Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-31
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him? Tell me, won't you?"
And pretty Margery Lynne told
him all she knew about his friend,
Jim, in whose defense she. herself,
had taken up arms against her
chief-of-staff. Then she told him
about the flyer and his strange &C
lions. And she included in this
something she had not as yet, Ie-
vealed TO anyone else. In conciu-
sion she told him Of the girl chau-
ffeur. Pat. or Patricia Blair. re-
Rarding whom. she said. he must
have heard in the United States.
For Patricia Blair and her twin
brother. James X Blair. Margery
informed him. were the famous
orphan heirs 10 "a twenty million
dollar estate that was being held IN
trust for the two until their twenty
fifth birthday. And that event. &C.
cording to Margery, would trans
pire on the first coming January.
"As for your friend. jim" she con-
tinued. flashing n cautious glance
around 20 make sure that none DuL
the lieutenant was listening. II
.ame close to getting my walkina
papers on his account" and she re-
lated In brief the story Of her ar
cument with DR.. Skies. In her re-
ference 70 the young flyer brought
in by DR.. Gordon and Pat Blair,
Margery Lynne said:
IF il were not that he was the
acknowledged brother Of Pat Blair.
/ would be half inclined to think
there might be something. well no.
altogether honest about that young
mani"
In support of her statement she
gave a ~recountal Of her observations
as previously outlined by her at the
meeting In DR.. Skies office.
And that isn't all" she con-
tlnued, her voice dropping TO a
pitch Just loud enough to be heard
by the eagerly listening lieutenant.
might before last az seven o'clock
as the night nurse. Decker. the
same man who has charge Of this
room, came on duty I happened,
by accident to be standing behind a
screen close to Blair's bed. ] saw
Decker pass and heard a soft psf
The night man glanced around
swiftly and then tiptoed ove 70
Blair.
"tQuickl' 7 heard him say In a
sharp whisper. give me the dopeI
The dope must have been en-
bodied In the words spoken by Blair,
the ma supposed 10 be "a victim OK
aphasia In its worst form He spoke
for perhaps twenty seconds. I'm q
low. clear voice. But Is wasn't Eng
lish that he spoke; " sounded 10
me like Bulgarian. or SoHe other
/ Slavish tongue. That was all Deck
er hurried away and slipped out
from behind the screen without let
ing Blair see me. "A few minutes
later + returned to him with q glass
or cocoa He drar IL when i held
II TO his lips, but his manner was
iust as it has been ever since ne
came herewith the exceptions I've
mentioned that OF one whose
thinking brain is rot working IN
coordination with the other parts.
Il haven't reported this Decker
incident TO DR.. Skies. as yet. nor
spoken Of 1t TO anyone besides you"
said Margery in conclusion. But
what do you suppose IL all means,
lieutenant? Why these odd lapses
from stupidity to lucidity? And how
come Pat Blair's brother, an AM
erican born and bred, TO be talking
some slavish language7"
The Lieutenant shook his head
slowly, thoughtfully, as though the
question we're beyond his mental
grasp. After a moment he looked
up.
There certainly Is a large color.
ed gent hidden somewhere In the
woodpile," he remarked. Then he
added: 1T Is almost too much 81
a coincidence To accept off-hand
and yet-heres' this lad who car.
ried me In from the shell-hole
Back there In that hole he told o.
being shot down In the enemy'1
territory, his ship and he only
slightly damaged. Then his uniform
with his personal letters. identity
tag and all are stolen. IA German
outfit is left for him. lie d0ns 4
and I'm "a day or SD makes his Get
a-vay. He Is shot I'm the arm anE
that morning StumbleS into thu
hole where 7 am. Later he mention
} casually that his name Is jim
that he Eas born at l1:45 p. m. a.
New Years Eve OF the ar 1888
Just twenty minutes before his twin
sister, whom he calls Pat : a
darn pretty grill
Then comes the big shell anr
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