Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-14
Courage of Mary Carwin -.

Go away!" he exclaimed, with that
terrible violence OF the sick. "Ill talk
as much as I like. Mrs. Felpittp"
The nurse. with frightening color In
her sallow cheeks. shrugged her shout
ders expresslvely as she went out.
They've tied me up So that I cam
see, you know"
Il know" she breathed. I'm here,
though"
He fell back on to the pillow and
was silent. He was so silent that SHE
had to speak at last.
You wanted to See-tO talk to me?'
Naturally I do. I've come into your
house and upset everything. That
womanS told me. I want TO thank
you. I'm tremendously grateful"
"Oh, no." she unused, as If to her.
self. 1t was the only thing to do
Any one would have done it. 1 could
hardly let you die in the road"
That's all very well. I don't sup
pose you even know my manner"
None OF your things are marked,
mo MY name is Stargess-ames
StarReSS." His voice broke of to 9
silence in which he seemed to be listen
ing intently.
"Stargess, she repeated evenly. Its
an uncommon sort of name"
He shifted impatiently in the bed
1T is. Well, I'm fearfully grateful
You've probably saved my lite. But
there's one thing-I can pay for all
PLEASE" she interrupted, please
we need not discuss thiS-nOt now"
Il want TO discuss it." he continued
~inf1exibly. I'm an independent sort
OF man. Everybody thinks I'm wild
but nj has no right to be wild with
out being able to pay for it. 1t serves
me right that I'm like this, l came
down that hill at forty knots-that
was because / was in a temper. Now
this is practically the next thing that
| remember" he stopped, to breathe
heavily. and resumed abruptly, that
WOman'S not in the rOom?"
Nurse? No, we're alone"
IN tell you why I "a in a temper
if you like. I called at q farm to in
quire about something. I'll tell you
about that in " minute, though. There
was a woman there going to have q
baby. Nobody seemed to mind whether
she had a baby or not. There were
about ten children about the place al
ready, and the man was so used to
1t he was reading the paper till the
doctor came. They thought l was the
doctor, and I walked in on the whole
family. 1t made me wild, and d'you
know whv? 1t made me mad to see
that mar come to the door with the
glasses on his nose and the paper ir
his hand, and his wife while
there are hundreds of men-Women
too, OF courSe-whO would give theil
eyes to think they were going to have
a son-or daughter, for that matter
but a son for choice. D'you know what
l mean?"
Yes she said, but it took her a long
time to say 1t.
Most women would" He Law il
impatient silence, and she steadied her
self with n hand on the wooder
overmantel.
You'd better go now" he said sud-
denly. MY heads getting bad again
But you now who / am now at any
rate, and that I'm grateful"
Mrs. Felpitt went quietly downstairs
and sat by the fire in the empty sitting
room.
One day after this conversation Mrs
Felpitt waylaid DR.. Farley as he came
downstairs.
"How's he getting on?" she asked.
"Capitally, my dear l~ady-capitally
Don't you think SO YOURSELF"
Il haven't seen him-only once, a.
least. You know, doctor, I'm an idiot
l suppose, but I don't like sickness
Sick people upset me. Some women are
like that"
The doctor looked at her searchingly
She seemed very pale and drawn, a!
If with some secret tension.
Him." he remarked judicially
You're not looking well, yourself. Ar,
you all right? l feel responsible fol
all this"
You mustn't feel like that. I'm al
right. really. It's this neuralgia that
bOthering me-"
That's probably due to strain" h.
agreed. Where do you get it?"
In my head. In my eyes chiefly
That window, for instance. 1t seem,
like a terrible glare to me. 1 car
hardly go out of doors when the SUI
shineS-even now in the winter
makes my eyes ache so. l wonder i
I wore dark glasses for a time
The light seems to strike at me-"
by all means! It's a good idea, q
a matter Of fact, if the light hurt
them. Don't do any sewing or any
thing. Alan won't be home till Christ.
mas, SO take it easy till then. I'm jus
going up to Barlock's. The boys al
right, by the way, in spite of tn
trouble we. had. But what's one NOR,
or less, to them!"
CTo be continued.)
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