| Show G GO e O O O 3 I e 0 0 8 to toe Sequel b b 6 Ch 1 e C kG 1 e Elenor Copyright h by e By Elenore nn i io I i iI o an aR Aft n Ana A ft ft R nn na AO m n A CR A w Continued from yesterday Why make it at all We did quite nicely without any decision it seems to me Go get your things Well We'll go to dinner first She shook her head He was standing above her with his arms A musing puzzled look came Into his eyes What makes maes you jou OU think you ou have havethe havethe havethe the sole right In the matter She shut her eyes swiftly But after a second rubbed the hc grass with her toe and smiled Well you see Mr fr Doctor Im I'm not sure that its it's very ery wise for a brilliant youth such as yourself to be hobnobbing so su with a mere nurse Dont Don't you know Inow a great many people are opposed to such He grew serious serious his his Jaw clinched It It it on my account then How considerate you are She laughed Oh my yes yes just just justa a way of mine I look bac backwards wards and forwards and cogitate this way and that Then I decide decide Immutable ble like Vh What's ts t's did 15 done and no undoing of it He sat down on the bench anc and looked at her What happened Helena Her lips trembled Xo nothing Xo nothing Im I'm telling you the truth I Just de decided decided de- de it is much better for me to only work vork You know I haven't much longer The course is ony only two vears years and four months here hereso here here- so so- so i Why do you ev evade de Do you OU mean to tell me that a mere concert concertin in interferes with your work worl Ha Haven't ent you rou enjoyed coming with me Why must you vou stop now When she remained silent he reached over and took her hand Was Vas It because of last time You were disturbed She gave him a swift glance of appeal Oh no not no-not not that But just that I 1 dont don't want to go now I Isee Isee Isee see things differently differently- Well I dont don't I I. I see sea them as I IdId Idid Idid did before Did anything h happen it tt the hospital Xo Xo No Who said anything then What made you ou all of a sudden see the light Nothing and no one one one-oh oh really just Just my own eyes eyes eyes- Then well we'll go for a ride That'll be all right wont won't it It- It She bit her lips Ups He repeated We Ve can do that Nn ln I Then Its It's me youre you're against Is it IL If Im I'm the thing to be eliminated and not th the concert Is that It No forcing of oC her will would bring forth such a confirmation Sh She Sho said only I have to do this ol this really 1 I have to I CHAPTER LV Two Me Men Mer She looked at his hand holding hers its pressure touched her heart He Ic saw b by the pallor of her heI face that she was overwrought that she was not going to speak yet et he said You have not told me the truth Helena Heena Has any fault been found with your work at the hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital Xo none Xo none Something has happened though Are you going to force me to behove believe believe be be- lieve hove in your good reasons without telling them She set a flickering smile against his warm Insistent look Yes Yes well you see sec my dear friend David you ou have done so much for me al already al- al ready ready perhaps perhaps you jou ou dont don't know how much So you do this too Cant Can't you It II is the greatest kindness you do to me me-It me It really is Is- Is She sat with her hands clasped in that attitude of sad gentle acquiescence acquiescence ac ac- ac- ac I quiescence that had once so stirred th the hot impetuous youth of one man the warm exultant passions of another and was now waking waking- to to flame the spirit of David Bamm Ramm He lie kept hold of or her hands hands he he kept looking at her face as though there dwelt h here re before him In pallid gold and white the s1 spirit of beauty That image of 01 her profile palely cut went vent into his mind like in Ln etching It was before him that night ht when hen I le me read the book and learned or hought he lie learned why the she he cried v She was once the girl Eliza with the transparent and beautiful dream o oa or of ora ofa a love Ineffably pure and enduring And she cried because her hel dream drean was lost so o pitIfully and irrevocably irrevocably bly by lost He could see eee her closed eyes with t tears ars on her lashes In this new newlight newlight newlight light he wondered about her and about the man she had loved I It occurred to him sharply that she might still love this thia man Perhaps this was the reason she wept anc and this was the reason she asked for solitude The thought made him vaguely vague vague- I ly Impatient and he lie wondered where the man might be what sort he was forsaking her ler so For Fol came It-came to him now with a certainty that Chickie had given to this other in so trust trust so the theman theman theman man was bound in any kind o ohonor of honor to marry her herA herA herA her her- A moment later he dismissed this Idea killing Idea killing to be doomed to a marriage marriage marriage mar mar- of this kind kind far far better to be deserted If the love had not endured endured en en- en dured dured- So she was not not regretting the theman man man but the lost ideals This ex explained ex- ex the poignant sadness often otten on her mouth Watching her now he read Into all her expressions this wistful regret But It did not explain the sudden and drastic decision she made And kept She was determined about it and would not even ride with him He said to her Youre a foolish little thing Oh youre you're a silly lit littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe fanatic fanatic arent aren't arent you She thought by this that he was making light of it and she was I oddly dismayed How long is the exile to last She said with a studied flip flip- pance Oh this you know is the theda da day of indeterminate sentences SoI So I r t toll But B t when h en a man man Is sentenced he always knows for why When am amI I to be told the nature of m my of offense offense offense of- of 1 She colored so painfully that he did not insist He would wait his time He lIe would learn learn well well all he wanted to know about her herIn herIn herIn her her- In a manner commonplace enough yet remarkable the facts he sought ht were vere given him He lie was called to Stockton on a consulta consulta- tion And it happened that the afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- he heVa was Va leaving he met Chickie at the hospital and told her of this simple ann announcement came with the force of f a blow She was sas Instantly confused and stammered yes are Oh yes are you Will Viii you be gone long Three or four days das perhaps Ive I've arranged to look over some re reI research research re- re I search earch of a classmate of ot mine Hes He's done some good work She said faintly That must be Dr Robert Emerson isn't it 1 Yes Yes do do you know v him She nodded feeling that hands pressed he her bowing bowing- to the earth V Why h did she sa say that Why hy had she spoken But she went vent on Yes I I know mow Dr DI Emerson quite well well well- You do Well hes he's he's hes a good fellow fel fel- fel- fel low Now goodbye Miss His Ills eyes were very winning I hope you miss me Theres There's a concert the night ht I return or something and listen you vou mere macre mere nurse Im I'm taking taking- you Youve You've had your way well way well we'll wellsee see about mine She scarcely heard heard for for there was wasa wasI I a ringing and a fog in her brain He lie would say to Dr DI Emerson Oh b by the you way you know Helena Heena Bryce nurse Bryce nurse And Dr Emerson would be as astounded as- as He I-fe would talk of her Then David would hear It a all all' even eyen of t the Inquest and of hIi 11 ll the I charges that were brought brought- Hours Hour and an hours after he left her thoughts pres pressed led upon her warm and faint They fri frightened her Why should she care If he learned It t all Didn't she want this Didn't she wish vish to be left alone Hadn't she deliberately sought to eliminate him ilm Of course coulse Yet Ye a thousand times she saw Dr Emersons Emerson's large alge Intelligent ent face face face- then hen Davids David's so so sallow allow and stron strongly ly cut yet et with its vital and winning eyes He lie would be repulsed learning learning- all this his of her hem He would wish never to o look at her again again again- I I Sl Sims he e dreaded the thought of his return and dreaded again the tIle thought of his remaining there But she said to herself He knows already of already of course he does Why does he suppose I had to leave This didn't reassure her For It would be different when he learned all the details and how she had sneaked off ort to a ranch house and worn a wedding ring and pretended to be married and lied so much and then at last running away and carrying the child dead to the doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor tor- tor Oh Oh-he Oh he might even wonder about that and just just how how the child had died Others did did did- What if he did But If he should come and ask her about it If he should do that She would never speak She would turn from him let him let him think anything he wished An overpowerIng overpower overpower- ing melancholy stole upon her She had a feeling that the world would now be swept entirely clean even of flie friendships friendships-as as as far as she was con concerned She said to herself and smiled ironically I should have a mission in the world world world-I I should think of others others- She wrote this in a breezy strain to Jake bringing in in as she was accustomed to do do all her experiences experiences in the hospital She said saW she had decided to open a foundling foundling found found- ling asylum For y you u know Jake S getting born Is really the start of all the trouble In the world And nd we ought I to begin at the start Now I will vill tell you of of ofa a sad case because It will make you happy to hear of this and besides hospitals are full of such cases Well Vell two babies were born here in the last week One hail birti i 11 che cheek and d dIt It if I were the theo mother l i Id I'd c have thanked all the sweet angels In heaven when it died But the mother wasn't that kind She is crying all day ay about it it And bein beinas being as I am a tender charitable soul I r bethought me of a a way to ease her grief It was most otherwise e my solution For you must also know mow that there wa was this other baby and Im I'm not quite sure about the mother except that she doesn't like the child and didn't want It and makes it live on a bottle which Isn't the proper caper capel Anyway the father has only come twice and then he said to me Never mind about the baby Ill babY Ill I'll see it later later later- He hasn't looked at It and the mother moth moth- er is always asking me about havIng haying hav hay ing children adopted So you see- see do you ou Well Vell I I thought it would wouW be quite coquettish to give this bab baby to lo the mother who wants hers so much And I 1 said to the girl who wont won't nurse hers Suppose I take little Anna into another patient of mine and let her hel- stay there a awhile awhile awhile while because her baby died and she's broken hearted The mother said raid Sure kiddo Go Co as far as you like like like- I 1 felt very glib lib as you OU may imagine and went into the room just pretending to be passing The rhe mother whose bab baby died almost jumped out of the bed She yelled Take it out of here herel Take It out And that's what a dear kind heart the world has And all trouble trouble trou trou- ble begins ble-begins begins when were we're born But really Jake Isn't It frightful fright fright- t- t ful to make a a criminal of a baby right eight from the start That's what we do we do-we we call It a criminal because be be- cause causa It got born In my as asylum um that will not be No Indeed Now what shat do you OU think of my Idea For r I may a ark k k you for seven se dollars to ta lay the Will y you U give eive it kind sir Continued tomorrow |
