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T BEi BERNARD NARO I I BEGIN EGIN HERE TODAY Dr Bob Laird befriends Jingo Carter who has alwa always s 's lived on the river front and gives her a position on his hospital staff start for her er year of oC probation She has been arrested on suspicion in n connection with a burglary The childrens children's hospital has been endowed by wealthy John De Dey whom Jingo has never seen but hates like Jike poison polson The hospital routine routine routine rou rou- tine and her deepening love for Cor Dr Bobs Bob's young friend Mr Jock erase Jingo's bitterness and she tastes the first real happiness she has ever known After ACter Dr Lairds Laird's sudden death Jingo's guardian is John Dey And she Is stunned to find that John Dey and Mr Jock are arc the same per per- son She goes to the Dc estate as nursemaid to motherless ss Jackie and Betty Belly Lou Dey for the rem remaining month of her probation period There she he discovers that the maid is Vera Vcra Bailey an accomplice of oJ Harr Harry Barnes and learns lh that t th they plan to victimize John Deys Dey's mother for their big biff scoop Jingo meets H Harry rry one night on the the estate grounds and promises to spend a aday aday aday day with him soon Now go on with the stor story CHAPTER FIVE TWENTY T ENTY FIE With Harr Harrys Harry's is kisses still warm on her lips Jingo went back to the big stone house steeped in midnight midnight mid mid- night silence She tiptoed down the hall past the library where dim lights cast a glow of radiance radiance radiance ra ra- ra- ra diance into the thickly carpeted hallway John Dey was standing before beCore the fireplace his hands behind him He looked up quickly as she passed the door I Wont Vont you ou come in and share the fire lire with me Jingo stopped and drew the little felt hat from her head Her fingers brushed the tumbled hair into or or- der He smiled as she sho came toward him Wont Vont you ou sit down Im I'm lonesome lone lone- some Cant Can't we have a chat like we used to before beCore I went away I I r I have been out she stammered stammered stammered stam stam- and then added quickly The moon is so round and bright and there is a pathway straight across the lake Are You Happy Happ He had said The way we used to chat before beCore I went away That was when he was was Mr Jock She g. g sat down in an easy chair before before be be- fore the fireplace fWd and d he stood be before before before be- be fore her his hands ep in the pockets pockets pockets pock pock- ets of oC his trousers Arc you happy here he asked gently I HI want you ou to be happy Jessica I want it very it-very very much You have not smiled lately and I have not been able to talk to you ou You have avoided me Vh Why The crackling of oC the coals In the fireplace was the only sound to break that great silence Is there anything bothering you Jessica If Ie there is wont won't you tell me Thank you Anything bothering her Vera Bailey under the same roof watching watching watching watch watch- ing planning waiting waiting threatening threatening to tell John Dey that she Jingo was Tom Carters Carter's daughter She clenched clench clench- ed her hands tight in her lap Suddenly she realized she did not want to leave his home she wanted to be near to see his brown eyes looking down at her to hear his voice She wanted to be near near near- John De Dey To her he was Wa still Mr Jock Jock Jock- the man she had learned to lo love with a love deep and sincere and beautiful And to tell him she was Jingo Carter meant meant- She tried to smile It is very ery lovely here and I should miss the children I must go now Let Me Ie Stay He came to her side as she rose to her feet Must I ask you ou each time if you ou would miss me too Jessica There was a little hint of oC the old laughter in his voice Wont Vont you ou tell me that without m my asking you 7 She walked slowly from the room up the stairs to her own room adjoining adjoining adjoining ad ad- joining the nursery Just a few weeks and the year ear earI will be up Dear God let it be a few I more weeks before he ho must know Let me show him that Dr Bob is right that right that love lo can an take bitterness and resentment from the heart Dear God let me stay stay near near Mr Jock Jock for for a few more weeks II For many da days s 's she avoided him She could not talk to him she must I not listen She seldom left the chil chil- I dren eating with them in their sunny nursery sitting with them on the sand during the morning hours and beside them when they took their afternoon naps walking with them through the gardens and reading reading reading read read- ing or telling them stories until their eyes closed in sleep But al always al- al ways she slipped quietly awa away when their father came for his daily hour with them Sharp Sobs Ann Westmore and her mother were regular visitors to the Dey Day home and Jingo would watch John De Dc Dey as he walked beside Ann or when thc they left leCt on horseback or in a motor for golf olf at a n nearby country countr club And her breath caught with sharp little sobs as sho she gazed after them She had bad watched them leaving that morning in the big scarlet roadster Ann at the wheel their golf gol clubs In the rear Johns John's police dog Ramon was with Jingo and the children on the lawn Jawn and Jackie was romping with him while whilo Betty BettyLou BettyLou BettyLou Lou busied herself hersel with her doll perambulator The Dey grounds extended back to ta the highway a winding drIveway driveway drive drIve- way vay leading to the side entrance encircling the rose gardens and it was was was- in this driveway eway that the children children chil chil- dren liked to play when it was too cold for the beach John Dc Day Dey waved his hand as the motor purred past them smiling at nt ather ather her with a flash of oC white teeth The morning passed slowly Jingo sitting on a marble bench near a mirror- mirror like pool as Bett Betty Lou trundled her doll back and forth and Jackie threw small sticks down the drive which Ramon promptly retrieved It was 11 months now since she had left the old life liCe for the new and her mind went over the days and weeks and months that had in in- Be Careful Gradually her bitterness had been wiped away and with its departure had come the realization that a love deep sincere and beautiful had supplanted everything a love that burned in her breast like e a n. flame a love that perhaps within a few brief days would be shattered into fragments but a love that would stand the test down through the I years Just a n few more days days days- Far awa away she heard the melodious i blast of oC Johns John's motor horn as the scarlet roadster drove into the gates often oCten she had heard that blast listened for it She caught a glimpse of oC Ann Westmore's Westmore's West West- mores more's gay little hat as the car I rolled railed smoothly along the driveway I and then her eyes turned to Jackie He was standing on the opposite side and Ramon was poised beside I him as the child held a stick in his his' hand ready to throw The car was hidden behind shrubbery Be careful Jackie Jingo leaped to her feet The stick whirled through the air I and the dog leaped for it Even before the child started to follow Jingo was running swiftly toward him cr crying ing out As she reached the edge of the drive the car almost beside her Jackie with a merry laugh dashed forward directly in its path There was a sharp screech of brakes as Jingo her arms outspread outspread outspread out out- spread leaped into the road and caught the boy throwing him back backon on the grass The front fender of the car brushed her as it swerved sharply out of oC the driveway and she went into a heap on the grass Before she she could stir John had leaped over the side of oC the car and was kneeling beside her his face close to hers Out of the inky darkness darkness darkness dark dark- ness come his voice whispering J Jessica Jessica J essica-J Jessica essica my darling darling- you ou cannot be bo hurt hurl Jessica oi on open cn n your eyes eyes eyes eyes- Im I'm Not Hurt He must not say those things things- he must not lie Ie was holding her close against him She could feel fecI his breath on her face as he bent to her Im all right I guess guess- guess she said opening her eyes It was all black blackfor blackfor blackfor for a moment Please moment Please Im I'm not hurt hurt hurl Ann had come back and was looking looking looking look look- I ing down do at the tableau with narrowed narrowed nar nar- nar-I nar rowed eyes Jackies Jackie's face was near too as he leaned against his fathers father's shoulders his brown e eyes es wide with I anxiety Bett Betty Lou had scampered back to the scene leaving her dolland doll dolland and perambulator far down the drive John assisted her to lo her feet and his and remained warm and firm beneath her arm as they started toward to toward toward to- to ward the house You are arc sure Jessica Im all right Mr Dey He walked with her to the porch Ann following with the children And then Jingo was in her room alone a little heap in the center of the bed sobbing Oh Dr Bob did you know know- would you OU have done this if iC you had known 1 She was sitting silting at her window an hour later when the door opened and Vera came in Forgot to change that scarf this mornin she said abruptly as she started to remove Jingo's toilet articles articles articles ar ar- from the dresser She picked up the long-handled long blue mirror with the ornate J on the back Im I'm No Fool Fool I Harry this for fot you you that that Christmas Christmas she said slowly That was when you ou were on on the sc aqua square u with e-with with him He thinks youre you're oure still the square now but I dont don't Her voice dropped to a whisper Youre him him him- and Im I'm no fool He says in another another another an an- other few tew weeks youre you're comin back when that year is up The year will be up up-in up in just afew afew a afew few weeks Jin Jingo o spoke slowly She half smiled at the girl before the dresser You didn't some In to change that scarf Vera It was changed just yesterday Why did you come why Heres Heres why I saw you this mornin mornin in in the driveway I saw him hold him holdin in you ou in his hig arms Youre a quitter that's what you arc arc and and if It Harr Harry thinks youre you're g go- go o- o I I Ing back to spend n a da day with him him hm next Tuesday just Tuesday just because you are arc homesick for that dingy little apartment apart apart- ment or ment-or or that part of oC town town town-be- be because cause you love him him If she hesitated a moment to let her words sink in and then with an eloquent sweep of oC her arm towards the panorama H of oC rolling green lawns that stretched oC off to the blue waters of oC the lake beyond after aHer this then this then hes he's a fool Hes always been a fool fool about about you If he hc thinks youre you're going Joing back to him him after after this when this when the year is up up- up up she laughed harshly I told hold him what I thought but he wouldn't listen He Hc says youre you're on the square square- You Cant Can't Stop Him Over the sharp words that were clipping from her lips clearl clearly distinctly dis dis- distinctly Jingo o was hearing another voice that had whispered to her herout herout herout her her- out there thero in the driveway as arms held her tight Jessica Jessica my my darlIng darling darling dar dar- ling Vera finished her task arranged the blue toilet set sel on the dresser and turned to the door With her hand handon handon on on the knob she spoke again But dont don't think for a minute minute- that Harry will stand for fOl any med- med dlin on this job He swore by all I that's great and holy that holy that its it's goIn goin go- go I gO-I in through through and and even you you his his precious precious pre pre- cious Claus Jingo Jingo cant cant can't stop him Hell He'll stop at nothing nothing now Continued Thursday Cop Copyright right 1935 for The Salt Lake Telegram |