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Just as Anstice was starting out nexthis help at a suddenly imperative operation at a country house soh he had been in the district only a few months, Anstice was already known to his professional brothers as a daring and skilful surgeon; and one man--the one who now called upon his services--was in the habit of wondering openly why so brilliant a man was content to bury hi fa cities of the world

There were those who could have given a very good guess at the reasons which led Anstice to shun notoriety and welcome the obscurity of Littlefield; but in the h his wonder was leavened with a genuine adratitude for the otherthe ent case? Oh--of course I'll coements firstyesyesI'll be with you in half an hour, if that will do"

He hung up the receiver, and now his manner was alert and keen There was about him none of the weariness, the indifference which too often characterized his demeanour, and led some of his patients to cos This was the man who before that fatal day in India had stood, so it hispered, upon the threshold of a brilliant career--the , resourceful, scientific, had taken a very real and deep interest in every detail of his profession, and had led even the most cautious of his teachers to prophesy for hier as he consulted his notebook this un to stoop ever so little were squared, the head held erect as he scanned the pages before hi very i list, no visits that could not be safely postponed till the afternoon; and one or two telephone ht and left him free to keep his appointment with Dr Willows

He had a moment's indecision over the case of his new patient at Cherry Orchard, but reflecting that if necessary they would probably ring hied it safe to put off his visit to Mrs Carstairs till his return; and finally went out to his motor with an easy mind