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CHAPTER XIV.
Tha RlddU of the Sibyl's Leaves.
M
' Y question as to which Cecilia
I should find id the library
was quickly answered. Her
frank smile, tbo candor of
her eyes, confessed a new tie between
us. We were becoming conspirators
within tbo main conspiracy, whatever
Its character might be.
"As to Trovldence and the cook, what
luck?" I asked.
"Oh, I managed that very easily. I
ran into sonio friends who were going
abroad for the winter.. They have u
staff of unusual servants and were
anxious to keep them together until
their return. I promptly engaged them
all, and they are even now Installed."
"Well, I have had an adventure of
my own," I remarked, after expressing
my relief that she had solved the serv
ant difficulty with so much ease.
"Three gentlemen representing the
suitors' trust now maintaining head
quarters at the Trescott Arms, warned
me solemnly to keep off the grass. In
other words. I nm not to Interfere with
their designs rpon the heart of Miss
Cecilia Ilollister."
She flung open a fan, held it at arm's
length and scrutinized the daffodils
that were traced upon It.
"So they dared you?"
"So they dared me. And I took the
dare."
"Why?" -
Her eyes met mine gravely, but be
hind her pretty pout a smile lurked
delightfully.
"If I should tell you now It would be
fllrttnir. which la a Hln "
1 had Imagined, Mr. Ames, that sort ,
of thing came easy to you. But If it's
sinful, of course"-
"But you do not rule me outl You :
five me a chance"
My earnestness caused ber manner
to change suddenly. Her beautiful
gravity came like a swift falling of '
starlit twilight
I had never been so
happy as at this moment. Preposterous
as were the circumstances of my prea-
ence In the house the Juxtaposition of
Cecilia Ilollister gave me unalloyed de-
light.
"I want to serve you now, hereafter
and always." I added. "These men
can have no claim upon you greater
than that of any other man who dares!"
"No, none whatever," she replied
firmly.
"And the mystery, the whole story,
is In the littlo silver book!"
She started, flushed, and then laugh
ter visited her lips and eyes. The book
was not In her hands nor in sight any
whero, but I felt that I was on the
right track and that the little trinket
had to do with her plight and her com
pact with her nunt. Best of all. the
fact that I had chanced upon this clew
gave her happiness. There was no do-
bating that.
"You had best have a care, Mr. Ames.
You have spoken words that would be
trensonoble if thev come from me. and
I must not couutenance them."
"But you will tolerate from mo words
that you would not permit another to
speak? Do I go too fur?"
She bent her head to one side, with
the slightest inclination, ns of a rose
touched by a vogrant wind.
"If I could only half believe in you,"
6he said, "you might really serve me.
So those gentlemen warned you away!
Their presumption is certainly astound-'
Ing."
"They know nothing of the sliver .
bookl" '
'They know less than you do, and ;
yon have a good deal to learn, yoo ,
know." I
'1 am dull enough, but I have no
ambition but to read the riddle of the
sibyl's loaves. That and the laying ot
the ghost are my immediate business.
As for the gentlemen ot the Prescott,
Including my old friend Hartley Wig
gins, I am not in the least afraid of
them. My hand is robed against them
If lfs a case of the test of Ulysses over
again I'm as likely as any of them to
tiend the bow."
I thought this well spokeu, but sho
Hoemed amused, though without un-
kindness, by the earnestness of my
Bpecch.
"If your wit is equal to your valor
m may go far. But"-nnd she turned
her eyes full upon ine-" we must play
fliA crnniA nnnnrtllnf in i)t mips "
"And ns for Hartley Wiggins"-
She sat up very straight, and the
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buuuen msaain in hit iiu-b m.-iiim-u oh-.
i ne biesre
of the
Seven Suitors
By
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Copyright 1910. by Meredith Nicholson
I had "forgot ten "myealsdropplh'g" In
the clump of raspberries on the day of
my arrival. Certainly Wiggins had
been decidedly in the race then, and
my heart thumped In resentment as I
recalled her own message, or compact
of encouragement, which I had borne to
Wiggins at the Prescott Arms.
"I will tell you something, Mr. Ames.
This afternoon, ns f drove from the
station I came round by the lake mere
ly to cool my eyes on the water, and
I saw Mr. Wiggins and my sister seat
ed on a wall iu on old orchard. They
were so busily engaged that they did
not see me. At least, be did not. but
I think nezcklah did."
"Hezeklah," I answered, relieved by
the nature of her disclosure, which
could not but prejudice Wiggins' case,
"Ilezekiah Is fond of orchards. I dare
say this was the same one In which I
had a charming talk with her myself.
Doubtless she was amusing herself
with Wiggins Just ns she did with me.
Sho finds the genus homo entertain
ing." "She Is the dearest girl In the world
the sweetest, the loveliest, the bright
est. Mr. Wiggins has treated her out
rageously. He has taken advantage of
her youth and susceptible nature."
"His punishment Is sure," I answer- ,
ed complacently. "Ilezekiah laughed j
when I mentioned his name. And you .
frown today at the thought of htm."
"Aunt Octavia Is coming." she re
marked, felgnlug at once a careless air,
but I was content that she let my re
mark pass unchallenged.
Miss Octavla's entrances were always
effective. She appeared tonight charm
ingly gowned, but the bright twinkle iu
hpr tps made it clear that no matter
of dress could affect her humor or
spirit Sho greeted me, as she always
did, as though our acquaintance were
a matter of years rather than of days.
I even imagined that she seemed
pleased to And me back again. She
asked no questions as to my day's oc-
cupatlons, but as we went In to dinner
sallied forth cheerfully upon a descrlp-
tloQ of her own activities,
"After I had baked my required
Quota 01 P108 ima 1
recreation at the traps
I boy who has been pulling the string
'for me having struck work, it most
1 providentially happened that I espied
tord Arrowood hanging on the edge of
i'he mspie tangle tieyonu tue nam. i
summoned him at once nnd put bim uiaunes oi ine son mat ugnt nny
I to work managing the traps for tne. where. The stairways were all carpet-
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finding nim most efficient, ne seemea
ie:ffemeiy (lespon.ient. ana nrter i nan
' satisfied myseir that two out or three
j was not an Impossible record for one
of my years. I brought him to the
house and made tea for him. I left the
room for a moraeut I had taken him
Into the kitchen, where, during the in
cumbency of the regular cook I hardly
dare venture myself, and he made
himself comfortable quite near the
range. The pies on which I had been
engaged nil morning lay cooling near
him. I bnd composed twenty-nine
ples-I am nu excellent mathematician
ond I could not have been mistaken in
tho count. What was ray amazement
to find after his lordship's departure
' that one pie was missing!"
J "Ills lordship wos doubtless hungry,"
I smrcested. "Even nobllltv must eat.
I I passed Lord Arrowood in the high -
1 way early this morning, sitting upon
a stone, with sundrv Items of hnnrl
i baggage reposing beside hlra. I have
rarely seen nny one so depressed. Now
that the little matter M the servants
has been adjusted, we must have a
care lest tho newlv nrrlrod tilmlnnr. 1
which Providence so kindly sent to
! you today, Is not stampeded by nny fur-
thor manifestations of the troubled
spirit of the unfortunate Briton who
was hanged on tho site of tlds house."
"Mr. Ames." replied Miss Octavia
Impressively, "that matter Is entirely
In your hands."
"But if I could see the plans of this
house I should be better able to gTop
plo with his ghostshlp."
I had-thrown this out in tho hope
of eliciting some remark from her
touching the Swedish maid's visit to
Pepperton's ofllce, but Miss Octavia
met my gnzo unflinchingly.
" "You nro a clever man, Mr. Ames,
and I have every confidence that you
nt "'' solve the mystery of the
nurary cnimney, uut una ine guost
that switched off the lights on the stair
last night. 1 prefer that you should ac
complish these feats without nny help
from the plans. I myself have no sug-
gestlons. I am gratified thnt you are
meeting the emergencies thnt have oris-
Ien w w,lu so h-'u ueternunntion,
u"1 " ls w "nf 1 anouiu expect or the
; eon f Arnold Ames of Hartford. Op-
, " "' " '
find ourselves truly great, and if In the
' Thmry course of our lives the gate
"''7, ""l M'e" f i,',,''ve 11 re Justified in
: lucKinz i ue kick, v lien i ueiernnneu
- . -
to" seek ailveuturos In "my old age.'l re
solved that I should miss no elm m e
and that I should lie prepared for any
beckoning of the hand of fate. An
odd fancy tt ru k me at the bednnlmj
of my new life that Boston would some
day he the starting point of some in
teresting experience. This has not jet
developed,, but Iu order that 1 may be
prepared for anything that may occur
I keep a blue silk umbrella constantly i f
-i. . - .... .... .or
cueckcu ni uie ranter Mouse, me
presence of the little brass check In my
, purse is n constant reminder that Bos
i tou may one day call me."
A discussion of the Parker House
; umbrella followed, Cecilia and I joln
I ing, nud It proved so fruitful a topic
that it carried us to our coffee.
I Three suitors were announced a little
later, uud 1 slipped away without ex-
cuses, while Miss Octavia and Cecilia
j adjourned to the library.
j The ghost, I had sworu, should not
j battle me another night.
I As I crossed the second floor hall 1
I ll'Wnil Ilia V'u.tluli 1,1 u.alM,,,. ...
j,,, ,,,, . mv. . .. i.i.tiu Muni nuiKiuj, IV-
ward Miss Octavla's room. 1 was
somewhat anuoyed to find ou lookiug
1 over my shoulder to make sure of her
destination that she, too, had paused,
her hand on Miss Octavla's door, nud
was watching me with interest She
vanished immediately, but to throw
her off the track I went to my own
room, closed the door noisily and then
came out quickly and ran up to the
third floor.
Bassford Holllster's mysterious exit
had lingered In my mind ns the most
curious Incident of the eventful Friday
night. Having been battled In my ef
fort to get hold of the architect's
plans, my thought now was to await
in the upper part of the house a repe
tition of the various phenomena that
had so puzzled me. By the process of
exclusion 1 had eliminated nearly ev
ery plausible theory, but if the ghost
manifested himself with any sort of
periodicity (and the hour of the chim
ney's queer behavior bad been mine) 1
was now prepared to meet him in tho
regions he had chosen for his exploits.
I had n pretty accurate knowledge
by this time of the position and func
tion of all tho electric switches be
tween the lower ball and the fourth
floor, but I tested them as 1 ascended,
glancing down now and then to make
sure 1 was not observed. From the
sound of voices in the library I judged
that most of Cecilia's suitors must now
have arrived, and so much the better,
I argued, for, with Miss Octavia and
her niece fully occupied, I could tho
better carry on my ghost hunt above
stairs.
j At a quarter before 9 I switched off
the lights on the third and fourth
floors and established myself at the
, bead of the stairway and quite uear
trunk room door. This door I had
. opened, as 1 fancied that if Bossford
' Ilollister were at the bottom of the
business he would probably wish to
find lls way to the roof again. So far
1 was able to nmuage it the stage
was In readiness for the entrance of
the goblin.
The clock below struck 0. and al
most upon the last stroke I beard a
sound that set my nerves tingling. I
crouched in the dark, waiting. Some
oue was coining toward me, but from
'where? The iMittom of a well at mid-
night was not blacker than the fourth
floor, but Ihe switch lay ready to my
"'. pwm-i.i nf smncu un
. us i uue sa.u. mi jei me ran
wn iiwriii..iiK uure in-nus. nKnuy mm
with delays that suggested a furtive
purpose. Meanwhile, ns a background
for this unreality, murmurs of talk and
occasional laugbtei rose from the It
brary.
This concealed stairway, wherever It
was, could not be of Interminable
length, nnd I had counted, I think, fif
teen steps of that strange ascent when
It cenRed. I heard a fumbling as of
some one seeking n latch, and sudden
ly a light current of air swept by me,
but its clean fresh quality was not In
itself disturbing. I stooped and struck
a match smartly on the carpet and at
the same time clicked the switch
j should say that not more than ten sec-
j on(,s !)nsf,l from the moment tho soft
rusu 01 nir uau nrst aaverwsea ine
! rntog of a passage near me until the
: ha" wns floo(d with the glow of the
, eiecinc lamps overnenru. My imucu
i hn(1 0,90 Performed Its ofllce, but, find-
lug the electric current behaving Itself
normally, I blew it out. What I saw
now interested me Immensely,
In tho solid wall near the stair and
Rlmost Erectly opposite the trunk room
i a narrow door had Rwnnsr nutwnrd n
neat contrivance, so light In Its con
structlon that it still swayed on Its
concealed hinges from the touch of the
hand that had released It. now it had
opened or what had become of the
prowler who had unlatched It remain
ed to be discovered. It seemed impos
sible that whoever or whatever had
climbed the hidden stairway bad de
scended, nor had I been conscious of
a ghostly passing as oa tbe previous
night I had only mf senses to apply
to this problem, and .their efficiency
was minimized for a moment Xrj fear.
The opening in the wall engaged my
attention at once, and I was steadied by
the' thought that here was a practical
matter susceptible of Invetllgation. I
stepped 'within the door and lighted a
candle,' and just ns the wick caught
flre click went a switch somewhere and
ont went the hall lamps. But, having,
so to speak, put my foot to tho mystc'
rjou,, Btnlr x woul(1 not turn back fln(J
r continued on down the steps.
Great was my stonlshment to find
, thnt l hnd pporently stepped from n
uew ,nto ))la ll0U!)e. Xhe tnlr
treads were worn by long use,, the
p,nster wnH mt ellci0IW(1 th
' battered and cracked, and I seemed to
have HiH'P'd from the glory of Hope -
em were
..i.t i...- ... . .... . .. .
uvm imhj nmm uiui mini passage oi n
doiiiu-ITe" of uuothcr era "that l;fywithiii
or U'lieath the walls of the Manor. As
I slowly descended, holding high my
candle. I recalled, in it without a: qualm,
tln story of the llrili.sli soldier v luuii
tradition or npertiiinu linked to the
site "f Miss I Inl lister's property.
At the foot of the stair 1 found two
rooms, one on either side of a small
hull, and these also were clear! v part
an old house that seemed to be
somehow merged Into the Ilollister
mansion. 1 lemembered now that the
mansion sto si wedded against a rough
spur of in k and that the front and
rear entrances were upon different lev
els, and It wa- i onceivalile that the
ba k part of the mansion might inclose
these rooms of an earlier house occu
pying the same slie W liy I hey should
have been retailed was beyond me.
Through the arofully preserved win
dows, many pi nod and quaint, of these
hidden rooms the infolding walls of
the new house were blank and black.
One door only remained In this shell
of the old house, and I hastened to fling
It open, still lighting my way with a
candle. Before me lay the coal cellar,
at which I had merely glanced on the
morning after my installation at Hope
field. 1 now began to get my bearings.
I remembered two iron lids Iu the ce
mented surfaie of nu area on the east
side of the bouse where fuel was de
posited, and, mounting a few steps that
were of recent construction and had
evidently been built to afford communi
cation between the remnant of the old
house and the subterranean portion of
tbo new, I found to my relief and satis
faction beneath one of these openings
a short ladder,' through which the court
might be reached. Here, then, the
manner of ghostly ingress was Illus
trated by perfectly plausible means.
The lid of the coal hole was entirely
withdrawn, and a bar of moonlight lay
brlghteulng upon n pile of anthracite
at the foot of the ladder.
i J o Ho Continued. )
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everyone In use them for con
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DEATH OF J. C.
AT
From Saturday's Dally.
A message was received yester
day afternoon by A. V. White, nn
nouncing: the illness of J. C. Han-
a, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, and for his
laughter, who lias been here since
the death of Mrs. llenrv Kiken-
bary, to return home, and she de
parted on No. J last evening for
Oskaloosa. A few hours later
message was received announcing
thai Mr. llanna had passed away
nut that the daughter would in
be able to reach there iu time. Mr
llanna, iu company with a son
left here last Wednesday morning,
having been hero for the Kiken
hary funeral, and at that lime tli
gentleman appeared in the best o
health, and the message of hi
iie.uii e.iine as n vcrv seven
shock to his relatives here, who
lid not dream he was even sick
I'he funeral will occur Mondav a
his late home.
Sister Marie deialdine (if Hi
Moiniiiicaii Order of Nuns is in
Hie city for a few days lo visit
f ..: i .. . . . . ...
menus, lister lieraldine is a
former resident of this city, an
... At i f.. i -
us :nss nmrisia cagney was very
prominent in (Jatholic circles hei
before taking Ihe veil.
Wonderful Skin Salve.
Hucklen's Arnica Salve is known
everywhere as the best, reined
made for all diseases of the skin
and also for burns, bruises an
boils. Reduces inflammation an
is soothing and healing. J. T
Sossaman, publisher of News, nf
Cornelius, N. C,., writes that on
box helped his serious skin nil
menl after other remedies failei
Only 25c. Recommended by V. (
Fricke & Co.
Better than
Spanking!
Spanking will not cure children of
wetting- the bed, because It is not
babit but a dangerous disease. The C,
H. Rowan Drug Co., Dcpt B 1063,
Chicago, III, have discovered a strictly
harmless remedy for this distressing
disease and to make known Its merits
they will send a 5)c package secure!
wrepped and prepaid Absolutely Frey
o any ready of tho Journal. This,
remedy also cures frequent desire to
urinate and inability to control urine
during the night or day in oldjor young
Iheu II. Rowan Drug Co. is an 0
Reliable House. Write to them todav
! for the free medicine. Cure tho afflicted
, Inemhcrs of your family, then tell your
ut i ... . . .... .
eyimursanu irienus aooui tnis remedo
How Lincoln Managed Sumner.
Wrltinu on "The Arbitration of the
Alabama Claims" iu the Century, Colo
nel William Couant Church says:
"(.Irani had none of the tnct in deal
ing with Senator Sumner that Liucolu,
master of men. had shown in ids Inter
course with that sensitive statesman.
Sumner, who occupied roomy quarters
In ou old fashioned house diagonally
across Jackson square from the White
House, prided himself on making the
best tea In Washington. When Lin
coln had a point to gain he would
saunter across the square and ask
Sumner to make hlui a cup of 'that
eliclous tea.' The two would gossip
over their tea like two 'guld wives,'
nd not until the president rose to go
did he refer to the subject on his
mind. Then ho would say. 'Sumner.
such and such a bill Is coming up la
the senate tomorrow, and I count ukii
our support for It.'
"Had he Introduced the matter dl
rectly the natural disposition of the
Bonator to differ might have resulted
in persuading him into opposition to a
measure concerning which he bad do
determined opinions."
Fifteenth Century College Ways.
The Oxford undergraduate In the
early fifteenth century, In order to ob
tain his It. A. degree, studied the logic
of Porphyry and Boethlus, something
of Aristotle, ond enough of arithmetic
to enable him to And Easter. Three
ears more were usually spent In
studying geometry, astronomy nud as
trology. He lived in college. Ills al
lowance of mouey was 1 shilling a
week. His breakfast was a piece of
bread and a pot of beer at dawn. Ills
dinner whs eaten ot 10 in the morning.
IIo was given one suit of clothes
early. Three times a year each stu
dent was required secretly to tell the
masters of tho misbehavior of his fel
lows, who then received "competent
castlgatlon." The rules laid down by
Do WvUehain nrohlhltcd visits to tav
ems or "spectacles," the keeping of
dons, tho nlavlnir of chess and other
"noxious nnd Illicit sports, shooting
with arrows or other missiles, dancing,
running, wrestling or other incautious
ond Inordinate anmsemeuts." St
James' Gazette.
A Watch, a String and an Almanac.
Suppose you were Iu nn open boat
on the ocean with a nautical almanac,
a piece of string and a watch that had
run down nnd were entirely lguoraut
of your whereabouts. How could yon
find out where you were?
Tho question may puzzle you, but
don't put forward nn nnBwer as silly
as the following reply to the question
nn tn how nmnv times vou can sub-
tract 10 from 1,000,000: "As often ns
you like."
But to return to the boat, the watch,
tbo Btrlns and the almanac, set the
watch going. With the piece of string
measure at arm's length the distance
between tho sun and the horizon and
ascertain Its ratio to the length of the
arms. This will glvo the sun's altitude
at various times by tho watch, nnd the
latitude nnd moment of noon can be
found approximately In the same way.
New York Sun.
Holy Wart by Moslems.
There has been no universal war by
Moslems on unbelievers since the
early days of Mohammedanism. It
has been supposed thnt only the ca-
llnh. nn ofllca now claimed bv the buI-
tans of Turkev, can order a genernl
wnr or Jllind, but as the Persians and
th Mnr. who nrn Mohammedans, do
not acknowledge the spiritual autbori-
ty of the Ottoman sultan nnd look to
their own rulers for their cue in such
nn u ia n.A f it iiuiv i.nt ihem
wilt ever again bo a Jihad. Holy wars
havo been proclaimed by the niahdis,
ns was the case In the Sudan In 18H2,
when "Chinese" Gordon was murdered
nt Khartum, but there tins been no gen
eral war between the followers of tho
prophet nnd the Infidel dogs since the
early times when Mohammed wns
establishing his power. Argonaut.
Verbosity, Ocity and Osity.
Sho was a young woman, famous for
her command of tho Kngllsh language.
also equally well known for having
people follow her wishes. She visited
n friend nnd described ber plans. The
friend, made garrulous by embarrass
ment, declined to full In with the prop
osition nnd floundered around for half
nu hour In a sea of excuses und expla
nations. This was too much for the
girt with the command of language
She ended the Interview with thin
Btlnglng denunciation:
"Verbosity. Idloclty, hldeoslty!"-
Topulnr Mngazlue.
Th Surest Way,
"Is there any way you can suggest
by which we can cure her of her In
fatuation for him?"
"Oh, yes; that's easy. Just"-
"I menn without letting her marry
Bimr
"Not thnt I know of."-Houston Post.
Much In Little.
"Pop. what does multum la pnrvo
mean?" "Multum id parvo, my son, is
Latin and means-er-weil, haven t you
ever seen a fat woman la a bathing
auit?"-St Louis rost-Dlsnatcn.
Effective.
'I've got a new attachment for the
famlly plnno." said Mr. Grumbler,
"nnd it s wonderful."
"What Is It?"
"A lock nnd key."
Sensible Advice.
Bill Whnt are you carrying n enno
for? Jim -I'm having a deuce of a
tlmo for water on tho knee. Hill
Why don't you try wearing pumps?
. . .
' I.lppini'olt s
BLIND PHYSICIAN
HAS GREAT SKILL
Gets Patient's Exact Pulse
Count Without a Watch.
CAN DIAGNOSE BY-TOUCH.
Gives Exact Tempratur by Faeling
Skin and It Expert on Diseases of
Heart and Lungs Was Graduated at
Head ef His data Paid Hit Way
Through School by Canvassing.
A blind person whoso achievements
rival those of Helen Keller ls Dr.
Jacob W. Uolotin, who has been ap
pointed attending physician of the
Tuberculosis hospital at Dunning, near
Chicago. Dr. Bolotln ls the only blind
man who has ever taken a full four
year courso In medicine and passed
the present Illinois examination for
the practice of medicine and surgery.
He ls.twenty-flve years old.
Resides his qualifications for tbo
regular school of medlcluo he ls also
licensed to practice osteopathy, mas
sage and medical gymuastlcs.
Here aro a few of the wonderful
things this young man does:
Gives exact temperatures of patients
by feeling of tho skin. .
Gives exact pulse count without use
of a watch.
Diagnoses tuberculosis Infected
chests by touch.
Lectures regularly beforo students
of two medical colleges and talks for
from three to six hours without using
notes.
Makes his way
all over the city
without a guide.
lias examined over 3,500 patients for
the city and county and less thnu fifty
of them knew ho was blind.
Uses tho touch system In typewrit
ing, yet ho cannot wrlto his own name
with a pen or a pencil.
Keeps a loose ler.f book ns well ns
any business bookkeeper.
Was Typewriter Salesman.
Dr. Bolotln was graduated from tho
Illinois State Hospital For the Blind
at JacKsouvillo when he wns fourteen
yenrs old and for several years trav
eled all over tho United (states as a
typewriter salesman. j
Nobody would believe Just by look'
Ing at him tbnt he Is blind, bo Is so
different fron other blind men. His
first question to his Interviewer ls
"Are you hero for a charitable pur
I poso to help a blind man? If you are
don't come in." '
All his life be has maintained that a
blind man can do anything any other
man can do and that the hardest part
Is to overcome public prejudice and
convince others this ls true. T
Before the farewell hniulsliuke the
Interviewer Is laughing over funny
poetry and some funny stories, Just
as the nurses at Dnnnlng laugh over
"'cm every wednesaay wncu tne buna
pnysician appears, uo is a invonro
there. They mako a special apple pie
for him-nnd he's mighty fond of apple
Plo-every time bo comes.
"Yes' 1 hnve Just received word of
ray appointment." said the doctor after
h ba bot!n nn,0(1 for tn9 VoA "This
8 my retal B"c,f '
lPPJ. It has been n long, hard fight
And I want to say this of President
McCormlck of the county bonrd he
has done In one mlnuto something thnt
will benefit blind people of all time.
He hns opened another pnthway by
which the blind mny convince the pub
lic that they are Just as cnpablo ns
those who see."
Then tho physician, who Is rapidly
receiving recognition as nn expert in
heart and lung diseases, told how ho is
better off In mime ways than the aver
age mnn.
"Reads" Under the Covert.
"Why. on cold winter nights I take
a Braille system book (this has tho
touch system of reading) to bed with
me and read all night long under the
covers nnd without burning tho mid
night oil. If I care about time I need
but reach over to my tablo nnd touch
the face of the clock.
"What have I dono la medicine?
Well, during the last year I have spent
much time in the municipal tubercu
losis clinics. In fourteen months I
bnvo examined 8.500 patients, nnd less
than fifty of them know I am blind.
, "During the last nine months I have
examined every patient nt Dunning
and every one thnt has coino and gone.
I go there alone every Wednesday and
bavo learned something of half a dozen
i.nir,,nirl, from tho nntients."
I TW rtnlnfln rrn1 unfurl tmm tha Phi
Lag0 co, of Medicine and Surgery
at the bend of his class, paying bis
way by selling typewriters "on the
r0od" during vacations. Of the 000
students he could name nearly 1500
fter Bhakiuir bands with them.
, ne passed his state examinations by
tlctatlng to three stenographers.
He gives Instruction on diseases of
tho beart and lungs beforo Juniors of
jenner Medical collego and sopho-
mores 0( nerlng Medical college.
Minister Fishing. Service Delayed.
Tho pastor of n church In Middle
town, Conn., went fishing before
church time and bnd such good luck
that ho was half nn hour late In getting
back for the morning service. IIo car
ried his rod and creel to church with
him nnd put them behind a bench until
the service was ended.
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