Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-06-05
published by special srrangement with The
Chicago Tribune Syndicate)
IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO

Chicago tribune 6ynolcatel
IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO
TINE giddiness had passed by the
time she had bathed and dressed,
and it was with a crisp and bust
nesslike air that she greeted the nice
young clerk and demanded her mail.
Nothing this morning." he said,
except this"
"Oh, yes. The bill, isn't it?"
That brings it up to date. l think.
Correct. isn't it?"
"Yes-yes. quite. I-Ill attend to it,"
and she smiled upon him brightly and
went out.
1t was a dull day with a morose
threat of rain in the air. Teddy walked
swiftly. for when she Jagged her knees
tended to melt. She meant, presently.
to think about her situation but, for
the moment nothing seemed % i'm
portant as to walk firmly and purpose
fully forward. She was surprised that
she could ever have thought this a
simple performance. But Of course it
had been simply because her legs had
never been so refractory before nor
her head so balloonish. After all, it
might be better to go back to the hotel.
She could walk smartly past the desk
as though she were just going up to
write a check. Then she could lie
down. That was what she really want
ed most to do-to lie down. She turned
sharply, heard a protesting voice end
ing on a note Of alarm.
Hey, watcha- Look Outl'
She rose slowly, sedately out of a
deep, dark well. Far above her was
light and sound, voices that she heard
family, and a queer kind of smell that
was a blend Of cleaning fluid and
brandy. She was floating upward with
the most charming eaSe until she
struck her head on the we'll curb. She
groaned feebly and heard a mans
voice.
That's fine. She'll do. Deliberate
self starvation, without a doubt. Where
women get this crazy idea that skele-
tons are attractive! I'll wager this
little flapper hasn't had anything
more substantial than a fruit salad
for days"
Soda said Teddy with a mighty
effort. Ice cream Soda"
She lay there, grimly enjoying the
silence this produced, until she re-
allied with establishment that her eyes
were closed. She opened them prompt
ly, closed them with a moa Her Sec
ond attempt succeeded better, for she
lifted her lids by degrees and, by the
time they were fully spread, she was
not too surprised to find herself lying
on a kind of table in the middle of a
small, white room. A kindly. middle
aged face in a nurses cap was not far
above her own and a youngish man
was holding her hand.
We'll" she said, Il guess this is
where I pull the hoary-where am ~"
Quite safe and in a very nice hos
pital," the nurse told her gently.
You must have tainted IN the street
and you've hurt your head a little.
Don't try to talk until you feel better"
Teddy shifted her gaze to the young
man. 1t was evident now that he was
a doctor.
Fine he said, "fnel She can be
moved presently. If you'll give me
your number-and name"
Then she remembered. Her father
had been right. She had starved in
a week.
I'm not going home" she said bel
ligerently.
That's probably just as WELL" the
doctor said. 1--WE can make you COM
Portable here. You'll see about a room,
nurse?"
But a private oom costs money,
doesn't it?" asked Teddy.
Doctor and nurse exchanged glances.
"Why-yes."
Then I don't want it. You can just
put me with the rest of the charity
patients"
The kindly nurse was distressed.
But you're not one, my dear" She
shook her head, smiling, You see, 1
can tell"
Listen said Teddy, II helped raise
money for the hospital fund this year
and l guess that entities me to some
thing"
1t was plain that they were puzzled.
They held a whispered conference near
the door. Then the doctor left and
the nurse approached the new patient,
printed form in hand.
Nov then, my dear! Think you feel
up to answering a few questions?"
But when she handed this docu-
ment to the doctor an hour later, her
lips were folded grimly. Il thought
I'd just let you see what her answers
Were."
He read: Name-Call me later.
Address-Anywhere you like.
Age-Does it matter?
Occupation-An almost total loss.
Name and address of nearest rela-
tive-Leave him be.
This said the young doctor severe
ly, lis pure impertinence. l will speak
to her"
BY this time the sumptuous young
woman, referred to in the press as a
leader of the younger set, had become
a case" in the accident ward Of the
city hospital. There was nothing now
to distinguish her from her nineteen
fellow sufferers in the long ward, save
a pair of lively blue eyes. She saw
the doctor swinging down the ware
and her eyes narrowed.
He drew out the little white chair
sat down and stared thoughtfully al
her. Evidently you're feeling better
II feel grand" she said, land the
soup was divine. Only they forgot tt
bring the other courses"
Soup he told her, was all yol
were supposed to have. Are you still
hungry?'
Have you ever lived on ice cream
sodas for three days?"
He bent forward. May I ask why
you did it? Miss Furness, who is ar
observing woman-she has to be-tels
me that most of VOllr-pr-thinpS haC