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TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 1917
'His Second Self
Joaii Wentworth, a country jirl, U ra
ployed a nurse In the Southern hospital
I Avonmoutn. presided oyer ty Dr. Joliii
Janaatrr, bully, and a man of loote char
ohn
cter. She faiiita during her first operation,
and aha goes to hia houae to bra; to let her
pontlon back. To her astonishment Lancas
ter ajiprara altogether different; he ta mani
festly ill, and gentle with her. Ha ura
ahe needs a change and offera her a tem
porary poat, while her caaa ia beinf con
sidered at tha inatltute In- the hill country,
founded by hia father with the Lancaster
fund Joan (oea to Laneanter (tha name of
the hill village )and flnda a dilapidated old
building, with a colored doctor, a matron, and
a erased woman, Mri. liana, who ia lockei
in her room. There ia a auperintendent
named Myers, whom Joao dialikea. Jieit day
ahe ia aurpriaed to are Lancaster rome down
to the . Institute. She haa a quarrel with
Myera, who take her Into the iloctor'a
room and ahowa her Lancaster Insensible with
an overdoae of mornhino? Joan discovers
that be ia addicted to tha drug. Lancaster
be(a her to aid him fight the habit, and a
grim battle emuea. firat with th I...
then with Myera, whom Joan atmperta of
trying to induce I.ancaiKer to continue the
habit. I.ancaiter'a willpower la nine. Joan
wondert how ha haa managed to art hia part
at tne Avonmouth hospital. The nirlit after
her quarrel with Myera, Mra. liana (eta out
of her room. Joan awakea to find her
landing at her bediide with a knife in her
hand watching her. tthe leada her back to
her room. Lancaster, hearing the noise,
comoa op with Myera. He ia furious and
summons courare to discharge Myers. Kelt
day Myera goes away.
SEVENTH INSTALLMENT.
THK PKMOJi lUCAl'l'EARS.
Joan hurried out upon the veranda
and Mood perrlrtg under her raised
hand where tho carrlago road wound
In and out among the li Ilia. The sun
had set and It wan beginning to grow
dusk; a bat was flitting under the
eaves, and the steady downpour never
ceased. Mrs. Fraser, who hud moved
to follow the girl, went hack into Iter
room. There was a queer, troubled
pucker about her Hps, and once she
r.cnt to the door and looked intently
at Joan, vho had not stirred from
her position of f-xpttlancy.
Presently, looking out thru the
dripping trees. Joan could ana thn
buggy crawling up the hill thru thf
mini. Slowly It moved along the
road. Jenkins was driving, and there
wero two men with him, not one.
Jean recognized Lancaster; then bhe
perceived, first the hard hat, next
Myers' tict under It. '
She shuddered. The worst had
come about, then. But the last bat
tle was Joined, and undor her fears
nhe felt a hardening of her spiritual
resources. She would not falter. She
went slowly toward the top of the
three low wooden steps, and stood
there like a htatue, watching the
buggy pass up the weed grown drive
until it came to a standstill.
Lancaster and Myers were laughing
together, and as Myers saw the girl,
he said pomcthtng. and the other
threw back his head In merriment.
Myers was the first to descend. He
raised his hat to Jonn and grinned.
"The doctor's corn back quite safe,
you see," ho said, "and feeling fine
asain."
Joan hardly noticed the man; she
u bracing herself to bear what was
to come. f
lincaster trot oat; snrl Jenkins,
contrary to his custom, lashed the
horse violently and drove rupldly
away. Myers and Lancaster came up
"the steps of tho porch together. Now
Ianc.aster was raising his hat in turn,
and under It was the face of the
smirking bully of the operating the
ater rt the Avonmouth hospital.
"Well, little-runawuy, I'm back, you
see," he said, with a leer at Joan;
and Myers chuckled.
Joan stood aghast, looking at T-n-castor.
He had the look of a man
possessed by a devil, as the matron
had said. If this was the man she
loved, St was tho departed soul she
loved, not the soul within this same
- body. Bhe could only stare at him,
Incapable of speech or movement,
while Lar.caster went on:
"Well, I had a fine trip to Avor:
mouth, my dear, and I hurried back
as fast as I could, to see you. I
couldn't stay away from you very
long Joan, after you saved my life.
And, I persuaded Mr. Myers to return
with me. We're all going to be good
friends. Mrs. Fraser! Mrs. Fraser!
Where the devil are you?" he bawled.
Mrs. Frasor's frightened face ap
peared at the door. "Here, sir!", she
Stammered. " .
"Ja supper ready? If so, we 11 all
eat together."
"It's waiUng, sir. I'll lay another
place,-' said tho matron.
"Good! Then -we'll go in.
What
Don't Avoid Corns
But Don't Keep Them
With dainty footwear, eorfii
can hardly be avotdad. But
they matter Utile when you
know the war to and them.
As soon at a com starts, attach
a Blue-Jay and forget It. The
corn will never pain. In two
days, if It ta a new corn, It wilt
disappear. Sometimes old coma
oetd a second application.
It Is almost at
simple at re
moving a dirt
spot. Blue-Jsy
It applUd In a
Bffy. It fltt tht
Mop Pain
toaUktagiovt.
When won r
MAWA In 41
Ead Corns!
tic Package
BAUER A BLACKJWaWaaJargiM
How Blue-jay Acts
A
s Is a tata. soft a wbi aw pa vaa '
sJIaHaa tks araaaara.
a
do you say, Joan, darling? 'Aren't
you slad to see me??" he asked, link
ing his arm in the girl's and advanc
ing his fuce within a few inches of
hers.
Ho pulled her toward the door,
thru which Myers had already pre
ceded them. But at the door Joan
found her voice. She pulled herself
away "Doctor Lancasterl" she
gasped.
"Yes, my dear?"
..,V.What ha" happened? What Is
It?" she cried, wildly.
He bent toward her and kissed her.
It s the sight of you, little Joan
wentworth," he said. "My you do
look a stunner tonight."
With a sob Joan tore herself away
from him and ran upstairs at the top
of her speed. She was choking with
grief and shame. Hard-as she ran.
she knew her fllht was an incen
tive to Lancaster to follow her. Ho
went after her as fast as he could,
and as she slammed the door of her
room his hand was on the knob out
side. She was Just too late to turn
the key. "
"Joan! Joan! Open the door and
don't act like a little fool!" he
shouted. "What's tho matter with
you? Ain't you glad I've come back?
Say, I've got a half dozen bottles of
the fizzy stuff in my bag, and we
three will make a night of It."
"Ho away!" cried Joan, hysteri
cally, ieave me alone, please Doc
tor lAticaster."
'The devil!" shouted the other, and
wt his shoulder to the door. It
crashed open sending the girl stag
gering into tnav-centcr of the room.
Lancaster stood before her, with evil,
angry, mocking face.
"See here, new," he began, as Joan
retreated slowly before him, looking
at him In fascinated horror, "I guess
this Is a sort of misunderstanding, isn't
It, Joan? You haven't turned against
me since I left here yesterday?
There's none of these spry, young
farm hands about here hus cut me
out, eh, dearie??"
"Oh, won't you please leave me"
pleaded Joan. "Try to remember
how how different you were yester
day." "That's true!" he swore. "I'm dif
ferent now. I was a sanctimonious
mug yesterday. I'm. in my right mind
today. It gave me the blue creeps,
being cooped up here in this God
forsaken place. I tell you, Joan, now
that I've had enough good liquor to
soak that morphine out of my sys
tem, I'm feeling like a king. Say
no-, come down to supper, like a
good little girl, and we'll have a great
time together. Myers"" doesn't bear
any ill-feeling. And we'll put him
out after a while and finish up the
bottles ourselves. And say "
He was advancing tow id her with
Mb arms outstretched. Joan sprang
back to the washatand and snatched
up the half-filled pitcher, with such
an evident determination to defend
herself with it that the man fell back
rcowllng.
, "Joan, don't be a little Jarkass."
he shouted., angrily. , "I know that
you mean when you look at me like
that. You think you're above being
Jully and sociable Just because I
dbn't choose to stand on my dignity
tonight. Did you expect me to go
about always looking like a sanc
tified mummy, as I did when I was
111?'
"Listen, Doctor Lancaster," panted
the girl. "I am not going to Judge
you by what you are saying now.
Leave me, and tomorrow, if you are
yourself, I shall be willing to hear
your explanation, because I know it Is
not your better self that ia speaking.
Iave my room now, please, imme
diately!" The man glared at her; but he was
dominated, in spite of himself, by
her courage and apparent calmness.
"Well, I'm not going to fight with
vou before I've had my supper," he
answered. "You think things over,
and in a little while I guess you'll
see them in a different light. You
can't fool me with those mock airs
and graces, dearie. I've seen them
In women before. Used to believe in
them once, too, till I found it meant
that it was going to cost me more in
the end. You come down and act
straight, Joan see??"
He slammed the door viciously be
hind him. Joan fell upon her knees
beside the bed. There, tearless, but
shaken with her grief, she poured out
a wild ptayer for the lost soul of the
rnan. This was worse than anything
hours tht whole com ia dont
for. Blue-lay it a tclentlflc
method. A noted chemist in
vented It, and a famous labors- ,
tory prepares It. I
It It not massy, It it not harsh.
It centers action on tht com
alone, to it doesn't lead to sore
ness. And h it sure No com
can resist It. Its millions of nsera
hart no dread
f coma.
For your own
take, prove It
n ont com.
Ba how easily
thett kilt-Jora
can bo ended.
Blue -jay
Corn Plaster
InstaaUr
i Completely
al Drofflsta
Driiu: aU.ChUa NawYatw
B la ke BaS , vUoa seaMr ast
Im aha vara. Daaallr.lt Utaa ami
basatoeastMsonaeaaslateli. x
Clai
tick sslaha vttaaat
m4 U Ua aa4 aaiaaa
Wtas. Itaeaaaasa
a plaaaor amat aA
Blaa-lar U mile ta S flT slW taas.
SM aaaa't fkal ta an. Tha i
Snatla. aa4 apaltaa tttea
iwnaeaiaoi
she could have divined. Better by
fa&. that he had returned as on that
earlier day, drugged and posseaoed by
the morphlno spirit, than In the
chains of this devil. Better that he
had died. For Lancaster, even when
the shifty, false, lying drug; fiend
was in control of him, had never
been vicious and vile like this before.
And yet this was the John Lan
caster of the Southern hospital. It
was the traditional Lancaster in his
hour of relaxation. He treated
women shamefully, as the gossiping
nurse had said, Joan had never been
in fear of physical harm as she was
now. She rose from her knees, look
ing wildly about her. Then she heard
footsteps outside. and she sprang
"back across the room.
Hut it was only the matron. Mrs.
Fraser cast a scared glance at her
and ran forward. "What did he say
Trr-vou?" "ho cried.
"Who Is he? Who Is he?" wnis-
Eered Joan. "Ho is not the John
an'ifirter I know."
"I don't know. Heaven help me if
I know what has changed him!" Mrs.
Fraser cried. "It is what 1 was tell
ing you about this afternoon. Twice
or three times before he has come
back from Avonmouth like this. He's
corr.e back like this, acting as If the
devil had his soul. What are you
going to do?"
"I am afraid of him. I dare not
stay here. Where Shall I go?" cried
Joan, losing all self-control.
In the midst of her terror Joan
suddenly realized that the look upon
the matron's face was the same as
on her first night, when they had
held a brief conversation in the same
room.'
v For a moment Mrs. Fraser did not
answer her. The women drew to
gether, listening. They were having
supper below, conversing in boister
ous tones and laughing loudly. Joan
heard her own name spoken, and a
renewed outburst of mirth followed.
"Mrs. Fraser," siitd Joan, "the
Doctor Lancaster whom I respect and
honor is not in that man's body. I
am going away. I am going at once.
I shall ask Doctor Jenkins to protect
me until tomorrow. He la a gentle
man: he will do so."
"Vou can't go thru this storm,
erclalmed the other, and as she spoke
Joan realized that the wind had risen
to a hurricane and the boughs
creaked and snapped like pistol
shots "You must stay here tonight.
Stay with me und I" swear he shall
nri YttrXt vnti I.onk at this!"
She pulled a revolver from beneath
hup nnron nn d hanued it to Joan.
"I've kept that ever since the last
time he came back like this, when he
went raving among the patients, tniu
with liquor. That was the end or tne
institution He frightened a sick gin
almost to death. Use It on him if you
miiKt imn U. because it won t be nun
you'll kill, but the devel that's got
him
uum ttlmnar Incoherent' w:th
four ami excitement. Joan Cook the
revolver ind slipped (t Into the pocket
of her uniform. Odoiy enousn, sne
felt that the Incaster of that evening
had so grossly wronged the Ijincaster
of earlier days that to kill him would
be to avenge an Intolerable outrage.
She hated him with all the intensity of
which her heart was capable, hated
him for the wrong he hnd done him
self the outrage of their love; and
under the hate the flame of the love
she had borne burned pure and cleat.
It was long since dark, but me inir
had not lit the lamp outside Mra
Dana's door, near the head of tho
stairs. The moon had not yet rsen.
The women crept cautiously along
the hall.
Lancaster and the secretary vret
In Myers' room. The door wag open.
Joan heard a cork fly with a bang,
and the gurgle of champagne in the
glasses. Their voices were raised high
and there came the sound of a seuriie.
'Sit down!" tho secretary was cry
lng. "Do you want to be a fool and
spoil everything? Leave her alone
until tomorrow."
"I'm damned If I do: ' cried Lan
caster. "Walt a minute. Listen to me. You
agreed to come back here and put her
out. Why don't you do it now?"
Lancaster laughed coarsely. -
cause she's too damned pretty,
Myers," he answered.
"It's the drink in you. She Isn i
better looking than any average
woman In Avonmouth. See here no,
are you going to bust up the game
nn are von not?"
"I'll show you!" shouted Lancaster,
breaking from Myers" grasp and rush
lug from the room.
He met tne women ai m sooi n
the stairs. Ills face was flushed, his
hair disordered, his manner maniacal.
Yon aneak. what are you butting
into this show for?" he demanded ot
Mrs. Fraser.
The matron, cowed by his violence,
trembled. Bhe tried to pull Joan
tcward her room; then caught her eye
nd made the sliKhtlng gesture inaica-
tlvo of shooting. Lancaster raised his
fist threateningly.
The matron did not lift a linger to
defend herself. Phe' stood quite calm
ly, awaiting the expected blow. Per
haps It was some -atavistic trait In
herited thru generations of downtrod.
den ancestors; ana yet, servile anno
it rnlsht have been, the look on tht
woman's face was almost-herolcal.
The man let h s fist fan; ne aeizeu
the matron hv the shoulders and push
ed her back Into her room. He turned
the key in the lock and put It In his
pocket.
That si seuiea, l recaon, ne saui,
With satisfaction.
Joan's hand went Into ner pocKei.
Her fingers closed about the revolver
handle. But at that moment the sec
retary, who had come out of his room.
vi'or.r nn tn Tjineaster. l
"See here, now," ne oegan to
remonstrate, "have a little sense, doc
tor. If you are bent on busting every
thing up, you and I part company."
The other turned on him with a
menacing gesture that Myers flung
up his hands In despair and went back
Into his room. Joan stood facing the
doctor alone. At that moment her
decision was nearly ripened, ana sn
felt conscious of no fear of him ai an.
If he attempted violence sne knew
what she would do. But he did not
lay hands on her. He stood leaning
against the newel-post at the foot of
the stairs, watching her face.
"Joarr, I guess you and I are old
enough to understand each other," ho
said. "Maybe I've been a bit rough.
I was so glad to see araln that L may
have let my feelings get the better
of me. Now Just explain to me, like
a sensible girl, what it Is that has
changed you. Is It because I've come
back jolly Instead of like a sick man
Tou were nlca enough to ma yester
day. You liked me; you know you
did. I fired Mysrs to please you. Now
I've brought him back to patch things
up, and you shrink from me. What's
the matter with you? Do you want
Myers to fo? Will you act differently
If I kick him out right away? Bay
the word and I'll do It, Joan."
Joan was searching hit eyes for tht
ltaat sign of the man the had known,
and n brokt off, scowling and wme-
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ing under her stare. Above his words
was the sound of the beating rain, the
lashing wind; and from within tne
matron's room Joan heard Mrs. Fra
ser crying in prayer:
"Oh, Lord, save her!" she walled.
"Save that girl this night, O Ijord,
from the devil! Save her! Save her,
O Lord!"
"Maybe I got you wrong," contin
ued the doctor. "But if I did. x an,
you who's to blame? Didn't yoa
come to me at my house in Avon
mouth and ask for vour Job bare..'
Weren't you as sweet as sugar when
you wanted someming uui us .
And didn't you agree to come up here
to work lor mei wen, wnai s tne in
ference, then? You can have your
Job back if you want it. Hut I can
do better by you than that. You're
too pretty for a nurse's Job. and I told
you so that day you turned on me
In the theater like a wildcat, inow,
then, It's up to you. Your nurn,
partner!"
"What do you mean by all that?"
nsked Joan, "What do you wish me
to do?'
He gave a gratified grin. "Now
you're talking sense, my dear," he an
swered. "Live up to your promise,
that's all. A nod's as good as a wink,
and you can't fool me with your pre
tenses. I've seen enough of women
in my life to know that they're all the
same. You know why I gave you this
Job here. Don't try to pretend it was
because you are g'ich a clever nUr. t
reckon that if I'd .wanted a nurse
I could have gone no further and
found a better one. IJve up to your
agreement and don't be a little cheat.
That's all you've got to do."
Joan tried to push past him, but
ho remained at the foot of the stairs,
blocking her way.
"Let me pass, please!" she cried.
"I'm going to leave the Institute at
once."
"Without your hat?" he.aiieered.
"Let me pass at once!",
"Well. T reckon I can't stop yuu,
he rejoined. "Just one word more,
tho. Do you realize your situation 1
Do you know what people will sa
when you go to them with crazy
stories about me? Nobody will thin
you came down here to the notorious
John Iinciister after he'd fired you
Just because vou were such a won
derful nurse that he couldn't do with
out you. What sort of reputation do
vou expect to have In Avonmoi.mT
You can go, but, you won't go there.
Not bark to Avonmouth, understand
that well. I'll hound you out of the
town, you little double-crosser!"
For the first time Joan felt her
spirit begin to shrink from the ordeal.
She was cowed, she was almost help
less ns If ho had used physical vio
lence toward her. And thru the bane,
ful dream sho was aware that Myers
had come out of his room and was
watching tho scene from the enrt oi
the hall, wearing n smug, complacent
smile. Myers was getting hiHvay and
having his revenge in one.
.And because the situation was too
horrible for belter, Joan couiu remrm.
,.. nnir thn Ijincaster of yesterday,
Sho run to the man and caught him by
the arms, and looked Into his raoo
with pathetic earnestness.
"I'm going to stay, John!" she cried.
-My faith Is stronger than that I
remember what you- have said to me,
n.i t Mmemhpr m v nromlse to
Some day vou will come to yourself
end everything will be clear. I shall
rail tn the John Lancaster I know ;
against the man who claims to be
he and Is not."
"AVhat do you mean?" shouted the
her. "Whom do you take me for?" ,
otb
"You are not the John Lanostor
Who won my love," cried Joan, with
an impassioned gesture. "Let your
vott..r elf hear nnd understand me.
You asked me to stay and fight your
battle with you, and nothing
snaii
drive me from vou till you tell me to
go- and not even that; nothing shall
make me falter till I have won yo-
again." I
The man's eyes blazed. "You're
right; you're dead right there, Joan!
he cried, and caught her in his arms.
He pressed his lips to hers.
She' struggled wildly in his grasp.
"liCt me go!" she panted. But Sin.
could not free he,rself. Bhe screamed
The matron's voice shrieked thru the
door. "Shoot him!" she cried. "noo.
him dead! Shoot him!"
Joan wrenched her arm free .
struck at the man, but he pinioned
It again.
"I've got you, Joan!" he cried tri
umphantly, "and nothing uncTiT
heaven shall make me let you go."
Held as she was, Joan got her fin
gers Into her pocket. She thrust It
upward Into the man's face. He re
colled with an oath, squinting at the
weapon, his Tace convulsed. And in
that moment knowledge came to Joan
Wentworth.
"You are not John Lancaster!" she
As she spoke they heard thrfiound
of halting footsteps n the porth. 'J im
dcor swung slowly open. Joan's hand
dropped to her side, she slid the-revolver
mechanically Into hers pocket;
she tried to cry but could not.
Upon the threshold of the door,
looking out with a wry, distorted grin
on his pale Hps, was the man who had
held her. And on the thresnoio,
looking In. with eyes drug-clouded,
swaying and clutching at the door pil
lars to support himself upright, was
the John Lancaster of yesterday. Anu
even Joan, with a her love and hate,
could not have told the one man from
the other. f
But with a cry she ran to Iancaa-
ter and caught at him, and felt his
arms about her:
,
It seemed to Joan, long afterwans.
like some dreadful picture; the sway
ing man upon the threshold, to whom
she clung and his double within; and
then the rasping voice of Myers broke
the long silence.
"Well, well." said the secretar
rubbing his hands together, "here's a
pretty kettle of fish. It win all have
in come out ow."
The Lancaster within tne door
turned his eyfs from Joan to Myers:
his pssslon and rage had frosen into
malevolence.
"Don't put the blame on me,"-said
Myers acidly. "I warned you to get
rid of her." , ,
John iAncaster advanced into the
hall. His double, who had drawn
back a pact or two, stood watcnlng
his efforts to steady himself with a
scornful smile. Joan put her hantv
on her lover's arms; it seemed unbear.
able that he should display hit weak
ness for them to mock at -
But then, glancing Into hit fact ,sht
sew that, weak as he was, and morphine-ridden,
too, It was John iAn
caster himself, virile In personality
anil mind, who had come back.
Lancaster's double turned fiercely
upon tht secretary. "
"Yes. it It a pretty kettle of fish."
tie retorted, "and It's going to bt fried.
WaMl hart this out tonight Curst
! you, why didn't you stay hero at your
post Instead of running to mo? Wcrs
you afraid of this girl?'
"Who la this?" Joan asked Lancas
ter. "My half-brother and my evil
spirit," he answered.
"Why don't you order him to go".
Why don't you order them both to
goV
"Because," replied the other, sneer
ing, "John I-ancnster sold me his
birthright for a mess of pottage
morphine pottage. That's why. He
cause It Is. I whom the world knows
as John I Ancestor, and not that out
cast who has sunk so low that he
sold his very name for drugs."
"That is a lie," said Lancaster.
"You stole my name. You devil, you
have robbed me of my manhood these
four years past."
"Gentlemen," cried the secretary,
"we've got to talk this matter over,
and this Isn't the place. If the as-
mcnt has worked any Injustice to
Doctor Ijincaster, no doubt it ran be
readjusted. It Is clear that we've go
to come to a sensible understanding.
Let's face the facta Itke men and am
It over tn the doctor's room. And this
girl had better go upstairs," ho added.
"Miss Wentworth stays with me,"
said Lancaster.
The double and the secretary ex
changed Ironical glances. It was evi
dent that they did not feel them
selves to ho in the position of traip
conspirators.
"Doctor Incaster, If you ennnot
order them to leave, is it necessary
thnt vou should be drawn into a dis
cussion now?" Joan asked.
"Yes, It Is necessary," said Incns
ter. "I'll fight this thing with Lawso,.
to a finish tonight"
"IawboiiT"
"I believe that I am I,awson," said
tanenster's half-brother, with an
Ironical bow.
They went toward iAneaster's
room. Joan percelvod now that thi
doctor's weakness was purely a
physical one; he dragged his llmha
slightly, the curious rewult of the
morphine poisoning that sho had
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confident In that belief. Myers closed
the door behind them and placed his
thickset body In front of it. It was
astonishing to see how Ijincaster
braced himself for the ordeal. lie
drew himself tip. standing erect, aim
faced tho others. l
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said Luwson mockingly. ''At least, I
understand that the proposal to re
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"Joan. I owe vou an explanation,"
said Incaster, turning toward the
girl. "This morning, after I hun op
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should be mine," he added with sud
den vehemence. "I was told t was an
urgent case. I found these men there.
They drew mo into an argumont and
in tne heat or it Myers piuimeu a
r.eedleful of Morphine into my hi in.
"To quiet you, because you were
becoming violent and Injuring your
self," sneered the secretary. "es, I
did, and I left you in good hands."
."They left me senseless in the con
sulting room, but I managed to force
my limbs to obey my will. John Lan
caster nua still a uttie more win
power than they had counted on.
And John Lancaster's name wit
enough to conjure up a special train
this afternoon, tho they hud robbed
him of his money."
"Your $7 was left In the care of
the servant," Interposed Lawson.
"Don't be cynical and childish, John.
As for the hypodermic that Myers
gave you, It was under my Instruc
tions, and 1 accept full responsibility
for the action.".
Jonn put her hands on Iancastcr's
shoulders. "That Is all you need to
tell me." she said quietly. "I knew
you had been trapped by them. I
never doubted you."
Ijincuater's eyes blazed. "No I am
going to tell you everything," he an
swered. "Uetter not, John," said Iawsoii.
"You'll find It difficult to separate
your hallucinations from the sub
stratum of fact which they contain."
"O let him talk," said Myers. "Let's
hear the worst he has been storing up
against us. Let him get his visions
out of his system and maybe ho'll
feel better."
'tflght years ugu," said I,ancaster,
"I was a man respected In Avon
month and everywhere thruout the
south. Then a domestic trouble over
trok mo. You know what that was,
Joan. It broke me down. I could not
cope with life, I lost my grip on
reality, gave up my work "
"Yes, John, now we're getting at
the truth," interposed lyiwson bitter
ly. "You, the honored heud of the
Southern hospitaj. became a common
tramp and wandered about the coun
try with hoboes, and I have been liv
ing down your reputation for you. Go
on, John. Don't skip the interesting
parts."
"I shall skip nothing. The womati
I was to have married left me the evo
nlng before, and disappeared with an
other man. Had he been free to
marry her she would have had no
need to escape is secrecy. I gave tip
my work. I hunted them thru the
southern states. My mind was ob
sessed with the Idea of redeeming my
honor. If I had found tnem I should
have killed him. They knew It. an.
they fled before me. I gave them in
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"You'll permit mo to correct your
memory on that point, John," saia
Lawson suavely. "For five years you
wandered among trumps and hoboes,
to the scandal of your former frlenoni
thinking that you wt.re looking for
your fiancee, but actually doing your
searching in morphine visions. Such
delusions of phenomenal activity are
a recognized symptom of your dis
ease. De Qulncey Imagined thm no
visited every corner of the earth while
lying at home in an opium stupor."
"I never touched morphine until
you gave it to me," said Lancaster.
"That delusion la part of your dis
ease. No, John, you may have
searched the suburban districts of
Avonmouth, but you can't have gone
far, because every few months yuu
would turn up at the Institute, looking
shabbier and more disreputable on
each occasion, and more and more
morphine soaked. And every time s
tried to sot you up" and help you, I
was sorrv for you, and you knew It
nnd trailed upon my pity; I was
shamed by you, and you knew thai
and traded upon my shame."
Lancaster hung his head; Joan laid
her hand lightly on his, and after that
ho continued to return Lawson's gaz
Steadfastly,
"I went to you. Jim Lawson," he
said, "bnrause I had placed you In
charge of the Institute when I elected
to head the other branch of the trust
fund, the Avonmouth hospital. I had
given yoH the charge here because
yon were "
"Your Illegitimate half-brotner. '
said lawson bluntly. "We are not
mincing ogr words. Because you
robbed me of my own blrthrlgnt as
your elder brother, by reason of the
fact that my mother was not legally
married to our father. Yes, go on."
"At last, Joan, I was broken aown
completely," continued Lancaster. "It
was a monomania, thnt search of
mine, as I came to understand after- '
ward, a perverted pride that hail
eaten Into my heart and left no place
for other thots. But I did not become
addicted to morphine until this mam
urgod It upon me, under the guise oi
medical rare. And even then 1 could
have broken off the habit at any time,
but I hd no heart to, and It gave m
rellV from thots that tortured me."
"So they nil think," said Lawson.
' (To be continued.)
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