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

Twice she had to break engagement.
| with Preston. Once, when she could
not reach him by telephone. she sem
Dora Lytle to his office with note OF
explanation. Dora. coming to Clayton
the next night. waited with me more
than an hour for Amy, euloCizing hei
SO persistently that / was moved t.
tell her that | had known Amy even
longer than had she. Then she
swung into queries about Preston
She was talking of him when Amy
| entered the room.
II think it's terrible that you treat
poor Mr.. Preston the way YOU do" she
| told her. as Amy, exhausted. flung
| herself across the bed. why don t
you marry him?"
I'm going to-" Amy yawned, "as
soon as | finish my job here"
I'm june"
an June"
Are YOU really in love with him.
Amy?"
You bet I am
Il can't understand how you can
love him and keep him waiting"
HTS Mr.. Preston good lawyer"
Dora asked me as we walked to
the street car.
Hes a better one since he knew
Amy"
Il mean, is he making much
money!"
Il guess he's started on the high
grade. Why"
ooh. just wondered"
There was quality of personal
speculativeness in her voice that
stirred me to suspicion. and l had u
thought of warning Amy against the
girl but dismissed 1t as absurd. Amy
and Preston cared for each other with
devotion beyond the reach of such
trivial wiles as Dora Lytles. | knew
that Amy was not working quite 80
hard as she had during the epidemic.
and I felt that she was emnently we'll
able to manage her own affairs with
out advice from any one.
did not see Dora again for months
Then | met her at the theater with
Preston. She tried to avoid me. hut
Preston greeted me casually and
had no qualm in passing on the in
formation to Amy as lightly as |
could. in view of my resentment
against the other girl.
'Oh, Marks nice to Dora" she said
evenly. but | caught the surprise in
her eyes.
She veered to talk of the hospital,
Of DR.. Anna Lebcovic's amazing SUR
gical skill and of her own ambition
to serve under that remarkable
woman. ''Ill call 1t day when I
can do an operation with her outfit"
she declared.
Wouldn't you fear the responsible
ity at first?"
mot If she believed I was ready.
4 H.
into Gods hands and hold the knife
steady in my own"
when do YOU think sha'll let YOU
take an operation"
Heaven knows. but Id hate to
leave Clayton without having had the
chance"
The chance did not come to her,
however, until long after her world
was turned upside down by the news
| had to break to her one April eve
ming. / found her in the childrens
ward reading a fairy tale to three for
lorn children of the city, charity pa
TENTS of the foundation. Their faces.
lifted to hers. were not more radiant
than her own as she made vivid the
old Story of Snow White. She nodded
to me. but did not put down the book
till she had ended.
w Ifdl - Tie SOOu NEWS. she dSkeu
me cheerfully, as she came across the
ward
1t isn't good. Amy"
whats happened" She put her
arm across my shoulder. What can
I do for you?'' a...
Its not about me. It's-you."
81? What is 1t? Is it Mark? Il
he hurt?''
mo"
"Then what?'
"He's married"
Married." Her hand covered her
mouth as if to hold down cry and
her eyes narrowed.
He married Dora Lytle today"
Dora Lyle" She said the name
slowly. The girl l saved from kill
ing herself" She began to laugh
sobbingly. Il sent her to him. Now
he's married her. Oh, isn't life
funnv?"