Show Golden Dawn By Peter B. B Kyne by 7 Sn Den I w Service SYNOPSIS Theodore Theodora decides to adopt a baby bab in ID a final fort effort to solve loin hll hi matrimonial matri troubles trouble CHAPTER I Continued I-Continued 2 j She was a pretty child of ot olive complexion complexion complexion com com- with very verI dark blue eyes and andrich andrich andrich rich shiny jet black hair She was unusually Intelligent and affectionate of ot quick sympathy and winning gracious gra cious clous ways She was the apple of at Mr Gatlin's eye el and by the time she was wasten wasten wasten ten years yean old be he no longer cared a snap of at his finger for his hi wife If U Penelope was Mr Gatlin's refuge b he be also was hers here She never neter complained complained complained com com- to him him doubtless doubtless because she feared her foster mother who had bad succeeded suc sue In Inculcating In the child a duty complex quite out of at proportion to the ladys lady's deserts Nevertheless It was understood between them that they were a pair of outlaws mutual sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy drew them closer together each ench day dal their mutual love laTe was a sweet and holy sentiment Mr nerves did not Improve through th the years ears although when Penelope was ten years old a wanderIng wander wander- In Ing evangelist came to town and commenced commenced commenced com com- a furious campaign of conversion toner conver lion sion and curing by prayer every everl disease dis ease eaBe that flesh esh Is le heir to and Mrs Gatlin became converted Thereafter Thereafter There There- after life for Mr Gatlin and Penelope became almost unbearable In a moment of tit Insane fury tury 1 Mr Gat Gat- tin performed what he considered a along along long neglected duty He lie took Mrs GatlIn Oat Cat tins tin's classical countenance In both hands bumped her ber head repeatedly against the wall and told her that If tt she be ever opened her mouth again In his hll presence without his permission hed he'd Just about kill her She didn't She sued him for divorce and hadl had l Penelope on the witness stand to prove that Mr Gatlin had beaten her th that t the he be had remained away from home until late at night and refused to reveal his rendezvous Mr Gatlin Catlin entered a cross cross- complaint and petitioned to have l Pene lene Penelope ene- ene lope allocated to him Unfortunately the judge was a pud pud- ding He lIe refused to accept Mr Gatlin explanation that he had bad laid hands handl on Mrs lira Gatlin but once and that only In a moment of at frenzy But nut be did not state where he had bad been In Inthe Inthe Inthe the habit of or spending his evenings so 80 suspiciously auspiciously He lie couldn't afford to He lIe was a prominent business man How ever ver the judge Should hould have known Probably he lie did but even so 10 he was Wal unsympathetic He lIe granted Mrs GatUn Gat Cat Un the divorce liberal alimony and the custody of Penelope whereupon the honorable court was Will treated to the spectacle of at Mr Gatlin and Penelope weeping In each others other's arms However How ever Mr Catlin was permitted to have Penelope to himself two Sunday afternoons after atter- In each month and one half of at each school vacation The first Sunday afternoon Mr Gatha Gatlin Gat Gat- lin ha availed himself of ot this privilege his bis quondam spouse bad hysterics for tor with the malevolence of ot a devil Mr Catlin announced he was al taking Penelope to toa toa toa a ball game He lIe took her ber too and they thel had a gorgeous time together until un Iii til a home run sailed galled Into the bleachers bleach ers era and struck Penelope violently on her pretty little nose Mr Gatlin Catlin with the unconscious form torm In his arms fled Ed to a hospital where he be was foolish enough to telephone Mrs Gatlin what had occurred She appeared on the scene Icene and carried Penelope home at once Mr Gatlin knew what she was up to She was going to cure Penelope's fractured nose by bl faith faith and and be he had hadDO no DO faith In such therapy He lIe follow followed ed edwith with a doctor demanding at the front door to be admitted a a request which was Ignored So he kicked In the panels panEla of at the Ule front door which hi ht had no business to do because It was Will no longer his Mrs ra Gatlin having acquired I It In the property settlement Thereupon Thereupon Thereupon There There- upon she summoned the police by telephone tele tete I phone and had him arrested and the next morning he was tried found guilty and placed under bond of at a thousand dollars dollan to remain away from the place for tor one year yur lIe He didn't do It because be knew what would happen to Penelope It If he be did And he could afford a thousand dollars fifty dollars fifty thousand dollars If It need be to be-to to prevent that I lIe He attacked within twenty four hours at hours at night but buthe be he was quiet about It He lie remembered be he had bad never surrendered his bis latchkey latch key so he be entered quietly and kid kid- Penelope Within Withla two hours he be was arrested en route to a San I Francisco hospital In a motor car with I Penelope For disobeying disobeying dis dis- dl- dl obeying the magistrate he be was adJudged ad ad- Judged contempt of court his hll bond of at a thousand dollars forfeited forfeited- and he be was Will sentenced to thirty days In Inthe Inthe Inthe the county jail Jell Mrs Mra Gatlin Catlin preferred a charge of against him li Is a felony felon and since Mr lr Gatlin I I knew tee b he be would b be tried on that charge chares I when lie he h emerged from fro jaO jaU k y la- la pro proved the shining hours oora b by swearing to a warrant charting charging Mrs lira Gatlin with Insanity inanity Promptly she Ibe was brought broucht before beton a board of ot alienists who declared her sane and nd In order to avoid Investigation Into Mr damns CaIRns charge that she was 1181 denying Penelope medical attention she he turned her ber house over OTer to an agent and disappeared disappeared- with Penelope From his cell In the county jail jall Mr Catlin Issued orders orden to his attorneys to find Penelope and take legal steps step to prevent his ex wife ex-wife wife from tram removing her again beyond the jurisdiction of the court that had granted their di dJ vorce A diligent search earch of at three months month tailed failed of ot it Its object so Mr Oat Cat fin neglected to deposit any anI alimony to his ex wife's credit He lIe knew she ahe could manage very welt well without the alimony But Dut he also knew Louise She would have what was coming to her or know the reason why When six months had bad passed Mr Gatlin Gat Cat lin decided he had never been acquainted acquaint ed with her for tor she failed tailed to make any ny demand upon him for tor her ber alimony hence he realized she be preferred by keeping Penelope from him to cause him the maximum of ot suffering rather than reveal her whereabouts by bl making a claim for tor the alimony due her A year ear and a day from the date of at the granting of at her ber Interlocutory degree ber her attorneys petitioned for the final decree decree decree de de- cree which was granted 1 Mr Gatlin thereupon discovered she was living In Paris This news brought him no comfort She was beyond reach of at United States law However he had bad detectives place her under surveillance They reported her as living alone so Mr lr Gatlin concluded concluded con con- eluded she had placed Penelope In a school One day dRI the detective agency sent him a very verI good snapshot of or a little tittle girl and asked him It If this was wa the thes s I When Mr Gatlin Gazed Upon th the Photograph He Wept child he was seeking The agency wag was unable to recognize In her the original of at the photographs he be had sent them When Mr Gatlin gazed upon that photograph he wept Mrs Mra Gatlin's faith cure as III he had suspected It would had proved wholly Ineffective In his agony the words of the poem came back to him And you ou m my sweet Penelope out there somewhere you ov watt walt for tor me With buds budi of ot roses rosee In your our hair and kisses hisses on OD your our mouth He lie sold his bis retail shoe business and placed all of at his assets In a trust fund the Income to be paid to him during his bis lifetime and to Penelope after atter his bis death He ne saved out of this trust fund however ten thousand dollars with which he purchased a letter of credit and a ticket to Cherbourg In the Interim Mr Gatlin's detectives detectives detectives detec detec- tives had ascertained that Penelope was In a school In to Switzerland be he planned to go to that mat school abduct Penelope and his and his plans were a trl trifle e hazy haz but he be Intended to mature them themas as 81 he be crossed the Atlantic Once In possession of at Penelope he would see seeto seeto seeto to it that she should never know unhappiness on- on happiness again If It any anI effort of his could prevent It lie III was worth half balf halfa balfa a million dollars halt dollars half In cash and the remainder In real estate that was rapidly rap rap- Idl idly appreciating in value He lie could afford to retire They Thel would go somewhere some Ome- where and lose themselves En route to the station the station the first leg legat of at his bis journey the Journey the automobile In which he was riding was struck by another car and turned over Mr Ir Gatlin was thrown out and suffered a basal fracture fracture frac ti-ac- ture of at the skull from which he died six elx hours later CHAPTER II Stephen Curt Burt M M. M I. I D. D was the sort atman of at man whose waiting room always would have been crowded even If It he be had not been one quarter as at capable as his colleagues colleagues col col- leagues knew him to be lie He was a aman aman aman man of sweet simplicity absolute honesty hon hone esty estl and overwhelming sympathy In short he possessed the Ideal personality personal ity tty for a successful physician Miss bliss was wa his bis office nurse In ID training schools for nurses nurses nurses-at at least leut It was so In the hospital where Miss Lanning was trained trained nurses nurses and Interns Interns Interns In In- terns develop the sort of democracy and comradeship which delights in nicknames nicknames and and In dispensing with for tor mality malHI Quite early In her professional prates prates- career therefore Miss Mss Lanning became known as Lanny LannI She was 1111 a I not very verI good load looking capable tre tre- tremendously I Intelligent forceful driving I person exactly the type that would 1st- 1st become an aD old maid When Lenn Lanny Lenny was thirty years eara old and Stephen Burt Bart was sixteen she he bad him bins for tor a patient He De had bad measles mew What a nice well mannered boy T l she Ibe thought the first da day she had bad him What a dear lad I she reflected the second da day What a good kind considerate eon con patient I she exclaimed to the doctor on the third day da lie He must have had a sweet sensible mother Perhaps the doctor had replied I never knew her and neither did the boy She died at his hll birth lies lIe man man- raised His JIll father is Ia an old friend and patient of at mine Has he a stepmother Even then Lanny LannI realized realised she he would be a victim of at It a pang of ot jealousy If It the doctor octor answered answered an an- In the affirmative for tor alread already the bo boy had aroused her bet maternal instinct in In- She was relieved to learn that his hla father tather had foisted no such uch trial upon the boy On the fourth day dal of ot his bis Illness she called him dearie On the fifth day daT when she proffered him castor oil he rebelled but when Lann Lanny said laid Now darling duling Ill I'll feel teel bad If It you OU refuse to obey me the boy 00 had bad been Instantly contrite Im sorry lorry Lanny Lann h he apologized Im a pig to oppose you you ou And then he groaned and took it and It-and Lann Lanny Lenny kissed him and wanted to weep over him because he was such a dear and hadn't an any mother not mother not even a stepmother stepmother step step- mother I l It t Lanny Janny he be said to her ber on the seventh day do you rou know I 1 love you IOU a alot alot lot IoU I wish dad would marr marry you so 10 you could be with me all the time Lanny's heart swelled welled with the poignant grief of ot her baffled maternity at that honest boyish avowal On the eighth day dal he developed double pneumonia as a sequel to the measles He ne almost died and died and so 10 did Lanny The doctor swore swore and and so 0 did Stephens Stephen's father that father that nothing but Lanny's LannIs devoted nursing brought him through She wept the day dal she realIzed realized real real- If It she drew another days day's salary as his bis nurse she would be accepting money under false pretenses pretense and she wept on two counts counts First because she was leaving Stephen and second because because be be- cause Stephens Stephen's father tather Insisted on being beIn belag be be- In lag ing too grateful for tor her services There Is a reward due you Miss Leaning Lanning he told her over and beyond be be- yond rond the trifling remuneration given you OU In exchange for tor your devoted services That's a debt Steve and I Ican Ican Ican can never repay but the boy thinks we ought to o make a pretense at payment and so 10 do L L' And he opened her hand bag hand bag and slipped sUpped an envelope in It When site she got back to the nurses' nurses home where she lived between calls she ahe discovered he be had given her ber five thousand dollars I Young Stephen had already given her his bis photograph Indorsed Indorsed indorsed In In- To my dear Lanny with love lore from Steve Nursing Is the most personal and Impersonal Im tm personal profession In the world Lanny Lanny Lan Lan- ny never expected to see Stephen Burt Durt again but she sent him at Christmas a ounce four Fairy fishing rod from tram Hardy's Hardys In London It cost her ber a months month's wages She knew his father was a fishing enthusiast and would probably Inculcate the same enthusiasm In n his bis boy Steve had bad sent seat her bet roses on her birthday and his hili love by telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph Christmas eve together with an exquisite little watch to replace the tho dollar timepiece she used to count pulse beats bents On New Years Year's day a year rear later he be made a formal call and she was out on a case so 10 the day she was relieved she called upon him IT Hello ella Lanny he be said and said and kissed her I wanted to see you rou to get some advice Do you think Lanny Lenny that Pd Id make a half decent doctor God made you rou for tor a doctor Lanny LannI assured him no not have to b bemore bo be more than a mediocre doctor to be financially successful You were born bOrD with the Ideal personality Thanks Lanny I want to be a doc doe doctor doctor tor but I want to be a good lood one too so you rou tell me what I am to do about It Ive I've just graduated from high school Made the honor roll he con coo ded shyly How lIow far tar up the honor roll f Lanny's Lanny's Lan Lan- nys ny's query quer bad had almost a fierce quality quam in lu It Number one And you were out of or school two months of ot your last term Im I'm proud of ot you Stevie Where shall I go to college Lanny Where do you Intend to practice when youre you're a doctor Stevie Right night here In San Francisco In that event you yon should attend a local university You'll go to Stanford Stanford Stan Stan- ford tord university Lanny LannI decided If It you ou graduate with honor there youre you're bound to get an Internship In Stanford Stanford Stan Stan- ford University hospital About two years of that and you'll know what you OU want to specialize In so oft off you'll go for a post graduate course coarse In Berlin |