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Billy Yonkers wrm loaning on IiIh el
bow dictating a MUr to mo, and1 I sat
by tho bedside writing down his Jerky
(Unconnected sentences reluctantly. Ho
worried me terribly and ever Blnce he
had begun to convalesce from this aw
ful ncrvoiiH prostration of IiIh. he had
bagged mo to write a letter to his
uncle. I hud1 kept him off as long as
I cop Id, and had yielded tonight only
because he hod threatened to do the
(Veed himself If I refused.
"Dear Uncle Ben:" It began. "I'm
In trouble again up to my ears and
wont n lift It Isn't money this time.
It's nerves. Doc's been doing what
you wrote about, that fancy massage
nncl BLUff, and he said ho never saw
anyone get ovr the prostration In the
time I did. but Uncle that as far as
I'vo gotten. I'm not any better than
I was a week ago, although I'm sup
posed to bo convalescent. I can't sleep,
to bpealcof, and when I do I have tho
moot horrible nightmares. 1 don't
want a prescription Uncle, only ad
vice. If I told my troubles to father,
he'd juet laugh', and send me a check
and tell mo to cheer up but i don't
need that kind of a tonic.
"You don't know how I happened to
get sick, do you? You may laugh and
say It was a girl's trick to faint, etc.,
but you would hove done It, too. The
way It all happened was this: I picked
up "Magic of the Middle Ages." I guess
I didn't notice whom It was by. Well
tha thing just took a hold of me ana
T couldn't leave it alone (it was a book
1 ovif mil nt Din llhrnrvl until I'd rond
thci thing all through. I got home too
late for dinner and the fellows Jollied
me, but I got l.antry and Stuart to help
mo got up a regular mediewil clandes
tine calling affair. They took It as a
joke then, but not later. I can toll
you.
"Wc followed the directions given in
tho book to tho letter and draped our
selves In sheets and chinked our fa(s
to a degiee beyond recognition, and
got our magic circle drawn on the flooi
with the white chalk, and "
Billy was interrupted here by a gen
tle tap on the door. I shoved the tablet
under the bed, and Hilly back against
tho pillows.
"For Heaven's sake! Shut your eyes,
man! They're just blazing," I whis
pered before I opened tho door, for
Dr. Anvers. tho college doctor. That
Individual stepped softly In. He saw
Billy's dosed lids and beamed upon me.
"Ah, so the patient Is sleeping, at
last," he whispered and wanned his
hands over the radiator In his ptofes
slonal manner.
"flood. Good! You make a splendid
nurse, Mr. l.antry," which made me
feel rather cheap, but I admitted that
"It.wfas quite a struggle," and sighed
at the remembrance of It, but I didn't
JusL specify what the struggle was
over.
Dr. Anvers tip-toed toward tho bed
He ttas over bix feet, now, In spite of
his bent form andfioventy years, and
It wap rather nwiciilpus to see his at
tempt at daintiness.' Ho felt Billy's
wrist and then stroked hla own long
beard. Then ho "humphed" a few
tlmea juid asked If the patient's tem
perature has risen) that evening. "The
pulse Is rather uneven." he said,- but
m. assured him that Billy had seemed
more like himself In the afternoon than
at any time since his sickness. So
finally, after rummaging In his bottle
case, and leaving some pellets In an en
velop, he took his departure, repeating
tho Injunctions of the morning, that
Mt. Yonkers must be kept In perfect
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quiet, and not be permitted to talk
As soon as tho door had been softly
closed and the sound of footsteps had
died away down the long corridor, Billy
wa on his elbow agialn.
"Dump that buttons out of the wlnJ
dow, and come on," ho demanded when
ho saw tho little tablets. "That man
thinks I'm still sick, Just because he
doesn't waul to stop calling. Come on
with that letter," ho repeated, but 1
mapped out the electricity.
'Not -on your life," I muttered, "do
you want to kill yourself?" and fum
bled my way towards the couch in the
corner
I hadn't sooner given Billy his rrrp
of malted milk in the morning than n
legan to beg me to go on with ij
letter
I pretended tint I couldn't find it,
until Billy declared he con... dictate
It all over again So It suddenly had
to make Its appearance. Billy is Irre
sistible when he's sick, and when he'-s
well, he makes yo.u do things against
your will by main force
I fumbled over the shoots of bloti bed
paper and hoped ngainst hope that the
doctor would (ome in for his morn
ing call, before I could find my place,
but it was not to be
"We wore just at the place where I
was telling Uncle Ben about tho night
I got sick," Billy piped out.
"Oh, yes," said I "wo drew a ring,
with white chalk, that's Just whore"
you stopped."
"Weil." Billy proceeded, propping
himself up again on his elbow, "we
made tho ring, etc., and all got in.
The book of magic said that anyone
with a hem of his garment over the
chalk lino would perish when tho oil
one and his hosts should arrive. We
decided to (all upon tho ('."'nion Main,
and had made our collection of skulls,
boner, f.ulhpur, etc , complete, and
rubbed tho phosphoiascont end of a
match over our faces and hand-j. when
1 noticed how scared the fellows wore
getting, to 1 quoted the magician's
words. "Courage, fortitude, or you
are lost" which made tho boys begin to
snicker I toll you they found out the
seriousness of it all later.
"When all was ready the lights were
turned out. 1 repeated tho martini in
cantations and at the end whispered
the sacred name, "Tenfall."
"Immediately a crash followed, and
a crackling, sputtering rod light
seemed to fill tho room and in the very
midst a sort of Mephlsto appeared in
brilliant led. l.antry was just going
to shriek out something and made a
grab for the creature, but we hold him
down and Fred1 put his hand over his
mouth. I will admit I was scared, but
I had my little Satan spool at tho end
of my tongue, so 1 was the only one
who made a wish. The creature hesi
tated a moment, and 1 thought may
be my wish was too much It was that
I might pass this semester's examina
tionsbut he finally stretched out his
rod hands and cried. "Fiat voluntas
tua," and disappeared, and with him
tho red light and the voice
"That's what's the matter with me
Thiothor follows were pretty well
shaken up, but I guess they picked me
up in pieces. It was a regular girl's
trick, I know, to take It so hard, bu
I can't help feeling that i vc sold my
self (o the Devil. Tho idea of having
the insolence. lack of piety and rev
erence to do a thltTg liko that. I don't
think I'll live. I know I don't want
to. but I'd liko a little peace of mind
befoj-e I leave this earthly sphere. I
know I've meddled with holy things
you can't call me a bad name that I
haven't already given myself but I
think I might be allowed to die a
natural death. And I feel as though
I were going crazy. Can't you run
down for a few hours, even. Now
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