Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-14

IS0 BUNNY arrived so quickly CaaL
MI Althea suspected she had telerhoned
very near by.
- "What is it, Miss Bundy? What I do
for your" she asked, all her dislike of the
woman who had been almost a confidant re-
turning with her appearance
81 haven't any position, Miss Graham, since
the doctor discharged me for taking just
bit of whisky when l was sick. My moneys
all gone. l thought ou might help me-" the
wheedling vonce went on, get the doctor TO
take me back. ~
"That is impossible. DR.. Graham is very
particular. about his office nurse You should
have been more careful.
you talk different to me than you
used to-and there's reason why you should
be good to me. / know lot OF Things that
60, on. My friend, my man friend, is engi-
neer at the hospital and tells me what goes
on even if amt here myself. That Howard
girl was helping the doctor there yesterday.
I'll bet you didn't know that or about their
taking long walk together. They pull the
wool over your eyes mighty easy
81 can't do anything for you, Miss Bunday,.
A1thea said, but her blazing eyes had not
escaped the nurse. She had aroused Althea's
| jealousy-just as she intended.
"You are sure he won't take me back
honey, if you ask him to?'
| Positive Miss Bundy."
"Then you'll help me, won't you?" =
Help you-how?"
81 need little money to tide me over until
I find a job. 1 guess you'll find you amt
| throwing it away either. Then that is good to
me finds ways of paying"
Althea thought she referred to repaying the
| loan. An other meaning did not occur to her.
81 haven't much at hand" she said, hes
itating 1t seemed rather strange that Miss
az haven't niue hat hand" she said, hes
itating. 1t seemed rather strange that Miss
Bundy should borrow from her. Why not
from some of her nursing friends?
40 But little will help until I find work."
| the woman insisted
Althea rose and left the room. She re-
turned. in moment with her purse and TAX
| ing out ten dollar bill gave it to the nurse.
| This is all 1 have in the house except
| little change" she said
| Miss Bundy almost grabbed it.
| ct will get me something to eat and help
pay my room rent" she whined as she tucked
| the bill into her bag.
| '1lf speak to the doctor, Miss Bundy, but
| I am sure it will do no good,' A1thea said,
anxious to be rid of her, yet hardly able to
control her desire to ask questions about
what she had told her-Peter and Miss
Howard taking long walk together.
''Try and make him take me back, honey.
| He ought to for his own sake, she num-
| bIed as she went out.
| Althea breathed sigh of relief as she
heard the street door close.
"How could I ever think I liked that
/ woman" she asked herself; Yeti
| wonder if what she told me is true; if that
Howard girl even when she is employed at
Mrs. Williams goes to the hospital to meet
Peter-if they went walking?"
| Althea,s first impulse when she heard
Peter come in was to tell him of Miss
Bundy's visit, her plea of poverty and that
she had loaned her ten dollars; But
something held her back. She would find
out in some way if what the nurse had told
her was true. Then, too, knowing how
Peter felt toward Miss Bundy, she hated to
| acknowledge she had received her. He
would never understand
At breakfast she made several futile at
| tempts to get Peter to talk of his work, but
! he was very quiet, and she couldn't avoid
| feeling that his mind was upon what she
had done the day before in keeping the
message from him. Finally she said
II don't suppose Miss Howard does any,
| thing else but take care Of her sister, does
| she?"
Peter looked surprised at the question.
but replied
mot until lately. Now that the little girl
Els better she helps me occasionally at the
hospital They very short Of nurses. ~
SO far Miss Bundy had told the truth.
Mabel Howard had been at the hospital
helping Peter. Althea dared ask no more
questions, but what she had learned effectu-
ally prevented her telling Peter Of the
nurses visit the night before. She would
wait-perhaps be able to prove the story OF
the walk also true.
True to her plan of the previous day, she
went down to the office and seated herself
at the desk. Peter looked his surprise but
said nothing until Just as he was leaving,
then:
81 have made Arrangements to relieve you
OF this Miss Howard comes back tomor-
row."
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