The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-07-25

IN 0GT0R ANTHONY MORROW
turned over in his bed that
- June morning and looked at
the clock. just $50. He
could hear the rattle of dishes in the
kitchen below. Myra always arose
early and sharply at eight she would
come to the foot of The stairs and call
just as she had called every morn
ing for the past several years
"An-tho.nee. breakfast is on
the table. An-tho-neeIn
The sun was streaming across the
gray rug like a golden shaft and Il
gentle breeze RULED the soft null eur.
tains. It was day for youth. for
bright eolorS laughter.
beauty He looked up toward the
ceiling and closed his eyes with a
gr1an. Gray Gray everywhere !
Even the furniture and the rug were
gray Dull-drabl Gray was color
for old folks Doctor Morrow SIT
up and looked in the mirror of the
/ gray enameled dresser. Slightly bald
rotund. raSx checked. not so bad
for 6fty-Six. He wasn't ready for
| gray yet! Myra vas seemingly quite
content 10 settle down IN The hunga-
low On the edge Of town with sewing
and church duties-and gray room. but
not him! He would move his belong
ings 70 the room n the end of the
hall and make q real mans room Of it
He jumped on OF BED and while the
water ran in his bath he stood before
tie open window ana did the daily
dozen, the last four not so spryly as
The drsI four. He shivered as the ice
spray struck his baes-but that would
bring back the vitalityl Cold show
ers-exereise-youthl
He ever touched Myra's powder puff
TO his round face after shaving and
dressed carefully. Doctor Morrow was
particular about his clothes and this
morning he chose an unusually color.
full tie-one his niece Ethelwyn had
sent from Hollywood at Christmas
saying they were all the rage"
background OF old blue with dashes of
orange. He view the effect with sat
isfaetion
Not bad-for ffty-six-many years
TO 90 vet. :"
"An-tho-nee breakfast is on
the table :. An-tho-nee!"
In his Office. sharply al nine, he
donned his long white linen coat and
looked through his appointment book
His Office girl was on her vacation
The list of patients was small. Rosa
monde Leahy at 9:30. There was
girl Nice little thing-lots of pep
and classy little dresser. Drove
green roadster; Just recently come TO
Fairmont; whispered around she had
been on the stage; old Mr.. Lawrence
at 1915 and Mrs Dibble. city libra.
rian, Oh her noon hour; then, little
Jackie Adams al 8 :30, after school,
Miss Leahy came in promptly at
$50, dressed in an orange colored
knit suit, tight-ftting white hat and
white golf shoes.
"Oh, Doctor Morrow, what a stunning
tiel Lookl 1t just matches my sport
dress, doesn't it? Nearly Cancelled my
appointment. Would you have been
sorry? I'm going out to play golf
all by my little lonely this morning
need the practice, and knew if that
nasty old drill of yours hurt me it
would just spoil my day. You won't
hurt me now will you, Doctor Mo
row. :"
Doctor Morrow carefully adjusted a
towel about his patients chin and
smiled down at her. Hurt you? Hurt
such a little ray of sunshine as you?
You look just like a summer rose in
bloom, all color and loneliness. Now
open wide and maybe, maybe
if you are so lonely this morning, all
by your lonesome, what do you think
of me when the ray of sunshine leaves
this gloomy old office all dark and we
Just won't use the old drill today"
Il just dread going out there all
oiOhC, ohS ooiu pSluldutly uS SIZE du-
justed her hat over her carefully mar
celled hair and patted her already
oterpowdered nose with feathery puff.
81 get so lonesome.'
I'll lonesome right now, and for
two cents Id 90 to :"
Miss Leahy opened her purse and as
she placed two copper pennies in his
outstretched palm his fingers closed
over hers and he reached for the tele
phone to cancel his other appoint
ments. Colorl Youth! No grays or
drabs about Rosamonde. They stopped
and bought some golf shoes, and fur
Their on they purchased set o. clubs.
Next week he would have his tailor
measure him for a golf suit sporty
looking tweed-tan or brown-any.
thing but gray Gray was meant for
age. Colors for youth.
Doctor Morrow prepared to drive
from the first tee with gusto. 1t
looked easy but he dug into the
ground behind his ball and Rosa
monde took his club and instructed him
how to hold it and to swing clear
through. BY noon they were in the
sand bunker between the third and
fourth hoIns His now chnoo uara