Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23
INsTALLMENT Xxx


returned from his vacation; It was
his first day back at the Office and
i he was a bit rebellious at the flood
of patients that awaited him he
finally got rid of the last one at $50,
and following his custom, settled back
for a pipeful of tobacco, when MISS
Ordway entered.
There's a young lady calling" she
announced "A Miss Elliott"
ST don't know her. Miss OrdWay.
prospective patient?"
at imagine she is. I didn't ask"
"Tell her it's beyond of1ce hours ana
suggest that she call tomorrow; j.
Miss Ordway departed to deliver the
message, but returned presently to say
that the young lady begged to be per-
Ynitted to see him. Very well, snow
her in" he acquieseed trr1taoy' ouC
remember Prof. Finnegan If she stays
too long -.
and waved her to chair. Then'
"Well, Miss Elliot, what seems to be the
trouble2" 49,,
Does my general appearance lnol-
cate to YOU, even remotely, that l am
one who requires the services OF
neurolopist and psychiatrist?" she asked
him. ,,r. e
stephen smiled. Scarcely. What Is
1t. then? A subscription to something!
How astute you are, doctor. l am
soliciting subscriptions to a FUND oe-
signed to furniEh expert medical al
tention to very deserving pubic
servant. I refer to Detective Sergt'
Patrick Joseph Flynn"
II know him, Miss Elliot. What's
wrong with Flynn?" =
His blood pressure is very nigh,
Nothing doing. Miss Elliott, stephen
interrupted. Il admit l sold TINS Ter
rible Flynn the notion that he had hlgh
blood pressure, but I did that Tor
reason I do not care to explain. Inc
man has the arteries of boy. WHATS
FLYNN to you? And who might you
be?" ~ 49,.
You have my name. What l want
to know is this: Are you ashamed 10
take me out to dinner?
mo. of course not" Stephen bl1nkeo.
ST appear eminently respectaole?
quite In fact, most presentaole
lady"
Not so homely, eh?"
"On the contrary. But I shall not
60 to dinner with you
'Why?"
We'll. while the experience might be
delightful. I think you're too pert"
The lovely face dropped sorrowfully.
"Oh, stephen, would you be that mean
TO poor little Penelnpe?"
GOOD god of lovel" Stephen almost
yelled. "Are you my little Penelope"
"Of course, am, oh. Stephen, you
great BOBBY, not to recognize mel"
He came from behind his desk, took
her fiercely by the shoulders and gazed
down at her too amazed to speak,
''That's a pretty good secondhand
nose. isn't it?" Penelope queried. with
just the suspicion of a culver in her
tone Don't tell me you disapprove.
I adore it myself.
Very soberly he quoted:
sand you. my sweet Penelope, out there
somewhere you wait for me,
With buds of roses In your hair, and
kisses on your mouth"
"Oh, Stevie!" she whispered. Take
He took three and Rugged her
fraternally MY dear, dear girl" he
declared. IF were praying man I'd
get right down ON my knees and send
up a prayer of gratitude to Omni-
potence You're well?"
"Oh, yes indeed I am the girl cried
with q catch in her voice. I'm happy
mot perfectly happy but-hug me
Oh. Stephen, Stephen, 1t was so hard
not TO come back when received your
cahlegran1. But had to fight things
out and didn't want to.come home
until could meet you bravely. stephen,
are you truly glad to see me AGAIN."
II am" he answered and marveled
that he should be so glad as he was
His heart, for some mad reason, was
singing within him.
''Sit down. he commanded, and went
back to his own chair. I'm going to
talk TO you for five minutes, and then
the subject will be taboo forever.
Imagine long hill with deep pond at
the foot OF it-a pond all scummy green
and sllmy-a miasmatic pond. Imagine
that you started running down that
hill in the dark, that you stubbed your
toe and rolled the remainder of the
way-into that pond. Well, that's ex-
actly what happened to you. You were
running in the dark and you stubbed
your toe and landed in a social stratum
equivalent to that scummy pond. Do
you remember your foster mother?
Faintly-as one remembers faces
and events Of ones childhood"
We'll. don't bother to remember her
Her cruelty almost ruined your life
but she Is out Of your life now, never
to return. There are four human be-
tngs living who know that Penelope
Gatlin and Nance Belden were one and
the same. ! wrote you a meticulous
account Of your illness, so you under
stand all about that, but what I want
you TO know now is that no power on
earth can ever discover you for the
purpose of making you pay the penalty
for the misdeeds Of Nance Belden. BY
the way, where did you get that manner"
Il had forgotten who I was and I
had to have name. So picked that
one out of a book"
THE new nose has helped wonder
fully, hasn't it?"
She nodded Il do not want to hide
from people now. Stephen"
you must not That would be de-
priving the people CT the sight of some
thing very sweet and wonderful"
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