Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-05-30
X-Continued

wei IL MOI Tx IL III tnls CITY, my Doy.
Thus Mcnamara.
"Why not?"
Because when that girl Is well she'll
probably elect to live her life here,
and ! don't want a soul In this city,
with the exception of ourselves. to
know that once she had a saddle hose
and a dual personality"
1--WE can trust the ethical integrity
Of the man | purpose
I'll trust nobody but myself-and
then not too much. Where is the best
plastic surgeon In this country?"
"In New York CITY,"
"Lanny, I'll ask the police commits
sion for a sixty day leave of absence.
Wen be married at once and take this
child to New York with us, put her In
a hospital there and have the job done.
While it's being done we'll have u
honeymoon"
"Three Is a crowd-on a honey
moon," Stephen warned.
ITS nothing of the sort" Lanny de-
Tended. "Stevie, you mind your own
business. Dan and | know our way
about"
'Indeed7 Well, just because you're
so contumaclous, I'm going to tell you
something. If l hadn't promoted this
engagement, you and Dan would not
now be engaged. Dan had you up on a
pedestal-which is where you never
belonged-and you're so naturally man.
shy you never even learned the rudi-
ments Of the come-on as practiced by
the dullest, so | talked the matter up |"
"You didn't talk 1t up to me-"
mo, but | listened alphabetically
when you raved about what a grand
man Dan Mcnamara was. and my neck
IL still stiff from noddlng agreement.
/ told Dan you were crazy about him
and worked up his courage"
you're a liar" Mcnamara charged,
feebly and without malice.
Dan Mcnamara is one man who
doesn't have to have help with his
courage or thinking" Lanny declared
pridefully. And you do. Stephen Burt.
You're adept at lording ii over your
befuddled patients, but Rebecca 2.
Lanning is a horse of another color"
81 think I'll go home" Stephen re-
torted, and went.
He was back in the morning with the
impedimenta of his profession. Pene-
lope greeted him gravely. Good MORN
ing, Doctor Burt"
He started. The strident note of
Nance Belden was gone from her voice.
She spoke now in the low. level tone
of the girl of breeding. Then she sat
down, and they conversed for half an
hour on topics Of general interest, but
during that time she did not move once
from her seat. Her vocabulary was
free of underworld expressions, her die
ton perfect, her sentences grammat-
zeal.
"You have had a good nights rest,
Miss Gatlin." he ventured.
She nodded, smiling a little. II am
not at all nervous this morning, Doctor
Burt. When | am very tired, or ex-
cited about something, | am always
horribly nervous"
"And you get dreadfully depressed,
do you not?"
She nodded. $50 depressed that at
times ! want to die"
well, we might as we'll start your
physical examination. I'm going to
try to ascertain why you can't be
cheerful always. There's a reason. of
course, for your nervousness and de-
preston, so | want to examine you
very meticulously and see II your
trouble can be charged up to some
physical condition. Let me feel your
pulse"
II was eighty-three, full and strong
Stephens examination Of the girl
was as complete as modern medical
science could make 1t, and when the
last laboratory report came In three
days later he called Lanny In to dis
cuss the girl.
with the exception Of a subnorma'
chest expansion, Lanny, that girl Is
without doubt the healthiest young
woman | have ever examined. Her sole
physical defect is her nose. But fol
that | think she'd be a husky little
athlete right now. She told me she al
ways wanted TO excel In tennis, COL
and dancing-well, of course she't
want to excel In something. She
couldn't compete In good looks. III
write up my report on her and you cal