The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-18

Some men down by the River Road
had stopped Fury. 1t was very
pleasant to be carried thus. Mich
ael's arms were strong and gentle.
Katharine opened her eyes again.
They we're going up the steps Of
the white house now. Michael was
passing through a doorway. The
remodeled farmhouse was comfort
able in a homely way. Michael
went up a flight of steps and the
woman directed him to lay Katha-
rine on bed.
The woman bent toward her anx-
iously. III call my doctor" she
said in a gentle voice. Are you very
much hurt?"
Michael, looking extraordinarily
big in this low-ceiled room, lowered
over her. His face was dark with
anxiety.
II don't believe So" Katharine
said family.
Your heads all right?" Michael
knelt down by the bed when Mrs.
Merser went to telephone. They
could hear her calling DR.. Cart
wright down in the village.
MY boots will soil the spread"
Katharine whispered. 1t was pleas
ant, having Michael so worried
about her. Now he wouldn't be
able to ride with Sally Moon. 1t
was such a silly idea that Katha-
rine smiled, and Michael Heatheroe
watched that smile as starving
man might gaze at loaf of bread.
ooh, don't worry about that,
please" Mrs. Merser cried, coming
back. THE spread doesn't matter.
Poor child I do feel so awfully re-
sponsible. That bad dog ="
TINE children lurked in the door
l. way. They we're sweet little
girls, Katharine thought, and de-
cided, too, that this was the sort
of home she would have liked to
grow up in. Simple and sweet and
good, with a mother who had kind,
wise eyes like Mrs. Merser.
How about Fury?"
Hes all right" Michael told her.
But his tone BODIED i'll for Fury.
Maybe she hadn't dreamed it, after
all; maybe he had actually called
her my darling"
Presently DR.. Cartwright came
and examined her.
shes had a nasty Shock" he
said, but she seems to have come
through it all right. You've a very
lucky young lady," he told Katha-
rine. You must stay in bed all to-
day, and tomorrow I'll run in and
see you again."
May I go home, doctor?" Katha-
rine knew the little physician we'll.
He had nursed her through most Of
her childhood ailments.
To her secret delight he shook his
head, negatively. I'D rather you
stayed right here" he said, with an
interrogative look at Mrs. NIerser.
"Of course she shall. Of course"
cried her hostess delightedly. THAT
will relieve me of anxiety. I should
be terrified to turn her out now,
without being certain she was all
right ="
So Katharine, Invested of her
muddied riding things, spent the
day in the little mansarded room
of the Merser house. 1t was de-
licious to be fused over this way.
The stout colored maid helped her
to undresS, and her hostess brought
pajamas and gown of many times
washed striped silk. The children
toiled up the stairs with offerings
Of flowers and shells.
They're enchanted" said Violet
Merser to Katharine later. "They
do so love a guest-and such a
charming one"
Berthe had come and gone,
clucking and murmuring and rather
averse to the arrangement until
she, too, fell under Violet NGerser's
quiet charm.
But of course we don't know
her." Berthe complained in a half
whisper, when she and Katharine
were alone. That was Innicocks
eternal complaint about a new
conner.
Does it matter?" Katharine
closed her eyes. Here it was so quiet
and peaceful. Berthe worried
her ...
But after she had gone away, in
the quiet of nightfall, Michael
Heatheroe came again
TO Be Continued