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M MRS toi TUBS RS PINNEY had called to tosee 1 see Miss Bowman and the thetwo thetwo thetwo two women were in close conver conversatIon conversation conversation satIon in Miss Bowman s 5 prIvate prIvateoffice privateoffice privateoffice office Miss Bowman was chief chiefeecutIve chiefexecutive chiefexecutive eecutIve executive " ' { of the governing governmg board boardof boardof boardof of the hospital and Mrs PInney PInneywas Pinneywas Pmneywas was a directorWell directorWell director directorWell Well it simply has come to tothis tothis tothis this Miss Bowman said wlpmg wiping wlpmgher wipingher wipingher her eyeglasses nervously we 11 ll 11have llhave Uhave have to close the hospital hospltal if we wecan wecan wecan can t get something somethmg to run it on onThe onThe onThe The citizens have done nobly- nobly noblynobly noblynobly nobly noblynobly - nobly , but they cant can t do every everythmg everything everything thmg thing It remains remams for some mon moneyed moneyed moneyed eyed person to come to the front frontnow frontnow frontnow now now'Like 'Like Like ' Like Mrs Chichester ? sug suggested suggested suggested gested Mrs Pinney Pmney Mrs Pmney Pinney Pmneywas Pinneywas Pinneywas was a small , eager woman who whoIooked wholooked wholooked Iooked looked rather worn from the Iong long Iongcontmued longcontinued longcontinued contmued continued struggle or keeping keepmg the theprecIous theprecious theprecious precIous little hospital going gomg on onnext onnext onnext next to nothing nothmg a year'Yes year 'Yes Yes ' Yes Yest ' Mrs Chichester- Chichester Chlchestel ChichesterShe ' - She IS ISour isour isour our richest citizen She could give give$50 give50 $50 50 $ 000 and never feel it ' , But would wouJd she she9 ? ' ' , There s the question I m mafraid mafraid mafraid afraid she wouldn t I ve ye ap appro appreached appreached pro preached ached her unsuccessfully unsuccessfully-- unsuccessfully- unsuccessfullySo - ' , So have I moaned Mrs Pm Pin Pmney Pinney Pinney ney 'Well Well ' Well you can t force a per person person person son to give up her money , that s scertam scertain scertain certam certain I suppose it s hopeless hopelessI I don t know about that I ve ye vebeen yebeen vebeen been thinking thmkmg I d send Sally Drew Drewto Drewto Drewto to her and see what good that thatwould thatwould thati would do Sally Drew ! Mrs Pmney Pinney PmneyJumped PinneyJumped Pinneyjumped Jumped She s the very one I 111see 11 ll 11see llsee see her this afternoonSally afternoonSally afternoon afternoonSally Sally Drew was a tiny tmy woman womanwith womanwith womanwith with hair like snowy wool and a apale apale apale pale pointed pomted little face Cace Her eyes eyeswere eyeswere eyeswere were wonderful wonderCul so 50 bright 50 so 50black soblack soblack black so 50 alive ahve They danced m in mher inher inher her face But her smile was more morev.onderful morewonderful morewonderful v.onderful vonderful wonderful . than her eyesThe eyesThe eyes eyesThe The smile came now at sight of ofMrs ofMrs ofMrs Mrs PmneyJulIa PinneyJulial Pinney Pmney PinneyJulia Julia Julial I she cried cned Come nght right nghtIn rightIn rightin nghtm rightm rightinIn m In Sally s small living IIvmg room so soold soold soold old fashioned so 50 cozy and Withal withalso so well suited to Sally Sal1y herself herselfJulia , Juha Julia Pmney told her story'Well story 'Well Well 'Wellwhat Wellwhat ' Well what do you want me to todo todo todo do ? Sally asked ' , I want you to go to Helen Chi Chichester Chichester ChiChester chester and get her to give us us$5 us5 $5 5 $ 000 That will keep the hos hospltal hospetal hospital pltal petal running runnmg for one year After Afterthatbut Afterthatbut Afterthat that-but that but - but we 11 hopeSally hopeSally hope hopeSally Sally s smile vanished vamshed She was wassilent wassilent wassilent silent an mstantI instantI11 instant mstant 111 I11 I 11 go , of course she saId saIdqUietly saidquietly saidquietly saidquietlyMrs qUietly qUietlyMrs Mrs Pinney Pmney aroseSally aroseSally arose aroseSally Sally , you re a dear It If any anyone anyone anyone one can do it you can You are areour areour areour our last resortAt resortAt resort resortAt At 9 just lust as Mrs Pinney Pmney was wasready wasready wasready ready to fly to pieces with sus suspense suspense suspense pense Sally walked in m The Sally Sallysmile Sallysmile Sallysmile smile was bright mdeed'I indeed mdeed 'I I ' I couldn t get away sooner soonerHelen soonerHelen soonerHelen Helen wouldn wouJdn t let me come You see we haven t spoken before m in mthIrty inthirty mthirty thIrty years-- years years- yearsWhat yearsWhat years - - ' , What9 What ? ' gasped Mrs Pmney Pinney ' , Thirty years nodded Sally 'I I 'Idid ' I Idid Idid gotthere did hate to go But after I got there it was all right Here s 5 your yourmoney yourmoney yourmoney money She drew a check from fromher fromher fromher her handbag and gave it to JulIaF JuliaFifty Julia JuliaFifty F Fifty ty thousand dollars I ! Mrs MrsPmney MrsPinney MrsPmney Pmney Pinney could just lust articulate But Butwe Butwe Butwe we hoped your smile smI1e would do doIt doit doit It ' It did Sally grew grave TIllr Thir TIllrty Thirty Thirty ty years ago Helen got the man I Iwanted Iwanted Iwanted wanted But no one ever knew It Itexcept itexcept itexcept except her and me , for the day dayshe dayshe dayshe she was married I pinned pmned on my mysmIle mysmile mysmile smIle and I ve ye worn it ever smce since smceShe sinceShe sinceShe She paused reflectively She says saysshe saysshe saysshe she was puzzled for thirty thJrty years yearsover yearsover yearsover over my smile We made a fair fairexchange fairexchange fairexchange exchange I told her how I got It Itand itand itand and she gave me $50 50 $ 000 for my mysecret mysecret mysecret secret secretHerbert ' onlylived onlyltved Herbert Chichester had only ltved lived five years but he had ltved lived ltvedlong livedlong livedlong long enough to spoil the lives of oftwo oftwo oftwo two women His w wife e had grown grownselfish grownselfish grownselfish selfish and sore but the v.oman voman woman v.omanshe womanshe . womanshe she had won him lum hum from hadpmned hadpinned had hadpinned pinned pmned on a smile that had hadbrIghtened hadbrightened hadbrightened brIghtened a whole community commumty |
