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I Copyright 1 WAS VAS after the hour haUl tour when an nn old IT 11 man luau like HLo Doctor Whittaker should be e asleep but h lie he lay quiet In bed with his s 's s e eves e open and his ears eais strained 1 ata at ata ata a a persistent sound which came froman from fron an nn n I suppose he hc thought I iI ought to tc tobe tobe be afraid f nUll and yet yet et there is something s approaching the tho humorous in the idea of a n visiting the house of a n country country doctor I wonder onder If It would be safe for fa JI me to 10 speak to to the man pan Then he remembered the unloaded oher ie ili in his dle diesser Sei Do Lie could step across the rosins lO quietly seize s-eize the capon weapon and md the advantage antage Would Mould be Ills his The bed creaked as he got out the tilE doctor all but leaped to the the thc dress ress er cr In a moment a U startled burglar blinked n as the lights went went on on and blinked again ngah as us h he discovered a n gray gray- haired ed man menacing him with a 11 w weapon on Im not trot grog to shoot young ung tel fel fellow fel low unless you ou make n me Doctor Whittaker's rs r's voice oice quavered qun and II lio felt shame felt shame for the weakness What I would like to to do ls is discover isco just why you thought It would be to y your ur profit to en enter tel my house Sit down The burglar sat down His Ills hands fumbled nervously Iy In l Isis Ills ls lap and md holet ho he let his head hend fall It occurred to the doctor that this man was waz like a small boy oy caught In mischief that he was sitting there awaiting ting If he had n a a shave e now and a ti n new suit cult of clot clothes us he would not be a bad looking youth It is a n pit pity said the thc ph physician that flint you should be a n burglar What else TI The e young fellow V Lifted lift Lift- lifted ed life his hf head Its Its uHs all nil right light to talk about bout pity but suppose you were Vere brought up to the job Suppose Suppose ro ro re ref I. 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I ad a 1 lot hat of them theta You cn couldn't nl e live In our OUI ut Now ow listen young oung man tuan I l i can send you ou to J jail ill and mill prison im or J I rail can m send send- send you ou u out of this hou houfe e cured curet of your our ou l to tail It will an oper operation atlon a n short time of unconsciousness anI and a sore head but hut you jou wont won't wag want lo to steal r You You'll II go straight 1 What do du you yam on say Yon 1011 mean youre you're going to cut a Trunk hunk of the bad had out nut of my hc head d flints That's what 1 I read about what I n. n meant cant bout about the prison p doctors Well Veil ron jon cant can't go ahead any tiny too soon In the time operating room loom und and without nn an assistant or nurse muse Doctor Whittler Whittier prepared pi cd and lIl In a surprisingly short time tittle he was leas through In the morn mom lug lob the young joung man with a 0 bandage on his his' head hend was out again In the till world word to steal or or go straight au and tit tin physician had subject for speculation It Va wn wag all of or live fhe years eais before Id I'd timed this time lime to thank his fits benefactor lima find and to give gl assurance in ht woid and manner t that la t time the e p li meat had lintl been heen successful Im Cm mauled he lie said and 1111 a ate am In staking making good I wanted to thank j you ou 0 No o need to lO tell him Doctor Whittaker Whit Whit- taker mused when the Ilie young joung ulna man had none gone that nil all I did d was scratch ch n f ht scalp to make him thin think that the he thing which caused him to steal was was gone gono Tho The older I 1 get het e the time more I believe e inthe in inthe the power of nf sl suggestion I |