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his ¢ ment for myself and maid.” “That is very good. butâ€"~Mademoi~ selle Duval is necessary for the preâ€" sent. Will you come in?” She followed the doctor into Monsieur Covington‘s room. There the odor of ether hung still heavier. She heard him muttering a name. She listened to catch it. _ “Efihnrt.” he called. “Oh. Ed- “Nothing more," Dr. Marcellin as- sured hC-l‘. .“If you will come in I will give you your instructions. Mademoiselle Duval will soon be here.” “Is she necessary?" induired Mar- jory. “I have engaggd the next apartâ€" hart “Of course,” she added, “I shall serve as his nurse." “Good,” he nodded. But he added, having had some ex- Vrience with fiancees as nurses:â€" “Of course I shall have for a week my own nurse also but I shall be glad of your assistance. Thisâ€"erâ€"~was an accident?” She nodded. “He was trying to save a foolish friend from killing himself.” “I understand.” ‘ _ :‘_l_\’nthing more need be said about and re'n'mye it cape for h1m . ‘ “I am ME Covington’s fiancee-â€"Miss Stockton,” she said at once. “You will tell me the truth?” _ After one glance at. her eyes Dr. Marcellin was willing to tell the truth. “It is an ugly bullet wound in his shoulder,” he said. “It is not serious?" “Such things are always serious. Luckily, I was able to find the bullet and rgqufe it. It was a narrow esâ€" “Marie,” she said, “you may return and finish packing my trunks. Please bring them here.” “Here?” queried Marie. 3‘, “Here,” answered Marjory. She turned to the clerk. / ‘ “Take me upstairs at once.” 4 ‘ There was a strong smell of ether in the hall outside the door of Monte Covington’s room. It made her sp for a moment. It seemed to ma '6‘ concrete What, after all, had until this moment. been more 01' less vague. It . was like fiction suddenly made true. ' That pungent odor was a grim realâ€" 3 ity. So was that blackâ€"bearded Dr. Z Marcellin, who. leaving his patient in . the hands of his assistant, came to the 1 door wiping his hands upon a towel. “I am Mr. Covington’s fianceenMiss Stockton,” she said at once. “You': “I can give mademoiselle apart- ments adjoining." said the clerk eagerly. “Then do 50." She signed her name in the register, and beckoned for Marie. said. “But, first-can you give me apartments on the same floor,â€"for myself and maid? 14am his fiancee," she informed him. ed Where and went “Are you sure the surgeon has not gone?” she asked. . "Very sure,” answered the clerk. “He has just sent out for a nurse to remain with monsicur.” “A nurse?” repeated Marjory. “The doctor says Monsieur Caving- ton :» (/f" .556 1*" ge/gycigé’zgggélf / M CHAPTER VI.â€"-(Cont'd.) I “_But certainh not," answered the She must have been a fool not to nurse. “Monsicur is to 1.: very qu1et uqderspand that something was wrong and SleeP-" gig) hngthi rgore so because only a! “I can't sleep.” mmu es e ore that he had stood" uperha ~‘t :1 - . . : ps 1 \u 1 help monSIeur to be before her w1th hls cheeks a deep red, quiet if he knows his fiancee is in the his bo ' v ' ~ ‘ brightdy firm, hlS eyes Clem and1 next worm" - : ‘Iunmnnd-nvflu “Ida onnnnnnnmnni' nn‘ must not be left alone.” ‘It’s as badâ€"as that?” question- Max‘jory. I I do not know.” ‘ I must see the doctor at onCe," she 1. “But, firstâ€"'can you give me was maaemmseue appeared (I, again placing her hand neck, low'ered him once pillow. the light, will you ?" 1‘e~ s the surgeon? She rose the clerk. ' sure the suggeon has not asked. Shot burning was not was. So This she looked whiter than usfml, but she has very beautiful. - There was something about her that distinguished her from other women â€"â€"from this nurse woman, for ex- ample, who was the only other woman with whom it was possible to com- pare her in a like situation. With one hand resting on the door, her chin well up, she looked more than ever like Her Royal Highness Something or Other. She was dressed in some- thing white and light and flufi'y, like the gowns he used to see on Class pay. Around her white throat there was a narrow band of black velvet. “I didr she said . It was fighter. /It might well ‘be possible to place a bullet through the heart of such a man without greatly discom- moding him.” ment. After they had gone out, Marjory came in. She hesitated at the door a moment, perhaps to make sure that he was awake; perhaps to make sure that she herself was awake. Monte, from the ,bed, could see her better than she could see him. He thought she looked whiter than usfial, but she “I do not know,” answered the nurse. “Do you mind finding out for me '2” “If monsieur will promise to sleep after that." , . . “How'can a man promise to sleep?” Even under normal conditions, that was a foolish thing to promise. But when a man was experiencing brand- new sensationsâ€"the sensations of be- ing engagedâ€"it was quite impossible to‘r_n_ake_such a promise. to talk." “I will do that," agreed Monte; She came back and reported that m emoiselle was sitting up, and beg- ge to present her regards and ex- press the hope that he was resting comfortably . Still, he did not ‘like to think that. She was too true blueth quit a friend. It Would be more like her to come anyway. He remembered how she had stood by that old aunt to the end. She would be standing by her ~to-day were she alive. “Is Mademoiselle Stockton sitting upâ€"there in the next room?" No, he was not sleeping; but he did not mind now the pain in his shoulder. She had annqunced herself as his fiancee. Well, technically, she was. He had asked her to marry him, and she had accepted. At the time he had not seen much farther ahead than the next few minutes; and even then had not foreseen what was to happen in those féw minutes. The proposal had given him his right to talk to‘ Hamilton, and her acceptanceâ€"â€"well,Il it had given Marjory her right. to be’ ere. “Is she in there now?" Monte call- ed to the nurse in the dark. “Certainly, monsieur. But I thought you Were s}eeping‘.’f “Was that she who came in and whispered to you '2” “Yes, monsieur.” Monte remained quiet after that-â€" but he was not sleeping. He was thinking. éfi‘ect and sleep." “I can't sleep." “Perhaps it will help monsieur to be quiet if he knows his fiancee is in the next room." Momentarin this announcement ap- peared to, have directly the opposite “Good-morning, Marjory," he call S] Mgnsjeur can-at least promise not game as if J“ hit with some reser possible to com- situation. With the door, her chin more than ever rhness Something dressed in some- 1t and flufi'y, like 1 Were 9 her here In Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt, there was a celebrated acad- ‘emy one of the rules of whichâ€"â€"-“Mem- lbers will meditate much; write little, ’and talk the least possible’Lâ€"might Well head the list of qualifications for admission to the modern “Hall of Fame." The institution was known as [“The Silent Academy”; and there was inot a person of any literary distinction iin Egypt who was not ambitious to be- come a member. Much chagrined at the less of Ak- med, the members of the acad'emy were puzzled as to the best mode of telling him of the failure of his appli- cation, when th president hit. upon this expedient: lie filled a goblet with water so full that a single drop more would have caused it to overflow. Then he ordered the candidate to be intro- duced. the column where he had written his name he traced the number 100, re- presenting the academicians and the number to which they had been limitâ€" ed. Then, placing a cipher’ before the figure 1 (thus, 0100), he wrote underâ€" neath: "Their number .has been neither the figure ceded the Akmed entered the hall, where the academicians were all assembled. The president rose and without a word pointed ofit to him, with a gesture of regret, the token of his exclusion. The‘young Egyptian smilt the least disconcerted. Pi( rose leaf, he placed it on t] of the water so gently that without causing an overflow This ingenious and intell sponse won the members to a man. They handed Akmed their registry of names, and he inscribed his own name at the end. It remained then for him to pronounce, according to custom, an address of thanks. On the margin of A crowd of gossiping loungers in the portico speedily gathered round the stranger and plied him with a mu]â€" titude of questions. WithOut a word in reply, Akmed, approaching one of the ushers, placed in his hands a letâ€" ter addressed to the president of the august institution. It ran: The usher delivered the letter at once; but Akmed and his application had arrived too late. The place was already filled. By a system of man- agement, which even ancient academ- ies sometimes foumLirresistible, the favorite candidate of a certain rich man had been elected, a glib and gar- ruloils pretender. “Johnny,” said the teacher, “you must stay in after school and learn the names of all the Mexican presid- ants and all the German chandellors sincé 1914.” “Akmed humbly solicits the vacant place." . ‘ Akmed, a young Egyptian of great erudition and exquisite judgment, was the author of a treatise entitled The Art of Brevity. It was a masterpiece of condensation and precision, and he was laboring to compress it still more when he learned in his country seclu- sion that there was a place vacant in the academy. He promptly presented himself as a candidate at its door. ONTARio FERTILIZERS. LIMITED WEST TORONTO - CANADA Order Now The Ce “I don't know what I should have done Without it," he nodded. “It certainly gives a man a comfortable feeling to knowâ€"well, just to know there is'some one around.". “I’m glad if I’ve been able to do anything." “It’s 5 here," he She smiled a little as he said that. “T n you have not forgotten ?” “F0 gotfen-" he exclaimed. “I'm just beginning to realize it." “I was afraid it might come back to you as a shock, Monfe," she said. “But it is very convenientâ€"at just this time." ed herself in a chair by his bed. “Because We are engaged ?" he ask in the dark, and another to have her here in broad daylight. The sun was streaming in at the windows now, and outside the birds were chattering. , “Did you rest well last night?” she inquired. , “I heard you when you came in and whisper d to the nurse woman. It was mi ty w’hife of you to come.” “Wha else could I do?" She seat- A Guaranteed Starting System for‘ Ford Cars. Sells for $22.50. 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