Show 0 A il LIDA LARRIMORE gaias smith co SYNOPSIS to the th quiet household houe hold of doctor ballerd Eal lard in mulberry square youthful dr hugh kennedy ton son of 0 an old rand friend of the physician phyl clan comes come as an to stay tay a your year he 1 first 1 assistant latant lt ant janle janie unaffected ind and likable nineteen year yar old daughter of doctor ballard her older sister C cella a ile a petted beauty is 1 away from roin home on a visit hugh regards regard janle janie a dersal favorite as a a small girl to be 0 treated at as a chum introduced to many of 0 janle old friends Ir lend among them young toune tom McAll lter and janle janies great uncle charlie hugh li is impressed presed lm by evidences Tlde of 0 doctor bal lilii lr lii ot of heart and his hi popularity CHAPTER ill III continued 3 well she confessed sometimes I 1 hate it ot of course why do you like it tonight janie was quite unable to formulate an answer she know why she knew only that she felt elt like golden bubbles inside Ins lile you exil explain I 1 at n why you were happy that was like pulling oft off butterfly wings you just felt it a lump in your throat a sing ing somewhere in your heart 1 I dont know she wished slie she could take out her emotions and dress them in pretty words cella could janie people thought because ot of that she feel things nt at all but father knew 1 I dont know she repeated of course you ton don dont he be said gently its a mixture of all sorts of things janies face brightened with her swift lighted look ot of pleasure miraculously this red haired young man teemed seemed to understand she looked up at t him gratefully from under her shadowy lashes H ile smiling his big crinkly smile his eyes were thoughtful and almost sad suddenly the she wanted to know all about him what kind of a little boy he had been where he had lived and gone to school tell me about you she said it would make a dull story ile he was smiling again there arent any thrilling adventures 1 I dont care tell me anyway she folded her hands in her lap ile he paused to light a cigarette and began once upon a time there was a redheaded red headed little boy janie listening intently traveled back with him to the brownstone house in new york nis ills mother she learned was dead ills his sister and his bis brother were ten and twelve years older than ha so this little boy was pretty lonesome sometimes he would go through a glass tunnel filled with plants A conservatory janle janie was becoming more and more impressed this little boy named hugh called it a glass tunnel with green things growing up through the floor at the end of the tunnel was a door and behind the door was his fathers office sometimes it if there any ladies in white kid gloves having their nerves repaired his father would tell him about a place called mulberry square where everybody was friendly and had it lovely ume time 11 strange it janle janie marveled your knowing about us ns so go long ago go the audience will please not interrupt terru pt 11 1 I wont again promise cross my heart and then tragedy stalked into the story his brother had bad been killed in an automobile accident ile he hurried over that part hla his sister louise louisa had married she bhe was mrs roderick payson vanhorn janle janie thought that was a very is legant name so tills this little boy only he was larger now and his voice croaked like a bullfrogs bull frogs frogg went away to school he wore a uniform and learned to ride a horse borse and shoot at things janle janie pictured him in a uniform she bhe wished she had known him then but father said bald he was twenty six gracious I 1 shed have been only ten or eleven he have noticed her then theil one day he paused and his eyes were tad sad well anyway there anyone left in the brodu tone stone house with the tunnel HIS hl father had died janle janie sympathizing path izing felt tears teara on her lashes 11 so hugh went to college when he be was twenty one a man with a nutcracker nut cracker lace face told him that sometime he would have to go to mulberry square but he mind nis ills father bad told him everybody had a lovely time its changed so go janle janie mourned since your father used to come tor for visits with father the audience will probably get warts hugh prophesied darkly she crossed her heart and broke a promise im a sorry orry that curt warts hugh he continued who was wag by this time rather a handsome young oman man finished college and went to med ical school ile he worked pretty hard and placed sometimes and fell in and out of love lie he spent vacations mentions with ills fill sister ster janle janie learned newport Nev port bar harb harbor 0 r murray bay you rend read abigt places like that in the picture sections of the sunday papers heavens He avena I 1 how could lie ho lc be expected to live in mulberry square 1 so tie fie went into a hospital and wore a white uniform and grew a mustache and shaved it oil off because it turned out to be red and then one dily day he fit came to mulberry square that same hame evening he sat on a 1 bench find and told a story to a little girl named janle janie with hazel eyes and a pointed chin and a perfectly gorgeous smile and that he finished Is all but why janle janie asked when she had thanked him for the story did your father want you to come ni 1 I rather suspect he answered that the lorelei Is to blame what does she look like she asked ashes white ill all oer with ith graceful lines and trimmings of solid brass what a strange description I 1 janie looked up tip to see if he was teasing ills his face slie she observed was grave but twinkles frisked in his eyes and he added amused at her he be mildered wil dered expression she wears a striped sunbonnet over her after deck oh janie at once was immensely relieved its a boat 1 the lorelei he insisted she lures young doctors away from their stethoscopes and makes them idle and useless janle janie understood you wont have a chance to be worthless here she gravely assured him we row when we go on the river there a single lorelei in all of mulberry square ill the ile town clock struck eleven them the walked slowly through the square and across to the opposite side every thing was quiet now A messenger boy was clicking the rectory gate hello johnny quillen HI janle janie there are a great many johns johng around here hugh remarked because its fathers name are they nil all named for him everybody loves father janle janie was bursting nith ith pride it showed in her eyes and in the tilt of her chin iles hes always doing things tor for people theres stoney jor for instance father found him one night down in shanty town all cut to pieces after a fight ue he patched him up and brought him home I 1 think stoney would die fo for father lies hes splendid see janie said softly when youie youe been here a little while the ballards Bal larda wall began at the end ot of the rectory fence they passed the gate which led to the side veranda an and d walked on to the entrance the office door opened A young woman with a child in her arms walked down the shallow steps doctor bal lard tall white haired a little stooped stood in the open doorway do as I 1 told you martha use the lotion three times a day ill try A weary young voice but you know how it Is with us sam worked for 11 get it at smiths and have it charged to me oh thank you doctor the door closed the woman lift ing her shoulders opened the gate good evening martha hello janle janie Is the baby sick A rash iles hes covered all over janle janie ballard your father Is the kindest man who ever lived see janle janie glanced up at hugh hug it he squeezed her hand yes janle janie he said 1 I see IV janle said her prayers that night she knelt in the dark beside her narrow white bed the petition followed a familiar formula there was only one deviation make aunt rose ilose better she said half aloud but please god not too soon acion CHAPTER IV the square did not accept hugh all at once it was inclined to regard with suspicion this unfamiliar young doctor lie had a way ot of losing hla his tei temper riper and speaking unpleasant truths there was the case of 0 old mrs pope she says saya im not to come back again hugh announced one afternoon who doctor ballard looked up from a medical journal that old harridan urs mrs pope hughs face ace wore an expression of 0 indignation and injured pride which caused doctor callard ballard to smile what did you say hugh 1 I told her there was nothing the matter with her heart and it kill her to walk downstairs serves her right doctor ballard laughed but he added more grave ly As a much as they need it you caul cant go around if biting under people youre new to them and youn and 11 conceited Conel ted hush hugh was smiling too intolerant was as the word I 1 meant win their confidence ray my boy then you cun can insult them as much as you like hugh attempted to follow the doe tors fors advice ile he seemed in those first bewildering weeks to make no progress at nil all janle janie noted the passing events with anxious and critical eyes no mother bird watching her fledglings first attempt to use his wings could have been more concerned 1 I think I 1 know vili ats the tha matter she said as they sat on the side porch one evening after office hours which had been particularly trying youre too she searched for the appropriate word youre too formal hugh formal 1 I mean youre not friendly enough really hugh she said gravely 1 I think youil probably be a grand doctor in about ten years now lets go see if there was any cake left from supper kipper being an inspiration always makes me hungry hugh made an honest effort to be friendly ile he had no trouble with tile the uptown patients manor street and the sacred heights were willing tr te ghe him a chance doctor ballardi Ball ardd practice however was aas largely con fined to the mill mil district surrounding surround ln the square and the crass crossed al leys of shantytown beyond the rail 01 JA probably be a grand doctor in about ten years road tracks there hugh felt himself to be openly resented and secretly ridiculed janle janie suggested a reason and a remedy ITs this car she said as they were riding home from tile the playground one afternoon the matter with it hugn was tired and warm and exasperated at that particular moment he hated mulberry malberry square and the mill district and the hopscotch hop scotch alleys of shantytown its too gorgeous dont you see hugh janies small email flushed face smudgy with dust was very grave if you ride in a car like this they think you possibly understand their troubles most of the time its a friend they want and not a doctor at all ali shall I 1 rig myself up like st francis and walk through shantytown with pigeons perched on my shoulders silly 1 of course not but you be quite so BO so magnificent see im d d it if I 1 do hugh brought the car to a standstill with a vicious slurring of brakes you have a terrible temper janie dismounted from the long maroon col ored roadster with her chin in the air 61 1 I dont tee bee bow v we e stand you yuul 11 she expect him to take her advice she was surprised when he be came for her the following afternoon in a second baud roadster very much the worse for wear ear la Is this bad enough be asked with a sheepish grin it looks sort of friendly I 1 think hop in hugh flung 0 pen open the door well see how fast she can travel they named the car loratius Horat lus 1 but why horatius Horat lus doctor ballard asked when he was invited out in front of the house bouse for an after supper inspection well you see father janle janie made haste to explain it stalled on the white marsh bridge and hugh start it and the cars coming the other way pass so we decided wed name it I loratius Horat lus 1 doctor ballard laughed mother slobber looked puzzled 1 I 1 dont see the connection she said mother acquainted with mr macarilay Macai Nia caulay ilay doctor ballard smiled at janle janie and hugh as though they shared an amusing secret they read such sub gury gory literature as tile the lays of ancient ithome in miss fl Park arkels con coll atory for female rosebuds janle janie quoted rather freely then up brave horatius Horat lir lus A valiant man was wa he ND now w w who h 0 w will ili s aland ta n d 0 on n aft either shermand hand A and n d g auard u ir d the li e b r id g 0 with me whether or not the humble appearance of loratius had anything to do with the gradual change from resentment to acceptance hugh was never able to decide tile the miller twin however certainly did hugh rustled rushed into the miller kitchen one afternoon to find the child purple and pop ebed cl apparently patently ly choking to death without waiting to ask questions hush hugh seized the little fellow up ended him and shook him vigorously A piece of hard bard candy rolled down to the floor two minutes later the child turned right side up was sobbing quietly in his mothers arms tills exhibition of medical skill could not have occurred in a more auspicious place mrs miller the elder was a tireless bearer of news before night all the square and a considerable portion of the surrounding territory had been informed that the young doctor had saied saed the miller twins life hugh was the hero of the day janle janie favored him with a glimpse of her wide gay smile it will make a difference you wait and see it did make a difference hugh recognized the change in the atmosphere here it pleased him to a surprising degree ile he wondered very often why he cared whether they liked him or not ile he would be here only for a year this was merely an interlude it had nothing to do with his future failure or success but he did care pride he supposed and his admiration for doctor ballard then too there was janle janie im living up to you he said one evening aben she told him that fa ther was ung proud of the way he be was getting on me her eyes opened wide you stick pretty close to that play ground ills voice was teasing and tender too lit it a picnic in weather ulce like this sometimes I 1 hate it janle janie con fessel put but id be ashamed to quit thaes what I 1 like about you janio janie hugh lazily swayed the hammock youre the most downright and honest young person I 1 know Ilon honest estl I 1 janle janie was as stricken with remorse she thought of cellas celias photograph waiting to be called for at the gift shop uptown honest she blessed the concealing shadows and made a stern resolve the next afternoon she left tile the playground early when she reached home she went directly into the living room presently cellas celias photograph the glass restored and the sliver silver shining stood on the shelf of the old fashioned square piano beneath it janle arranged lilles lilies ot of the valley in a low crystal bowl she was grasping the nettle in her own wholehearted whole hearted fashion I 1 after supper she bhe led hugh into the living room ile he was provokingly ln ay iy slow about noticing the photograph lie he wandered aimlessly around the r room until janle janie wanted to scream at last in desperation she seated herself on oil the piano bench and struck a few wrong notes 13 Is this the tune she asked knowing very well that it of the song gong you were playing last night lord no nol I 1 do you call that a tune tulle ile he was walking toward the piano janle janie felt an impulse to dash cella celia to the floor she of course she moved over on the bench to make room for hugh here you gol go ills his fingers were nere picking out the gay little spar sparkling liling tune five feet tall rather small email that my baby his eyes lifted from the keys chos that ills his fingers continued not very skillfully to pick out the gay little tune cella celia oh lob she pretty janle janie was grasping the nettle again gorgeous ile he struck a discord frowned found the right notes and smiling down at janle 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