The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-29

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 more subtly than words.
 Frances came blowing in, her
 cheeks rosy, a stream of water
 trickling from her hat
 I'm soaking she cried. Did
 you get wet, Mother?"
 Aunt Elm had been tramping the
 streets, walking from lesson to les
 son but she smiled and shook her head.
 Come and kiss me, Dickie. Some
 one went and took my umbrella
 from the office. Stitched it, the
 brute" Fran cried throwing off
 her hat and tossing it down any
 where, brushing back the wet hair
 from her glowing face.
 T stayed late to type a letter
 for MT Dusenbury. He was so
 grateful, he told me. And then he
 drove off in his limousine and left me in the doorway. met Fergus 1 and he saved my life.' Fran end ed with a cough she tried to choke down.
 Fergus was behind her. You'll have supper with us to- night?" Aunt Elm asked the young doctor
 He thanked her but said no while Fran struggled out of her wet coat and hugged Dickie- Aunt Elm stood up brisk and smiling.
 T gave, a music lesson to the Me IntoSh boy today. They can't pay me anything for his lessons but when came away Mrs Mcintosh had 8 dozen eggs for me, and I stopped on the way home to get baking powder for biscuit. Now, Fergus, you see you'll have to stayl'
 Nora looked at Fergus More lean- ing against the door, his hands in his pockets. He was tall and lean, and his clothes so carefully brushed were the worse for wear. He had thick velvety eyebrows and his earnest and rather obstinate face was frightened by gray eyes and a humorous mouth.
 Its awfully good of you" he he's itated, then he added with excite ment, T had my first patient to- day"
 'No!" Hallie cried, "is he still living?"
 Don't pay any attention to her Mrs. Durant, she's jealous of my professional success To prove it to you he brought out a soft and wilted dollar bill and laid it down before them on the table. My luck is changing. My office is going to be so full of patients that waiting line will run clear down the steps.
 Hallie shifted ''I'll believe it when I don't see you running around the block with your bag for exercise"
 You didn't know that?' he asked aghast.
 He threw back his head and his big rocking laughter was joined by the rest.
 Fran cried, well have to cele- brate. You will have dinner with us. Wouldn't big cup of coffee taste good? But we haven't any cream"
 Let me get the cream" Fergus said, and before they could stop him he had caught up his hat and was banging the door behind him.
 They trooped down the stairs to the basement. Dickie as a special treat was allowed to have supper with them; and Nora and Halle brought out two more chairs while Fran lighted the gas heater. Fran ces took out the blue willow plates to be warmed. Fergus More came back with the cream and jar of anchovy paste and bunch of red carnations.
 "Pll send you shopping again. Fran laughed, the things ycu can buy flor a dollar!" 4
 But Nora had seen the books he had carried with him; and she knew there was a certain way of | raising money under the sign of three golden balls.
 The spicy sweetness of the pinks, the odor of steaming coffee and hot biscuits filled the dining room with heartening fragrance. The chairs were drawn up to the table and Dickie was propped up on the ency ,lopedia. Alice insisted on sitting next to Nora. M
 Nora and Fran were deep in talk while Hallie made causic com nents. Aunt Elm was having low voiced conversation with Fergus:
 When her mother died I told Julian d like to take Nora but he said he wouldn't have the child up according to middle class standards" she chuckled with ! glance at Nora. T remember hey were living in a wretched tenement at the time. She was such a bedraggled, pretty, little hing. asked her if she wouldn't ike to come to live with me. She