The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-11-27

uoWne0; then the guileIess expression
Of the sweet face appraised to bis
changed his frown TO u smile. You
can't go. my dear girl. until you are
reIeased," he said. This thing Ii
for others. Better face the rircum.
stance sensibly. You are but u tenn
pOrary prisoner"
III ! am q prisoner" MOIlie retort-
cd. take warning. fur ! shall es-
cape"
That will be-impOssibie. My pur-
pOse here tonight IL to see that quar-
antine Is enforced"
Slowly Mollie looked into mis- eyes,.
They were fine eyes. with a true
steady light. she observed: eyes not
to be cOaxed or swerved from their
duty; kind eyes, with regret in their
depths that they must be stern Turn
ing from them thoughtfully. Mollie
again took up her post at the win
dow. When she looked back a smile
trembled about her lips; an excited
flush tinted her cheeks. "All right"
she called "t;oodby until &. Or.
Joyce"
When she had heard the last echo
Of bis footsteps down the corridor Mol
lie ventlr"d ont upon Il tour OF tnves-
tigatiOn. Near the stairway she was
met BY a genial inferno. ustensibly ON
patrol. 'Oh. be goud!" be udmonish-
ed. and she retreated to her room.
Shortly before = the nurse arrived
with an intolerant air Of espionage.
Mollie greeted her joyfully. "Now,"
cried she. W will hav e time to look
over the photographs | have wanted to
show you Of your settlement friends.
This. as you know, is the matron" In
eager interest two heads bent over the
views.
would you believe" MoIlie present.
ly reminded, that 1t Is nov time to 20
downstairsT' The nurse arose uirec;
~. At the doctors Office she waited
until her charge had entered the room.
Il will call for you in the course Of
half an hour she said.
Safely inside. Mollie heaved q sigh
Of relief. Yes. the moments stolen by
the showing of the photographs had an
swered their purpose--the doctor had
gone. He had spoken Of leaving the
hospital at 8:15. and Mollie had plan
ned and desperately counted upon find
ing the empty; then It would be
but n daring dash to the "entry"
and-freedom. What Joy to conquer
that determined young surgeon-what
humiliation to suffer defeat at his
hands: Suddenly Mollie's wandering
| gaze fell upon q fur coat thrown upon
the couch. The doctors hat and medi-
cine case lay beside It. So he was
still In the building: had stepped out
perhaps to inquire Of her lateness: In
a moment he would return and then
Her resolve instantly made. Mollie
caught up the long coat. %buttoning It
about her tall young figure. With a
gleeful chuckle she pulled the soft hat
down Over her ears: then. medicine
case in hand. looking neither to the
hall. and the great. %noiseless doors clos
ed behind her.
When DR.. Joyce re-entered his sane
tum a short time after be impatiently
summoned the nurse. III Miss Still.
well has changed her mind regarding
that appointment she must let me
Know" he said. II have already wait
ed past the time asked to bring her
here"
II did bring her. the nurse answer.
ed ~perplexedly. IA little while ago"
''Tben she has no doubt returned to
her room. Kindly make inquiry"
But Miss Stillwell was not to be
found in her room or In the corridor
nor. upon a later search. In the entire
hospital. When DR.. Joyce looked about
for bis coat preparatory to interview.
ing his waiting chauffeur the coat had
mysteriOusly disappeared. SO also. upon
further Investigation. had the doctors
car itself. Visibly perpIexed. the usu.
ally calm minded doctor returned to
the Office. A search Of the adjoining
hospital grounds failed to throw any
light upon her disappearance. and the
doctor was about to settle down into
wrathfuI despair when the telephone
bell tangled across his troubled senses.
"Dr. Joyce" questioned a merry.
hooking voice. ''are you still enfOrc
ing quarantine: Because II you are
you had better send back for your au
tOmObile. | bad to borrow It in order
t" get away. The hill was very dark
and very step This IL MOIlie Still.
we'll"
"YOu got nway?" The doctor seem.
ed incapable of grasping any other
fact YES" the triumphant tone con
tinued: "yOur car beneath my window
gave me the idea. but | never should
have been able to reach It unObserved
without the aid Of your soft hat and
long cloak obligingly left upon the Of.
Zee couch. The medicine ease helped
too. You had told me that your chauf
feur would expect you ut S:15. so |
jumped into the car at just that time.
It seemed advisable to slip out Of 1t at
your house door-so ! did. But when
the man had driven away it was nee.