The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-20

LM8Et1ILI .F8Mu4lt IN engineer
1nn, hounlno SWIMMING instructor
81 IN Austrian lake resort after
lo4lng his Job when the plant in
which be, was employed was
m1TIe6. He often went hungry
ms he received less than o third
o. . echilling for each lesson he
Rnvo 90 Herr Birndis patrons,
and fhero was 20 much rain that
there were no bathers. He went
70 the pOstoflce several times q
day for o letter he expected re-
Enrdign q mon-inflammabIe movie
nlm he had invented. Martin and
Hay LyssenhOp, whose father
was wealthy, fell deeply in love.
Urged By May, Martin spoke TO
her father, but when Martin adj
Maitted he had placed his inven-
ton in the hands Of q Harr Mey-
er, q virtual stranger, LyssenhOp
called him an idiot. The Lyssen.
hops left, the weather was par
ticularly bad, Martin earned noe
thing and he was practically
starving. Earlier in the season,
Martin was caught in a storm
while swimmlnT across the lake
and was almost drowned when
Puck, 16-year-old daughter Of
Baron Dobbersberg, rOwed out
and rescued him. Now, while
Martin was half delirfous from
an infection resulting from
scratch ON q rusty nail, Puck
came one night to his bathing
hut living quarters. He raycd Mt
her and told her to go home.
When her empty boat was found
it was thought she had drowned
herself, and Martin dived repeat.
eliIy until nc collapsed and was
turned up safe and sound, read
him q registered letter stating
that a corporation would pay
him $4,000 now, and 100000
moro when they acquired the
patent rights for his film, give
him royalties and q managerial
position. just before an anesthe.
tic was administered, he begged
the doctors not to amputate his
arm.
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INSTALLMENT 80
Then Martin went off in a deep
sleep for several minutes, as 1t
seemed to him, before he became
half awake again. He slept and
walked while he journeyed on as
before, slept and walked, always
with a mist hanging before his
eyes in a dense veil. He was suf-
located with the drugs as IL with
pillows. But by degrees the oppres-
sion lightened and became easier
to bear. And at last he slept in
earnest. He fell into q light and
sleep, and when he wax
ed 1. was a real awakening to a
yellow sunlight that filed the
ward.
q The sun shone in at an open
Trailers of wild vine hung
in front of 1t, softly transfused with
a beautiful reddish glow. Through
them something glittered far away.
1t vas the lake, and something
white and blue rose above the
WOODS. This was the Iron Tooth
There was even a piece of the sky,
vast and distant, to be seen
through the hospital window. Mar
tin felt well, very well indeed, quit
well. Cautiously, he turn
ed his head a little farther; and
thA next thing he saw was a dog
lyiHg asleep on the floor at his
bedside. Tiger" Martin whispered
The sight of Tiger touched him
Everything was still with the calm
of utter peace. And now the church
clock struck. The noise was almost
too much for his frayed and tat
tered narves. He could have burst
into tears. Tiger heard 1t in his
sleep and gently swished his tail
Someone moved on chair and
wriggled quickly to her feet in an
apron much too large for her.
"Puck?" Martin said in, tender
delight and surprise.
'Well-do you feel better?" ask
ed Puck, as she laid her hand on
his temples and then in the hollow
of his neck, like an anxious mother
You have no fever now. You've
come through"
Martin thought. He was con-
scious of having something good
behind and also in front of him
and he was conscious Of something
bad: but what 1t was he could not
make out. He felt a sharp but heal
thy and almost pleasant pain in his
shoulder.
Eyes, I'm through now" he said
slowly, rejecting. His head wa.
clear but vacant. Have you beer
with me all the timer" he asked
gratefully.
"Oh, no. Not all the time. The
two of us have taken turns" Puck
replied.
Isn't It raining?" Martin asked
as he drew a breath of the air thai
came in at the window, laden with
the smell of water and tarret
boats and pine woods and alpine
meadows.
"No. It's quite fine," said Pucl
smiling. She stood a moment long.
err with her hand on his hair, gaZ.
ing at him strangely with a lool
of composure, a look of absorption
and even of resignation. "Coms
along Tiger. We must go now" she
said then. Tiger jumped up It once
stretched himself and followed
Puck out of the room without Sc
ifluch as a glance at Martin. Mar.
tin, feeling rather forsaken, wal
left alone with his thro',s Of pair
and his drowsy sense of something
he could not recall. A big fly came
buzzing in from the green and golt
sunshine and kept him company
He followed it with his eyes as l
swung out again.
The door opened. "Yo. must tel
me, Puck, what is really the matter
with me-" Martin murmured will
q kind Of shame.
II was Nav who answered
There's nothing the matter will
you. Everything's all right"
Yes, it was May who made thi!
answer. She stood in the middle o.
the room, tall, erect. and smiling
She too, wore a white apron. bu
for her 1t was too short. Her eye!
were golden shells full of water
lFLAPPER FANNY SAYS:
ara. y. .. PAT. orr.