Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-01-01
frowaed: then the suileleaa expression


for Others. BETTER face the circnn,-
Stance stnsibly. You are but tem-
poiary prisoner
If | am prisoner" Mollie retort-
ed. take warning. for / shall es,
cape
Tint will be- impossible. My pur-
pose here tonight is to see that quar-
antine is enforced"
Slowly Mullie looked into his eyes.
They were fine eyes. with u true.
steady light. she observed; eyes not
to he conXed or sWervpd from their
duty; kind eyes. with regret in their
depths that they must be stern. Turn
ing from them thoughtfulIy. Mollie
again took up her post at the win
dow. When she looked back Il smile
Irembled about her lips; an excited
flush tinted her cheeks. "Ail right"
she called. 'Goodby until y. DR..
Joyce"
When she had heard the last echo
of his footsteps down the corridor Mol
lie ventured out upon n tour of inves-
li-'iliotl -NSut thC StiiI way Slc WAS
met by II genial inferno. ostensibly on
patrol. "Oh. be good" he admonish-
ed. and she retreated to her room.
Shortly before = the nurse arrived
with an intolernnt air Of espionage.
Mollie greeted her joyfully. Now"
cried she. I'VE will have 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" Mollie present
~ reminded, that 1t is now time to go
downstnirs?" The nurse arose direct
~. AT the doctors office she waited
until her charge had entered the room.
Il will cali for you in the course Of
half IN hour" she said.
Safely inside. Molie heaved sigh
Of relief. Yes. the moments stolen by
the showing Of the photographs had an
swered their purpoSe-the doctor had
gone. He mad spoken OF leaving the
hospital mt S:l5, and Molie had plan.
ned and desperately counted upon find.
ing tn" room empty; then II would he
but one 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 II fur coat thrown upon
the couch. The doctors hat and medi.
cine case hay beside It, So he was
still in The building: had stepped out
perhaps to inquire of her lnteness; in
II moment he would return and then
Her resolve instantly made. Mollie
caught up the long coat. buttonlng 1t
about her tall young figure. With n
gleeful chuckle she pulled the soft hat
down over her ears: then. medicine
case In hand. looking neither to the
right nor left, she strobe across the
hall. and the great. nolseless doors clos
ed behind her.
When DR.. Joyce re-entered his sane
tum II short time after he imMtiently
the nurse. IF 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 perplcxedly. IA little while ago"
Then she has no doubt returned to
her room. Kindly make inquiry"
But Miss Stillwel was not to be
found In her room or in the corridor
nor. upon later search, in the entire
hospital. When Dr. Joyce looked about
FOR his coat preparatory to interview.
ing his waiting chauffeur the coat had
mysteriously disappeared So also. upon
further investigation. had the doctors
iar Itself. Vlsibly perplexed. 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
1octor was about to settle down into
wrathful despair when the telephone
bell tangled across his troubled senses.
DIR. Joyce" questioned a merry,
hooking voice, "are you still enforc.
ng quarantine? Because If you are
'on had better send back for your au-
| had to borrow 1t in order
o get away. The hill was very dark
ma very steep. This is Mollie Still
we'll"
"fou-got-awayT" The doctor seem.
n Incapable Of grasping any other
nct. Yes. the triumphant tone con-
mued: your car beneath my window
rave me the idea, but | never should |
ave been able to reach 1t unobserved
the aid of your soft hat and
ong cloak obligingly left upon the Of
Ice couch. The medicine case heped
90. You had told me that your chauf.
eur would expect you ut S:l5. SO
Jumped into the car at just that time.
seemed advisable to slip out of II at
our house door-so | did. But when
he man had driven away It was nee.
ssary to bring your things home with
ne ana now, with all due apologies.
low shall get them to you?"
The question broke Off In breath.
asS laugh, while II sudden smI,.
witched ut the doctors lips and grew
nd danced in his deep set eyes.
Am to understand that YOU delhi
rately made your escape in nv coat
my car and carrying my tools ana
OXinS with yOu3"