Show TH THe coun TRY DOCTOR T Telegram l gram Serial Featuring the BEGIN HERE TODAY DR LUKE country doctor doctor doc doc- tor In the little north woods settlement set set- of at town Moose works nl night ht and day IllY to combat nn an cpi cpi- d of at diphtheria FATHER BONEL O EL parish priest and NURSE l KENNEDY EDY aro arc his his' aids Storms ha e isolated Moose Moose- town cutting cutting- off oft telephone and ond telegraph ph connections Need e ed for antitoxin is desperate when nUKE MIKE SC SCANLAN amateur radio operator op oP- crat r gets gel a message to Dr Lukes Luke's brother DR PAUL LUKE in Montreal l Dr Pa Paul 1 appeals to trading c company officials to send the antitoxin They refuse Then Dr Pauls Paul's son sons sons- TOz TONY volunteers to fly 11 f to l with tho the serum Ton Tony arrives there crashing 8 a awing wing as a. h he NOW V GO o ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VI Doctor Luke ulce was among the tho leaders lead- lead ers era rs as the villagers plowed fran fran- across across tho the drifted field toward oward the crumpled and silent plane lane As they drew ne near r they saw a aman aman man hoist himself out of the cockpit cockpit cock- cock pit it and shove 0 ia a pair of ol goggles up ov over iver r his leather helmet It was Tony He Ho looked ruefully down at athe atthe atthe the he wreckage of at tho tha smashed wing Dr Luke came panting up with the he others close at his heels he liRa Have you got the the serum ho he shouted Right h here r answered Tony Toni with a swan awan wan smile mile handing a tightly wrapped package down over o the edge dge of ot the fus fuselage lage Then he tripped stripped the thc helmet from his head and nd Sorry Im I'm late Uncle John but ut 3 w wasn't nt quite sure ure where I 1 Ivas was vas he said Tony STony cried th the dumbfounded do doctor Octor tor The youth was Wa already climbing down own out of ot the tho ship Im so grateful bo boy and so proud roud the doctor began Then hen catching catchIng- himself he went on but weve we've got to get right to the hospital hopItal with this The tac fac of at a pale pate and ate looking Greasy was just emerging emerging ing ng from the cockpit He lo looked ked gloomily around at the snowy waste about him the stumpy y field the pine lne covered hills hUb and drifts drift and the he dr dreariness Well fI there goes my wedding he said glumly more to himself than to the crowd of lumbermen French-Canadian French farmers and trappers trap trap- pets per and villagers who stood gawking gawking gawk gawk- ing lug at nt the planel plane l Kinds Kinda inda busted it up eh 1 volunteered volunteered volunteered volun volun- one of the onlookers Brother Broth r. r you you said It exploded Greasy Got a garage around here Yep closed for tor the winter i someone offered I Got a a. telegraph office 1 Yep Tep aint though Wires Vires all aU down in the storm Well VelI you got a boat aint you Yep t aint Froze up Greasy sighed with deepening gloom But Bat when can I get out of here her he expostulated exp I figger not afore store spring was Wa the reply Greasy climbed down out of ot the cockpit with another prodigious sigh I gh and headed for town on the trail of Tony and Dr Luke Both the old doctor and his young his young intern nephew were already hard hardat at work at the church hospital with their precious serum erum Before the next 24 2 hours hour had come and gone the crisis was pW past Gr Gradually the children except two for whom help had arrived too late began to recover and were returned to their homes Father Bond Bonel one was YM a able le to restore his little board church to a place of worship The slOw low I w routine of at winter again settled down over o T Tony ny and Greasy stuck for the winter I until the first boat should arrive Inthe in inthe inthe the spring made the best of at it A spare room In Dr Lukes Luke's house hous' I was made available for them cramped but adequate Tony puttered about helping his uncle when hen he could Gre Greasy y had the thc broken ship hauled to Dr Lukes Luke's barn as soon as M the blizzard bUzzard broke and began an overhaul ul which at fist first seemed hopeless but gradually gradually grad grad- began to take shape A strut straightened a spare part dug up in the village garage fabric patches made with sail sailcloth loth and and impromptu dope As All the weeks week passed the ship began to look like itself again It was slow war work Ie but Greasy philosophized there was WW nothing else to do r Then Tony met Mary nry Ma Kenzi It was at a little evening party at Nurse Kennedys Tony was Wa 55 seated at the old fashioned melodeon tryIng try try- Ing lug to decoy from front it something a little more spirited than the hymn tun tunes tune to which it long had been ac sc- He did not notice her entrance n nor r the greetings as 38 she remo removed d her snow now covered coat and arcU s All he ever recalled afterward afterward after after- ward was feeling a presence beside him hearing vaguely vaguel some muttered muttered muttered mut mut- words of introduction by Kennedy Then he looked up into a face that seemed to contradict contradict contradict contra contra- dict every impression he ho had re received received re- re from the bleakness of at Moo Moose Moose- e- e town Tonys Tony's fingers finger at the keyboard key key- board were n not t the only thing that missed a beat at that moment Gradually Tony began to realize that he liked Tho The days slid by and the spring thaws approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap without his hia realizing it More and more often he and Mary MacKenzie found it pleasant to be together Ther were merry evenings evenings evenings eve eve- at nt the doctors doctor's house howe an occasional oc oc- dance In the han hall above the village store tore Spring drew near with the breaking of at the snowbound snowbound snow snow- bo bound nd winter and the arrival of at the first boat from outside But Tony found himself l not caring a a. hoot whether spring came or not Somehow Somehow Somehow Some Some- how the tho outside Montreal without without without with with- out Mary MacKenzie was waa some something something something thing he ho could not get excited about Not so Dr Luke Lulee He was reachIng reaching reaching reach- reach Ing a n decision A thick file of ot Jetters letters letters let Jet in his hi office was gradually convincing him that nothing could be done by man mall toward achieving the ambition of or his hI heart That was a modern hospital In the area where the gravest of hi his first first aid aid cases could get better better better bet bet- ter care carel and mOt most of ot nil all where the babies bable could get the kind of or attention attention atten atten- tion they needed Dr Luke I had just about decided to go to Montreal by the first spring pring boat and make his plea at the company offices office In person As soon oon as all tho the ice began to break breakup up the reechoing whistle of ot the North Star told that the winter spell had indeed been broken To a man all an of Moose Moose- town converged on the dock where the North Star drew toward the wharf And when the gangplank rattled down they rushed aboard far tar more eagerly than the advance Yo I f m c l I jW S 1 k d I 1 t k You wont won't change your mind Uncle John insisted Tony and an fly down with me tomo tomorrow B Be in Montreal most b by noon The he whistle of the North orth Star Siar called throated deep a across the hills hill t v S vS v'S r v S 1 guard of ot the summers summer's lumbermen were disembarking A long line formed at the pursers purser's office seeking long Jong awaited packages pack pack- I ages and ages and freight Among them were a set of wheels and the last few tew parts needed by Greasy to put his ship in running order again He fairly leaped for tor Dr Lukes Luke's barn with the packages and boxes under his arm Greasy GreaY didn't care for Besides he had In h his inside pocket a letter Jetter from the girl he had planned to marry the previous autumn It was Wa not entirely sympathetic sym m pathetic and ended You get back here just as soon as 31 you can Who Vho do you think you ou are Admiral Byrd 1 Pausing Pawing only for unloading and stowing outbound cargo the North Star was Wa soon oon ready to leave again for lor the outside ouide On sailing day Mary MacKenzie called to say my goodbye to Dr Luke Finding no one at nt the house hous she went around to the barn to be greeted by the tho first smiling face Greasy had been able to muster all winter vinter All fixed she he queried pleasantly pleasantly pleas picas antly of Greas Greasy All fixed and ready to fly tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row he announced happily Im m going to fly her out to Montreal with Ton Tony Tonys Tonys going going then 1 she fal tal- fal- fal Surest thing you know grinned I Greas Greasy beginning to sing gaily But Mary was waa already gone Outside Outside Outside Out Out- side on the lawn of ot Dr Lukes Luke's house she ran plump into T Tony ny Gain down to the boat to see lice the thedoe doc doe off oft he chirped And they strolled ot oft off together toward the boat landing Tell you what lets let's do announced announced an an- Ton Tony Ill play you In Invisible Invisible In- In visible golf down to the boat landIng landing landing land land- ing for tor 10 cents a hole OkA Okay Okay responded Mary Without club or ball bail Tony in all gravity addressed an imaginary tee waggled an imaginary club and drove Both watched in all nIl se seriousness se- se the flight of the nonexistent ent ball bali Not iNot bad commented Mary In feigned admiration What do you mean cried Tony Indignantly Why Vh that one was yards straight down the fairway fairway fairway fair fair- way or tir anyway right down Bay avenue This innocent ent foolishness soon carried them to the boat landing leaving a trail of ot astonished villagers vii vil lagers behind them all nIl of whom were quite sure lure that this young outsider out out- alder sider was like Jike all fliers they had heard quite mad As J for Mary they couldn't think what was WW va in her mind On the dock in the midst of at a little group stood Dr Luke a batt battered battered bat bat- t red bag at his feet teet and a hat on his hi head which fairly fa cried out its newness Now please try to keep your vest buttoned while youre you're In the city city- It looks awful flapping open like that Nurse Kennedy was Wa admon admon- him My goodness Katherine the doctor grumbled think I was Wa wasa a a- child chUd But he was secretly pleased to be fussed over You wont won't change your mind Uncle John Insisted hulsted Tony and fly down with me tomorrow Be In Jn Montreal most mOlt b by noon noon Uh Uh no declIned n d Dr Luke Weve waited long dough elough for this I guess the North Star will be fast last enough h this time The North Star whistled hoarsely Goodbye Katherine said the doctor slowly lowly Look out for things thing And he strode up the gang gang- plank See Sec you In Montreal al called Tony but his voice oice was lost in the storm torm of ot goodbyes and go good d lucks that r rose e from Irom the crowd on tho the dock Only one voice lifted S the thc S chorus It was WM Nurs Nur Nurs K Kenedy's nedY I but the doctor felt rather than heard Ita its import t and dont don't come back without with wish out that thit hospital I ITo To be continued |