Show by MARY A thrilling mystery story about a man who lost his courage and the ROBERTS girl 0 who helped him to find it again RINEHART L if MW F 4 P of womanhood so re 14 perhaps no other career tests the quality for qualities spirl spiritual and it calls many trained nursing lent enties lessly sly as and while many seek them but few physical the reward Is not large 14 are able to win the big prizes the arvice offers sidney page age R eigiL eighteen teen Is taken in at the hosT hoal FUal as a probation nurse nurs C t through h ro ugh the influence of young dr DP amri M wilson the pages sidney idney her semi invalid mother and hw itar aunt harriet had taken in K lemoyne a in order to help meet expenses hes strange young mamas mart s a roomer very mysterious but charming and joe drummond kidneys Sid hig high h school sweetheart becomes violently It jealous alOus immediately sidney P enters hospital service her threads of life begin to tangle you get first sight of this in the installment printed here CHAPTER VI continued tired he adopted the gentle almost tender tone that made most women his slaves A little it is warm what hat are you going to do this evening any lectures lectures are over for the summer ishall I 1 shall go to prayers and after that to the roof for air cant you take a wile ride tonight and cool off 7 rii have the car wherever you you say A ride and some supper how does it sound you could get away at seven P miss greggie coming with an impassive face the girl giri turned away the workers of the operating room surged between them but he was clever with the gulle guile of the pursuing male eyes of all on him he turned at the door of the wardrobe room and spoke to her over the heads beads of a dozen nurses that rh pat patients lenCs address that I 1 had bad forgotten miss harrlson harrison is the cormer of the park and ellingto n avenue thank you she played the game well was quite calm ile he admired her coolness certainly she was pretty lond and certainly too she was interested in him he went whistling into the wardrobe room As he turned he be caught the in ternes eye and there passed between them a glance of complete comprehension the grinned the room was not empty his brother was there listening to the comments of OI onara lara his friendly rival shod work boyl boyi said ohara and clapped a hairy hand on his shoulder that last case was a wonder rin im proud of you and your brother here is ds indecently exalted it was the edwardes method it I 1 saw it done at his clinic in new york glad you liked it yes edwardes was a pol pal of mine in berlin A great surgeon too poor old chael there arent three men in the country with the nerve and the hand band for it ohara went out glowing with his own magnanimity doctor ed stood by and walled waited while his brother got into his clothes he was rather silent there were many times when he be wished that their mother could have lived to see how he had carried out his fits promise to make a man of max mas sometimes he wondered what she V 4 X W rw az cant you take a little hide nad tonight would think of his own untidy methods compared with maxs extravagant order of the bag tor for instance with the dogs collar la in it and other things on these occasions he always determined to clear out the bag 1 I guess ill be getting along he be said will you be home tor for dinner 1 I think not ril rii rm lm l m going to run out of town and eat where its cool the street was notoriously hot het la in summer fum mer theres a roast of beef its iti IC pity to cook a roast tor for one wasteful too this cooking ct cf food two and only one to eat it A roast f beef meant a visit if doctor eds addest paeng pa ing clientele he still paid the expenses of the house on the street sorry old man ive made another arrangement they left the hospital together everywhere the younger man received the homage of success the elevator man bowed and flung the doors open with a smile the pharmacy clerk the doorkeeper even the convalescent patient who was polishing the great brass doorplate tendered their tribute doctor ed looked neither to right nor left sidney after her involuntary bath la in the river had gone into temporary eclipse at the white springs hotel in the oven of the kitchen stove sat her two small white shoes stuffed with paper so that they might dry ta fa shape babkin back in a detached laundry a sympathetic maid was ironing various soft white garments and singing as she worked sidney sat eat in a rocking chair in a hot bedroom she was carefully swathed in a sheet from neck to toes except for her arms and she was being as philosophic as possible someone tapped lightly at the door its le moyne are you all right perfectly how stupid it must be for you I 1 im doing very well the mald maid will soon be ready what shall I 1 order tor for supper anything rm im starving 91 1 I think your shoes have shrunk flatterer I 1 she laughed go away and order supper and I 1 can see fresh lettuce shall we have a salad K X le moyne stood for a moment in front of the closed door for the mere sound of her moving beyond it things had gone very far with the pages roomer that day in the country not so far as they were to go but far enough to let him see on oa the brink of what misery he be stood he could not go away ile he had promised her to stay he be was needed ile he thought he be could have endured seeing her marry joe had bad she cared for the boy that way at least lay safety for her the boy had fidelity and devotion written large over him but this new complication her romantic interest in wilson the surgeons reciprocal interest in her with what he knew of the man made him quail from the top of the narrow staircase to the toot foot and he had bad lived a years torment tl I 1 at the foot however he was startled out of his reverie joe drummond stood there waiting tor for him his bis blue eyes recklessly alight you you dog 1 said joe there were people in the hotel parlor lo le moyne took the frenzied boy by the elbow and led him past the door to the empty porch now he said if you will keep your voice down rn ill listen to what you have to say you know what ive got to say this falling failing to draw from K le moyne anything but his steady glance joe jerked his arm tree free and clenched ills his fist what did you bring her out here for 1 I 1 do not know that I 1 owe you any explanation but I 1 am willing to give you one I 1 brought her out here for a trolley ride and a picnic luncheon lie he was sorry tor for the boy lite life not having been all boer beer and skittles to him he knew that joe was suffering and was marvelously patient with him where Is she now she had the misfortune mis fortuno to fall in the river she Is upstairs and seeing the light of unbelief innoes in joes eyes if you care to make a tour of investigation you will find that I 1 am entirely truthful in the laundry a maid P site she Is engaged to me doggedly everybody la in the neighborhood knows it and yet you bring her luthere for a picnic 1 its its damned rotten treatment ills fist had unclenched before E K le eyes his bis own owa fell he felt suddenly young and futile his bis just rage turned to td blustering in his cars 1 I dont know where you came from he said but around here decent I 1 men cut out when a girls engaged 1 I see I 1 more what do we know about you you may be afi au right but how do I 1 know it you get her into trouble and ill kin kill you youl I 1 it took courage that speech with K le moyne towering five inches above him and growing a little white ab about out the lips are you going to say all these things to sidney 1 I am ain and I 1 am going to find out why you were upstairs just now ap perhaps never in his twenty two years had young drummond been so near a thrashing fury that he was ashamed of shook le moyne for very tear fear of himself he thrust his hands bands in the pockets ot of his bis norfolk coa coat t very well he said you go to her with just one of these ugly insinuations I 1 and ill take mighty good care that you are sorry for it if you are going to behave like a bad child you deserve a licking and rii ill give it to you an overflow from the parlor poured out on the porch le moyne had got himself la in hand somewhat he was still angry but the look in joes eye startled him he put a hand band on the boys shoulder youre wrong old man he said youre insulting the girl you care for by the things you are thinking and it its any comfort to you I 1 have no intention of 0 interfering in any way you can count me out its irs between you and her joe picked his straw hat bat from a chair and stood turning it in n his hands bands even ven it if you dout dont care for her how do I 1 know she crazy about you my imy word of honor she she sends you notes to mckees 11 just to clear the air ill show it to you its no breach of confidence its about the hospital into the breast pocket of his coat he dived and brought up a wallet the wallet had bad had a name on it in gilt letters that had been carefully scraped off but joo joe did not wait to see the note oh ob damn the hospital P he said and went swiftly down dowa the steps and into the gathering twilight of the june night CHAPTER vil VII sidney and E K le moyne were dining together at the white springs hotel the novelty of the experience had made her eyes shine like stars she saw only the magnolia mag nolla tree shaped like a heart the terrace edged with low shrubbery and beyond the taint fain t gleam that was the river the glare of the lights behind her in the house was eclipsed by the crescent edge of the rising moon dinner was over sidney was experiencing the rare treat ot of after dinner coffee le moyne grave and contained sat across from her to give so much pleasure and so easily I 1 how young sho she was and radiant I 1 no wonder the boy was mad about her she fairly held out her arms to ute life ah that was too bad I 1 another table was beit being g brought they were not to be alone but what roused in him violent resentment only appealed to kidneys Sid curiosity carlotta harrison came out alone although the tapping of her heels was dulled by the grass although she had exchanged her cap tor for the black hat sidney knew her at once A sort ot of thrill ran over her it was the pretty nurse from doctor wilsons Wll Wil sons office was it possible but of course not I 1 the book ot of rules stated explicitly that such things were forbidden dont turn around she said swiftly it Is the miss harrison Harrl soa I 1 told you about she Is looking at us Carl ottas eyes were blinded tor for a moment by the glare of the house bouse lights then she sat up her eyes on le grave profile turned toward the valley lucky tor for her that wilson had bad stopped in the bar that kidneys Sid instinctive good manners forbade her staring that only the edge of the summer moon shone through the trees she went white and clutched the edge of the table with her eyes closed that gave her quick brain a chance it was madness june madness she was always seeing him even in her dreams this man was older much older she looked again she had bad not been mistaken here and after all these months 1 K le 1 moyne loyne quite unconscious of her presence looked down into the valley wilson appeared on the wooden porch above the terrace and stood his eyes searching the half light for her it if he be came down to her the man at the next table might turn would see her She jose and went swiftly back toward the hotel all the gayety gaiety was gone out of the evening for her but she forced a lightness she did not feel it Is so dark and depressing out there it makes me sad surely you do not want to dine in the house do you mind your you r wish Is my law tonight he be said softly fly after all the evening was a disappointment ment to him the spontaneity had gone out of it for some reason the girt girl who had thrilled to his hii glance those two mornings in his office whose somber eyes had met his ure fire for fire across the operating room was not playing up she sat back in her c hair chair eating little starting at every st step ep her eyes which by every rule role of the game should bave been gazing into his were fixed on the oilcloth covered passage outside the door 1 I think after all you are ara frightened I 1 terribly 1 A little danger adds to the zest ot of things you know what nietzsche says bout about that 1 I am not fond of nietzsche Kletz then with an effort what does he say two things are wanted by the true man danger and play therefore he woman as the most dangerous of toys women are dangerous only when you think achink of them as toys when a man finds that a woman can reason do anything but feel he be regards regards her as a menace but the reasoning woman Is really less dangerous than the other sort this was more like the real thing to talk careful abstractions like this with beneath each abstraction its concealed personal application to talk of woman and look in her eyes to discuss new philosophies with their freedoms 4 4 I 1 I 1 X I 1 1 6 I 1 she went white and clutched the edge of the table to discard old creeds and old morae bles that was his game wilson became content interested again the girl was nimble minded she challenged his philosophy and gave him a chance to defend it with the conviction as aa their meal went on that le moyne and hla his companion must surely have gone she gained ease it was only by wild driving that she got back to the hospital by ten wilson left her at the corner well content with himself As he drove up the street he glanced across at the page house sidney was there on the doorstep talking to a tall man who stood below and looked up at her wilson settled his tie in the darkness sidney was a mighty pretty girl the june night was in his blood he was sorry he bad not kissed carlotta Ca good night he rather thought now he looked back she had expected it As be got out of his car at the curb a young man who had been standing in the shadow of the moved quickly away wilson smiled after him in the dark ness that you joel joe he called but the boy went on 0 0 sidney entered the hospital as a probationer b bat a early in august christine was to be married in september to palmer howe and with harriet and K in the house she felt that she could safely leave her mother the balcony outside the parlor was already under way on the night before she went away sidney took chairs out there and sat with her mother until the dew drove anna to the lamp in the sewing room and her dally daily thoughts reading sidney sat alone and viewed her world from this new and pleasant angle she could seo see the garden and the whitewashed fence with its mo morning rn glories and at the same time by turning her head view the wilson house across the street she looked mostly at the wilson house K X le moyne was upstairs in his room she could hear bear him tramping up and down and catch occasion occasionally ally the bittersweet bitter sweet odor of his old brier pipe art what sort of disgrace Is K lemoyne trying to live down 44 f A theft wife desertion A q betrayal or would you say he f has been disappointed in love S 3 0 l lt 4 alt t H 4 hah li 14 TO BE CONTINUED 0 |