New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
The Mother Superior nodded.
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The Mother superior nodded.
 "Yes,' she acquiesced, ''the nif' should be told although she seemed to show no anxiety last night ane this forenoon. never even telephon. ing to inquire about him.'
 Mrs, stuart just went out" camt Clara $ musical tones over the wire in response 10 Mikes call. "MT Stuart came in. stayed just few minutes. and then went out gain not an hour ago. Now she's gone out again, too"
 Gone out againH' repeated thf curious Mike. Was not Mrs. Stuart home when he came in"'
 ''She must have hecn," replied fllf nurse girl. as if puzzled over 'hi: self evident fact, although ] didn'' hear her como in last night. But heard their voices in their room Then saw him go out as l was ir tn hall when he left
 Well, tell Mrs. stuart when she comes in that her husband Is in tn hospital" instructed Mike. and rang off.
 Tn the nea ntlme what of Jillo She vas left sitting on the bed. 1t vii be recalled. when Jack strode from the room. But she didn't sit on thf bed very long When she heard the hall door slam she rose quickly made q swift toilet, and hurriedl, departed in the wake Of the mar who, she now realized, she had ac- cused wrongfully.
 She wanted to tell him how SOFT! she was, She wanted to prove te him. also. that he had Nrongcd he1 in thinking she had failed to come to the hospital because she had heen out vith--o'l. how could Jack ever have thought so vile thing o' her. Bu; alas she would prove te him
 Alas, poor Jill. Clrcum- stances certainly were weaving tangled web for you that day,
 She wanted to find Jack. But where to look for him? She would 20 to ths garage. Perhaps But Jack had not been there, she was told.
 Has Mir, Green come down yet " she asked George, the man on the floor. Mir. Green was the garage owner. and he had been on duty thf evening before. when she drove in just before o'clock.
 "Why. Mr. Green went on his Va cation this morning, Mrs. Stuart, replied George. "He won't be back for a, month or more.
 Her heart sank. MT Green was the one person who could substanu- ate her claim of having driven in before : o'clock. ffer allbl ~ bu' surely Jack would believe her. She hurried away in the direction of the Central drug store. Maybe Jack would be there.
 Jack was not there, but Ann Me Guffy and Billie Browne, both ol them her friends, were there, and both of them were loaded to tho ears Wlfll Cuf1OSllN.
 "Oh. Jill.' erupted lispins Billie her eyes shining and her l'sf working overtime, Tit muthf DC grand to have a hero for a huth- band But. my dear, you are tn thillv thing to let that natllty Mlks Sweeney thteal him tn firtht day he ith g hero.'
 Jill stared at her in dumb won darment. What did the girl mean
 "steal who?" she queried, finally in small. weak voice. Then Ann McGuffy, noting the state ot Jill nerves, took it upon herself to eA- plain matters.
 "Whv. Billie and I sa" Mike driN- ing on Hamilton avenue half an hour ago in that roadster Of hers, and your Jack was with her. We thought it odd. considering the fact that only last night he underwent an operation, giving three pInts oi blood to save Sister Monica He should he in tf' hospital instead of running Or riding around. What made him leave the hospital se quick ?'
 Thereupon Jill told the two how she had jus, heard about slste' Monica's s accident from Jack him. self. and how he had left fbe apart mnnt, believing her guilty of having been out all night. She also told how her possible allbi had been frustrated.
 Ii was then that Jill got the com plete story from an eyewitness o' Jack Stuart's return from his search. with the unconscious form of Sister Monica. Of Mikes part ln driving the Limousine and ot no" Jack saved the sisters life tn" sec ond time within an hour by glSlns his hfood in transfusion operation She concluded hy telling of thu hos pital scenes.
 Why don't you give that Mlhf Thpeenev perthon 3 big dothe "' rat poithon. Jill @'' asked Billie Brown. casually, as she twisted oef head around Tn an effort 70 se' whether tho little horseshoe nail ,r her new silk stocking was growing.
 Jill laughed because she couldn NrIu #, not because she felt thai pav. Eut the things Billie said. anG the "ay She said them. would. a' Ann NrGuffv leclarcd. ''n1ako sick horse laueh.''
 "Nhv should I give any body rat poison Rilhe2" she asked, 1uSf fo' the s:sha ef bearing Billie talk.
 ' didn't thav anybody, said Billie good natUre 5lv. " 'ha1d that Mike Thwaener perrhon who lth my idea of nohody''
 "Youre wrong 'hero. Fill'- dis- trrctly wrong protested Ann Me Cuffy. in her quick incisiye manner of speaking "Nou can't correctl, call Mike Su aeney q nobody. Sho : l live wire f there eyer was one. and she asks o53s of no man or