Show THE TH COUnTRY DOCTOR Telegram Serial Featuring the CHAPTER IX DC Greasy was really the one who suffered most in the second smashing smashing smash smash- ing lug of at the plane wing vIng when he had to stand and see seo the exulting MacKenzie Mac- Mac Kenzle Kenzie slash it with an an ax Tony was philosophical and helped Greasy to get the repair job once again under way Tony knew lenew that thata a fe few more days in would surely mean seeing Mar Mary again and there had been so much I left lell unsaid between them Despite MacKenzie's unreasoning r rage ge Ton Tony Im knew V he must see seo Mary Mary soon Meanwhile the damaged plane piano made as good an alibi as any Greasy worked at the wing with concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- tur fury the now frayed ray d letter from his Montreal sw sweetheart etheart sticking stick stick- ing jug out of oC his jumper pocket Several days das passed and MacKenzie MacKen- MacKen zie kept Mary close within their house hous Tony began to fear rear that Greasy's furious energy would havethe havethe have havethe the plane read ready to fly before he could see sea Mary at all Then on the very scry night when Greasy triumphantly triumphant triumphant- ly announced that read ready to fly again Tony succeeded In meetIng meetIng meeting meet meet- ing Mar MaryI Mary I r must see you Tony breathed Cant you OU get out tonight We Ve could go somewhere and talk tolle Mary I have e such a lot of at things to say soy to you Things I want an awful lot Jot to hear she sho w whispered back Yes Ye I can get out tonight rm Im supposed to go over ovel to Aunt with a basket of things Ill I'll go but afterward after after- ward ward Ill ril meet you here say here say about 8 81 And so it was wan innocently enough arranged thirty Eight found things boomIng boom boom- ing lag at a h hilarious pace at the Skid Skid- road a sort of night club and rendezvous set Bet up in a farmhouse farmhouse farm farm- house on the edge edgo of The front rooms had been remodeled remodeled remodeled into a dance hall hail and a tiny piano pimo was rattling out year-old year j jazz Crude booths with tables inside them had been built along the walls Lumbermen in checked wool shirts and heavy boots bools clumped on the dance floor with girls dressed in in what they fondly imagined were evening frocks The attempt at a agay agay gay Y atmosphere in the place achieved only a n certain dismalness They were welcomed to the Skid Skid- road by a blowsy host who was leerIngly leeringly leer leer- obsequious and who installed them in one ono of at the booths The sound of laughter and arid rough horseS horseplay horse horse- I S play pIny surged about them but neither iwas was really conscious of ot it lt Ton Tony J ordered beer for tor himself a lemonade lemonade lemon lemon- ade for tor Mary While waiting Co for their orders each strove to be ga gay but without much success Yep Going out for tor sure tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row said Tony with a casualness he did not feel teel at all got S the plane pIano all aU fixed up again You'll S get to thinking that I make more farewell appearances than Harr Harry Lauder Mary was a little wistful as she answered him But Bul Harr Harry Lauder S always comes back for tor one ono more appearance Tony nodded gravely And so 30 will vill I he said to take tale you rou awa away from here Mary I love you You must have seen it the day we went vent up in the plane Somehow I dont don't care a lick about Montreal or m my medical career or or-or or or without you ou Will vm you ou marr marry me meT Mary leaned closer her head brushing his shoulder Her voice was barely a whisper Say it again Tony she murmured Tonys Tony's voice gained resolution wilt Will you marry me me ho asked again They felt Celt rather than consciously noticed a sudden silence fall CaU on the crowd on the dance floor Then a whisper ran through the room Piercing the murmur came a frightened frIghtened fright frIght- ened remonstrance from the proprietor proprietor proprietor pro pro- Please boss bos dont don't lets let's have no trouble here I dont don't want S Sno no trouble Mr MacI enzie Tony stiffened He felt what was coming He did not see MacKenzie contemptuously shove the proprietor S tor aside but he did see the livid I face tace of ot MacKenzie as the latter approached approached ap ap- ap- ap IS S peering into booth after alter booth Tony placed his hand briefly over Marys Mary's with a little squeeze of oC as as- Dont be frightened dear he said softly MacKenzie came to a 11 halt at the end or ot their table Stand up he said grimly lookIng look look- S I ing ng fixedly at Tony and without a glance at Mar Mary The girl coloring glanced up ip in Sn terror Dad please she Implored Just a n minute now Mr MacKen MacKen- zie zie- zie t e- e began Tony in a conciliatory tone Theres nothing nothing- Stand up shouted MAcKenzie In I n a l fur fury his face purpling He Ho began deliberately to peel off orf a heavy hea vy coat Tony rony slid out of the booth quietly Mary maybe you'd oud better go he said S S SS J S S Let her stay roared l MacKen MacKen- zie stepping toward Tony who gave gay C ground his eyes alertly on the advancing advancing advancing ad ad- giantI giant I dont don't want to fight tight you Ii he C said e evenly Youre Marys Mary's fa father father fa- fa ther MacKenzie MacI swung a wild 1 right Tony drew back his head hea I with n R quick motion that revealed the tho experienced boxer as the fist us t swished past his nose Somebody V stop him he pleaded Grab him Tony sidestepped to avoid another r whistling swing swinE Stand up and fight grunted MacKenzIe A quick glance told 1 Tony he had been forced almost t to the rear wall wait of ot the room Shouts Shout of ot Yellow and Fight came canu from the crowd which quickly encircled encircled encircled en en- circled the th two men All right muttered Tony desperately des des- You asked for tor it He feinted catlike with his left and drew from MacKenzie the expected ex cx- wild right swing Tony lony put all his weight behind a right hook that went home directly to the point of MacKenzie's stubbly chin MacKenzie stumbled backward backward backward back back- ward spun against an iron stove and fell twisting to the floor Tony took two quick steps toward the fallen giant But he did not get up Two men leaped to his side and began assisting assisting assisting assist assist- ing him to his feeL teet A buzz of excitement ex ex- swept the crowded room None of oC them had ever seen MacKenzie Mac Mac- Kenzie down before Tony stepped quickly Into inlo the booth whore where Mary stood a trembling trem teem bling bUng witness to the short ter tei- Im sorry this happened said Ton Tony hurriedly Im getting out But I love lava you and Im I'm coming back Understand If It you think it'll do any good tell him I 1 love you too tool tool- Quickly they kissed and then Tony was gone striding rapidly to the front of at the room and out the door Mary sat helplessly at Rt the table her ber taco face buried burled in her hands sobbing Helping hands heaved MacKenzie slowly to his feet teet He staggered gro groggily and clutched his left armas armas arm armas as his face went vent white with pain M My arm he sai said shortly Broke it when I fell MacKenzie made his way to the booth where his daughter still sat Get home he ha said between clenched teeth Oh Dad began Mar Mary lifting a n tear stained face tace Get home repeated MacKenzie Together fattier father and daughter walked through the circle of ot wide- wide eyed lumbermen and their girls and out into the night Tony wasted no time Knowing that more trouble could be expected of at MacKenzie he went directly home to Dr Lukes Luke's and ascertained that Greasy had finished his job that the plane was ready to fly Then he turned in his plans made When Constable Jim Ogden early next morning appeared in front of Dr Lukes Luke's house Tony had been up and I around for lor a Jong long time His HiI last minute inspection of at the plane was already completed and as Ogden Ogden Og Og- den approached fingering lIngering a folded white paper Tony slipped sUpped out the back door It was Nurse Kennedy who opened the tho door for the constable Tony had seen to it that she came over to get him an early breakfast Know where I can find Tony the constable asked with elaborate casualness Surel Surely Right here Inside Eating EatIng Eat Eat- ing lag sausages Nurse Kennedy was cordiality itself Ogden entered nervously fingerIng fingering finger finger- fingering ing the warrant in his hands From the back yard ard came a sudden udden explosive explosive cx- cx ex ex- plosive roar Constable Ogden was no fool He leaped for the backdoor back backdoor door waving the warrant in his hand At t the edge of the pasture lot adjoining tho the barn stood Tonys Tony's ship Stop In tho the name of ot the law shouted Ogden running toward the plane Tonys Tony's answer was to give her the gun The hurricane from the propeller blew the warrant from Ogden's hand and he ducked quickly quick quick- ly as the wing swung around and the piano plane straightened out with a rush down the pasture lot Tony turned the tho plane at the far tar end of oC the fild to get into the wind and now came rushing back directly toward the pair With a roar he put the planes plane's nose sharply up zooming directly over their heads with a ga gay wave of the hand over the edge of ot the cockpit All Al rushed to windows as the unaccustomed roar of the plane was heard beard The plane seemed reluctant to leave but circled con con- Then the wide-eyed wide villagers villagers vil vii lagers saw the plane dip suddenly and swoop down over the house of MacKenzie Few of ot them saw a tiny hand waving from tram an upper window and none of oC them heard MacKenzie his arm in a sling sUng as he sat at breakfast breakfast break break- r fast st snarling as the plane zoomed overhead Well Vell hang onto onlo that warrant he muttered to himself The young fool Hell He'll be bo back To Bo Be Continued |