Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-07
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IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO
THE STORY so FAR


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THE STORY so FAR
Tommy Taylor, q young doctor, has come
to a small town to take up the practice lett
by Se, 2 Dr. sco M0rrlsSni "A Alth Nsw y T9mm b%os oSmes
and practitioners, he does not seem to pro-
gress very rapidly in his profession. HIS
to curb his naturally boisterous spirit. Nell
70 ssl the 0 Brewster Sh Home enc she iS'i Tires q waiting
and. walking around in the yard p%erceives
open. she is very fond Of books. SO decides
there will be no harm in going In and look
ins en sT0una while gits the ne Ses Is 81 pfTe tse nbr sns
and seeing q volume OF Shakespeare lying
on the table, picks it up and begins to read
And now the story
A voice penetrated her absorption. @
woman's c%ontralto voice-'and the brown
medicine three times a day. doctor3"
Nell's head jerked up. The voice came
from the hall. There was a sound OF
people coming down the stairs. For 9
| moment she was too frightened to move
Tomniy's answer reached her, low, un-
| believably modulated. Eyes. Mrs. Brew
ster. Thrice daily. Good evening""
Then a third voice. a man GOOD
| night, doctor"
The front door slammed.
In a panic, Nell glanced about her
The window through which she had en-
tered was on the far side OF the room
The one beside her-desperately she felt
for its catch. 1t was fastened, fastened
too tightly for her shaking fingers tc
undo. And there was no time to get
across the room. Via an idiot she hac
been not to think of this before +.
A shadow fell across the doorway.
Nell slipped behind the chintz covered
curtain. covering in a corner of the win
dow frame, her. heart pounding against
her side, her mouth dry.
She heard q swish of silk n light
footsteps on the rush rug. A glow APP
peared along the edge of her curtain,
some one had lighted a lamp.
At that moment she realized that she
was still clutching the squarish book
pressing 1t tightly against her breast.
Now heavier feet crossed the room, anc
their owner spoke with a curious infiec-
ton. "Well-welll"
Mrs. Brewster laughed. Eyes. precicely
Simply too impossible. I'll be thankful
when DR.. Anderson" her voice trailec
Off.
Nell's heart missed a beat. She coulc
feel her cheeks burst into flame.
What are you going to do, my dearP'
went on the contralto voice. Finish
your paper? I promised Eleanor I'd ST
with her a while"
Eyes, 1 must get it done this evening
You'll come back?"
Later on"
Again the swish Of silk and a mo.
mentary shadow slid along the sid O
the curtain. Then Nell and her ncon
scious host were left alone.
She could hear him at his desk; first
the r~attling of his papers, then thu
steady scrape. scrape Of his pen. There
was nothing for her to do but stand anC
think.
And Just standing was misery enough
Her feet, forgotten for a few blissfu
moments. had begun to make themselve
felt with renewed insistence, registering
hot, prickling complaints against thei
uncovered condition and their contac
with the hardwood floor.
That she would have to stay there II
her corner until thee Brewsters had gon
to bed was only too clear. And remem
bering the sound of their cultivate'
voices, she told herself miserably tina
they were the intellectual, read-and
work-all night type.
Clasping the book more closely, sh
gave herself over to elf~-derogatory re
Elections, heaping upon her fluffy hea'
every curse that her brain could con
jure up. Thoughts Of Tommy oppresse'
her. What would he do when he neithe
found her IN the road nor at home? H
would be frantic with alarm. With
a oApS aSoCAfOo NJ tAAiAA VA OA4A
thing else-anything elsel
1t occurred to her that she might max
another attempt upon the window cate
beside her. But q stealthy testing prove
conclusively hat 1t was locked and tn
key missing. Next she considered max
ing a dash for the window across tn
room. Perhaps she would be able t
vanish before Mr.. Brewster could collec
himself sufficiently either to see her fac
or to follow. But a recollection Of th
position of his desk-facing her. and nc
far away,-warned her that q precipitat
flight, unmolested, would be out Of tn
question. then she dallied with the nc
ton OF simply appearing before him. az
pealing to his chivalry to allow her t
remain nameless, and, without furthe
explanation. departing In a dignifed an
unhurried manne via the front doc
But here again reason pointed out I'm
practicability. Chance was all In fave
OF an eventual meeting them somewher
in town: and what, in that case, woul
be the effect upon poor Tommy's prae
tice?
No, there was nothing for it but I
stand 1t. And standing
On and on scratched the pen on an