Evening star., 1922-04-06
TROUBLES NEVER COME s1NGLY. :,

nHHSS NEW EN- SOME S1NGL .
A T o'clock on the morning
~ after the night before" Mer-
~ riam Lindsay stood tiptoe in
the lower hall of the old
house where she had been spending
the night most Unexpectedly as Sadie
tarrells guest. The public telephone
was placed uncomfortably high for
SO tiny woman as Merry. She
parked her little stack of borrowed
niekeis along the wainscoting. Gen.
toner.
She conscientiously got her doctors
cMce nrst. explaining to him about
Arthur Mallory, and begging him to
'omS .,,e, as soon as possible.
ihe drug clerk thinks he's about
haw ha1r saars sstarysd." she said. Just think
nim about in all that wind and rain
last night. He's had some bromide
OF something to quiet him, but he
LOOKS 6s very Ill. Please do come soon,
,a She tried ceeily Leland's apartment
next, and, after a long wait, her ex-
citable cousins high-pitched voice
came rasping along the wire.
Merriam. you thoughtless little
beast! the bachelor girl began scold-
ing g before Merry could get in a word.
we've we've been nearly distracted trying
70 nnd you: Where on earth did you
ana that Mallory man go last night
tried to phone your house, and Susan
sue hadn't heard a word, and we
went trailing down to Mallory's aw-
iul studio and you weren't there, and
when we came back here that idiotic
hall boy admitted you left here with
out saying where you were going.
You senseless child! Why didn't YOU
leave some trace? called Nan
Blaisdell, and she gave ME the deuce
restaurant-as though it hadn't been
you you who suggested it in the first
"Cissie, please stop talking Just a
minute" Merriam finally managed to
interrupt; n,het Tn trying to, tell you
missed you all around. You see. my
purse was lost and Mr.. Mallory
didn't have very much money, and
don't know whatever I would have
done done Il It hadn't been that remem-
What an unheard-of place to ro,'
rose impatiently. "Cissie, please
don't stop me till I'm through tell
ing you what happened MI. Mallory
got awfully Ill, and I was SO ex-
hausted I went to sleep without un.
derstanding how i'll he was, and poor
sGSh, Sadie j has been taking care Of him all
Sure he's ill.," cecily's voice was
New Yorky-cautious. You never
can ants tel & about queer chaps like that.
was so funny and spooky looking that
fend." 0'e
Don't. cecily." There was re-
morse In Merriam's every tone. you
NA ~ ~
her husband and the man who helped
put Mr.. Mallory to bed say he's Just
about half starved"
my word" Cecily gasped.
so Ive sent for DR.. Lane" Mer.
I'm going to stay right here tin he he
| comes. I'm 80 tired I'm inst wobbly.
kneed. I think maybe I'll cali Nan
| and beg her to send Briggs and the
car for me. I'm all messy from las,
"oh. my dear" ceciiy walled tact
lessly, you can't get Nan! That's
| what I was trying to tell you when
you began all that dreadful tale
about Mr. Mallory. Nan isn't home
She called me and told me to explain
but to tell you to get home just as
quickly as you could. You see, when
the rain kept coming SO hard last
night Thorne and the boys and John
must have decided that the shack
was too leaky. for just after the tide
turned they started across the bay
with that fool boatman in that anti
auated boat of his. and the wind was
blowing SO hard and the tide running
out so fast
Merriam leaned against the wall in
terror.
"cecily." she whispered, "are they
drowned?"
They're on that middle sandbar.
And nobody can get out to them.
Mans taken Briggs and gone down.
Merry. don't make that queer noise.
Nan will\know what to do. They're
five perfectly able-bodied men. Only
Of course they'll be awfully cold and