rm s n en u y t urea, ten n u o r n ervo
fearful wrench that it di -located (tie el
0 ftfU-r flr s lils y 's u s e tiflr r K llu e 's r ir s s i N o
l o u r » » n i l for F r e e P '4 trial b o llir and tre
bow. "Out of my sight; out o f my houso
Hr. U. I I. K lin e. lA d . o r A M , n t . I'b llailslp h ls, Pw
this instant! You have ruiinsl me with
your carelessness!
N«>t another night
Does it pay to save fire per reut of
shall you sleep under this naif!”
your income by economising on your
Once again he raised hia arm— this
vacation this year and break down next
time to strike.
Itut fortuuatejy, with
year from the continued strain and he
a moan of pain at the injury she had al
o b lig li to pay SO per cent for doctor's
ready sustain«-«l. rhe hail dnrted back,
hills, Iresides the time lost iu enforced
and so the blow descende«] on empty air. idleness?— Sucre»».
Without another look ut the inan be
fore her the poor young girl crept from
his |in-«(-ni-e, ami dragging herself ba«-k
to her room, fastened h«-rs«-lf in, while
she sought t«i prepare for her departure.
W ith her anti hanging motion!«»«» hy
her side, anil nearly wild with pain, she
open«»d her trunks and thrusting her val
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y
uables in-.<le us well as she could with
one hand, she locked them and dropped
the key into Iter pm-ket.
Fearing, she scarcely knew what, she
put the package of papers her aunt hail
given her, with her purse, also in her
pocket, that she might he certain of their
safety.
Then hastily putting comb,
brushes and night apparel in a hand
satchel, she paused to rent.
A<lvan«*ing to her window, she found
that a heavy rain was atill falling, and
that darkneas was -even then over Che
earth.
Throwing her waterproof over
her shoulilers, with its h«x*d drawn over
ting
her hat, she opened her door and glidisl
through the hall, down the stairs and out
Il\ F A N I S / ( H I I I ) K I N
of the front entrance, fortunately with
out being seen by any o f the family.
As she ha<] passed the sick man’s room
she knew by the sound o f many excited
v«iic«»s within that they bad gone to his
assistance, and she jmlgisl he must have
N o t N a r c o t ic .
injurod his hip hy his passionate frenxy.
While she pitied the man, she fearod
him, and never irreatheil freely until out
lAapr afO U I * SAKVZL PfTOOR
side the door. Then with a hurried step
/ w - -w -
ahe pass«»] down the ramble.
J I m Sm rvc *
Once away from the house anil beyond
fUrhrtlr W * -
t-he reach of Mir Iteginnlil's wrath, she
jinur lord r
paus«-«l to «vmsiilcr whith«-r she should
go, and what she should do.
MrmSrot/ -
ffnnhpJ *imr
As she pausi-d one thing seemed plain.
HiAirryf+M rtm ror.
She could do nothing until a physician
atten«l«sl to her wounded arm. In order
Remedy
to have this aceomplishe«l. it was <-vl-
«l«-nt that she must seek Dr. Elfenvtein
at his home.
She shrank from doing this. Htill It
could not he help«-«).
H er arm «-oiild
Facsimile Signnture o f
not be raised, and on that arm she «Je-
pended now for her daily bread.
Once in the rond beyond she could see
lights in windows o f dwelling houses
far down the road. The first o f them
A l b « n o m I h % s> 1 cJ
she kn«-w was where Ilr. Elfenstein lived,
Jj D osi N — 1 ^ ( I r
and hope revived once more, and «he
pressed on, thinking noon to be there.
(To be continued.!
EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.
A u tos In G erm an A rm y.
Automobiles made for th«» German
army haul five to eight-ton loads
through hilly country.
Hair Vigor
Falling Hair
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(ÌTM i Ì ì JÌMIS ì
AVcgftable Preparation for As
similating tticFoodandRegula-
the Stomachs and Bowels of
»
Several species of sills keep cows, th*
spills answering tha purpose, and milk
them at rogulnr Intervals.
Mothers will And Mrs. Winslows’* Mouthing
Hyrup the liest rstnetly to use lot Oisif oUlldrsU
durimi the teething tailed..
He who rules must humor full a>
much as he commands,— George Eliot.
LI 0 UOR-MORPHINC-TOBACCO
HABITS ftRMANLNTLY ClAlD
■-rolt iutt wgtncuiARJ —
Itypoerisy la thè ueceeeary hurden o f
vlllaluy.— J uh neon.
To-ltreak 1« New Shoea.
Alwayi shake In Allen'a Tool Kase, a powde».
Il ruree hol, swsallng, achlii|. awullen Iset.
iUree coni», lugrowitig nell, and hiinlous Al
all ¿raggiata and alme Stores. Jlr lioii'l errr|.l
auy eubatitiile Mainili» uislle-l FHK.K Addreaa
Alien M. Olmate«!, la Ho», N Y.
T a n s K ver Thus.
JonM tt's uai-lewa to aek Hrown to
aay a word In my favor. H e bus uo
earthly use for me.
Smith—-Whitt's the trouble?
Jones— I was foolish enough to let
him o w e me money.
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Miss Agnes
Chicago, speaks to young women
about dangers of the Menstrual
Period.
*• To Y ocho W o p * * : — I suffer*»! for
six yrr.ra with dysmenorrhea (painful
periods), ao much bo that 1 dreaded
every month, aa t knew it meant three
or four (lays of InU'nse pain.
Tha
doctor aald thia was due to an inflamed
condition of the uterine appendaiyea
caused by repeated an«l nejfle«-te«l colds.
" I f young girls only realized how
dangerous it is to take cold at this
critical time, much suffering would l a
spared them. Thank God for I .y t l l«
K. I M n k h a m ’s V f f e t o b t o C o m
p o u n d , that was the ou lr medicine
which lielpe«l me any. Within three
weeks after I started to take It, I
noticed a marked Improvement In my
general health, and at the time of my
next monthly period the pain had
diminished conalderaldy.
I kept up
the treatment, and was cured a month
later. I am like another person since.
1 am in perfect health, my eye# are
brighter, 1 have added 13 pounds to my
weight, my color ia good, and I feel
light aud happy."— Misa A umes M ii . i . kk .
2.1 Potomac Ave., Chicago, III. — inooo
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Av
Promotes Digcstion.Chwrful-
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Opium,Morphine nor Mineral.
A perfect
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