Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-04-04
By PETER B. KYNE
Dan speaking. Lanny. Tomorrow
Copyright by Bell Syndicate
WNU Service.

an feduy u get out Vi toWu Nhch 4
send for her. ! think I'll have to fly
her out and down to Tia Juana. Lower
California"
"What will she do there?"
81 don't know. Wen think about
that when she gets there. AT least my
two dicks won't be there and Tia
Juana is Gle place where that saddle
nose OF hers won't surprise anybody.
And when she acts rough and tough In
Tia Juana nobody will pay any atten-
ton to her. They have experts down
there In that line"
"Tll think that Tia .Iuana stunt
over" l.anny decided. at has per-
bilities. Is there a good hospital
there?"
81 don't thIIk SO. Why?"
"You numbskull, Dan Mcnamara
We have to finl a quiet hospital where
we can have ner poor nose operated
on
We'll, If we can get her beezer re
stored and change that black bob OF
hers to a movie-tone gold. she could
take Flynn and Angelloti out to din
ner and they'd never suspect her"
"Stevie says her nose must be
operated on first. Her present state
Of dissociated personality probably
started in an inferiority complex, and
the inferiority complex probably arose
out of the knowledge that her nose
made her unlovely. When it's safe to
bring her back to this city. Stevie
will take her soul out and look at 1t.
dust it off. put it back and do a Little
Jack Horner.'
'Can he do that?" McNamara's
heavy voice was freighted with awe.
"He can, provided he can find a
starting point for his investigation into
her past life. There Is always a real
son for a dissociated personality The
ground for the mental shock that
cause ii is usually prepared long be
fore the psychosis occurs. Rebelli0us
thoughts, ~unhappiness. brooding-all
these eventually have a serious effect
upon sensitive and highly intelligent
people and particularly. women of the
hysterical type"
"All women are hysterical," McNa-
mara said with conviction.
You're a dear BOBBY. Dan. Eight
women out of ten can throw q lit Of
Mysteries as easily as you'd break an
egg. particularly If there Is a man to
IA, ;,rnrc,l Tl,n, ,n,,. rtp,,I,t,
Mysteries to impress a woman, how
ever, because they know better. How.
over. there are women who have hysr
terics that are real, bur II has been
the experience Of this office that most
Of these are just a tri1e balmy-neu
rotics"
well, yOu get our girl a troussean
and warn her to keep away from the
window and not to answer the door
bell, or do any telephoning. or leave
the house until she has my permits
sion. ! don't expect she'll obey. so to
night when you go home have some
Mysteries to impress her."
Dan. dear, ! couldn't I'm hard as
a picnic egg. Did you stage your little
comedy after leaving us last night?"
II did--and II worked out exactly"
Good gracious. Well, I'm busy
Good-by."
Nance Belden's personalities We're
a source of keen professional interest
to Ianny. who regretted that for the
present Doctor Burt was unable to
share her observations with her. She
had, as yet. had no opportunity for
ascertaining anything regarding rhe
girls past history. but she had a slls-
picion that Nance had had advantages
superior to most girls.
Her hands were the very first thing
with the exception Of her poor
wrecked nose) that Lanny had no.
ticei They were soft, shapely. small
and well kept. decidedly not the hands
of a factory girl. While her vocabu
larry was n trife SALTY" running ut
times to the idiom OF the III bred and
ignorant. her nice was soft, with well
bred intonatlons. Her clothing. on the
occasion of her visit to Stephen BnrtNs
office. had been. In I.anny's Judgment.
in splendid taste; rich but not 0ashy,
up to the mode but moi beyond 1t.
Then. too. Nance had n slow. leisIrely
walk. she knew how to enter a room,
she was sure of herself at all times
without display assurance. To Lanny.
the girl. In his abandoned moments.
appeared to he amateurish. a biz of a
showoff, unreal
Thus far she had observed the girl
only in this showof phase of her per
sonality. She was amazed. therefore,
on coming home from the Office after
her conversation with Mcnamara. to
find her a complete ~changeling. As
she entered the house she caught the
odor Of cooking. and going into the
kitchen. she discovered Nance. with
one of Lanny's kitchen aprons on her.
preparing dinner.
Good evening, Lanny dear" she
saInted her hostess. 1T occurred to
me 1t must be a very great trial to you,
coming home night after night from
the office. tired. and having to prepare
dinner for yourself. I'm sure you're
too tired most Of vne time to prepare
more than a very skefchy meal. and
that isn't good for you She smiled
$50 ! thought I'd have a nice dinner
for you"
"Now, ! call that real sweet. Nance