Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14

down three other women. womel
much more their own sort. to pick M
up. Those women have found othe
jobs. If | back out, it'll mean tina
the foundation can't get the choice o
internes it could have had a montl
ago. The colleges are closed. ths
graduates scattered. 1t'll mean. too
that they won't let down the tmt.
again for a woman outside their owl
group. 1t wouldn't be honest. Mark
to quit now
| "All right" he said surlily. "but
think you're going to be as sorry as
am
IF am" she laughed. "I'n rur
! after you all the way to Texas"
+
DOR all her work. she missed hin
so much that II Is possible thai
she might have fulfilled her promise
| had it not been for Dora Lyle. Amy
! found her. a wistful stray. in one OF
| the wards of the foundation and took
! her up in much the same way she
would have cared for a sick kitten.
| The girl was i'll and lonely and desti
tute. She told Amy that she had
alienated her family in a little Iowa
town by running away with cheap
theatrical company. and that her
pride forbade her to appeal to them,
Amy mathematical the absent Lytles
as hard and cruel and took upon her
self the burden of Dora's care.
The girl seemed to repay her shell
tering kindness by votive gratitude.
but there was In her a certain fur
tiveness that would never have cs-
capped Amy if she had been on guard
She was too occupied with her hos
pital duties and her loneliness for
Preston to notice much more about
the Lytle girl than her pathetic need
Of friendship. When Dora grew well
enough to leave the institution. Amy
found her job at Lister and room
in the house where she herself had
boarded before she went into Clayton,
The girl was definitely established as
Amy's satellite when Preston returned
from Texas.
He determined to marry Amy at
once. He telephoned her as soon as
he arrived In town, insisting that she
dine with him that night.
1t was difficult for her to leave the
hospital but she maneuvered leave
for herself and met him in one of
the neighboring restaurants. She was
so genuinely rejoiced over his return
that he. took the occasion to demand
that she go with him the next day
up to Waukegan. where they could
he married with greater legal eXpedi-
ton than was possible in Cook County.
He was so eagerly boyish that she
wavered from her resolve.
IF we weren't so short at the
hospital, I'd do It," she said.
do 1t anyhow" he urged.
''Oh, It's such rotten thing to
leave them like this" she protested.
Il couldn't take my own happiness UNI
less I'd earned 1t straight
You have to take happiness when
and where you find it," he threatened.
II know" she said. 'but do you
suppose could be really happy.
knowing that might haye saved
Mrs. Kozminski by staying on the job
Great heavens. you aren't physi-
clan to the universe
NO. but am inferno to Ward
Three at the Clayton"
"Then you wont?"
II can't"
Then we're through"
Don't be childish. Mark" she
pleaded. "You know perfectly we'll
that I'll marry you the last week Of
next June"
She leaned over the table to touch
his hand. and her eyes lighted.
He shrugged petulantly, but he
could not resist her voice and her
smile. You win, Amy dear" he said,
but she had a curious feeling that she
had lost.
Even his good.bv seemed to hold a
forecast of something beyond tempo
rary farewell
Il wish I'd told him I'd go to.
morrow" she thought. as she donned
her uniform. but, in the pressure Of
the nights labors. she did not revert
to regret. The next time she saw
Preston both Of them apparently had
slipped back in their attitude of calm
acceptance Of the. situation.
4 X 4
A N influenza epidemic, filling rooms
and wards of the hospital. kept
Amy Brooks on duty 16 hours out of
every "a through the next fortnight