Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
INSTALLMENT xxx.

And how does the girl feel about it?"
she's crazy about her new nose ana
spends hours examining 1t In nano
mirror"
Stephen. smiled. "She would"
"I,anny says the girls been her real
self more than half the time since that
first look"
'She would be. And now I'm going
to add to her happiness by sending her
this record, which I shall supplement
with a report of my own on her case.
She'll study it, and in this convincing
proof that she is not what Mrs. Merton
told her she was, she'll probably get
well. These cases are simple, Dan. All
you have to do is to discover the cause
and remove it, Nature does the rest.
She will have no more rebellious
thoughts because the despot can do her
no further harm. Her black moods OF
depression will not come again; she is
organically and mentally sound, the
product Of a sound ancestry on both
sides of her family"
But she knows she was an inmate
of San quentin. She'll remember she
was a thief"
She will, of course, feel great shame
when fully restored to her normal per-
sonality. In her other personality, with
her acquired instincts of morality and
convention smothered in her subcon-
scious mind, she has, of course, no sense
of remorse or shame. think that when
I have explained this to her she will
understand just what her mental con-
dition was. And her fear that the
world will discover her sorry record WILL
1 feel certain, be alleviated by her
knowledge that it would be impossible
for anybody who knew her as saddle
nosed Nance Belden to recognize her
as good looking Penelope Gatlin."
well. all I've got to say, young fella
m'lad," the admiring Mcnamara de-
clared, lis that you're one hell Of q
smart mani
Some two weeks later, Lanny walked
in on Stephen. Well" he declared
acidly, you've certainly taken your
time about getting back on the job.
You're looking mighty particular,
Lanny," he observed. Happy"
"Stevie, dear, 1 never knew there was
such happiness in the world"
Where's Penelope?"
shes gone back to Paris-on a new
passport"
We'll; /, well, well" Stephen chided
"stevie, she's lovely as a May
morning"
And the operation?"
"A phenomenal success. OF course"
Lanny added, "she could never stand a
sock on the nose"
What's she going to do in PARISH"
CLOSE out her apartment and dis
miss her servants
And coming back to San Francisco?"
Lanny nodded. How do you stand
Miss Ordway, Stevie?"
Rather we'll, I'm sorry to say. She's
very competent and much more tact
full than you"
And do you want me back, darling?"
she queried.
There you go, fishing for a compli-
ment. OF course I do, butt isn't
necessary. You could come IN once q
week"
Not for a great many weeks, Steyie."
He glanced up at her sharply. How
come, Lanny?"
Lanny's face was the color Of an old
rose. I'm going to have a baby" she
whispered.
And then Stephen Burt stood up and
took dear old Lanny in his strong young
arms and Rugged her At last she was
going to have her little slice Of life!
"Of course" Lanny said presently,
you'll be the baby's godfather?"
He nodded. OF course
Three months paSsed-to Stephen
Burt remarkable by reason of the fact
that Mrs. Rudolph Merton did not call
upon him. At last, to satisfy his Gu
riosity, he telephoned Rudolph Merton
to ask him how his wife was.
II don't know" Merton replied COM
placently. She's gone"
'Dead?"
mo such luck. She's gone to South
ern California to join a new religious
sect. a colony on the fringe of the
San Bernardino desert with prophet
in command"
And what are you doing about it,
MIR. Merton?" Stephen asked.
I'm substituting the prophet so he'll
stay in business 10 months longer. Mrs.
Merton has deserted me, thank God,
but she has to be away year before I
can secure divorce on the grounds of
desertion. The prophet comes high, but
I can afford to pay for my fancies."
II gather you're not broken-hearted."
Such sorrow as feel now would be
delirious delight compared with what
I'd feel If she came back to me-
Il congratulate you, Mr.. Merton.
Good-by and good luck to you. You
deserve it."
AS Stephen hung up the telephone
receiver, chuckling, Miss Ordway brought
in his mail. In it he found a regis
tered parcel that had been through the
customs house, with duty prepaid on it.
It contained the finest and most ex-
pensive combination stopwatch and
timepiece he had ever seen, and a note
that read:
Dear DR.. Burt:
"T know it would not be au fat for
me to ask you for bill for professional
services, for realize that what you did
for me was done as one human being
to another and quite without thought of
| financial remuneration. Moreover,
| prefer to remain forever your debtor.
You will never know what you have
done for me- Christ, restoring life to
the dead son Of the widow of Main, per-
| formed no greater miracle than did you
in restoring life and happiness to my
/ dead soul. would try to thank you If
words were not so pitifully inadequate