Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-09-15
Just Around the Block By Stella Ryan

/, Jimmie had his breakfast and ate t..
Re ats his lunch snd Il WAS day Tspt
too fun Of anxiety because It was -
fun 81 sunshine. Nothing happened
until 8 o'clock. Then the house pnoae
rang and the nurse asked sally 20
come up 10 the bedroom
Ia the bedroom han sally met the
nurse dressed In her street things
she was leaving. She said, -WhaA q
/ terrible old woman. She's a Little bes-
tar and she insists shs's vel. p0ctk
/ Wneeling told her she's net wel, bit
she's finished with him and she's I'M
ished with me. and I hope she's npd
finished with you. but there's fire -
her eye. Old dragonl"
The old voice called from the bed
room: whats 81 the gabhle out
thereS"
Then the nurse hurried away and
sally went In and stood az the foot o
the bed. The foot Of the bed became 8
bar Of justice, but the old eyes did not
flash at sally, and the surprising
thing the old voice said Was. Are you
strong enough 10 push this bed over 80
I can see out the windowS"
Sally was strong enough. and she
sent the big bed rolling across the floor
until the lady could look into her own
back yard.
Nov point out DR.. Prints windows. "
It was confusing TO see how all the
windows In the tail building seemed
looking down at the house. ana wnile
sally was searching out Or. Prints
windows a light was suddenly switched
on and there was Dr. Print walking
across his consulting room and carry
ing his little black bag which he put
down on his desk.
Those lighted windows are DR..
Prints
the lady peered. There's someone
walking around in there"
Eyes, that's DR.. Print"
Nonsense. Get my field glasses"
Sally got the glasses. put her arm be-
hind the pillows and showed the lady
into q better position.
The old hands holding the glasses
shook and had to rest, and the old eyes
did not see the man IN the Windows
taking package wrapped IN tinfotl out
Of the bag and q loaf Of bread
"You said John Edmond Print?"
That's the name on his office door.
The hands came up again and held
the glasses long time while the man
in the window cut some bread and made
sandwich.
Here. put these glasses where you
got them"
Sally put the glasses away.
Nov, sit down there at the telephone
and call up DR.. Print Say lady Is sick
and wishes to see him. Give him the
address, but you need not mention the
name"
Sally called up DR.. Print, and DR..
Print answered IN his brightest voice
and said he would be around as soon
as he had cleared his office OF patients
He had only one OF two patients, he
said. and he would be around BY $3.50,
and certainly not later than 2.
Sally did not repeat what DR.. Print
said about the patients waiting In his
office, she merely said ne would be
around between han-past 8 and z.
'Then you1l have time to brush my
hair. Get some more pillows and shove
me up"
Yet Sally had only just begun TO
brush the lady's hair when Dr. Print,
as though he had forgotten his fiction
about the patients In his office, was
announced. Cook came numbering up
to say that he had come.
The lady said to cook, SHOW him up
and to sally, There's my workbasket.
Find stocking and sit over there and
darn It whether It has a hole or not"
1t seemed as If she we're afraid 10 be
left alone TO meet DR.. Print.
DR.. Print came Ia carrying his little |
black bag. He locked old and tired, as
though the bright manner he had as
stmned over the telephone, the preten-
ton TO o busy office filled with patients
had drained his ability TO Lift the ex-
preston Of his features to the point
where he looked fun Of purpose and
success.
The lady said, Wen John. and how
do you do, and don't pretend you don't
know me. haven't changed that
much"
he stared IN surprise. and then some
deeper emotion sent 8 blush up into
the roots Of his hair and showed how
sparse those roots had grown. he said,
mo, you haven't changed"
Nonsense, but ste down. want to
talk to you"
He sat down and he looked very old
and tired and uncomfortable
Wei, John, I'm sick woman"
He said helplessly. I'm sorry, but I
explained to your lawyers that my In
come has been materially cgrtailed,
and naturally. although I
am giving alI can, your allowance has
had to shrink too
She sat up like q ramrod and for
got she had to have pillows.
MY allowance Is doing nicely I'm
40 fool. I've made adjustments In my
way Of living sent for you TO talk
about my health
He could not gather himself to say
anything.