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T BERNARD JiS BEGIN EGIN HERE TODAY TODAY Jin Jingo o Carter drops completely out of or life liCe on the street where she shep p has as lived all oil her 20 o years ears and goes to work in III the Laird hospital for children At first Jin Jingo o isn't grateful grateful grate grate- ful CuI when hen Dr Robert Laird offers her the job but she prefers it to the detention home hone to which she was committed Jingo nurses a bitter hatred forJohn for forJohn forJohn John Doy Dc wealthy philanthropist who has always been out of sympathy sym- sym pithy path with Jingo's people It is an acid test for Dr Lairds Laird's faith in her when when she has to nurse nUl-e Jackie and Bett Betty Lou Dey through a a. case ease of scarlet fever during their fathers father's absence abroad Jackie reminds the girl poignantly of Mr Jock Joc whose companionship has become becom one of the bright spots of or her new life liCe Mr Jock is away on a vacation vaca vaca- tion lion Dr Laird sends scuds Jingo downtown to purchase chase some pretties and she bumps into her old sweetheart Harl Harry Barnes whom she has not seen since she went to the hospital He steers her into a restaurant and after the they arc are seated demands an explanation of her disappearance NOW NOV GO ON WITH THE TIlE STORY CHAPTER 20 Jingo twisted her napkin into a knot Then she looked up at Harry and smiled Her lips trembled Harrys Harry's face softened and he lit a Shoot baby God if it you knew how I worried Ive I've lost my nerve ln about you ou How did I know know and enow- enow and every time someone was found dead dead Id Id I'd go down afraid afraid the streets Nearly Neary ten months of hell And here herc you OU are arc prettier than everIll ever everIll ever ever- i Ill shoot with a brave attempt at cheerfulness That day after you left me I thought it all out out out- I was on probation for a n. year and andI I knew if I listened to you it would mean another deal It always meant that danger that danger that fear I And I couldn't go back hack to that I place Harr Harry I would have killed myself first I had a yellow ellow streak and and I got out before belore you came back because bace because I would have havo listened listened listened lis lis- to you you l Plenty enty of Money Ioney He Ho tapped the table nervously and his eyes again narrowed Yeah he he growled You got out and and they nil all gave me the laugh Vera Vcra and the whole gang gang and and Ive I've I gotten It plenty plent Listen baby Did you know know- that the deal we were talking about never went never went through Because Because- you OU double-crossed double me But Vera Vcra is on the job jOD now and and Veras Vora's Voras slick A cloud of smoke Issued through his lips and he threw his head back hack watching it cur curl Into the air Veras slick slick I told you 1 0 she was Harry HarI Harry continued to Smoke in si silence silence silence si- si lence his eyes ees watching her shrewdly through the gray mist And when this deal goes goe through everything will be rosy When It goes through there will be plenty of oC money baby He reached out across the table I and his hand closed over hers I What have you been doing all these months Jingo I Working Cleaning and shining and keeping things white Nearly Neary 10 months of it Harry That old twisted smile appeared on Harrys Harry's lips God you ou arc are so beautiful Im I'm afraid of oC you ou You dont don't know what love is is- is Yes I do Harry Harr I Afraid If you ou knew would you ha have ve gone off and left me without me-without without a word All AU these months of won- won dorm Love is something something overwhelm overwhelm overwhelm- Ing ng Jingo's vol voice c was soft sott her fingers interfaced d beneath her chin as she sat with her elbows elbow on I the table her eyes shining It is something that grips at your heart and removes removes bitterness bitterness and grief It t is something deep sincere sincere and and beautiful Then wh why didn't you 1 0 think of oC me all these months 1 angrily I did Harry I started st. letters to you you and and tore them up I wanted my own folks many folks many times I stood by the window ni nights nights and and and wondered wondered wondered won won- dered where you oU were were out out in that maze of oC streets I have thought of you often more often more often than anyone knows but I was afraid afraid His young face Cace softened and his hand reached for hors hers Are Arc you giving this to me straight baby Straight Harry That years year's probation is most up isn't it 1 eagerly smiling A little over two months more Harry before the Is year year is up up They talked long over that thai wooden table He told her of ot the gang Sam had been caught and had gotten away afraid to come back Bill and Vera Vcra were working to together to- to gether Vera Vcra was In on the big deal they had talked about in theold the theold theold old days Well We'll Go Slow Not In the In-the the other wa way baby he said quickly patting her hand You know I love just you just you you you you- and always will even though you did put one over on me God those months Always lookin lookin I and Veras Vera's slick slick slick- he leaned toward her whispering through the smoke of ot his c garet his hand still on hers Were Vere going going- slow Its It's going oln to take time this job And there aint going going- to be anything to crab it either Your dad aint here to crab this one No slowly Dad isn't here to crab it John saw Dey-saw saw to that Harry started to speak then stopped short He was silent for fora a moment Im keepin my mouth shut about this deal he said finally final final- ly But It will sort of ot straighten up things for you bab baby And when you come back to usI usI us us- us us- us I must go now now Harry I must must- must must-It Jingo arose from the table and with Harrys Harry's hand on her arm they went down the dingy room together She heard him greet someone by the name of Carl She looked up at a Harry in the dark darl entrance and hi his eyes narrowed misted were on he her hungrily Beautiful he whispered More Mor beautiful than ever and His arms arm were around her drawing her close clos to him Tell me you have missed me baby wanted me mo as I wanted you you Jingo closed her eyes tight as h he held her close and she remembered Christmas eve when Mr Jock had stood in the doorway her hand in his his voice gentle Tell me you will miss mme me little blue eyed madonna Harrys Harry's face was against hers hi his husky voice pleading Tell me baby before beCore you goTell go Tell me you love me like you did inthe in inthe inthe the old days Tell fell me you want meto me meto meto to hold you OU in my arms as I did die that last day the day you wen went away without a word God I love you more than life lifer life life- I r must go Harry Harry- You cant can't stop loving me Jingo I love you so much Id I'd do anything for you ou That's straight I 1 wouldn't wouldn let you ou take on that job Vera is onI on onI I 1 I love ove you that much In spite o or of orall all these months But when it i is all over there will be plenty of jack and then well we'll get out Jingo Jingo Jingo-al- al always ways together He drew in his breath sharply and bent his lips to hers His eyes were not pleasant to look at and she turned her face from him She thought of Mr Jocks Jock's brown eyes always laughing and kind Goodby Harry I must go now Please HUIr Hurry She did not stop to buy the pretties pretties pretties pret pret- ties for which Dr Bob had given her the mone money Something within her was urging her to hurry back to the friendly haven of the hospital walls She brushed her hand across her lips still warm from Harrys Harry's kiss Something urging her to hurry hurry- hurry hurry and and when no street car appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap she signaled a taxi She must get back to Dr Bob back to the peaceful routine of oC her daily work back to little Jackie De Dey whose eyes ees when he laughed crinkled crinkled crin crin- kled at the corners back to that laughing young face in the silver frame on Dr Bobs Bob's desk How many times in the long weeks just past she had stood before before before be be- fore it how she had missed it inthe in inthe inthe the weeks of quarantine with the Dey children How many times he had smiled back as she passed theoffice the theoffice office door and how many times since midwinter when he ho had gone away she had whispered Oh I do db miss you so very much Please- Please come back bacle How many times during the long hours of the night when small Jackie was battling the fever had hall she stood at the bedside her eyes flooded with tears cars as she looked down at Jackie smiling up at her her her- with Mr Jocks Jock's brown eyes Something urging Please haste haste Please hurry to the driver Im hurrin miss and he plunged through a changing traffic traffic fic tic signal Continued Friday Copyright 19 1935 for The c 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