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Show PAGE EIGHT PRO VO(UTA"Hr SUNDAY- HE ItfALD,- -SDAJ, FEBRUA RY 9, 1 9 3 0. xcm-i XMMX.,X : T IX. u FICI'ION V 4 a f!3 A Service; Inc. v6 LAURA LOU BROOMN ;:x : xx i i. .. . . . x . ... b::gin' iierk today JCSITII CAMKKONV Sew York typist,' irUrrlei Aimiri'XKIGItl cxfditive '( th2: V'U"bbIli, lidua In wtH'i fchXU'employVfU -Knight U a "widower :' t(H ' a'.1 daughter, TONY,' IS, ' Irf TarU, and a- ,on; J UNI OHXld;-XtX'schbot XTheir Ilerm'u'lA i .orcynVoonti Interrupted by lifv.i' that T6jiy! is oit'her - way bad; t Amertcai' Toriy 'a' r rives '.arid denounces' Judith afcra.gc!Jdlg:ger. Tcny'- U AiScttAltf? tfjntliiumr1'! fijrt-.uohswiih nciCEVt'?roKTr- MElXWeaUhj- ahd'.married.1 Wheri Junior 'Wmei 'hBwe for' the Chrtit-mas Chrtit-mas hoMTa'5' HUe'alsid ' iX'aM" Judith Ju-dith coi4tyX ;,vi4t - AUli'V CRAIG, whom JKnlsht has he!??' 4 through 'U'TI?Li,.0tiiks position ivith the .publishing TIrn;. Ha hd bcerirtova' wftl'yony-' or a ion? While: in M'.fit of unger'Tony tries -lo""cohinco ;her' father .'iltat Andy 'aiid'aait'ii are -carrying1 "oii an af f'iC 'Knight "denies "(HL but Tony5 ti !c Uh Hi Vj s 'pair 1 into 5 iiconi-I)rpm!i4hsll-aatloir.wl ' 'l f Tony V flirtation with Mortimer Is rvoaled' when they are arr. t.d for' ruckle driving:. Tony Wins he;-faUwnj; he;-faUwnj; Xorvenes and proailse of d 'trip to Miami. V paratlbns are tnlefruptJwhon Knl ' t c horn strioi i y m.Ui:.' SHKrAllD, the family physician, diagnosis' iho ras s.s pneumonia. Two nurses arc Installed .In the1 boujiehold. Junior Is iv.umnto.trfroin sehoal.-For wt-era! wt-era! I'layK none of the family ts permftled to m3 the patient. .The nervo.is strain begin tell on Ju-lith Ju-lith At last Knight begins to re-edver. re-edver. ' '" ' -' ' ; - ".. XOW fiO ON WITH TIIR STOUV CIIAITICn XXXIII ,, Art tui' Knight 'was going to giH well.- ' ilAla Ma.rch merged into early epring. Yellow Bunlight, not ye; warm enough to take. the nip from chill air, nhowered Its deceptive radiance over all out-doors. , Sere brown shrubs lepame t lifted with foliage. Gradually since the. tense strain of anxiety had lifted in tbe Knight hcruschQld its membcis resumed their usual habits. The "atmosphere cf the dwelling changed. The home bejrair to catch up with the world outsMei V - Judith acquired the habit nce more -walking for an hour or so each morning. .On these expeditions expedi-tions Sandy always went along. A'.riaint tracery of color crept back into the girl's cheeks. The trdic, 4 brooding look 'was gone from her s eyes. "She" was ''still too thin, but so improved in appearance' appear-ance' that the doctor began, to pay her compliments. -,;'.; "Each afternoon Judithspent sey eral hours with Arthur. The two nufs6'3, Miss- Owens arid Miss Mai-lory, Mai-lory, were still" in charge. Their patfent'a convalescence' .was to be gruarded against the. least possibte danger of a'Telapse. ' There were' flowers now In the eick man's room a large' bowl of tullra.';usually as wel as fragrant pcrttad i hyacinths.. , '. - . . , ....... VVhn Judith was there she sat ."ThGi'.E vscruthlnff Ij mean .will be willlncr to break a rule since in a low chair close to the bed aid want to I want to tell you some- j this is your last jhigbt-at home. Where Knight could ee her wun- , t?ug oeiore x go oacK io scnooi. out shifting on his pillow or raisx She looked at him, too surprisea ing his head.: When he .was tired to interiupt. Junior continued ov lying in one position the nurse "swiftiy:- "v , T:. lifted his shoulders and rearranged j "ChiistrAaa time I didn't want to the pillows. Such effort was too i come home .yhsn I knew you .were much for the man's dwindled re serve of. strength. . It wns pathetic to see hfm lying so still and - feeble,' but after" the anguished loneliness of the week past, to Judith this seemed a slight he.e. I didn't-:: even want -t 1 see yon. You wouldn't know well, I guess I. can't ecplain the way J felt but what I'm1 trying to -say now is Tm sorry! I'm orry I talked the way I did and said what I did,. tafc. KJnight's voice was barely above a -whisper. He had been cautioned 1 1 was wrong. It was quite a long speech and an embai iaains . one . for the boy. vJii- room. Wit h her nearby he seemei cpoaking. Then she tp drift ipto contentment. ' . jyj Junior was Hearing the close oi said eloquent- his week's absence from scnooi. He -r Tony both visited their father's bedroom dally. Tcny's manner was quiet and tender. Tyj boy .seemed slightly , ill at ease under the eyes of the .nurse and his stepmotheT. When he was not with Knight other ..ciiiDcrs of the household seldom ;ahi.Ta except at meantime. "Oh it's cwfully generous of you to say that! Junior Co you mf an vc scan be frionds ? The boy appeared ,to be quite bu:,j examining :.he Uap of Sandy's black leather collar. He nodded, bending over the dog. - "O. K. with rfie." . IthacT' been agreed that Junior should 'depart Sunday morning so thathe might be on hand for cfcjssts Monday.' He himself had made the suggestion, mumbling his Words and looking oxf to one side as he spolje to Judith about it. : She ' agreed this : would be . best. Arthur : Knight's safe recovery nemed-assured. Ifwould only interfere in-terfere with the boy's school work for' Junior to remain home, longer. rThis was particularly - true. with Knight In such a weak state that there could be no real companion ship between the two. Judith's face radiant. She longed to show by word or act how much how terribly much this truce mcait. Shc wanted to slip an arm about Junior's shoulders and tell him that for weeks she had prayed tor:, just auch news'. She wanted to tell the 'lad he could count on her, not to try to take a mother's place, but to offer him a homelike home-like home, to listen ,to his - confidence's, confi-dence's, to understand his problems. Each of i these impulses" '. Judith suppressed. She 'was afraid of the way a 16-year-old youth would 'receive 're-ceive any .show of emotion. "It's .O. K; with me, too, "Junior, when you're here Sandy'H downstairs to find Arthur Junior be your, dog just as much as hes lulna rn f Ho flier hprnrp !np IlrP- .i.iiiv. J & V v 1 v place with Sandy in his armsf The sharp rat-a-tat-tat of the terrier's little tail beat upon the floor. L The dog looked up, welcoming his mistress; he did not stir. " Judith 'sat down. Junior," she said. "Pretty fine Ht-tle Ht-tle dog, don't you think so?" ! The boy nodded, v - "I used' to4 have a dog," he said. "Airdale. A car ran over him and after that I didn't want another" "J know," Judith : nodded under-standingly. under-standingly. "Accidents are so terrible ter-rible and they happen every " day. I'm trying to be .awfully- careful with Sandy." . ? The boy's arms gripped the little 'Immediately she began to ask questions ' about the. dog's; care, what- Junior's opinion was on the merits of. two different Uoj?,' foods, how to handle" the' weekly bath w)iich to Sandy remained a terrific ordeah 'The boy answered "seriously. "seri-ously. -Suddenly, to Judith's great delight, sTie found that ' talking to Arthur's son vas." easy and stimulating. stimu-lating. He really did not hate her. He seemed actually friendly! . 'Judith was so overcome by this discovery .that she could not keep from mentioning it. " iu "Let's shake hands, Junior," she f!id.' "I'm not going to forget what you've said tonight.' dog in a tight hug. Then he t j The boy gave ner ms nana awK hp and for several mlnutea studied; .wardly. the floor silently. Sandy" nuzzled against Junior's vas aored. After several sev-eral seconds of wistful appeal the .i uioved on to Judith, who pattea his head but gave him no encouragement encour-agement to settle beside her. Again th terrier sought attention atten-tion from Junior. He was neglected. , . Quite .'without Introduction the l?oy suddenly turned toward Judith and said huskily: : , ."' That's'all right". -he told heri "I really wasn't trytng .to be menn before. Seeing . hOw bad you felt about father being sick and all you've done for him sort of made me see things differently," I guess." Judith smiled at ; him 3 happily. She djd not spoil the moment by prolonging it. " ' ; .-. ' ' "Why don't you go' up and say goodnight to your father now?" she suggested. "I m sure Miss Owens -i : -1 rjjT- ' 111 . . . , -. i s New Chryler IT1 Crown Scdwi, $15 (Sped! 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'Happines3 ; oyer the evenip-'s' victory "wV fo ret Judith Ju-dith ffeit' h'e must celebrate it soil taril. WInnimj trie confidence of Arthur!? Ar-thur!? son was such"'.a"triumph. SIe had fe)t heirless over his "grim pp. position so incapable of deal'inc with-it! Now th? boy of his ovp will rhad surrendered. Was" it too much to hope that Tony, .his 'sister,' -would do the same? " ' Judith Knight pondered all this lone' after "she ;had -turned out .th light in Tjer 'room and slid beneatlv the covers. She'fted to sleep Jp a ;rosy glow of optimism. ;Fodlish' 'Judith! vCjnce more she made the rrdf 'of jUndercstlmating Tpny Knight's epdeavbrs. llqjy lit-tie lit-tie she dreamed .thafc what lii ,prQ pect appeared o be a peaceful future fu-ture was to. j)rpg the .bitterest blpv. At 10 o'cock fiext.rnQrnipg, er cordial - farewells , ' ha4 been ex- changed, Arthur Junior departed for the railway station. Bert went with him. .driving the .large car.. . Andy Craig came for Tony later in the day. Andy had proved himself him-self a true friend throughout Arthur Ar-thur Knight's illness. He had cal!ed frequently for bulletins, always al-ways with art air of reassurance. Judith had blessed him because he had occasionally been able to persuade per-suade Tony to stop moping about the house and ffgo out with him of an evening.." . - This Sunday Andy and Tony went motoring' in the girl's own roadster. .Though the ban had not been lifted officially. taken to driving her car again. run into the city to see my sister just for a few minutes. I can be back I'm sure by 4 o'clock.",-." , . "Until 4 o'clock then," said Judith. Ju-dith. ' - " . - The nurse -withdrew. " Judith, brought Mr chair a little nearer Arthur's bed, sat dowp apd reachao out td clnsp hif".bnd. . Kr!-' ."H fingers, twined about his - wife's, then lay sttjl iipon he countetpftrt,-- "Ton's drhing with:.Apdy," she told . hjm. '"''Isp't , it nic afte' long to have a ljttle time all to ourselves, dear?" Tonv had She r-tn-t- It, that she ought not to be urging Judith watched the paic disap-lhim to t Hnlht rengt - pear down the driveway. Then she mounted the staffs and entered Arthur's Ar-thur's room; - - - He greeted her: cheerfully, y ; "Miss Mallory." said Judith impulsively, im-pulsively, "it's a gorgeous day out : side. Why don't you go .out fof: S couple of hours? . I'm sure Ican. He's hot equal to conversation. - He eyed per seriously. - - "Yes," he said in a slow voice. "Judjth, there's something I want to talk to YW about," ; , . , tTp, Be' Continued) 'T. get anything Arthurs-wants. had his medicine, hasn't he ?' The nurse smiled doubtfully. . "He doesn't really veed me,"1 ?he agreed; "if you're g6ing to stay," ' "Oh, NI want to! Really, you might just as well be out enjoying yourself. You're willing to risk your late in my .hands,, aren't you, Arthur?" ' - , ' Knight smiled and bowed hLs head slightly. , - - "Well, if you think it's all right !" 'Miss Mallory countered? 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