Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-01-10

her. Out on probation-suspended
sentence. you understand. Doc. And
now she'll do two years in the Big
House. IS tough on the girl"
"What's your interest In her, II she's
a confirmed theft"
well, maybe she wouldn't be a
thief If she'd had the breaks" he de
Tended. somebody must have given
her a sweet bust on the nose, because
her beak's been broke and nothing's
left of it but a saddle"
as she tough?"
us she tough? Doc. she's so rough
| know ii amt natural. A girl as
tough as her must be looney. But
there amt nothing tough about her
eyes or her mouth-and that's where
you can always find toughness thats
been bred In the bone. There's some
thing about this girl that's different
Doc. don't know what II Is but
know this much: she wasn't always
tough. | want you to give her the once
over"
Il understand there is a psychologist
and psychiatrist - Doctor Blethen-
who does all of the medico-legal work
for the department. Chief. wouldn't
care to examine the girl except on his
invitation"
"Yes. | know. Question Of ethics
and while the question is being de-
hated this girl gets hauled Into court
ond toEno tho RON IN tho old charUa
Of grand theft. | know Blethen. I've
tried him and he says this girl Is a
natural hoodlum, and mentally and
physically healthy. He says she's got
more intelligence than any ten girls
In Vassar. She must be smart, too, be
cause she told him he was a fool, and
| agree with her."
Doctor Burt was silent, for he was
intensely ethical and would not criti
CHE a fellow doctor.
I've heard a lot about you," the
chief of police continued. You're re-
garded as the best psychiatrist and
neurologist In San Francisco. SO don't
talk to me about the capable Doc
Blethen. | want you to look this girl
over"
His huge face frightened as he sum
moned a thought that would bolster IN
his plea. "She don't cuss me, Doc.
I've asked her all about herself, and
I'm sure she tells me all she knows.
but she don't know anything. She's
bound to like you, Doc, and when she
likes anybody-now, Doc, I've got a
notion you can get her confidence to
such an extent you can prong down
into her soul and locate the trouble.
hear men like you do things like that
nowadays"
Doctor Burt smiled. Sometimes we
uncover completes or mental ~reflexes !.
frequently we do not. And when we
have uncovered them we cannot always
cure them. You say this girl has n
ruined nose? Does 1t affect her ap
pearance greatly?"
"She's ugly when you look at her the
first time, Doc, but after you've talked
with her and looked some more the
shock sort of wears off. | got a notion
that II her nose could be Strengthened
up she'd be a ~goodlooking girl. And
maybe II her mind could be straight
ened. she'd be a good girl"
know anything about her ante
cedents, her background"
Il don't know and | can't find out.
She won't tell me-"
1T may be-" Doctor Burt suggested
that she doesn't know. Has Blethen
finished with the case?"
Yes. sir. He told me not to bother
him about her no more"
Doctor Burt indicated his telephone
"Call him up. Chief. and ask him If he
has any objection to having me give
her an unofficial examination"
McNamlra did so. Following a briet
conversat On. he turned the telephone
over to Stephen.
Stephen took the telephone. Doctor
Blethen? Burt speaking. The chief
came to my office about that girl he
has at the central station. Notwith
standing your report he has asked me
as a personal favor to see the girl
You understand. however"
Yes, | understand. Burt, she's a
bad lot"
Something the chief said has mild
ly aroused my curiosity. If you would
care to invite me to discuss her case
understand ] have no desire to in.
trude-"
I'm through with her, Burt. Helm
yourself, old man. However, take a
tip from me and don't let that fellow
Mcnamara sell himself to you. If you
do he'll keep you busy. ! doubt If any
man on earth can run a criminal Town
as promptly as Mcnamara he has a
Photographic brain and never forgets
a face or a fact but after he's landed
a yegg In his cooler he develops an alb
normal yearning to find out what made
him act that way. Macs a softly"
Exactly. Thank you. Blethen. Still
a blind pig will sometimes find ar
acorn. and something he sald-Good
by"
Lanny entered. There's a young
woman In the waiting ROOM" she an
nounced. "She said to me. Where
the HIS that bonehead of a chief
goner" Lanny looked at Dan Nc
Namara severely over the rims of her
spectacles. Friend Of y%ours?" she