Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-13

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Of the boys speech still sang sweetly In
his ears.
1t was a new Oswald Purhll that went
up to his room that day in the rumbling
lift wide enough TO hold a stretcher) at
the nursing home. An Oswald drenched
in romance. An Oswald. too, full OF a
notion at once enchanting and malicious
and somewhat conceited. He had never
before heard that his friend Alec suffered
from any malady or constitutional de-
feet. The boy was understood to be the
incarnation of perfect health. Why then
the need of a SUI cure? And why Rus
tingor for the sun cure2 Could 1t be?
No, absurdi Could it possibly be? No,
preposterousl But still, however absurd,
however preposterous. could 1t conceiv-
ably be that the boys mother had manu-
featured An excuse for coming to Rus
tingor in order to make fresh contact
with Mr.. Purhll? Well. it could not.
And yet She was annoyed with
him. She az even remarked to her son
that he was secretive. Ali II she knew
the romantic truth Yes, and If she
did know the romantic truth she might
Observation-Disclosures the foolish senti-
mentality Of men. He would not like
that.
Why had the improvident girl gone
and put up at the Grand Hotel? She
could not afford the Grand, which was
n Of those aloof and costly hotels
which are generally to be found on the
outskirts of popular notwithstanding the
popular resorts and arrogantly disowning
connection with them. h had little
sense of the value OF money. What she
stood In want Of was a wise. protecting
person to look after her, and incidental
ly to shower money upon her and rid
her of financial care. 1t was monstrous
that such a delicate, heavenly creature
should be compelled by fate to keep &C.
counts.
So the accident had reached the Lon
don papers,, and in its correct form as re-
CARDS the true name of the principal
actor. And the boy himself had found
it. Charming and gifted boy-naturally
being the son of SO charming and
gifted a mother!
1t was a pity the boy had been in toe
much of a hurry to remember to ask
for Oswald's address. Oswald knew Caro-
lines address, but Caroline did not know
Oswald's. So that she could not call tC
see how he was getting on. Poohl As
If she would have called In any case
Wlltu WOQlQ lt SGt ntI dRdlnf ne Qc-
sired to see her Immediately. despite hel
annoyance. and yet he desired not tx
see her Immediately. He would prefer
that she should not set eyes on him unit
his obesity cure was completed. Eight
and a half poundsl 1t was naught
Still-"how thin you look!' He mus
and he would part with at least a couple
of stone He would send her some flow.
ers. But he could not sen flowers un'
less he bought them himself at a fiowe,
shop, and he could not go down to
flower shop before next day. Never coulc
he entrust the transaction to Nurse Ell
leenl She would grin at the mere men
ton of the sex Of the recipient. Sh,
would tease him, charge him with de
ceiving her for weeks. His dignity couIc
not have borne it.
The fact was, he was weary of NURSE
Eileen. She was admirable and she wa.
cheerful; but how monotonousi Beinl
with her was like padding along a shall,
low, pretty river that ran perfectly
straight and UNMARRIED for endless miles
She had no depth, no variety. He hac
finished with Eileen, who would doubt.
less behave to her next male patient ex.
actly as she had behaved to himself.
The next day he left the nursing home
and the weighing machine also left The
home. The landlady at Channel View
had to receive him n make the best o.
the cripple. Not that he was a cripple
for long. Within q few hours he started
to walk a few steps on both legs, which
placated the landlady. Nevertheless, tht
landlady thought him a queer fellow
and perhaps not right in the head. HI
was always weighing himself on his
weighing machine; and when not weigh
Ing himself he was weighing his clothes
and making calculations on bits of pa
per. His chief quality, in the estimation
of the landlady. was that he ate %scarcel,
anything, while paying a fixed inclusive
I price for board! He had begun by being
very cheerful, but after three days he be-
came melancholy and irritable. He wa.
, always driving out, in q horse carriage
and each time he had to be helped II
and out Of the carriage. Why he hae
abandoned the bath chair she could no
imagine. And indeed o could the ole
woman be expected to guess that Their,
was a lady in the case, and that it would
not do for him to meet the lady while
being humiliatingly drawn to and fro II
a bath chair?
For three days Oswald promenaded tn,
edge Of the sandy paradise of children
He also drove past the garden Of th'
Grand Hotel at very frequent intervals
but never a glimpse of Caroline or Alec
Had they left Rustingor? Blank despair
Then he saw her In the distance, hanc
in hand with the boy. A marvellous sun
shade over her divine hat and head. Thu
boy deserted him first and scamperet
, forward, all heels and arms, leaving hi
! mother. Oswald stopped the carriage
The mother followed sedately.
Romancel Oswald was thrilled, bu
he was frightened. Romancel He wa
hungry m thirsty for her sake. He hat
had his leg broken, for her sake; be
: cause he had gone to Rustingor in orde
to render himself pleasing in her sight
|, and If he had not gone to R%ustingor, h
would not have had his leg broken. Ant
e he could not tell herl
/ She blushed as, leaning out romantic
ally over the side of the victoria, he tool
: her hand. The boy did nearly all tn
talking; his tongue would not cease
fortunately.
. 1T was most kind Of you to send thos
: flowers" said Caroline gravely. Il Shout
have written to thank you. but Their
was no address,
3 But / told the people at the shop t
pin my card on the packetl' said OSWALD
c relieved at the explanation of what hat
seemed to him to be a bodeful renliss
. ness.
K There wa no card" She smiled.
s Then how did you know who the
were from?"
"A1nc uyaa efYra thav must no iron