Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
CHAPTER NNu ,cou,lnued,

C,uE did not sec cyril the next day or
- the one following His temperature
lad risen. and white the danger ot
relaps, Was not acute, they thought It
safer that she be Kept away SIZE
had ror"'Cd, fearing the worst, but the
ir1nkuC" Of tie head surgeon rcassur'd
her The bullet had drilled through him,
Just syrupug the lung lie would re-
cover BI Why takC chance of
Comrligatlon Wien an was going WeIi'
There was no reply 20 that. so Doris
waited q. HEADQUARTERS, thankful and
trying 20 he patient scudng two PEN
,ilcd .UYdWls which were delivered 20
II was not until three days later that
she received word that she would be
permitted to see him His cot had been
carried into a small room az the front
Of the building. and she entered II TIM
idly, the nurse. with smile and
glance at her watch. both of which were
eloquent. Withdrawing, lie was proppcd
up on pillows and, though pale from the
loss Of blood. greeted her with his old
careless smile. She sank into the chair
by the side of the bed aud caught his
hand to her lips
I'm SO glad But | knew you wouldn't
die you couldn't after getting safely
through everything else
"pic, Well hardly I'm right as
rain .IullN close shootln that of lta-
'i' g. NI'N0'' ''E 'I' "'N w s' '''"'
She hid her face i'm her hands.
Don't Let's forget him. Aud then
Have you suffered much?"
mo. The bally thing burns a bit
now and then but the worst Of it is,
they won't let a chap smoke
She laughed and lac caught her hand
closer
How did you do it. Doris" How did
your" ne questioned.
Il had to, cyril" She said 1T wasn't
anything except knowing where 10
More than luck. old girl Just cour-
age and intelligence. | felt myself fail.
/ in, up there. but ] saw you knew your
| way about and then IL seemed to go
| to sleep. silly OF me, wasn't it,
SILLY You tainted Cyril
"Rottcn time to faint
You might have died up there, once
/ | thought you had died. oh, that Gread-
/ ful moment! wanted TO go, too-with
! YOU. was a little mad, think. I
wanted TO take you In my arms and 60
with you--down-down. My hands even
/ left the wheel The Yellow Dove top
/ plcd-but ] caught her"
! Poor Child!"
After that ! seemed to grow all cold
with reason and skill forgot, YOU. I,
looked beyond, over your poor head.
/ had to succeed, Cyril--that was ALL
Ills hand pressed hers tenderly
You're the only girl in the world
! WHO tONlu 40 II. III Eldh lllbuu
lie broke Off MY word, Doris There's
no use tryiu' 20 tell you what ! think
Of YOU. I'm no good at that sort OF
thing
ii understand. You're just-yoursclf
That's enough for me-
You were a trump up there in the
Thorwald---to stay with poor old lido
but | had to go. II was the only way
never thought we'd make it,
But We did"
You did. II was the Dove. Doris
the good old Dove. Isn't she "a ripper
~ never had "A fcar--ouCe she rose
How did you happen--'
Tie laughed.
1T was to be a surprise. I'd beer
WOrl,in on her for a Near-tryin' heI
out on the moors, Nobody knew--uuti
the war came and then ! told udo, who
told Won Stromberg ! tried flight {,
Windenberg and made il comfortably
Awfly easy thing. ! stayed at Win
denberg i'm October. nyiu over the Eng
llsh lines, droppin' bombs"
THAT was where you WE'RE"
"But ! never hit anythiu' Wouldn'
DO, you know. Then when I came bacl
! told the war Ohce. They sent me foI
the papers. You know the rest"
20 Cyril, I'm 80 glad its an over
Yuu'll go to England now and rest"
"Itor a while" And then. "Win yOI
YES she said softly. Whenever
you want me-
Here? Now2'