The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-11-22
CHAPTER II-Continued

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For the next four years Lanny did
not see her boy, but he wrote her and
remembered her at Christmas and on
her birthdays. He was an honor grad.
uAte from the Leland Stanford Junior
Medical school and was Immediately
given an interneship al the University
hospital In San Francisco. Inasmuch
as Lanny frequently had patients at
that hospital. they met several times a
year. Lanny kept her ear to the
ground. hardening to reports of his
progress from worthwhile sources. and
learned that he was regarded as a
young doctor of distinct promise.
One day. after he had been two
years an inferno, they met In the cor
ridor. 1--WE been wanting to see you.
Stevie," Lanny began without any pre-
liminary fencing It's time for your
postgraduate course In Europe"
Impossible. Lanny. Ny father has
had frlghtful reversal OF fortune
He's done fathers full duty by me
and I'm not going to graft off him and
perhaps sacrifice him In his old age
I'm self-supporting now and even say
Ing little from my salary. In few
years ! shall be able to afford modest
office and go In for general practice"
you've followed my program thus
far and you'll continue until It's fin
ished" I.anny announced I'll loan
yun the money. The five Thousand dol
lars your father gave me has grown to
seventy-five hundred dnllars--and I've
fl bank you. and yon shall pay me six
per cent ON the money you borrow. and
secure me by life insurance She was
thoughtful for few moments. well
perhaps three years abroad will benefit
you more than four years would I'M or
dinnry man. So we'll cut the program
TO three years. After Hi. you must
have some comforts; you've got to live
like gentleman. You Will resign here
today and I'll have the money for you
tomorrow"
"Oh, I.anny. you dear old sport.
emit do thut.''
Thereupon I.anny struck him In Il
vital spot. Her stern and lonely soul
was touched. Not often did she In
dulge herself In the weakness OF tears
but they flooded her eyes now and her
breast heaved.
he was always touched at the sight
OF suffering. the vast underlying sym
pathy In his nature would never have
II otherwise. Abruptly she left him
She knew he would seek her oul later
to protest al greater length, To avow
himself her eternal debtor for the
offer and again decline IT,
He called upon her al her lodgings
that highland Lanny won. II was
hard battle. bur when Lanny. so IL
speak. lowered her head and went In to
win. usually she succeeded
Well she had her way, and when he
returned from Europe she had an office
ready for him. She would he forty
years old on her next birthday and
after eighteen years OF the drudgery OF
private nursing she looked forward to
her position In Stephen Burt's office
With pleasurahe anticipation
She met him at the ferry depot and
he took her to his heart and kissed
her five tImes-twice on each cheek
and once on the lips well. old pal.
he said almost Immediately. I'm a
specialist. Neurooglst and psychl
ARTIST. and you're 10 ne my first pa
tient. must 20 over ynn thoroughly
and see what makes you act the way
you do"
Success was, Stephens. Modest al
first, OF course. bur Of rapid growth.
and Lanny knew why. His patients fell
In love with him and advertised him
tn their friends.
In two years Stephen Burt had re-
paid Lanny with interest: the third |
year he moved into new, sunny. roomy
and beautifully furnished offices. with |
waiting room AS large as all of his |
previous offices had been. He Joined |
the best club In town. he joined a
country club. and resolutely Ianny |
drove him out of the office on Wednes |
day and Saturday afternoons to play |
golf. She denied him the privilege OF |
naming his own fees because she knew |
they would be too modest; she kept |
his free list to minimum; knowing |
all his friends. she supervised his social |
duties; she kept his books and was n |
very devil of collector: she wrote all |
his business letters and signed them
for him. she invested his money for
trtrn and since she WIS ITO mean psy t
she could read woman pa |
tient as she would hook. She was
his Admirable Crlchton. and he re-
warded her with his confidence. his |
affectionate friendship and a perfectly
dazzling salary raise each Christmas
He always kissed her at six o'clock
on the twenty.fourth day Of Deem.
Der In each year for the five years
preceding the late winter afternoon
when Mr.. Daniel McNnmara called In
behalf OF the strangest patient I,anny's
boy had ever been asked to accept.