Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-05-05
Chapter II
JENNY FEELS MENACED

~ aCdu IsAAiitI sue OF 0tOIk-
T~xs lie. just behind her. asked it. She
Couldn't honestly say which.
"Oh, Lord. no. The kneeling man
sounded SO professional she guessed
he was a doctor. "Cut about a lot,
of course. but no bones broken. Con-
cussion, probably. Isn't he Townsend.
the pilot? Eddie Townsend, the star
flying-man?"
There was a ripple of interest in
the swelling crowd as Jenny nodded.
A policeman thrust his way into the
centre. He peered at George and
at Jenny, both down in the dust be-
side the doctor, helping him with
rough first-aid. tearing Georges silk
scarf into strips.
you two ladies with the GENTLE
nan he inquired. Mr.. Eddie Town
send, did l hear? I've sent for the
ambulance" He pushed toward the
street and the doctor followed him.
George twitched at Jenny's sleeve;
her rich color had one and the bru-
Use above her eye stood out balefully.
There's still a chance, Jen!''
Honestly, George. it's not SO ter
ribly bad If Eddie has no bones brok-
en-. Conclusion isn't dangerous" Then
something in Georges look checked
her. Goodbye to my job rang in
her memory. And now still a
Jenny. flushing, bent again over
Eddie.
There's the ambulance" announ-
ced the doctor, returning. "Now we'll
soon get him put to rights" He CLAN
ced from George. who got to her feet,
TO Jenny. still huddled down by Ed
lent, Miss-er-Mrs-?"
You go, Jenny, will you? I'll have
TO give our names and addresses to
the policeman
That's right. miss" The policeman
had returned ana was opening his
notebook. The ambulance'll look
after the gentleman
You'll go with Ed. then, jenny"
Jenny bit her lip. She was not un-
willing-left alone, she would have
offered, anyway: for altho Eddie was
still unconscious, she had the fancy
that he needed one of them near him.
only, of course, he must want Georg-
ne. But George was Withdrawing
into the background Of this business
just as she had withdrawn into the
rear of the car. and she was pushing
Jenny-oh, very gently, but it was
pushing!-into a limelight that was
not hers. George touched her
arm.
JENNY pleaded her voice, very
low. Honey! Please"
Jenny nodded. Impossible to refuse.
She made her way out of the crowd
fowa1 Us the ambulance, now draw
ing up against the curb. BY the open
door she stood waiting for them to
carry Eddie in. She looked along the
side of the ambulance-the bus was
being moved away, and another was
coming up into it's place. On the rear
platform was the young clerk who
had watched Eddie and George be-
ing married.
Jenny recognized him at once-he
had followed them out Of the build
ing aud had stood staring while ET-
hoped that he would not get off, she
saw him drop alertly off the step and
mingle with the crowd.
Now then, move along, pleased
The crowd was being forced apart
to make a passage for the ambulance
men who We're carrying Eddie out.
George and the policeman had with
drawn to a doorway and Jenny noted
the turn Of Georges head as she fol-
lowed the official pencil moving a.
cross the official page. The clerk was
not to be seen but was no doubt
among the loiterers.
Would he gossip, wondered Jenny
miserably2
And then. more miserably still, she
wished he would. If he did, surely
The waiting-rOOm had cool green
walls ana green s~unbunGs. The walls |
matched Jenny's dress so exactly
that she felt as tho she were a fix-
ture in the room; it was as If she
haal always been there.
They had taken Eddie straight out
Of the ambulance and upstairs and a
kindly woman had ushered her in
Since then she haG seen no
one.
She dragged her thots to Eddie.
The doctor who had come with them
IN the ambulance had been immensely
reassu' ing - had laughed aside her
fears. Eddie. he said, was much too
tough a customer to be permanently
damaged just by taking a header thru
a windshield All the same, Jenny
was afraid. Something menaced-she
knew it even tho she coulG not name
It.
The door was flung open. Jenny
to her feet, expecting news
If Eddie Or even Eddie himself, pat
,hed and bandaged. But it was Geo
gle who swung in.