Show One Wee Week by byc byC c S Forester Copyright b by Dobbs Merrill Co THE STORY Harold Norman orman an or orphan orphan orphan phan lives with his aunt treat Matilda real who reared him At her death he finds ind himself penniless sAt At the close of the war w ho gets work worl In a bank bink Tennis Is his hie only recreation CHAPTER II Continued II-Continued II Continued d 6 but nut But but said Harold feebly lIe wanted to go o on askin asking but he knew uel a that D T Ts T's were ere the result of drink and drink was not a subject to discuss with a not lady lady not e even eten en when one Is on such familiar terms with her ns fiS to be kicked in the e eye e by her father And by now Marjorie was w leaning against the wall and her face was assuming a waxen axen pallor p I ve to e had hall him on my hands all day said Marjorie Marjoric faintly Two T Two 0 days really I I think think I think think- think She did not t finish her sentence but butr r reached ached blindly fon forward to Harold Harold just jut nag managed to get her across the landing to the room opposite which Instinct told him would be hu her hell bedroom room It Is perhaps pel haps significant of the way In which s c mind had been jolt Jolted ell about that he did not lii ca hate h a single thought about the com contentions as he lie helped her In Slip dropped onto the unmade bed and snuggled down eIther n asleep leep or fainting Harold could not tell which He lie bent 0 o er er her with alarm In the d lead ad whit of the thin face pillowed ed on the tiny thin hands But she looked ell up nt at him with almost a trace of smile I I m all right she said Tired Tired- Tired that s all Then the smile was replaced once more bv by ba a look 1001 of alarm There s father ther again she said s s Go to tn quick him him quick Harold hrold dashed back again Into the theother theother theother other room Mr Clarence had hull D off the bedclothes and had progressed sell sellas as fir f is lS to hive have his legs out of bell bed and was feeling for n a foot footIng footing footing Ing Obviously it was as Harold Harolds s duty to get him back again he ended a despondent sinking feeling In Internally internally Internally as he realized his for the job Mr Ir Mr CI trence he said and coughed You it to tu be In bed bell you know Ie Ile said Mr Ir Clarence feebly to stand erect Me Me Ie I 1 do want ant to be in bed n bed In mv my mown own house e enot not this blasted prison I m goIng home larold s hard bird pressed wits Its rallied themselves e 1 lou ou ou get et back into bed he said ingeniously ly and III tike take you ou there That's a good fellow slid said Mr lr Clarence suspicion and strength th ebb ebbIng ebbIng lag Ing to together ether Tints That s a hood fellow lIe He cra craI crawled I ell back Into hed bed and old drew the lie clothes back ch over oter him The brain had wandered at once on another track tip tiptoed tiptoed toed back bick n again to Marjorie s bed bedroom bedroom bedroom room She Che was as fast asleep Harold bent o er her quietly and anet she did not stir lIe He moved mined about the room as noiselessly is as hp he could manage ge lie He did dIll not know now wh whit I he ought to do net nest An open book I at the Ule bedside table lable clu cau caught ht his eye It was a volume on family medicine and the page p it al which it was as open dealt with Delirium I Ire l line lines about I Delirium and then a whole page about I DelirIUm Tremens This was wis exactly e the Information tint that Harold sought I II le tool took the book over oyer to the thc n window and studied the article attentively It descrIbed t typical s symptoms and lIar Har Harold old noted cry c e ery one a as apparent In Mr Ir Clarences s case ce c e witching 1 and trembling and muttering S Symptoms noticeable up to three days before an outbreak Good Good G ll G dl I II Had lad all Mss Clarence been heen worried about him for three da lIn s sIt It seemed lit c e It from the way ay she was as sleeping Usually delusions delusions-delusions delusions connected with reptiles or Insects Mr Ir Clarence s dead snails In other words Violence terror and occasional displays plays of maniacal l strength Just so thought Harold Usually an attack ended with exhaustion and collapse Harold hoped It would be the case here It certaInly seemed like it IL ILAs As he finished the article he lie became aware that It was rapidly growing dar dark and he learned with a shock by bya bya bya a glance at nt his watch atch that tl-at It was past nine o'clock Once more he grew alarmed and worried hat hat In the name of fortune can 1 I do asked of himself That was wis i a ques lion he could not answer Send for u doctor lie He ought but to-but to but how ho tie could not leave lease Miss s Clarence asleep In the same house houst as liS that thaI loathsome lunatic Vlake ae lI ake her up He lie tiptoed delicately to her bedside and peered ur at his Mower lIo like ace In the half hair dark No 0 he couldn't do that thai tho 1 In Instead stead Ind h he r re u I her delicately dE for tor her hewn and sure Id It II ovir lit li r with Irh lire care lId nd he did not ask himself him self 1111 wit ti It tip hp lId did Ihl Should hf hI I lean an out of the or go out to the gate gute and ask ash a passer lasser by to send end It a doctor In He lie Ie pondered this deeply and finally fin rejected It He lie le hid had more than a suspicion that Miss Clarence would not want this affair too well known and n ind the course e he was de debating debating debating bating would be the surest method of obtaining publicity r For r one panicky Instant he thought of clearing quietly out of the house and washing his h hinds of the whole affair alTair but he tie put both Ignoble Ideas aside All he could do was to patiently In the house until else happened It wa was n a lOJ Even Eten as he decided upon It he shrank from It It He lie could coul hardly ardly stomach the notion of or waiting and waiting In a n house containing n a delirious de de- delirious delirious dipsomaniac and a sleeping damsel He felt sure that his d dg- dg de deceased ceased great aunt would not have up ap approved proved But back he went to Mr Ir Clarence Clarences c room and sat himself gingerly down downin downIn I In n chair In the corner to wait walt Mr Ir Clarences Clarence s mutterings were per persistent persistent and monotonous but they were groWing feebler and feebler By fly midnight only the faintest whis whisper whisper per was wis pas passing Mr Ir Clarence Clarences s lips I and only his fingers were twitching That monotonous sibilant whisper had Its expected effect on Harold arold s weary person lIe He nodded In his chair lr reco ered nodded again By a quite unconscIous mo movement ement on his part hp he settled himself more comfortably In hIs chair with Ith his head resting I the back He lie was used usell neither to late hours nor to will wild excitement and he hewa wa was worn out He lIe slept CHAPTER III Friday He lie e woke ole with a n jump and a n startled cry peering and In dazed fashion In the that flooded the room Miss Clarence was stand standing standIng In ing beside him and her hand still retell rested on his Ills shoulder She put her finger to her lips smiled and ind pointed to the bed Harold pulled himself to his feet oh feet oh how bon stiff and cr crimped u u 1 u 0 Bl t kV t tr Bl j PI r W all fc 1 M 1 ly r 1 4 V- V Ve e i I I I t r s err r r J And Your Poor Eye Too Tool he was and wis and and looked thither Mr Clar Clarence enCe was sleeping soundly sprawl sprawled ell widely across the bed S1 Sate Sive e for his breathing he seemed nearly normal to Harolds s untrained eye Harold followed MI Miss s ts Clarence oUt o of the room and they held a consulta consultation consultation tion on the til landing linding time times asked ashell 1 hat hat on OD earth earths s the Harold A glance at his watch had Informed him tint that he had forgotten to wind the It-the It first time for rh the rive e years ears Don t know now said Miss Clarence Iy My watch alch has hus stopped too About sic I should think Would you like lIbe a cup of tea Tea Harold ran a file tHe lit III e a tongue round his cricked cracked and fe fevered erell lips Tea I A nl ht In a bony chair left e ery nen nerve e In ones s bod body bodi sImply ins ing for tea Tea Tea Tei Hir Ilar- hrold old was as an old maid even eten about tea Teal TeJI I 1 hanks very vcr er much I Id d love lo a acup acup acup cup said Harold Downstairs they went ent tO together picked their way 11 wa across the wreckage In the hall liall and entered the kitchen Miss liss Clarence fluttered hither and thither A kettle bettle was wis filled t and was wason wison on the stO stove stoic e In a h twinkling A tray traya a cloth cups cup saucers milk mill sugar teapot stand Three teaspoonfuls in ID inthe Inthe the pot and lo 10 the kettle ettle was nas boiling then the brimming nectar was as passed to Harold He lie le sipped e a and nearly with pain He fie hall had forgotten his split pUt lip Oh dear oh dear said Miss lIss Clar Clar- Clarence Clarence Clarence ence noticing at nt once his distress and the cause of or It IL Itou Iou ou ou must bathe it iL And your our poor eye c c e too tool I I II it drink my tea ten first said Harold Darold more gingerly Ive I 1 t e Sot bot to thank you very ery very much said Miss lIss Clarence It was ns a awfully full good of you to stay here the thenay way nay you did and help me with father like lIe that I loud ou d had hall trouble for a n time al already already already ready before before-before before before things got really bad Yes said Miss lIss Clarence two two days of It It 1 1 could see It coming und and and and and- and The momentary harmony between them seemed likely to be broken here and Harold tactfully changed the sub subject jest Jeet by passing pacing his cup up for refining TO DE CO 1 |