Evening star., 1934-08-28
CHAPTER XVI.

HI AR r. GROaIAN did not come i'm.
nu mediately and Mazda went
W of duty without seeing the
Il meeting between Wantupr
and his lawyer The next
morning when she looked at the bull
letin board outside the dining room
she found she was transferred to the
out-patient clinic.
There she draped patients for exam
inatio weighed and measured them
tro5ted behind wheel chairs to the
room where electrocardigrams were
male, helped to undreSs and soothe
chi dren of all nationalities. DR.. Laird,
who took a liking to her, lectured to
her between patients on his favorite
subject of the importance OF en-
vinnment.
II the midst Of his discourse a
Neero woman in clean starcheo
dreis came in with bevy Of pick
snianies. DR.. Laird glanced APPROX
ingly at her intelligent face.
. What about ancestors here?" he
asked Mazda significantly.
The woman spoke up quickly. Nos
suh, doctor, none of my children got
ancestors. keeps my children clean" "
I)r. Laird coughed and said gravely,
"a : environments"
".lossuh!" she answered with even
more emphasis.
"That settles that" said DR.. Laird.
By night Mazda felt that she knew
every foot of this three-storied clinic
building, she had been over them SO
ofte1 during the day. She was too
tired to slip over to the surgical to IN
uuir. about old Wantupp, but she
made up her mind she would slip in
and see him some day soon.
"EIow is my old friend Wantupp?'
ehe asked one of the girls on the
ward next morning.
"lIe's fine. Had visitor and that
pepped him up so much he decided
he wouldn't die, after al"
Bart was on her vacation and MAZDA
missed her surprisingly. Having a
great rest and change" wrote Bert.
''My kid brother is in bed with the
measles and dad broke two ribs when
the team ran away with him. I'd as
soor! AXE care of doctor with ap-
penIicitis and you know what doctors
are when they are sick. I envy you
lazy oafers, getting your hours on
every day"
II spite of that luxury of having
hours of, MAZDA was feeling extremely
tiretl md longed for her vacation time
TO c,ale. If it had not been for the
FREQ mt drives in Gerald Pryde'S car
she +, 1t she could hardly have stood
It. -, came around often for an hour
or s. and she found him an under
stan:!rg companion. It was sweet to
have some one taking care Of her.
max sure that she was comfortable,
tryir.i to please her. She had been
doin hese things for others until
she IN weary. Even at home she was
the N, who had to listen to COM
plail Is and take an interest in the
affai r of Stanley and her mother.
The! vas no one to whom her joys
and rows were of paramount inter-
est. c raid drew her on to talk OF
hers Il and her life at the hospital.
On u afternoon off he suggested
that ey drive out to the country
and len she acquiesced he said,
: 'DcI t ask where we are going. I've
plar le a surprise for you"
lea nodded and leaned back
eoni OF ably while the warm breeze
ruf1 ID her hair. They stopped for
gas n a village some 80 miles from
the ity and Gerald got out to talk to
the st5endant. Another car drew up
bell I'd theirs, but when Gerald and
tht attendant came around the cor
me- the car behind backed swiftly out
and went away without waiting for
gu.
~ hats curious" said Mazda.
't)h, I suppose they were In a
hut ""
Did you see who they were?
saw their faces in the windshield mir
rog- DIR. Gillespie and Cookie. And
what is more, think they saw U.S."