His heart seemed to stop beating
for a moment, and th page swam before his eyes. Quickly he
recovered hill self and read:
THE QUEEN'S HALL, UNTHANK ROAD,
NORWICH
TWICE DAILY.
PROFESSOR FRANKLIN
assisted by his daughter,
MISS BEATRICE FRANKLIN,
will give his REFINED and MARVELOUS
ENTERTAINMENT, comprising HYPNOTISM, feats
Of SECOND SIGHT never before attempted on
any stage, THOUGHT-READING, and a BRIEF
LECTURE upon the connection between ANCIENT
SUPERSTITIONS and the EXTRAORDINARY
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE NEW SCIENCE.
PROFESSOR FRANKLIN Can be CONSULTED PRIVATELY,
by letter or by appointment. Address for this
week--The Golden Cow, Bell's Lane, Norwich.
Twice Tavernake read the announcement. Then he went out and
found Ruth.
"Ruth," he told her, "there is something calling me back, perhaps
for good."
For the first time she gave him her hand.
"Now you are talking like a man once more," she declared. "Go
and seek it. Comeback and say good-bye to us, if you will, but
throw your tools into the sea."
Tavernake laughed and looked across at his workshop.
"I don't believe," he said, "that you've any confidence in my
boat."
"I'm not sure that I would sail with you," she answered, "even if
you ever finished it. A laborer's work for a laborer's hand.
You must go back to the other things."
CHAPTER III
OLD FRIENDS MEET
The professor set down his tumbler upon the zinc-rimmed counter.
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