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ONOR GRADUATE OF TORON- FFICE AND RESIDENCE A â€"â€" vvu . . - , Is completely stocked with :PARTHEAT all NEW TYPE, thus af- .’ording facilities for turning out First-class work. . . 'BERT BRIGHAM. LICENSED E M BER COLLEGE PHYSIC- Dr. T. G. Hoit, L. D. S. terms apply t9. Myers Music Method. an! THURSDAY momma EDITOR Axp PROPRIETOR. MacKay 8:. Dunn. Medical Directory. Denial Dz'rm‘on'. Miscellaneous. Lcjgal Dz’redorv. It m0 HOUSE, unmn STREET DURHAM, ONT. IS PUBLISHED MISS MARGARET GUN. Twat MO‘MO. 5t. W. F. Dvxx. agate: easwered “I do not consider it an honor to keep your work so secret until you have completed your discovery,f’ she was saying. “Then all the world will know it, and there is no special inter- est in it for me.” ' “But I have promised to tell you before any one else hears l, .. ti. I was consequently not surprised when the two drew up their horses just in front of me and led them to the spring. The doctor dismounted and held the horses while they drank in the cooling draft. The two'had been engaged in conversation, and I judged that she had been trying to extract his secret from him. ground spring, and it was quite cus- tomary for riders to give their horses 1. drink at'this place. A woodeh trough had been sunk into the ground to re- ,ceive the water and to form a drinking vessel for the beasts. The spell or the bird was do longer upon me. All my evil, crafty nature returned. The approaching riders were Dr. Squires and Miss Stetson. Not a dozen paces from me a small stream bubbled up from an under~ The noise that had frightened her came from the boots of two horses, which were cantering down the road It a rapid pace. I peered through the leaves of the bushes at the riders, and instantly all my genfle thoughts fled. When alone in the woods, I will watch the birds by the hour, finding more enjoyment therein than in the company of man, or an army of busy ants will amuse me for half a day. I Would not hurt one of these insects for anything or permit them to be dis- turbed in their work, and yet I have raised my hand against my fellow creatures, partly in self defense, it is true, to wound them or to take their lives it necessary. On this particular afternoon I walked down the country highway for some distance, and then, attracted by the song of a wood thrush, I concealed my- self in a thick clump of bushes and listened. The bird could not see me, and for a long time I lay there with my eyes halt closed listening to the sweet music of the dainty _ singer. I do not know how long I remained there entranced by this private concert, but suddenly the bird hushed its song and flew away. by mere accident, I discovered the secret of my master’s fatal illness. It happened in this wise: One afternoon when I was free for a few hours I strolled down the road toward Dr. Squires’ house, habit generally drawing my footsteps in that direction. I was in- tent upon no particular purpose. I was merely walking along for the change. I frequently like to get off by myself and lie down in the woods or on the (teen grass and think. I am a great lover of nature. The birds and grass and flowers always appeal to me. It was while speculating upon the possible methods of gifing him poison that I reached the conclusion that my master’s night visits to the doctor’s ac- counted for everything. It was at these meetings that the harm was done. I would be present at the next meet- ing or I would relinquish all claim to the possession of abilities of a certain order necessary for success in my line 0! work. I walked home, dejected and haflied. The doctor was too shrewd for me, and he had scored the first victory. Nevertheless I was not discouraged. I reasoned with sense that the man would not adopt ordinary methods to poison my master. He was too shrewd for that. Then I thought of hypoder- mic injections, which might be admin- istered while in his office. “You mean to say them is no poison many of them. 9” I asked in astonish- ment. “None whatever,” he replied. I did not believe he understood his business and probably said as much. I took them to another chemist and spent $5 more just to have a correct analysis made. The same conclusion from this man convinced me that I was mistaken. I was so confident that poison was contained in some of them that I was greatly surprised and perturbed when he told me that they were composed of harmless herbs and oils. This conclusion was reached one day when I was considerably dejected. I had been working up the case for near- ly a P‘cek, and everything seemed to point to the fact that I had made a mistake in my reasoning. I could dis- cover nothing to corroborate my suspi- cions. On that very day I had man- aged to secure the medicines my mas- ter was in the habit of taking, and, carrying them with me to the city, I had them analyzed by an expert chem- ist. Upon reflection I was satisfied that there was a strange coincidence be- tween these weekly night calls and my master‘s periodical attacks of languot and sickness. Almost every time after he had met the doctor at night he had been in bed a good part of the follow- ing day. This convinced me that the poison was administered at the doc- tor’s office and was not intrusted to his patient. I discovered that my master had a night appointment with Dr. Squires about once a week. These appoint- ments were irregular. Sometimes they were early in the week and. again. in the middle or the end. Evidently the doctor told him each time when to come again. refbrmer and was "legitimately pursu- mg a criminal whose evil genius had been directed toward the destruction of one Whom I had learned to like. It was no ordinary man that I had to fight against, and this gave more zest to my undertaking. CHAPTER X. § The two had been engaged in conrcrsw [ , tion. forget that I am close upon the great- gest di very of the age. If it suc- from harles will be a new man, tree _ ll taint ot lemrosy.” ' She shuddered and covered her tace with her hands. “Don’t go on so, my dear Miss Belle,” the doctor said in a low, winning voice. ‘Thero is hope for Charles yet. You “I know it, I know it, and I was a brute to tell you. I should have been more thoughtful. I shall never forgive myself. But, Miss Belle, believe me. I thought you .knew it all. .‘ He should have told you.” “No, no; I am glad he didn’t. How could I have been the same to him? How can I in the future?” “N 0, thank you, doctor. I will be all right in a moment. The suddenness of the news startled me.” “You must let me give you some wa- ter, Miss Belle,” the doctor said as he steadied her in the saddle. “Dismount a moment. and let me bathe your fore- head.” She swayed in her saddle, and it the doctor had not caught her she would have fallen to the ground. I could hardly contain myself. The news near- ly made me desperate. This accounted for everything. I was all wrong in my conclusions. The doctor was, after all, a good man, holding the secret of my master’s life in his possession and try- ing hard to help him. “No, I never knew What the disease was. Father never told me. Oh, can it be possible!” “Your father knew it; his father knew it; Charles knew it when he met me. I understood that both families made no secret of it among them- selves.” “That Charles had leprosy in his sys- temâ€"that he was a leper?” she said Slnwlv, “\\"ithâ€"Whyâ€"my dear Miss Belle, have I divulged any family secret?” stammerod the doctor. “Did you not know? I thought your father knew that you knew that”â€" “Whom are you experimenting With, Dr. Squires?” she repeated in the same strange voice. “My secret is already out, Miss Belle.” he added after a pause. “I am devoting my time and life to the dis- covery of a positive cure for leprosy, that most dreaded of all diseases that ever scourged a wicked world. I am On the right track. In fact, I have about perfected it, so that I will be ready to announce the results to the world in a year. There is only one thing that bothers me. I am experi- menting with this continually.” “Experimenting with whom?” The words were so hollow and un- natural that I turned my eyes from the doctor’s face to that of Miss Stet- son. I was startled at the sight. Her face was lividâ€"paler than that of any corpse. A look of horror shone from her eyes. “All right, then. I will tell you all. \Vhen I was a young man, I went to India as a surgeon in the English ar- my. There I met so many lepers that my attention was called particularly to this disease. At first they disgusted and alarmed me. Their rotting lingers and toe joints, their running sores and their emaciated bodies were so loath- some that I could hardly stay in their presence, but in time I got used to them, as we do to everything. I even found myself pitying them and won- dering if something couldn’t be done to alleviate their sufferings and even to cure and stamp out the horrible dis- ease. This was the beginning of a ea- rcer that I have studiously pursued ever since. I spent all my time in studying leprosy in its worst forms. I determined to find some remedy for it. I was limited in funds, but man‘ aged to get along by living near them. I could not exist in the same house with them. The thought of it nearly stifled me. But I could live near them and helpthem and in time perfect my discovery. “No, probably not. But I want your promise that you will never reveal it to anybody,” he persisted. “Well, you have it. I will never men- tion it until you give me permission.” The doctor watched the horses drink- ing for a few moments and then, lean- ing against the saddle of his black steed, he said: “Can you keep the secret it I divulge it to you?” “Can I? I don’t think that question is necessary.” “Nothing personal was intended, Miss Belle. I was merely uttering my re- flections aloud.” I “Woman’s impatience,” he muttered. “It has caused half the trouble in the world.” “That is unkind. I don’t like such reflections upon my sex.” “Well, then, I wish to hear it now,” she replied quickly, a bright smile re- enforcing her words. “Any number of days beforehand you wish,” he answered. There was a look of annoyance in his face at her reply. “Well. please don't do so any more.” “How long beforeâ€"one day or one In these days of fast motoring and high railway speeds it is interesting to recall that it was in July. 1829, some little time before George Stephenson had solved the problem of steam trans- port. that Sir Goldsworthy Gurney made his famous journey in a “steam carriage” from London to Bath and back. Gurney was a surgeon in Mary- lebone, greatly given to the working out of inventions in his spare time, and it took him some years to complete his first “motor” in his back yard in Al- bany street in London. He accomplish- ed the journey to and from Bath at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, and there was only one disturbing incident, when a crowd assembled at Melksham set upon the machine and, having burned their fingers, threw stones and serious ly wounded the stoker. This Gurne journey stands as the first example I locomotion by steam in England. A man is at his best when he is at- tending to his own business.â€"â€"Dallu Kev". . Wouldn’t Show. Mistress (greatly shocked)-II it pos- sible. Mary. you are making bread without having washed your hands? New Girlâ€"L01", what’s the difference, mum? It’s brown bread. The Reminder. ‘ “Mam ma." said Bennie as there came ‘ brief pause in the conversation on the part of the callers. “isn’t it time for you to ask me what I learned at the kindergarten today? If you don’t do it pretty soon I’ll forget what you told me to say. ” Peddler-Well, this one ain’t worth stealingâ€"Exchange. Merchantâ€"No; what’s the use? Whenever I buy an umbrella some. body steals it. Second Ditto (admiringly)â€"Say, old man, don’t let my Wife hear that. She’ll never let me go out with you again. One He Couldn’t Lone. Peddlerâ€"Want to buy an umbrella cheap, boss? A Desperate Character. First Henpecked Husbandâ€"Well, sir, I’ve been gone and done it. My wife wouldn’t give me the latchkey again this morning, so I took it by forceâ€"by force, do you hear me? A Silver Riddle. English tram car companies use in counting the money taken in what is called a “silver riddle.” Four or five frames are placed on the top of each other, and a given quantity of mixed silver is emptied in on to the topmost. Shake the latter and all the pieces ex- cept the half crowns Will disappear through the wire net arrangement on to the frame below. Shake frame No. 2 and everything goes through except the florins, and thus the coins are even- tually exhausted down to the three» penny pieces. The efficacy of laughter as an aid to assimilation and alimentation has passed into such a common physiolog- ical truism that no one of ordinary in- telligence needs to have the principle upon which it works elucidated for his understanding in these days of Wide- ly disseminated dietetic knowledge, The average person who is not contin- uously “in the dumps” knows from ex- perience that laughter is good for di- gestion, says What to Eat. It should be borne in mind that mirth and good cheer need not express themselves in convulsive laughter in order to influ- ence digestion. An amiable. content- ed. calm and equable temperament has marked influence upon the digestive processes without laughter. Influence of Laughter on Digestion. A few moments later they gathered up their reins and rode away. She was pale and beautiful; he was strong and robust-and exultant. There was an awkward silence. The tears stood in my own eyes, but those of. the doctor were dry and exultant. The confession, I knew. pleased him. These words from her lips would give him the clear field. He could honora- bly try to win her love. With Charles no longer a possible rival, what was there to prevent him from winning a beautiful bride and a princely fortune? “No, no; I could not. It would be a sin, a crime. And yet I loved him soâ€" I loved him, loved him!” “Not if I cured him entirely?” he asked in a voice that had :1 curious tension to it. "Not if I assured you positively that the disease would never Show itself while either of you lived?” “You me 200d, doctor. tos qnclifice so 111mb for either or both of us. Cure him by all means for his sake, not for mine. I couldâ€"no, I could never mar- ry him; I would be afraid." His words wom- intended to be en- couraging. but slw did not raise her head. Flam the- slight shuddering of herc‘ uolicnte body I knew that she was SObbiI‘". -.- gain she covered her face and sob- bed. A faint smile was visible through her tears 3‘ she looked at him and an- swered slowly: “Do net yield to this weakness. Mqu Belle,” he afidcd a moment later. "I tell you I will cure Charles. 1 can do it, and I will do it. If not for his sake. I win do it for yours.” “But you could not eradicate the {To BE coxrrzs'UED.) medz' FURNITURE Shewell «Q Lenahau UNDERTAKING PROMPT ATTENTION TO CURES GUARANTEED. N0 CURE N0 PAY. Con-ultatlon Froc. Book. oent Ftoc. (8433.1ch Write for Quantion Blank for Homo Treatment. Everything Confidential. Don’t neglect your kidnoyo. Your aching back tells the mic. Don’t let Doctors experiment on you. Drs. K. K. can cure yanif you are not beyond human aid. They guarantee to Cure or No Pay. v The New Method Treatment cures these diseases safely and surely. lo painâ€"no sufierinzâ€"no detention from business. Don’t risk Operation and rum yOur sexual organs. The stricture tissneis absorbed and can never return: Drs. K. a}: K. guarantee Cures. 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