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Show 1 1 - ! BORROWED HUSBANDS MILDRED K? BARBOUR v V . . . By Mildred K. Harbour. V xi i in PARQ i 1 FUTON n H (Copyright, 1921. by The Wheeler H Syndicate. In the cud I blood trunsfualcn wa jl neceaeary to keep Connie from allp- 1 wm pinic out intfi the Great Beyond iH It seemed the most natural and jfl rxprrted thing In the world that H N'nncy was the one to aubmlt It her- ! pelf for the operation In fact no H one thought of any other posatbtl- HH which r! rmiln'i1 the purity of h'r 'B- -it meekly to the hopltfll " WmWj She had befora except to vlalt friends and XXf aa she would, aho could not bring WM herself to a ?clcal rv of the - WM Dr. I-ingwelt had thoucht It beat WM J a few daya to recover from the weak- J neee which auch an operation cn-J cn-J , ,1 ) r to hospital. Hhe undfrwrnt n momcnta-y panic, alld fie old utrone desire Cor ; I issailcd her more I than ever be I . : . tremendoua yearning to s lay her head on hit ahouldei and ba S comforted tt had such n iieir da- t fears and foreboding BttK making, M frrlogs things seem of secondary lW1- I I porta nrr-. She had alwayt fl'lt HUTo H (he would not be Afraid to die If i 1 jw Garry wrera close bealde hei to hold T" "What a Ilitle fool you are!" she "H HHHJ trembled, much to her disgust. "it B3hh probably won't hurt .ill, and It, RPVHJ . an't possibly be ilamrernus. I hopoj F fflj voii're not capable Iric KflHH white feather. Nancy." Wm There Im poignant! ,.BJ 'h.-tli the fe.,r .:( the 1 1 1 1 It n i w 11 , .1 11 1 H Nancy, knowing nothing of wh it a J IflHHJ blood I THiisf usl'Mi operation entailed. L limb and a thumping heart. Iangell wju not at the hospital when he arrived, neither was Curtis Cur-tis Btahlej A nurse told her that Connie was doing aa well as could in expected. 8he was ushered up Into a narrow llttl, rf.om with pale i-ream wall-and wall-and spotless white urtalns, by a -mart youngster in many pold buttons, but-tons, whi dcpolted her bag at the fool ""f the bed with a cheery grin which seemed strangely foreign to his mljslon. Nancy caught herself wondering how many, w hone lax he tarried in. went out b) Way of the silent elevator eleva-tor to the long black motor vehicle that waited In the dead of night. When the door had closed behind her, she stood locking around th? room at the high narrow hospital cot; , . , re dresser; the wiif h'tand wi'h Its bowl and pitcher; the bedside table Which held a reading light and the electric hulb by which the r.lght nurse Is summoned. It win a cheerless enough prosp, t r.r anyone even one who v. as not facing a dangerous operation She -at dwn on the edge of the bed and began to take off her glove, and hat, thinking almost unconscious - f the many pom- palnrmckod erea- tures who had lain on t h it bed. and of t!ie -".I!, xheeti l f-rin-s who hut possibly been stretched I here too. Then as a light tap on the door, I H'l a nurse thrust In her pretty smiling fa e. "Hi rc (a aomethlng you'll like to tor'" she aaldi guyly, and openlnir he door wider, come In hearlnjc In her arms a great tdie.it h of Arnerlcon beiuty roses. "How lovely!"- Nil iu y took them from her, ami burled her face In their rrlrmnn fragrance. There was 11 card dangling by a green ribbon. She turned It over and ren d : rear brave little girl! J wish I ' OUld go through this for you." It bore Major Demohdra slKnattire. |