| Show I l 1 1 ir I JL 1 lr ii b- b c iti Qc c e l MISS PRUE'S RHEUMATISM Oh dear complained Miss Prudence Prudence Pru dence Cowan for the fifth fUth time during dur duro in ing the te motor spin with wih Claire and Brownie Bro that evening m my doctor octor doesn't seem to be doing me mc any good When I 1 tell tel him Its It's its it's spreading all an over me mc he hems and he lie haws and he lie hems and he lie haws haws and and that's as far Tar aa as he gets gel He Ho says I must go to Hot Springs But I cant can't until my new teeth arc finished Oh deal dear Ow Ow How It i catches me here In the te hack back Poor darling darlng she murmured I believe beleve you'd oud be bc better at home Instead In In- stead of or that fussed up hotel hotel Go with wIh me tomorrow evening dear Miss Prue and get into your comfortable sunny rooms roms again Homes Home's best Claire laire said the last words with wih a half hat sigh as though she were speaking as much to to herself hersel as to Miss Prudence 4 Miss Prudence and DOnd Brownie exchanged ex ex- changed glances as much as to t say No use arguing with her any more She's made up p her mind to ruin her life what's anybody going to do about i Im Im afraid she's going to have aspell a n. spell said Jane to Claire as they went home together It Is a shame dor for her to be alone In that great col cold hotel wil with no one to do anything eat for her hut but paid maids and Claire was silent She knew the Idea idea at which Jane was driving Her went out to the little old lady but her own duty lay straight before her She had postponed her home home- going already too long She must must stick to her program and get get back to Turners Turners Junction on the morrow In the morning early before Brownie had had left for her office there came a telephone message from Miss 1183 hotel botel Miss Prudence Cowan said sid a aman's amans amans aman's mans man's voice wants want to know If i her friend fIend Miss Berton will come over and stay with wih her a day or two She Sho I feels very ver badly Who Vo is ia this speaking asked Claire who was Wg answering the thc phone Im Im Dr Morriss house physician at the Tell Tel me doctor Is Miss Prudence 1 very ver ill dangerously Ill i or anything 1 I Claires Claire's anxious voice flowed softly Into the young youn doctors doctor's ear Why no she's In no danger Its It's Is I's IsmorE more morE painful than serious I fancy fancy- His voice olce ceased abruptly as though he had been interrupted at his end of the wire Claire listened for more but the doctor did not resume Claire turned turne to If Jr I she ahe were she ere vere In any dan danger er Id I'd Id stay t But he says she isn't so isn't-so so Ill I'll Il be he going on that that tonight dear Dont Don't both er to be bo at the station staton Oh indeed I will Ill I'll Ill hello Il-helo Il hello what's I all al this 1 She had opened the hall hail hal door I to go and nd stepped onto a little pile pie of II letters at the threshold She shuffled through them in Indifferently then suddenly suddenly sud sud- I denly paused arre arrested ted by br a foreign foreign- looking envelope addressed to Claire in her care and bearing the white sticker Opened b by the Censor at at one end It I had been forwarded from the boarding house Claire came caine up unconsciously claspIng clasp clasp- Ing her hands at nt her chest as If I to keep her heart In bounds The postmarks postmark's Paris said Brow Draw Brownle I pretending great Innocence and wonderment I wonder who who who- who I Oh Jane dont don't torture me I l Claire I snatched the letter leter her hand trembling trem treni- bling her eyes ces scarcely able ahle to rca read the superscription so blind with excitement ex cx- I clement were they Suddenly she sat down on the tho to couch as If i her knees ha had given way On the hack back of the envelope envelope ope opo was penned From J J. Reaves 18 Rue flue de Paris France NOW NOV will wf you stay sty cried Brownie Brow nie nic wild with wih triumph That depends murmured Claire through dry dr lips as she broke the I seal seal To be continued |
