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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Friday, ay 11,1928 HEVRON By LEONA RD NASON WNU Servl.. lllrutratiom by IRWIN MYERS, D. S. C. Copyrfgbt by George H Doran CompanY. CHAPTER VIII-Conti nued with the "crld. Solid cmuft•rt, thut m~n were playing canis at tlte fur the doetnr. t~nd wlteu nuy wau groaned wns what he was enjoying, for tbP end of it, talking loadly, that a man or crier! out, e1 er.r nne lu the wart! -19first time since he had been In the a few beds away wns whbtling. A tremhled in Sllllflatily. Tl1ey knew Another long night of horror, ol anny. Let the war rage and the big door somewhere kPpt ~lamrulng and rhe.v wuultl get theirs in tum. queer low-roofed building, like a set·· sho\'e succeed or full, he was out of be could hear the r:!llling ot pans. tiona! barrack, only built ot brick. The dn~ssiugs were all tl1anged bl It for the winter. All over. Jake "l.ay off I" cried ll::ulie. "For - - tlinnl'r time. which meal usually ron· with tiny opaque ghtss windows. Eadie, laid down upon the cement appeared Mnd sat down upon the oppo- sake, leave me alone I 1 was all set sistetl of hull) h~Pf und tluiletl ~uta · floor, found himself in a narrow aisle site bunk, where he lined his jaws to go to sleep and sou've got nw toes, or suntt for the liquitl Ulets. Llay between two rows of beds. The!!'e · with snuff and, producing a plug of stirred up so that I won't sleep for after da.v the same thin~s. rurled h.v tobacco, bit off a piece. a month!" pt·unes or canned apricot' for dessert beds were all decorated with some "I haven't seen you do thnt !!'lnce "You were ~H for a guod long on Weduestluys and Sundays In the kind of overhead construction, with weights and pulleys and all sorts of we were on the transport," said sleep," repl!ed the nurse, "but you aftemoon the patients slevt, or ren<l. Eadie. don't know how loug it was going to or 1·isited with eurh other. ~'or sup things, Uke the framework ot a sky· Jake m11de no reply, but got to his be. Now l I've gut 11 pulse started on per henns und <'>tnne•l tnmntoes, nr scraper. This must be a fracture ward and these rupes and scafTold~ teet and turned back Eadie's blankets you and you've begun to take an In· corned beef hush-cunned -aud connect teres! !u life. I'll ponr a bowl of hor towatues. The llgltts went out at nine were for the ~upportfng of Injured with his hairy hand. soup down you and see if tlwt doe~n·t o'clock and the p>tlients could sleep. "Here!" cried Eadie. ''What do you lllUbS. A nurse was making up beds. make you a little more amiable." Ah! they could sleep, tout-! "Bl !" s~id Eadie weakly. "Bow~ think you're going to do?" A 'l'be soup went down, but it only In- muu named Carrel and anutlwr named "I'm going to dress your wo\jnd,'' chances on something to drink?" creased Eudle's disgust with things in !lakin had illveuted u fluid that ke!Jt The nurse went away and presently sold Jake. general. The man " few beds uwas u wound ft•om SUJopuruting and as"You'll play h-1 dressing my returned with a tin cup and a sllce of still whistled. sisted granulation. This fluid must bread and jam. Eadie bit on this wound, you big Jughend I" cried "Say, cut out tltut g-d d-n whist- he injected into the wound evet·y two bread. Tt tasted like a tuouthful or Eadie, struggling to yell the wny men ling!" yelled the Sl•rl(euut, making a hours uight and day, by means of n ashes. Ashes 1 That was all he could do In dreams. "l wouldn't let you great effort. number of rub!Jer tubes rhnl remained think of. He wuld not ~wallow IL put Iodine on a boll!" The whistling stufJfJed. "\\'ho lite penuauentlj in the wouu<l In the The coffee in the cup be tried, but it Juke, however, cont!nueit his arh-1 told you you owned the wart.l ?'" daytime it was not bad, out In the • was cold and bad a frightful taste. ranging of the blankets. !!:~die, turn cold darknegs of the winter nightBe put both breail and cup down be- lng Ills bend, discovered that there tile nigltt8 ure very cold ln i"runce, side the streteltcT. wae a nur~e on the other side of the even in summer-the man had to be A mao in a long white coat, e1·l· bed, holding a great basin and thl~ dntgged fmm !!'leep eYery two hours dently a doctor, had been busy wltb nurse was abetting Jake. uud this t:quld injet"ted. 11 could not a dressing wlteo 8udie had been car· "Are you nil drunk?" cried Eadie. he warmed, for that would destroy its r!ed ln. lie finished his patient ant! ''Dnn't you see that this man isn't properties. !o;adie bad four tubes In Uten came down anti looked at F.arlie. competent to do a dressing? Goll him, btl! some men bad eight or ten, "Where did this man come from?" knows he knows as much about bein~ even more. Wheo the ord~rly or asked the dol'tor, wrinkling bls nose. a doctor as Sl)lne I've seen ~in~e 1\-e nurse awakened them they would be~n In the army, but that's no rensou "The IJearers brought him ln." 0' swear terribly. rry out ut the bite of be's fit to undo all my stltching." "Where are you burt, soldier?" the Icy Dakin. then dt·ift to sleep "In the belly," said Eadie huskily The bandages and a number of pll again to be aroused two hours later "Well, tlt!s Is a fracture ward. low-like pads were removed from for the same performance. Come on, take this man out of bere I" Eadie's middle a11d Juke, skillfully The night orderly was a man who There was an orderly wlw had his enough, was washing off the sergeant's made up for all the detideucles of his head OYer the doctor's ~boulder and stomach. Then he ftourlsherl a pair fellows. A •aint whisper, "Orderly," to hlm the doctor turned. of tongs and Eadie, watching as nnd he was there at the bedside. Be "Go get Jacobs and take this man though he were another man saw the had bougllt hlm~elf fell slippers to tongs take out a long section of rub away," be directe<i. dearlen tile sound of ltis footNeps on ''Where will we take him to, sir?" her bose, a yard or so of gauze, and the floor. If a man felt rugged dur· then a great number of balls of cot "I don't care "here you take him ing the night, or was suffering, or Get him out of this ward I'm not ton. In would go the long tong~. in to thirsty, or cold, or just lonely and the hilt, and out they would come going to ba>e biw smelling my ward homesick, the orderly wus there to with a roll of cotton In their jaws all up." do wl1nt be could. I:Je brought up i~ad!e was fareinated. There must be uBut-" 1 fooil from the otticers' ward for the some kind of magic here. "Do you untlerstand English?" By ALFRED SORENSON touclwd the COl"llSe of the pu!Jiic credit of positron, and al~o to detPrmine hy seriously ill, not telling that he had "Listen, Jake," he said finally, "let The orderly departed and likewise r;:;;:=:;;::::;:;) llE most and cel~h it ~pran~ to its feet." t'U ted duPI wl10m tile word to fire 'houltl t>e giv-~ !legged this food for hin;self ft·om the doctor. me see you-take a rabbit out of there." ent· fought on Ameriean en. Hamil ton won. 'l'he flint-lock.\R eat·ly n~ 17!l!t Burr nnd Hamilills brother, who was orderly In the Out into the cold they took the ser"If you were a well man;' said Jake Roil was that between pistols 11 ere loaded and the duellists, utlicers' ward. He wrote letters, be lOn hP!': me politkal opponeut~. They geant, there was a great deal of bump· gruffly, "I'd slap your Jaws for you." Aaron But·r and Alexantaldng their ~tatiou, were instructetl shaved, he E-muggled in wine, al· wer-e the mo~t powerful leadrt·~ of lng over rough ground, grunting from ''You'll make little ones out of big der Hamiitoa. I:ulT was as to the rule goyeruing the lirln~. their ways da,l'. patl<'nt, Bur·r was generally acalways smiling, alwoys. tbe stretcher hearers, and Hnally they ones for the next couple of years it The Soup Went Down, but H Only WOI king. Erery the son of a clergsman. knowled;::c•d as the political This rule was that "the !<econd 1\ ho man in the wrrd harllo>'S of entered a tent, a long green affair. you make a pass at me. I'm a serIncreased Eadie's Disgust Witt> When twenty yeat·s of age the state gives the won!, ~hall ask them if they borded two ambitions, of l\'ew two projectH Yot·k. The r·halrv that was used to bouse wards In llelil geant, sick or well, and don't forget It Things In General. he enlisted in the Arm.v betweru theRe are read,\', and being angwered in the for the dny two when eminent he l'!as politician~ a well man. bosp!tuls, bot which now seemed to for a minute." of the J:eyolution, and for allirmatlYe, he shatl say 'Present!' One was wns demanded Iuten!<€ to beat and the the bittet·, whistler. <!ay orderly and He was into neverthe l'Oll · contain some of the bospitnl per Jake irrelevantly began to roll die~ hi~ ~allant and meritori· The parties shall then pt-esent anti lire tinued until less a the red whistled death mush of ond no Hamilton more. tile other at to give the ronnel. They began to go away after ou Eadie's stomach, rolling them ous serrices dm·iug Arnold's expedi· when they please. If one fires be•fot·e lite hands of night Burr. orderly "Who's the that best bellyurhin'?" druuk he had asked Eadie bad been brought ln. lion against Quebec he 11·as t·ewu rded around and around, but never calling ever had In his l!!e. Burr's un~uccesAul campaign for the other, the oppo;•ite second shall "Who said to bring him In here?" his point. The nur!!'e watched the :!Orne one. with a major's commission. A littlP ~uy 'One, two, three, tlt·e :· and he shall "Aw, it's that guy In Nutubet One; demanded some one, who seemed to procedure calmly. The really Interesting time began Inter he hemmc •tiue-de-cautp to Gen- the goyernm·ship of ::"\ew York, while thln f:re or lose his fire." Jo~Yer~·thin~ replied the wltistler. "He'~ got appen he In charge. "This Isn't any place for after Endie could E'it up. The first tt'!ll Putnam, and this was followetl he wa!!' still l'i('(' pt·eRident, wus made "I thought you were dead, Jake," was uow set for action. Ilamilton'3 rlicitls an' he thinks he·~ got a right •lny he sal up a tuinute, a man in that shape!" the second by a promotion to a lieutenant-col- ns an Up]>eal to the prople for ~"indica Fccond said Eadie. "Where have you been gave the word "l't·eseut," as to go beller!n' around at real wounilecl ten, and by the end of a week he t•ould onelcy, carrying with it the command tion of his cour~e in politics. He had hnd been agreed "Well, .rou tell the doctor that. He goldbricking so long?" upon, anti both men men." sit up for a whole morning. lie be- of his t-e~iment. At the close of the fallen out wah .T Pffet·son, and was gave us our orders." "You'll never know," reviled Jake. presented un<l tired In SU('Cession-th e gun then to make acquulutances. His war Colonel Burr was ndmitted to the l·atccl hy the Hepuhlirnn leadet·s, "Put him on the bed by thf: door." He remo~d his rubber gloves, put on intervening time was not pt·~isely CHAPTER IX name, he fouud, was Number uue, the bar, and rupidly t·ose to promin~nce. 1\ho~e confidence he had lost. He was "And move the bed outside," sug- a cap, and begun to fumble in his agreed on by the second~ when they men In the ward heing designated by Ile was elected a member of the l"ew at tllis time in acl'ord with what wns gested some one. pocket for a cigarette. "They did o made their detailed statement of the They transferred the serg{'ant to a poor job on you there,'' he con· Further Treatment of Gunshot the number of their beds. Thet·e was York IPgislnture, and hi!!' next eleva· l:nown as the Democracy. He an- duel. a mun a little wuy down the wurd lion II'US his appoiutmrnt to the office nounc·ecl himself as an independent bed near the door. The door· was. ot tlnued. "When that stop~ suppurat!n~ Burr, cool as an iceberg. raised his Wounda called the Hegulttr, another the Marine, of nttomey-g~neral of the stnte: In candinute. In thiR campaign Burr course, but a bole In the side of the I'll cut It open again and do a better ann slowly and, taking deliberate nim, There wus no monotony in hos toolc exception to rome remark~. ninn !tnlinn who had lost his ~~~ was l7!ll ButT wns elected United States tent, and the wind and r11!n dro>e one!' brought down his man. His bullet pita! life in tltat hospital. Hereill~ railed Garlhaldl. 'fher·e was a IP!,'I:d to haw b~en matle by Hamilton, mun senator, :md in t7VS he was again sent ln. A leg of the bed was broken and "You'll play h-11" said Eadie wltb was at seven o'clol'k erery morning known as Forty whose \'oke Eadie to tlte state l~gislutm·e. lie was a leader of the l•'edera li8ts, und demand- su·u<·k Hamilton in the right side, lnthe !!'ergeant's feet were higher than energy. Jake made no reply, but went nud consisted of au orilerly ap~ur hucl leurned to re<"ogulze during the candidate for the l'r!'~idency in 1804. ed un explanation and an apolo~y. fli•fing a mortal wound. As Hamilton his head, while bls body sagged toward away, rubbing his freckled hands as felt his pistol was discharged, the but- • lng beside a man's bed nud puundln• weeks when the sergeant hail lnin on The eiN·tion the corner where the 11rnken leg was. 11 to warm them. resultrd in a tie between Burr held Hamilton accountahle for let going upwurd through the trees. upno a wash bnsin. When the mun his back. There were olro four Ger· the high~st A young man, hardly more than a boy, candidates-B urr nn<l huvin~ declared, with Judl(e Kent, The ward was warm, quiet, restHe wa~ carried to the river bank and awukened, he was gh·en a busht futl mttn prisoners lu the warrl, all badl.v .Jefl'et·son. The dedsion was thrown that "lte (llurr) was looked upon as a who was prnhably the orderly In ful. The sergeant felt sleep stealing put on board a bout for Xew York: of water and ullowed to wast• him~if wounded. 'l'hel't:! wus no lul'e lt>St he· 1 from tile elector:tl college into t!te dangerous man, und one wllo ough! charge of the tent, came and stood be- over blm, a complete perfect restfulAfter revl\'ing ft·om n swoon Hamilton When the tnsk wu• completed. the tween the Amerknns and the Ger· house of reprel<€ntativr• not to he tt·eated with the reius of gov· &lde the bed. . and Jefferson uess such as he had never known be· declared that he had met Burr with orderly went to the next tle<l and re emment." Se\'eml lPttPI'S P•l~sed he mnns. 'l'ne Iutter had oo frleutl but I won. BmT was gil"en the vice-presi· fore. He did not want to sleep, how "Bow do you feel?" be asked. a dPtermination not to 'harm him, an<! pealed the operation. Brel!kfust wu:, the head nurse, who spoke to them dt•n<'Y· ln ISO! the twePn the two men, and !Jnmilton·s reFeriPrali~ts noml"!totten," answered Eadie. "How ever, he wunted to stay awake and en that "he fm·ga1·e all that had hapat e!ght-o bnwi of cream of wheat churmingly, atHI Wl'DI out of her way nated him fur t•lics proYing un~atisfadOo'~·. Burr Jl:OI'l'rnor of 1\ew York joy the senmtlon. That drunkeu long bave I got to stay here?" pened." with a SfJ<•Onful of lllolnsses, also on~ to be agreeahle to them. She was He was defeated. dt:lll~nged him. Jake, having the nene to dress o "I don 't know, This Is a coo· r..ug of black fluid cnltetl cofl'ee. 'fhert Hamilton aecept~d tlte cllullenge. :J.I· The peuple of Xew r Mk were [lt:rhnps strengthened ln this ruur~e Alexnntler Hamilton was horn .. n valescent tent. Probably they haven't man's wounds l Well, hospital was a was snmetlmes evillence that roclent~ though he shocked was !Jy opposed the at the news of the duel nnd outS[loken to du~lling. disgust On with wlti<-b the Islan<l or :"'e1·is In lite West In· soft place to be after all. Better thau got any room in the wards." had been nlhhl!ng at the breukfnst the I he Americans night before r~gartled the sul"equent his it. meet in;; death of llamilton. with cllt•s. lie wn>· the ~on of .James Haul"Tell me," asked the sergeant "Do spending the winter up there in tbP food, hut then, as the hent.l nurse 1'1! Burr, The greatest lle made A a excitement morning wt·itten ar·ril"ed. statement preyafled; then, In suute time ilton, a St"otchman, who nunTied tltP cold mud. I smell a little ripe?" marked. a man was not compelled 1:1 utter F;:ulle had been sitting up, when 1 <li\'ort·P•l wife of expln na !lugs tlnn of were h I>• llown ('On duct, at hulf-mast; moti yes indiga man num~d "How do you feel, soldier?" "Yes," enid the orderly soberly. eat lt. If lte wanted to leuve it unrt he really felt at fleat·e with th~ wurl•l. - LPYine. lie wa~ hmught til> in the and view~. "~ly relig:ons OlHl moral nution meetings were held nud Burr Eadie turned. There w11~ another "you do." wait tor dinner onthing woul•l he !!'ai<l The breo~fast hal"ing te~s cu 1·away 1 Island of ::it. l'roix, and while engag 'd pl'indplcs," he wrote, unie strongly wns denounced as a revengeful demon. "I haven't bad my wound dressed nurse smiling at blm, one ne had not There were fift y·two bed~ ln tht i'!'ed In it than usual, he hnd eaten us u clerk in a counting oppOSl'd to the practice of duelliug; The r•oroner's jury in Xew Jersey reltoug~: he for five dnys," said Eadie, "and It's seen before, but the thing tltal IISton- ward. with three nurse~. The heutl and u lt IIOUld ~Yer giYe me puin t.• turned a l'erdict to the eiTect tlutt hearty meal uud so felt the need or l(llle eYitlrnce of financ·ial nhility. lsbed him most was that ~he wus at· a belly wound, too. l suppose It Is a nurse fought with the other nurse~ tohoeco. lie regurd~d his wult'h. lie wrote occus'onally for Hte n~ws shed thP hlo.M of u fellnw c·renture In Burr was guilty of murder and that tractive, not to say beautiful He bad tittle high, but l don't notire It my· and with the patients all day, the sec- l"il·e minutes of eight. A man wus paper~. nnd his description of a hul'l'i· a primte conthat fol'ili<lden by tht• both ~econd~ were ncressorie~. This not thought there were any young an~ self." ond nurse-it was she who had taken not allowed to smoke before eight eane in the l'lan<l of St. l'hristophN lnl\'8, . . . It Is not my design. by was followed hy an Indictment for "I'm going over to the office," said pretty nurses in France. He bad care of !~ndle the flrst day-marie th~ o'cluek, but what were three or four ntt t·acted wide att<•ntiou and II'd hi~ what I lull·e ~nid to aflix any odium murder, whirh was ne1·er pl'Osecuted. the orderly energetically, "and tell never seen any befor~ beds, washed tht> patients, t<·ok tem minutes? He St'leeted a e!g:tt'ette friPHds to send hiln to i'irw York to on the c·onduct or Colonel Burr in this \'i~e President Burr, fearing per"Great!" answered the sergeant. them to look after you. There's a mi~ perature~. swept the tloor. and marl~ ca~e. ft•otu He a has p:l!'kuge doubtless his heard ft·!end of the annurse sonal romplete l"iulence nt the hands of Hamhis e<lucation. 11.' lit''! went take somewhere. I'll be right back. • ·•exrept tltat m.v feet ore roiil." herrelf useful. The third nur~e wa. had ginn him and lil(hterl It. A luu~ to ~chool In lO:Iiznb.•tll. N.•J., and imndi"Pl'>ion~ of mine which hore Yen· ilton's friends, sought ~nf~:tJ'_,m• !fg, . then "I'll fix that," said the nurse. While he was gone Eadie began to the dottor's assi~tnnt. Slw went drag and a dour! hard of upun smoke him, rullecl and uut it is fll'o!Jnble attencle<l thai, 1\ing·~ He eolleg!'-nuw ~pent ~everal monthsin the Colum"Would you like an eggnog?" antrer. It was bitter cold in that tent 11routHI with the hutcher curt erery lnto the uisle. There wns o swish of biu unil'er,ity-in 1\ew York. as usual, they were accompanied with and on March ::!, 1805, he took lea · "I'll say I would!" and the sergeant wn& chilled. He wa$ morning and wus hu~y all afternoon :;l;irts. some fni~Phooils. lie may ha1·e sup of the United States reuate In 171(). witt n he wa~ ninetr•en .reat'R "Leave It to mel" smiled the nur~e. tunking pads anil dr~ssing~ soaking wet from the rain or the disfur th~ "Ah !" sulci the hcu~ nur>'t! in a tone old. he Joined the Arm.v of tile Hevo- poRed him8elf nnd~r a nece,sity o~ct which he had presided. charge of his wound. His position :lhe wus back In a few miuutes, wlrlt next dny. 'l'he pet·sonnei ol 1he hns <>f satlsf:tttion, "lc·aught von rlloln't 11" lution us u captain of ::n urtillet',\' eom- iug as he has done.'' Burr's defeat for the highest omce was decidedly uncomfortable, for be u basket full of bot·watet bottles pita! were boys from some IO:aster" "Yup,'' ngree•l tlte ~ergeaut. puMin.:. 11nny anti l<lOk pan ill mntll" huttles. The Burr-Hamilton duel was fou;:ht "ilhin the ~:ift of the Amet·ican peorhe!!'e she shoved against various college. was on a shurp slope and kept slipSnme old grad' llad nrl "t"o minutes of eighl" The next yeat· In he the was nwrning rn~dt> a'rlt>-cle of .July 11. beple ~•us a most ~rie1·ous disnppolntping inch by Inch, so that he reared parts of thl' ser~nnt's frame. then she dresred a utass meeting at the colleo;e The outsi<le door bullgetl tt 1eu, Jill neath camp till' lici~hts of to \\'ushin~lon with the ralllc of ment to the :tmhitious ~talesman and whisked away again, to return with ~nd asked for Yolunteers for a unit eventually he would fall off the bell nuuuciug the unhui of the dodor, so lieut!'u:ull-cnlo nel. Follu11in~ this hou ,J. llurr with his pat·ty (lrohabl~· led him, after his retirement on to the grass. the eggnog. that was to go immedlntel,v 0\·e ts~us 'h" well I r,ut wit ll oo more Adu. l~atlit> or <·ume his :q1pointment as iu>pccttll" to art·iJ.il' ·~he ~een~ \\' ft·om the senate, to nttempt the foundThe orderly returned, but had no "I'm a good looking guy It 1 have a What the unit was to he he did not drugged 011 the clgut·ette. "I bet lhe getwral. His uext pt·omotion was to u tml'""1'rtntt fl little later the lhg of nn empire to include Mexico news for the sergeant. Eadie suf· shave once a month or so," observed say. It weut O\•erseus. tm•, und •to••~ tun•s sou In for thut," 11 unolml'ed the major geuerul~hip. It wa8 as "el'r·e- exchanged mlutntions. :•ntl and the ~outllll'est section of the Unittered terribly. the sergeant. The nut·se laurhed mer· over" this nice new base hospital l:egulur gt·fmly. tr('asury that Generul IIUCIS- \\'iliilltu 1'. \'an 1 tm·y of the ed Rtutes, nnd of which he \l'us to be A long time after dinner, when It rily nn<l the eggnog huving all disap- The boys round that lltl'ir purl in the "Aw, no." wtswered the serg~ 1 t ' ilarniltoll won his gre:ttest rPll!ll\11. nnd Col. l\'nthuniel l'eJHlh'tot lite ruler. lie was mTe~ted, tried for was already growing dark, a fat wan [>eared, she had one of his feet olf w.tr was tn perform meulal task~ for "she Isn't su !Jud us you uirt.J~ tr; 1t~ \\'t•hqer said of Itim: "He smote th~: iltt•n-pm('el'<le<l with treason. and nt<]Uilted. Burr tliPcl ut appeared with two ~tretcber bearers. the hot-water bnttle and begun to mas- wounded men, and since they could make out. She uerer did allythlug t·ock of the national resources and ment~. 'rhry meus.nred I th age of eights. po1·erty-strit-l<eu and "Wbere's the sick man?'' be culled sage it with expert bantls. not revenge theJO>'ell"eS on the met, rough to me and ~he wouldn't to you abundant streunts gu,lle:l ten paces-and l':t~t forth. He ft·ienrlles~. Ill a hearty voice. "You needu't go trying to pull my wbo had lured them into t:1e arml. if you didn't bellyache el"ery time she • --~---------------------....:: Eadie scarcely felt hlnlfelf being leg," su!d Eadie, "I haven't been paid th€y took It out on the p•ttitlllts. suys, ·Good morning' to tho~e Jerries" placed on the stretcher, oof the swuy· for eight months." After breakfast the slam ot a door thongll 'Illite thf" rt~\ Prxe, age relleeted in wn ter. Unable to No one said un~thing, but one or Ing and jolting of the Journey. The Again the nur!!'e laughed. She and a hurried irritated voir·e askin~ fl'(llll fixed, the teem is still n~l'd, hegrasp thi~ shatluw, he pined nwa.v and two laughed o little. Then the oltke ward was a quiet, comfortable sort of rubbed and kneaded, stopped to take if everything wus ready, nnnounce•l door slaJUmed cause in tlte n~tr·.momi<:f•lly brief rerbecame the llnwer which hears hi~ ond the ductot ~eetnl'd place. There was no noise sueh as the sergeant's pulse and then began the arrival of the doctor. Then wo!lld to leap at Eudie. Behind hlru Wlls the iocl from veneration to g~Dl't'ation, the name. Tite nymph l·;cho, who vuinl~ The po~tllons llf the stat·s wl!h there had been In the evacuation hn& on the other leg. Eadie's feet began come creaking of wheels and a ruttl!ug head nurse Two jump• d b refet·ence to one another seem to rc- changes nre ~o '\;light that the naked loved him. diet! from grief. pltal, no c!g~trette smoke. no move- to tingle and his legs to hurt His of glassware. The • un t ey .. 1 1 ~t h . butcher's curt, a 1\'ere at the . foot ol'the sergeant's !led. I m.nn constant, at wu., 1 t ey ate ~on· <'Ye Is powerle~s to detect lll(>m. ment. feeling of deep comfort began to melt rubber-wheeled all"uir hearing lnstru· "You were smoking this morning oe· tinunlly .changing their places relnllveTalking Parrot 1 It sorely was a bare enou;:b place, away and changed Into one ot lrr!tu ments, dres~!ngs, and ~·nrinu~ utensils fore hours w ren't ?" on th~ earth. lienee the Pretty Greek -Legend 11 ed the 1•• to oh.tects The MexkHn <louhte yellow hPad 1, thought Eadie, but be was here for tion and unrest. His wound began tu Cor the , e you l e "fi . d . •· ll t tl 1 1 1 catching of hlnod or the bath term doctor· "Don't I'te, tl1e nurse !!'OW you txe s1at· s. u . l s s on v In Greek mytholo~y Nat·cf~su" 1vas 1Jrohuhly the best tall;lno bird umon• a wltile and would not have to make ache and each time that the nurse in& of wounde would appear, · stwved What did you do it for? Never mind. sceu.l!Dgly t he proper expres~lon. In a beautiful youth, a 8nn of t'ephissus Atn~rh-tlll 11arrnts. '!'his" Is probubl._ any more journeys by hospital train. rubbed ber hand on bim, It shored him bll an orderly. The doctor would put Don't you smoke again while you're ~ rertltty all. are speeding through space and the nymph Liriope, metamor ~qual to the Afrlcon !(ray, whi<-h f@ 1 Well, be was glad be ha<l arrived. a bit, and the stltches tugged on hlm on his rubber gloves, be tied Into hi~ this ward. !'iot once If tnc Otcl worlrl funH"ite. Parrots mu 8 t 1 I'll at 1·ery !ugh velocities, b•1t RO indefi· phosed into a Oower. For his insensi Things might be a little rough at first, like so runny fish hooks. He began apron by the nurse, and proceed with have you out of that· bed ~~~ ~~·the nit~ly remoYed are the stnrs from us bllity to love he wa~ causer! b,v Nem be tnu~ht to talk willie .f<Hmg. older but tbey always straightened out to feel as though be had been broken the dressing of the wounds. Eadie rockpile. Cnderstand?" th.a they appear to be at rest. AI· csls to fnll In love with his own im 1 hirrl~ learn little aJHI very sto 1ty. Overhead I<Jndie could s~e the r·ough into IItty parte. 1 bP!ng In Number One bed, was always •Yes~~· Mid the ~~eant meek!~ boards ot thP roof, full of cracks and "Hey, lay off, will you?" be finall,V the first victim. The other member~ ~-----------~----------~----~--~---~--~-----~ Tbe doctor turned abruptlJ and knotholes. His was the last bed on demanded Irritably. "I felt all right of the ward watched Controvertial and waited. could he gtolen; but I never counted the left side of tbe ward and beyond until you started to monkey around. Eadie usually gave them something went back into the otllce. The nurse A p~lem!c thNne Is a cnntroverslnt my yeurs becuu'e I tmew there was followed him. There was a low mur· him wns an open room, containing a You're making me sick 1" to think about, for be had a deep theme or a theme written In support uo chance of losing tll{'m." mur of laughter large wooden table, some kerosene from all the other "Am I?" cried the nurse joyfully wound, into which a pair of tongs a or defeose of an opinion or iloctrine A very old man appent·ed th< other beds. "You're getting atoves, and plies of dressings uncler "Do you feel rotten? Good 1" better,'' said foot tong was plunged again and day In the Los Angeles police t'ourt especial:! as against another. A well glass caf'es. Across the aisle was a "Good? How come? Good? Say, uguin, and moreover the doctor had the Regular. Deceit's Many Wile& known on esnrnple a vagrancy charge. The judge of polemirs Is H ux (TO BE CONTINUED.) solid brick partition, with a holt-open maybe yon don't think I've got a but] n~ver forgi reo him for the things Oh, thul deceit should steal such be ley's polemic 1·s llerberl Spencer wanted to know how old he was, !Jut door opening onto the aisle. This was wound. Read my card!" But the ttad said the first afternoon, ~entle shufJeS, and with a 1·trtuuus when tlte aged man was unable to tell him. prolJahl_v an oflke. The walls were or uur~e was gone after a fresh set of Eudie, eemi delirious, bad Means Dry Air wiznril hide ·foul guile !-Silake~peure. tbougbt th~ "But I don't understand," said the Season Your Knowledge cemenl for a distance of 1110 or three hot-water bottles. doctor was Jake. The doctor bore no The term "low llumldity" means the court, ''Surely you ought to· be ahle Koowletlge 19 essential to success. feet from the ground, and above that Eucl!e raged and pleaded alternate re~emblant'€ to Jake exce11_t tl!at lie same ns "little lm.uid!ty." \Vheu 1ve to tell me how old you are!" Modern Punctuation Ju~t us t ruher til necessary in build naked brick. There was no sign of ly. Ois wound began to pain him ter,moked Incessantly. say that humidity Is low we meun that I "\\'ell, It's this WOl," exclaimed the lug Sir r. hou~e. hut n~ltl1er Is at Its t)(>st Pllilip Sidney's ".\rcmlin" Is t.J1~ any arrangement for beating. ribly. He discovered that the ward There was no merriment, no ioter- there is nry little water l'llf)or In the man: ''I used to count my sheep anti earlie$t book \1 ith full modern punc· urt t 11e I seasoncd.-lluti ll\'ille HeTbe sergeant felt really ut peal~ after all, was cold as Ice, tbat some <~t Ill anything but tb<~ approa<·b of air-that the air Is quite dt·y. 1 puhli un. my socks nud my money because the.~· tuation. .. ' .. I-'"' No "Fixed Stars" I .. . I Why Count? • ,, |