Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-03-24
The Reward of a
Good Patient
By MARTHA MAcWILLIAMS.

q 1891. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate
"If only you had one saving imper-
fectionw Dorothy said plaintively
with her most fetching glance. Her
sole auditor, j. Hubert King, ESQ,
accepted the tribute within OF face
value. though he made a pretense Of
depression with That's Just your
awfully too-kindness."
Impossible" said Miss Dorothy,
with an accent deserving italics. "Ive
watched and studied you ever since
you came, trying to pick flaw. Tell
me-ls there anything-anything at
all-you really can't doT
"That remains to be SEEM" ]. HUI
bert answered with significant look.
Dorothy dropped her eyes, murmur-
Ing delicately: when you see-won't
you please tell meT
eff you promise not to sympathize."
from J. H., essaying the subtle. She
clapped her hands crying 1oyously:
"Instead l shall felicitate you. 1t
must be dreadfully lonesome-this be-
ing In a class by yourself"
She was, you perceive, wholly de-
void of conscience-at least whore the
male of her species, oozing fairness,
concelt and wealth, was concerned.
]. Hubert was truly as perfect
specimen of the gentleman strictly
handmade as was ever turned out by
tutors, tailors, masters Of each social
grace, as ever admired himself In the
tiniest French plate mirrors. He was
indeed the supreme achievement Of
his worthy parents-plus the millions
thriftily accumulated In the cloak and
suit trade. They had toiled early,
married late-after the money began
rolling up, came this browning mercy,
a son to inherit 1t. So nothing had
been spared, much less scanted toward
his perfecting. 1t spoke well for his
native fiber that he had not come
through such bringing up utterly
worthless.
Dorothy, In the rashness of youth.
did not see that the superpolish
marked a real man. His conceit Of
Tended her, also amused her-she felt
1t rather the part of womanly duty
to abntA 1t. Therefore she played will
9 tLs wisp, letting him approach
wnfGs arms length, then dancing,
glanclnS, beyond reach or comprehen-
sion. Now and then unkindly, she
treated herself TO fiattering him to the
top of his bent. He purred under It
80 naively, 1t was worth while. Be
sides she truly owed him something
for the Orchids motor parties, candy
and so on wherewith he had strewed
her path since he dawned upon the
scene.
How dare you do 1t, Dot? And
how do you endure himT Johnny
Detmold, the child of the house, de-
manded when ]. Hubert had taken
himself impressively away.
Through being a humane person"
Dot retorted. Don't you know how
cruel 1t is to deny sugar plums to
children who expect themT
Hmm. Must say ]. II. is pretty
well grownl" Johnny said, shaking
his head. "Fess up now, Dotsy You
have real serious intentions else you
wouldn't, couldn't, shouldn't ought to
play no such game"
"Of course l have-and the best in
tentiOns In the world" from Dotsy
Hes due to carry marks Of me to
his grave-and thankfully. To learn
that he can't buy something he wants
supremacy Will be so good for him he
viii hardly know himself"
Expect to be remembered In his
will-eh~ Johnny bantered. She
flung her left slipper at hint had
come OFF when she tucked foot I'M
der herself In the hammock. Johnny
eyed 1t measuringly. Cinderella
plus" he said gravely. "What's the
number Dot or or
"rhree D-and mile too bigl"
came back to him, but not rancorous-
Iy, as she ran unevenly inside. From
the stair head she called back: "Tll
tell on you Jack o. the Bean Stalk
Your mother shall know how little
you respect agel I'm three months
older than you"
"And seven years wlckeder-at the
very least" Jack chanted, hugging
the slipper. Indeed l think you used
to be spider-just been reading
In a bug book how the lady spiders
serve their mates"
I'm sorry for the one who tries
to eat you" Dorothy countered. John
ny sighed deeply. ~. II. will afford
such full meal you won't have any
appetite left" he said judlciously.
still l believe you'll get your come
gppance. A flirt In silk IL twice q
hirt In crepe. And with all those mil
Ions-myl my the army, navy, law
and medicine, will be fighting for you
and get left when you pick up the
roOkedest stick Of ALL"
For answer the other slipper came
hurtling through the doorway, along
with Dorothy's wickedest laugh.
Her last laugh Of that timbre. Time,
trotting hard withal, brought her six
hours later to crucial, vital mo
ment she never forgot. She bent to
hear a feeble voice say from swathing
bandages: please marry me- At
once-they will come too late-I want
TO leave them-something in my
place."
It was King who implored. He had
saved child from death under lum-
berIng motor truck and been crushed
in doing lt--fatally crushed, said the
surgeons. Struggling back to con
sciousness he had asked for her--hls
people were a thousand miles away.
Twelve hours Of life remained to him