The Lamar register., 1920-09-29
Send for Owens

BY JANE OSBORN

When ih" la>l vnfe had been cast
and The las ballot had been counted,
ami u was u fncl Acvond disputlng
mai fhr candidate fer whom Richard
f"Nw"rth lad spent 81 much of
lis y"u'liui snd 1rai0u~ enthusiasm
had lost rhr rl"rtion Hiclar; Leaven-
'"rlh took the defeat really harder
ii'.m IN" mnn himself The fact that
Richard had never fully convalesced
from the hardshiuS he had expert
ence'' two winters IN France madel
him les :. 'dy Against rhc - i-pness
"f The disappointment
When 1t became apparent 10 Mrs.
I."ar' nworih ani Richards ~'~'r. that
he had taken the Thing 81 To heart,
when the Thermometer thrnsr into his
parchcd lips had shown iiini he was
actually III in conscqucncc-no one
was especially wrought up about il.
Poor Dies has always been that way
He's very had loser. and always did
play TOO hard
The old iamily doctor had assured
Mrs Loavenworih hat. while Richard
whs moi in actual danger he ought to
have - change OF afr Immediately He
would recover from the fever as soon
rs he hai his sleep uut. buI after ihat
he should he packed on to the noun
tains to get the mental rest his nerves
fcnIand,.,i
But II was perfectly obviuus that
none or the ienvenworih> wanted 70
bury themselves OF in their mountain
cabin In November. Loretta wns go
ing To he married in JANUARY and Mrs.
Ieavenworth certainly could not go
m with him. much less could Loretta.
II was still the day after the defeat,
sinewy Richard-helpless in his room
above stairs and Loretta aud her moth
er were settling the situation.
Well just have To send for Owens"
quoth Loretta with fnality Certain
iy we cant 20 on up there. and. any
way. II anything were going to be the
matter with him II wouid be necessary
10 have nurse-way OF there with
oui doctor or anything. Besides. |
don't believe we would either Of us he
any comfort TO him."
Mrs. Leavenworih upbraided herself
for not having thought of Owens he
fore and within five minutes q teie-
gram was on TO that nurse of his
childhood iDsiructing her TO be al the
mountain resort 10 meet Richard with
in two days. She had been there
often enough--she knew the way. She
was further instructed to wire II she
would be unable to be there.
So Richard was bolstered up with
the doctors prescriptions. bundled in
to closed car with the Leavenworth
chauffeur who could be dispensed
with for few days. and Loretta and
her mother went back TO the important
work of planning bridesmaids dresses
with free conscience.
For after all Richard would be
content with Owens. the old Welsh
woman who had nursed him through
all the small Ills of childhood and then
had always been willing TO come back
whenever her vigilant care was needed
TO help Richard through any illness or
accident
Owens, to be sure. was baby spe-
clalist. IL was her rule to take no
one over twelve. but she had never re-
fused to come back TO Richard. So
when lie broke rib or SO at hockey
in hlgh-school days she hurried home
from a belated vacation to be at his
side.
Later II was she who went up to
college TO take her place In the in
Urinary while he recovered from the
gatherings received at his first cane
spree. In fact IL was family byword
when anything went wrong with Rich.
ard, who had not always been the
most docile OF patients. TO send for
Owens"
Meantime, how were the Leaven-
worths to know that Owens had gone
back TO the land OF her nativity for
few months soJourn? And how was
Madge. her pretty niece, who had fol-
lowed her aunt's example In taking
the training course In the baby hos
pital. to know that the aunt made
one exception to her rule to take only
childrenf When the aunt had left she
had told Madge to go out on any case
TO which she was summoned.
She had perfect confidence In the
younger nurses ability ito take her
place. So Madge had come In from
one case only to find the Telegram
to come at once on the next. and. be-
Ing young woman of resources. she
had started out at once. gone by rail-
as far as IL would take her and had