The Washington times., 1924-05-13

terminated. So you have nothing
to gain. / have come to ask you.
in fairness. to end this disastrous
Her breath rose n choking
gusts. She had to clench her
hands-hold herself silent.
The others voice shArpenad: her
high shoulders became peaked md
narrow: II have q right 70 ask
this, Miss Bryce, and to inform
you that II you have any thoughts
OF marriage, put them from your
mind. Even David would not be
reckless enough for thatl
why, the ideAi A girl OF your
character daring TO force herself
on such meni wonder what the
world IL coming tot You should
realize, at least, some sense of
responsibility. There's entirely too
much Of this looBeness, this moral
laxity. You do ~ you please ana
then come back and attempt TO
marry q man Of prestige and fam.
fly and brillianceI Every little
kIapper in the city win think she
can do the same
j Chiclkie felt the blood beat
warmly In heavy waves about her
! head
Moreover you would never DO
accepted by his family or his
friendsg'
She flung in then with q soft
violence: II shall not ask you, Mrs.
Burdell nor anyone else to accept
me now or at any time. And IL
the thought OF marriage becomes
interesting to me, ! assure you
the man shall know what am
ana he and not his relatives shall
be the judgel'
"Do / understand, Miss Bryce,
/ that you refuse to accept my sug-
gestion2 You intend TO persist in
dragging the scandal Of your life
into my nephew'sf"
you may understand, Mrs. Bur-
dell, that ] accept no dictation
from you. II you have rights In
this matter take them up with DR..
Ramm."
II have come to you deliberate
ly, Miss Bryce, and II my efforts
fail, I shall know what ID the next
step to take. II necessary shall
place the matter of your actions
before the heads Of the hospital.
/ shall inform them Of your past"
my past 10 no secret, Mrs.
Burdell. And threats ara quite
useless against me-"
She leaned forward, chugg1ng,
red Of face. gave an order to the
chauffeur. He turned about and
drove swiftly toward town. About
three blocks from the nurses
home, they stopped.
1T II not convenient for me to
drive further. As q last word,
Miss Bryce-let this be q threat
that does not fail. It may inter-
est you to know that I control the
bulk Of the family fortune-I shall
certainly see to its disposal"
Mrs. Burdell glanced swiftly up
and down the block. She said
sharply: Hurry The machine
leaped around the turn, went
speeding westward.
As Chickie stepped to the curb,
q woman passed. 90 she walked
lightly and smiling. Then she
came to small park and sat for
a moment on the stone bulwark.
She felt weak, with q curious,
warm tingl1ng all along her skin.
She walked along. keeping her
head high. A bit Of stone got un-
der her foot. She sent It flying
With q furious little squirt down
the hiil.
Her lists were doubled and the
nails driving cruelty against her
palms.
It was 8 o'clock. At this hour
David came to the hospital on his
visits. It made her hot merely to
think Of him--to see his lean, vital
face In her thoughts.
She wondered suddenly why his
aunt was in such q hurry; why
she had stopped three blocks from
the hospital.
She had promised to meet him.
to 60 for a short drive with him.
With a white, flaming anger she
FASTENED her steps now. She would
certainly 90. She certainly would.
But she turned back and went
to the little park and sat for q
long while on the green bench.
She sat there with her hands
clasped-looking at the grass-at
the light shivering over the blades.
Suddenly out Of all the inter
view one sentence hurled at her:
''You come back and try to marry
d man Of prestige, Of family. Then
every little flapper in the city
will think she may do the same. Is
She should have been hanged
by the neck until dead-or broken
on the wheel. Then no one would
think It was worth while to take
fling.
She thought this, and laughed
q hard. brittle sound. Then she
heard Q Observation-Disclosures a
moment later. as It seemed, the
Angeles rang out,
Well, he would not wait any
longer-he would know she wasn't
coming.
She went to her room. Miss
Pruett was now on duty. There
was q letter from Jake.
She sat down at once and an
swered It--and for the first time
she let the bitterness creep in.
And It was the thing Jake seized
upon. He took It as summons.
CHAPTER LXII.
The Dismissal.
David was comiAg down the
corridor with two 6e the greatest
surgeons in the city. A paper OF
his was published in the current
issue Of the Medical Journal, and
this was yet triumph enough to
give q stir to his heart.
He was much younger than the
other two, He had q vividnees
and youth about him, even hold.
ing himself quiet and intent as
now. Seeing Chickie, this sup
pressed glow lighted his eyes. He
bowed in a most friendly way.
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