New Britain herald., 1929-07-23
THIS HAS HAPPENED


 a, family friend, whom Morgan never suspects Morgan is in despair and Nah cleverly diverts him by forcing him into his work.
 For six months she acts as long distance housekccper for him, bringing comfort and health to Nor gan and his child, sIX-year-old Curtis. who adores Nan.
 Morgan breaks the news 10 her that he is divorcing Iris and, stress ins his and Curtis need for her, asks her to marry him. She consents. Their farcical marriage has continu- ed three months when Iris tilted by Crawford returns and attempts to bring the grief-strjcIlen Morgan to i his knees by feigninS illness.
 Nan, with the old uncertainty 1 again eating into her heart. decldcs i to fight and orders the doctor to re- ! move Iris to a hospital. Gurus IS l allowed 10 see his mother daily. She ! stuffs him on forbidden sweets and . an attack of appendicitis results. While Morgan is away, Iris strips the house Of her belongings and rents the house across the street. By |. all sorts of nrcteXts she summons i Morgan 10 her while Nan looks onY broken hearted Curtis, whom lrls$ continues 10 feed forbidden toodS-,, becomes desperately III. The doctor says his appendix is ruptured and preparations are made to operate o7l' him there at once. Thus Iris return s 10 the home she had deserted. NOW GO ON WITH THE SToHY
 CHAPTER NLNII
 1T she could have done any,r nE to help. Nan could better have 'cn- dured those two hours that clar scd between the arrival of the surgeon, Dr. Drew. and the appearance from the kitchen Of the wheeled SjrGtr her with it's still. hlankct-wrappcd bur den. But even Dr. Black, her cham pion and friend. hrusquely ordered her from the Kitchen which had been turned into an operating room. II was already crowded with him self. the surgeon. the anostFetician and 1he nurse. Science was in charge; love could avail Curtis noth- ing now.
 And so the dosolate girl, wander ed from room to room. feeling more like that outcast spirit in "Tomlin- son." of which KiNlng w lies: "The wind that blows between tn" Worlds, it ninrcd him to tho bone," than like human being. For in this hour of lowering death she was indeed an outcast. II was not dclICa cy, entirely, which forbade her to, 'obtrude her ova anxiety and grief >npOn that of the father and mother. IL was, rath- CT. desoIate convlctjon that they would grant her no flight to GrieNe with them Iris herself could not have devised a more terrible punishment for the: mterIopor she hated,
 But Iris and John Morgan were wandering dislraCte dly about tho house. too. and it was not always easy for Nan to keen her small per son out of their sight Two o' three times it sca med to Nan tha John was looking for her, that hi tragic eyes. when, hy accident sh' was forced to meet them. Wor' praying to her for comfort and re assurance. But Ris cluns to his arm moaning. wecning. or hyst"ricaII, iustifying herself for her undouhteC responsibility for the child's condi ton,
 rI 0 however had. dimmed Iris beauty AS she walked the floors with he husband. the. drapes Of her char treuse chirfor ncgligee flutt"red on chantinglv about her tail, slin body--if thcue had been anybody t observe and he enchanted. TWic Nan saw hef. dab at her checks witt a powder puff; once, even as sh hiccuped her grief she made up he ouivering mouth with goranlun lipstick.
 It was Nan not Iris, who remem bered to make up Curtis little he with resh linens and blankets: Ma who had the presence of mind | place three hot water bottles he tween the sheets as a prccautio against post operative pneumonia But when that small service wa done, there was nothing o do bl wait and weep inward tears C agony which her hot eyes refused shed
 She was in the library trying des perateIy to focus her mind on in Blackhul case. so that tha waitin might not be so uuhcarbly lon when faint sounds told hor that 1T operation WAS oyor and that the he was to be taken 10 his room. ST crept out, trembling so violently in; each stop was an effort,
 "ls he-o" she heard her hu bands almost unrecogntzahIe yoit croak
 He's still alive. That's all I oa say now" Dr RarE a0swars hrnSquely from behind the yellov ish-musIin mask he wore.
 The slow procession began tha di fcult negotiation of the stairs. Mo gan and Iris. tho latter sobbf1E col vulsi,ely. brought up ifs roar ar Nan sunk into a little huddle in fl hall tnuouna1 unul NauJe OBri foun her thcr" and administered her
 At3 o'clock Dr. Drow went hom satisfied that th. operation " 'successful." no matter what i'= or come, and leaving Dr. Black and i trained nurse in nharGe
 Please. Dr. DraW--" Nan lar to stop him at the front door, IVY he--Uve"'
 "Who arc roue" rho surgeon mauded cntIy h"a,un@ his whit eyebrows and rasardnz her wi frosty blue eyes