Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-27

Cant Lanny" With bound the ex-
cellent Mcnamara had landed beside,
Lanny in the garden of friendship, as
one might say. "She's due In the Police
Court at 9 o'clock for sentence. Right
away she'll be waltzed over to the Su-
perior Court to the judge that gave her
suspended sentence two years ago.
commitment papers, and it'll be some
time before we see our Nancy again."
Has she an Attorney"
THE public defender, that's all"
Lanny looked at Stephen. Stephen
looked at Lanny. Both nodded.
Get the best in town, DAN" Lanny
urged the chief. DR. Burt will appear
in court and plead for a stay of SEN
tence. Well tell that judge few things
it would be frightful social injustice to
put this girl in San Quentin"
She turned to Nance Belden, drew
the girls face down on her breast and
patted the rouged cheek. "See you to-
morrow, dearie," she promised. BE a
good girl now and be nice to Dan Nc
Namara, because he's one of the best
friends you'll ever have"
Kiss me again, please" Nance whis-
the girl came around the desk to Ste
phen Burt. II want you to kiss me, too, "
she said. you're sweet-thank you q
lot"
When Dan Mcnamara and his pris-
oner had departed, Lanny and Stephen
looked at each other throughout long
silence, which Lanny was first to break.
THAT girls clean, Stevie. Not a touch
Of the Slattern about her. She could
pass the Binet intelligence test so fast
she'd meet 1t on her way back. And
she isn't tough at all. She's only trying
to be, and she finds it uphill work.
Defense mechanism largely" he
said
Better go home, Lanny," he added.
Get good nights sleep and try to for
get what sad world we live in"
It'd be damned sight sadder If
you didn't live in it," she snapped.
Under stress and emotion, Lanny, as
she grew Older, occasionally INDUCED
Stephen didn't mind. He knew she was
disillusioned, middle-aged in point of
years, but old with the wisdom and
sadness of the world, as only a doctor
or trained nurse can be- that she
had earned her privileges. AS sur
gical nurse she had been sworn at by
doctors whose nerves grew taut as piano
wires during dangerous operation,
and she had learned to give as good
her world respected her and liked her
for her courage and efficiency.
"See to 1t that you're on hand in
court tomorrow morning, Stevie, with
sweet line of scientific argument to
bewilder that judge and the district
attorney" she charged a little later.
Goodnight, my dear boy"
Dear old Lanny! Once more had oc-
CURED to her the miracle of love. A
stranger bit of flotsam and jetSam
on the muddy sea of life-had looked
gerent exterior and found the great
warm heart that yearned so for affec-
ton and understanding. Hers was a
strange nature. She was so strong and
so possessed of the urge to share her
strength with those she loved, particu-
larly If they evinced any affection for
her, that she was singularly democratic
in her choice of beneficiary. Nance
Belden, like Stephen Burt, had appealed
to her thwarted mother love and moth
ing that the girl had been, nothing
she might ever be, would alter Lanny's
opinion, formed on an instantiS notice,
that the girl was an angel. A dark an
gel, perchance, and, like Lucifer, fallen
from high place, but-an angel never
theless.
The presence of Chief Of Police Dam
lei Mcnamara cleared a line through
the corridor of the Hall of Justice, in
which the Police Courts of San Fran
cisco are located.
He paused before a courtroom door.
Nance is in there" he told Stephen.
I'm not go in with you. I'd have a
week of rotten publicity in all the pa
pers If / appeared to have any special
/ interest in the case. Her lawyers name
is Tyrrell and he'll call you as an ex-
pert witness"
(To be continued.)