New Britain herald., 1923-05-22
me Vas Nadge sIeliiei" Mrs dur
kee Home IN ReileF spiFlts

hee Home "a thtsrf sIssila
looked al Mrs, nuFkee closely Il
and out what thought lay behind hel
comment upon pF, FeRham's farewell
words 20 her
Was she aRpTeheRsiNs that she, toe
like the soldiers she had named
might net ''oome hack II she fol-
lowed has advice ana went under 9
surgeons knife or was hsF speech
simply a fiippant mask foe tho nerr
yausnss which knew was shaking
her?
Whichever II was, | knew that ny
cue was 10 ignore II, and took the
suresl way Of changing the tenor Of
her thoughts,
III would he a Joke on me-" ! re-
marked with apparent unFasiness, III
that isAi shouldn't he in front after
an my assurances 10, sou that u
would"
"oh. Madge !" She caught her
breath. changed her walk 10 a funny
little trat. dragging me with her
Hurry till We see, ill never for
give myself for leaving those suiteases
In the cab"
Eyes, you will" | smiled, as !
stepped ahead Of her, ana swung the
street door open, for here are the
man and the cab, both apparently in
tact ! am sure the suileases are
equally safe"
Mrs. Durkee Announces Her Plan
II won't be till We get chance 10
open em." she replied darkly. but
! was relieved 20 note--in n subdued
key. "lIe had chance To drive
somewhere near and take out every
thing he wanted, Look NJ him close
~. aIndge. he looks hnlgy Ia me-"
She had the grace TO whisper the
last words, but they set me off into
irrepresslhte laughter, and | saw the
cabman glance furtlyely at me, MS II
he suspected me of insanity.
II don't see anything 10 laugh at"
she whispered pcttishy when we were
safely in the taNi. with a thick glass
slide between ourselves and the
driver, "Ho does look bulgy. I'll bet
he's got Dicky's dress suit wrapped
around him inside OF his coat this
minute"
The evident sincerity in her voice,
the wrathful belligerence of her man
ner SGT me off again. and | laughed
until she-always the posscssor OF I'M
ruly risibles-was compelled to join
me.
when we get to the station, I'll
grab him by the collar and hold him
l.
grarely, after ] recovered my breath.
Il only wish | had the nerve to do
it." she retorted, then added with APP
parent irrcleyance: What time =. Is
IT." and | knew that her fussing con-
corning the taxi driver was at an end.
Ten minutes Of g."
do you suppose We can make that
$50 to Marvin
Il am sure we can, barring some
traffic Jam, which isn't likely
THAT will be fine. ! do SO want to
get home and out of this rig before
Alfred and Leila reach the house.
And don't you peep about seeing me
in the city. III hide Dicky's suitcase
so they won't suspect anything"
But, | protested. dismayed, sure
ly you're going to tell them about
DR.. Foxham's advice
:. "Eat. Drink and BE Merry
NO, I'm not" she said, but you
are. I'll give you plenty Of chance
after dinner. But I don't want to be
anywhere around when you talk
about It, T'll-I'll do anything Alfred
thinks best, although ] do want to
wait until Dr. Pringle gets back to
see what he thinks about me- But ]
want Alfred and the rest of you to 60
ahead aud make any arrangements
that are necessary and tell me about
1t only when you're ready: I'm going
to forget the whole thing from now
on--that is, when the pain will let
me, and have the best time going. |
What's that old verse eat. drink and
be merry
stop it," | said with an assumed |
tive. you're enough to give any
body the horrors. Even If you do |
have to go TO the hospital, you'l be
there only week, and everybody gets
over operations nowadays. 1t isn't /
fashionable to 10 anything else. And I
just think what an interesting invalid |
you'll be ] hereby promise to hiring
or send you something pretty every |
day until You're well again.
Look out. You may be bank
rupt," she warned, but ! saw that the
idea had caught her fancy and that
she was revealing in it as would Il