New Britain herald., 1922-05-02
The Report Katherine Made to
 Lillian and Madge.

We reached Dr. Pettits office al q quarter before the hour he had named in his message. Tn obedience to Lillian's suggestion, we had left the car in front of the library, had gone in, taken out book apiece, and upon coming out she had looked sharply up and down the street to see If by any possibility the man whom we knew as smith was in the vicinity, Satisfied at length that he was not near, that, indeed, in all probability, he was at his employers home three miles away. we had walked swiftly to the house in which the physician has his office and liNng-rooms, and had entered unobtrusively to find that he had not yet arrived.
 That's easy Lillian said in a low voice when the woman who took care of the physicians quarters had taken herself out Of the room. Hes bring ing Katherine himself, cutting it very fine, so that she shall be away from the hospital the least possible stretch Of time. Good boy, Herbie, I didn { think he had it in him.
 guessed that the levity in her voice and words masked an unusual nerv- ous tension, and I wondered a bit at her evident strong feeling in this matter l knew that she had handled problems seemingly of much greater importance than this meeting of two men--if they did meet. For a minute I let my fancy play with the idea that we were all at, sea, and that Smith and the man Tn the hospital were nothing to each other.
 And then there was the Whir of Dr. Pettit's car, a glimpse of the phy- scian alishting, giving his hand to Katherine with his stiff formal cour- tesy, and escorting her to the house, and finally Katherine herself. with flushed cheeks and starry, excited eyes, lovingly embracing both of us
 Dr. Petit. with suited little bow closed the door behind himself and us. and Lillian uttered a tense mono- syllable
 "Well?"
 He came to bat all right" kath- crime answered.
 Who Smith"
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 ''The man you described to me as Smith. Even if you hadn't told me I think I would have known that he was something other than the farm laborer he pretended to be. He strikes me as a man who has been accus- toned to dominate every one around him"
  among his neiehhors for years" Lil- lian replied But please begin at the beginning and tell Us everything you possibly can. Madge just switch on your memory I'll need it and your closest attention, because I don't want to keep any written record. of what Katherine tell us. But. oh, girls, if you knew what work it has saved me to have tho tact proved that Smith and the man in the hospital are con- nected in this thing I was afraid I might have two entirely distinct problems on my hands. Now, Rather inc, for your story
 Welt she said, hesitating. If I begin at the beginning. I'll be like the child trainer and the grandmother of the child"
 That's what l want said Lillian. Go back to the minute you entered the hospital"
 A Simple Compliment
 Tt involves something fur ther back than that" smiled Rather inc. and that is the treatment his former nurse was compelled to give him. You see, when he first became conscious there were so many little things in which she had 10 antagonize him He didn't want to take his medicine. and he wanted foods he couldn't have. and oh, l don't know what all At any rate, he fairly hated her, and as for the poor girl, she was wreck, But, you see. he was get ting better all the time, so after 1 came l didn't have to impose nearly so many restrictions on him. and the result was that he became very tract able"
 "Of course, you have given us the only reason for his becoming tract able" Lillian said dryly. and I smiled with her at katherine's genuinely puzzled look at us. She is so modest about the great skill which is hers in nursing, and about the potency of her personality. I sometimes think she does not realize herself the power