| Show i CHAPTER I II I Accept Temptation Disguised as a II j Concert Dr dined with us tonight and paddy Daddy Lorimer detailed Bobs Bob's experience with shell shock Shell Shel shock fascinates the brain specialist said Both the genius and the coward fall fan easy victims vie vic ic time tims to shell shen shock and all the cases between these two wo types are Individual Indi vidual different vidual different The more sensitive e a mans man's nature the more refined delicate the Impressionable the harder that man man manis is is to cure Bob Dob was alwa always s 's a a. temperamental duck duc Daddy put In Gets genius from his mother Always a n forgetful cuss too Gets that from Crom me ho rambled on jovially I knew Daddy meant well lie He was trying to tell ten me indirectly that perhaps Bob Dob had failed to write to tome tome tome me because he was still suffering from shell shock My l cheeks checks were flushed and my eyes I suppose as round as those of ofa ofa I a bewildered child The Idea was new new I to me it confused but it did not satisfy inc mE I 1 threw one scared I glance at Dr Ills His Intuition is certainly extraordinary I couldn't possibly guess the details I of m my trouble but he looked quickly I from Daddy Dadd to me and then smiled on me with Intentional deliberateness deliberate deliberate- ness and ness and my misery faded deliberate I a away away-as away as as asIf asif if I had been lisen hypnotized I Why should I worry about Bob Doh if he doesn't worry about me I asked myself Bob Dob may not understand me hut but but here is a man who does who has for a long time and who persists in spite of discouragement discouragement- Later In the evening c Dr came and leaned over me as I snuggled snuggled snug snug- in a corner ot of the big divan near neara a lamp and stitched away on a small garment g-arment designed ned for one of tho the layettes layettes layettes lay lay- ettes the tho Red Cross is asking for Do n not t worry about Bob he said putting m my own resolve Into words Doubtless Bob is quite recovered by this time He will be home soon And I shall have lost my chance of being a cavalier for a war bride Now theres there's Curd Curd- I I smiled up at him encouragingly Tomorrow night night- Instead of fluttering ring n nervously r and 1 swinging the talk to the art of GaUl Curd Curci as I I might easily have done as I 1 certainly would have done a a. a week ago I smiled some more It takes mighty little encouragement to I. I carr carry on a way ho he wants to go But on the whole I thought I Igo isn't that Just the reason I like teis so much He goes ROCS after what he wants wants- wants and and he gets it Perhaps you ou will let me take you ou to Ute tIle Galli Curci concert Jeanne Surely I will I responded gaily Im perfectly wild to go and go-and and Daddy I just hates singing singing and and Chrys Chrs is 1 afraid of ot the flu flu and and Mother l Lorimer Lorimer Lori- Lori I mer is working so hard In the food saving campaign that she is too tired to take me I realized that my long string of ot reasons sounded a little like excuses but hut if felt the same wa way he lie did not betra betray it Thank you ou he said simply as our am fingers touched In a perfectly formal formalI I good night r f fI rI I cant can't find a reason why you should not go Jane Jine dear said I mother when I put the case to lier tier ler Dr is Daddys Daddy's best frel friend friend- dan d- d an antI and our little Jane Jano is a girl of common common cornmon com corn mon sense Just to foil fan the gossipers my dear Ill I'll ask the tho doctor to dinner again tomorrow Were Vere I really a a. girl SId of or common commonsense commonsense commonsense sense I would have owned up that minute that GalU Galli Curci Curi was the least of ot the concerts concert's attractions for me ins and that the main reason why I should not go out alone with Hit Cert ls is w was s that I so very much wanted to go To 10 be bo continued Copyright 1918 b by the Newspaper Enterprise Enterprise Enter Enter- prise Association |
