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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL T& e TR U A N T S O U L by Victor Rousseau Copynghtby W. G. üupmân “ WHO'S TH E RE ?" SYN O PSIS. — N urses In the Southern h ospital a t A vonm ou th a re a n g ered by the Insolent tre a tm en t accorded them by Dr. John Lancaster, head o f the in stitu tion , and th ere is a g en e ra l fe e lin g o f unrest, into which Joan W e n tw o rth , p rob ation a ry nurse, is drawn. D octor L a n ca ster is p e rfo rm in g a difficult op eration , fo r w h ich he has won fam e. Joan, w ith oth er nurses, is in attendance. She is upset, th rou gh no fa u lt o f her own, and m akes a t r iv ia l blu nder at a c r it ica l mom ent. T h e p a tien t dies and D octor L a n ca ster accuses her o f clum siness. She is sus pended, the a ction m ean in g the end o f her hope o f a ca ree r as a nurse. W ith o u t r e la tiv e s or friends, and desperate. Joan, u rged by her landlady, g oes to D o c to r L a n ca ster's office to ask him to o v e r lo o k her blu nder and rein s ta te her. She overh ea rs a v io le n t a lte rc a tio n betw een D oc to r L a n ca ster and o th e r men she does not see. Joan is struck by the fa v o ra b le ch an ge in the a p pearance and dem eanor o f the doctor, r e c a llin g th at at tim es in the hospital he has been g e n tle and th o u gh tfu l and at oth ers su p erciliou s and bu lly in g . H e tells her he can do n oth in g fo r her at the hospital, but o ffers her a po sition in a n u rsin g in stitu tion in the country, te llin g her she can be o f " g r e a t a ssista n ce" to him. A man named M yers dem ands she t e ll him w h at the d o ctor had said to her. She denies him the In fo rm a tio n , and he c o v e r tly th rea ten s her. A t the in s titu tion, w h ich is ow n ed by D o c to r La n ca ster, Joan finds M yers. H e te lls her he is the secreta ry. She In s tin c tiv e ly d is lik es and fears him. T h e on ly p a tien t at the in s titu te is a Mrs. Dana, d e m ented but harm less. Joan is v a g u e ly uneasy, fe e lin g that th ere is some m y stery about the place. D o c to r L a n ca ster a rrives. Joan accuses him o f d e ce ivin g her, d e c la rin g her in ten tion o f lea vin g . H e te lls her he is the p a tien t w h o needs her, sa y in g he w an ts help in a " b ig fig h t," but m akes no fu rth er explanation. She decides to stay. E v id e n tly D o c to r L a n ca ster is a fra id o f M yers. Joan d iscovers that the d o ctor is a vic tim o f the m o r phine habit. Joan tak es ch arg e o f him, h e lp in g him to overcom e tem p o ra rily his c r a v in g fo r the drug. M yers accuses her o f "m e d d lin g ," but she refu ses to le a v e o r to g iv e up her ca re o f La n ca ster. Mrs. F raser, the m atron, a dm its a ll at the in s ti tution a re a fra id o f M yers, but w ill not aay why. She begs Joan to "s a v e the d o ctor." Joan in a m easure succeeds in fr e e in g L a n ca ster fro m his c r a v in g fo r drugs. C H A P T E R V I — Continued times Is enough. I understand. And that's the last you'll bear from me about It." He went away, and Joan sat staring out across the darkening hills. How had she managed to fight this blind battle of bers to a successful Issue? She did not know; but, whatever the hold might be that Myers had over Lancaster, she felt that Myers him B eif was In dread of its discovery. Presently she saw the matron come cautiously out of the house and burry toward her. "How did you do It, Miss Went worth?” she asked In awe. "You did what none o f us would have dared to do— not me, nor Doctor Jenkins." “ Why not?" asked Joan. "Mrs. Fraser, o f whom are you afraid? And Doctor Lancaster? It Is not of that man Myers, whom he could send about his business at any time when he found strength of will. Who Is It?” “ O. Miss Wentworth, I don't know," the matron sobbed. “ But save the doctor! O, do save the doctor from that man who Is trying to kill him 1“ Chapter V II Joan had had supper with Lancas ter, and It was night, and once more the fight was raging. She had sat on the veranda with him, had talked with him, had seen the better soul of the man rise to the surface as he struggled with the mor phine d evil; then she had given him his half dose again, and, as his strength revived and the agony de parted, she had seen the facile, lying spirit enter Into him. He was lying, wrapped In his dress ing gown, upon his bed, and she sat at his side, at grips with the devil In him that clamored for Its victim's body, that It might possess It entirely, as surely a devil as any spirit of evil, though Its shrine was a little glass bottle holding a few drops of fluid. She was fighting for Lancaster, fighting for the better Lancaster again, and he was writhing In torment and pleading with her to go, to leave him to his fate, since the suffering was intolerable and subjection preferable. There was an hour of hideous battle, but somehow she managed to keep him quiet till midnight. And. seated beside him, watching him. Joan came to the conclusion that this was one of those strange cases of double personality of which she had read in medical books. It was Impossible to reconcile this Lancaster In any way with the man whom she had seen mo- period. Every three bears Is my tlssk and now that I am on half-dose*—jam remember what Jenkins said this morning. You must go slowly with s confirmed drug-user like myself. "Stop 1 Don’t listen to me I" ha added suddenly. “ You ran trust me. Miss Wentworth. I'm going to fight this out, and win." “ You are winning," answered Joan, bending over him. “Don’t forget that Say ‘I am winning’ whenever the pain seems uncontrollable and your will seems gone. It won't last long. Doc tor Lancaster, you are your own self at this moment, and nothing can harm you. Fight the good fight!’’ He caught her band and carried It to bis Ups. "Miss Wentworth, you are my good angel 1" he cried. “ I secured tbe services of an angel unawares," he added, looking at her with that pa thetic humor which went straight to her heart. “ I want to win for your sake. But why are you taking so much trouble for a worthless old fel low like me?" “ Don’t flatter yourself that It Is all for you. Doctor Lancaster. Perhaps I may want to save the most distin guished surgeon in the South.” At her words he started; he stared at her, and then fell back upon tbe pillow, hiding bis face. Joan turned away. Again she had touched some hidden spring o f memory; what It wai she could not know, but It was evi dent that she had wounded him to the quick. Perhaps It was the contrast between the office he held and the man he had become. Perhaps It was the knowl edge of his secret bondage which had broken him down at last and driven him back to the Institute, and Myers. "Miss Wentworth, I want you to lock my door and take away the key,” he said. “ I may have a secret sup ply somewhere.” " I don’t think you have,” answered Joan. “ You have none In this room, have you?" “ No.” “ I believe that. And, anyway, I am going to trust you. That Is part of your fight I am going to trust you till six.” He said good night in a low tone and turned away. Joan went up to her room. She lay down, but did not undress. She was afraid, and she ad mitted that she was afraid, add noth ing but Lancaster’s desperate need of her would have kept her an hour longer In the Institute. But she was exhausted from the day, and soon ghe was asleep. She slept that sleep which brings no recreation for the Jaded body or the overwrought mind. All the while she was back with Lancaster In his room below, In spirit. She knew that, ns he had said, the drug bondage was only the climax of his difficulties. What had there been that had wrecked the man? Jenkins’ hint at stolen funds? Of one thing she was sure: Lancaster, sunken as he was, was Incapable of dishonesty. No, she must have placed a wrong construc tion on Jenkins’ words. And In her sleep her brain went on puzzling over the problem. Only her body was quiescent, and It lay wearily in the bed like some chained captive. But suddenly the urgent summons of the brain shook from It the tram mels of sleep. Joan listened Intently, awake upon the Instant, as some wild creature of the woods that senses danger. Somebody was coming along the corridor. The footfalls were so soft and stealthy that she might have thought she was dreaming but for the sense of Imminent danger, the knowledge of some malevolent design. The step* stopped and began again, the merest touches of sound against the silence of night, the lightest patter of bare feet outside the door. Then the door begun to open. There was no moon, and the falht starlight outside only seemed to ren der darker the obscurity within. Yet, through the darkness Joan knew that a hand lay on the door Jamb, and that a figure watched her across the room. She leaped from her bed. “ Who’s there?” she called, in tones that seemed to shock the silence. She could see nothing now, and she dared not turn aside to light her lamp. She knew that the figure was crouch ing somewhere. She heard the softest breathing, but could not locate It in the room. She felt the atmosphere of evil that surrounded her. She started to cross the room, groping, with arms outstretched. Then she found the in truder and flung herself upon It. Her left hand closed about a wrist, supple and strong. Her right hand held another hand. They wrestled in the darkness, their bodies tense but motionless, only the hands and wrist muscles at strife. Not a sound came from their lips. Joan thought It was a woman's hands she held. Her fingers sought the menace in the closed fists. The left hand of the Intruder was empty; but In the right was a Jagged piece of a broken tumbler that tinkled to the floor. 10 — “ It Is not what Doctor Lancaster says,” answered Joan. “ It Is what 1 say. Mrs. Fraser, please give me the storeroom key.” The woman, looking askance at My ers, let her hand slip down toward the bunch at her side. “ The key, please," repeated Joan, and received It. Quickly she locked the door and put the key In the pocket of her uniform. “ Now,” she said, " I want you all to understand this situation. I am em ployed by Doctor Lancaster. I am un der orders not to go until the month Is ended. I am In charge of him. Until he Is responsible for his actions I shall remain In charge, under Doctor Jenkins. Doctor Jenkins, Is It your order that Doctor Lancaster Is to re ceive a whole dose of morphine every few hours, of the amount he has been taking?" “ Why, Miss Wentworth, I never or dered that,” protested Jenkins. “ You see. Miss Wentworth— ” “ Until you do," Interposed Joan bluntly, “ I shall continue the treat “ How Did You Do It, Mist Want- ment as I learned It In Doctor Lancas worth?” She Asked in Awe. ter’s hospital at Avonmouth. And If rnentarlty at the hospital, and with the storeroom Is opened by anyone but myself I shall take legal action to the tyrant o f the operating room. For protect Doctor Lancaster's Interests." that man was essentially base and ignoble, and this man was honor and “ Miss Wentworth 1” cried Myers, truth, when the morphine fiend re "you are making a tragedy where none tired. baffled for a space, and under exists. Nobody wants to harm the that pitiful load of shame she sensed doctor. We all have one sole thought, the cleanness of the man's soul and to help him. Don’t we, doctor?” he Its integrity. continued, addressing Lancaster. Somehow she held his devil at bay “ You are all— very kind to me," Lan until midnight, and then, with a sec caster mumbled. ond victory to his credit, he stretched "There, you see!” said Myers, turn out his arm for the hypodermic. Then ing toward Joan again. “There may Joan saw the look of contentment exist differences of opinion," he con come into his face, heard the satisfied tinued In a facile manner, "and maybe sigh—and there was the old Lancaster I’ve expressed myself too forcibly. But before her, shifty, furtive and false. we're all at one In wishing the doctor No, not altogether, for something of to get well as quickly as he can." that victory remained with him, the He was almost fawning now, but promise of renewed manhood; the Joan remained Inflexible. She knew morphine devil was losing its grip. that If she relaxed from the nervous Ground had been won. It should tension that was upholding her she never be ceded. Joan swore that as would become hysterical. she watched by the bedside. The group dispersed. Myers fol “ Doctor Lancaster, you have prom lowed the girl out upon the veranda ised me to sleep till six," she said. and stood for a long time near the “ Can I trust you?" door, watching her as she sat at the "How can you doubt my word. Miss farther end, trying to compose herself. Wentworth?" asked Lancaster, with At last he came up to her. an affectation of surprise. "O f course So a woman Is ths mystery I Now why is she so bent on re "See here. Miss Wentworth," he you can. You know, I am not a regu venge? began Impetuously; “ I've come to you lar user of drugs. I have been over twice and spoken fairly to you. Maybe worked. and I took morphine to make you see now that you would have been me sleep, and somehow It got hold of (TO BE CONTINUED.) wiser to have me! me In the same me. I think t must be unusually sus spirit. Come, now, are we to work ceptible to the drug." Tbe old He of the stupid drug d evil: together as friends or not?” Heavenly Mueic “I have no objection," answered But Joan had the storeroom key. and He was a zealous preacher and his .loan, “ but my duty concerns nobody she knew that It would require a ham subject was "Heaven.” “ Mah fríen’*,“ mer or ax to break down the strong he said, “ de music In heaven beats out the doctor." “You mesa you won’t co-operate door. And she would wake and hear anything yo' eber heard. De tines’ con with me In saving him from himself?" him, and fight again as she had fought cert* ean't compare with It. I f yo’ He looked at her with sullen challenge that morning. take tne band In the United States *■' "Then I am going to bed till six," place It 'longslde de heavenly qolah. It la his eyas. “I do.” said Joan. she said. would eound lak de sqeeaa of a mouse Myers thrust hi* hand* Into his "But. Miss Wentworth." be protest beside de mighty roar *b Nlsgarer.”— pockets “ Sight r hs said. "Three | er, "six hours Is an Impossibly long * 1 Boato* Transcript. — MAKING GOOD IN A SMALL TOWN H H I I t i l't l l l H H H I l H W Real Storie s About Real Girle By MRS. H A R LA N D H. A LLE N ........................... P A N S IE S F O R P R O F IT ( « ' P ANSIES tor thought.” the flow- er-lover say»; yet, paradoxi cally, when It comes to raising a gar den specialty for the market she sel dom thinks of them. A little pansy-spedallkt I know tells me that the pansy la the best of all flowers for the girl-gardener who la a uovlce at her work. This par ticular pansy-specialist Uvea In a town of only 6,000 people; yet she never has to go outside It to sell her flow er*— so I take her word for wbat she says. “ All you need Is a south window and some pansy seeds,” she tells peo ple. “ You put your seeds In some good earth and the sunshine does the rest.” “ I get the very best seed,” she ex plained In more detail. "Then I bore holes, for drainage. In wooden boxes. Then I plant my seeds, exactly accord ing to the directions on the packet. The seeds should be planted neither too deep nor too near the surface, and should be pressed down well. They should be watered regularly with a fine spray, and kept warm. “ When the first plants appear, they ■hould not have too much light. They should be kept partly covered. 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