Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-01-17
CHAPTER II-Continued

"Lanny!" Stephen reproved her
Then to Dan Mcnamara: DO you
mean to tell me you left her out there
unguarded? How would you explain
her escape-if she had chosen to dis
APPEAR"
Il don't think she'd duck, Doc. But
even If she tried 1t, | got a plain clothes
man on guard"
please bring the patient In, Lanny."
stephen pleaded. And then You
might" he glanced eloquently at their
empty glasses Lanny glared at him
30 he smiled-and she ceased to glare
But she went on mumbling. !.
Dan Mcnamara shook his head sage
". Nothing wrong with that woman's
thinking apparatus" he Informed
Stephen.
And then Lanny ushered the new pa
tient In. She paused just inside the
loor, swept the room with a slow glance
and permitted her gaze to come to rest
On Stephen Burt, who rose and bowed
TO her. Instantly the frozen hos.
dlity In her glance faded and she
smiled. Reminds me of a g~argoyle,' >
stephen reflected.
Meet my friend, DR.. Stephen Burt,
Nance" Dan Mcnamara introduced her
airily. doc, this is Nance Belden.
alias Dorothy Case. alias Fay Barham,
llias Elizabeth Vernon"
Stephen ssid politely that he was de
lighted to make her acquaintance, and
Nance replied with acrid directness
'Whyf" Whereat Stephen Burt laughed
and net a chair for her. Nance pumped
herself down In II with a weary sigh
ierked off her jaunty hat and threw II
% Stephens desk. "All right, Steve
Shoot What's the idea of the big
convention? Another fishing expedi
tion?"
Nov, Nance" Dan McNamara
soothed her, you cut that out. You're
not talking to Doc Blethen. Doc Burt's
a gentleman"
Nance remembered her manners
My error" she %apologized.
From the doorway leading into the
waiting room. Lanny gazed upon the
girl with frank disapproval. Over
Nance's shoulder she caught Stephens
Eye and shook her head sorrowfully.
THE old girls shocked" Nance
aughed softly without looking around
while Lanny disappeared.
How do you know, Miss Belden?'
Stephen inquired.
Mirror" and Nance Belden pointed
"Close your eyes," Stephen commend
ID. land describe this room to me-"
"All right. There are two empty
highball glasses on the telephone stant
back Of you" She shifted. Bourbon
The stands three feet high and thu
telephone book Is In the compartment
under the top Of the stand. The tele
phone is one of those combination re
ceiver-mouthpiece things like they u.s.
In English stage scenes, and the tele
phone cord Is white. The desk Is sole
walnut, ] think, f%at-topped and clean
You have a bronze combination Ink
we'll. pen-rack, and pin-tray. There II
q blue crayon pencil and a red crayor
pencil and a black, gold-banded foun
tain pen on the pen rack. The foun
taln pen has green ink In 1t. | know be
cause on the calendar pad on the desk
which Is opened at November 23-al
though this Is the 2~4th-you've writ
ten something with the pen very re
Gently. You're sitting In a walnu
swivel chair. brown leather uphol
stored. and a high back up to you
shoulder tops. The Chiefs chair Il
an over-stuffed rocker. and II you Civ,
him another drink he'll fall asleep IL
1t. On the wall back of you. there Il
a framed diploma In Latin, Issued t
Stephen John Burt by Leland Stan
1 ford Junior University Medical school
and about four feet from 1t Is the Oatl
of Hippocrates In a black frame. lik'
the diploma. The print Is old Engllsl
and done In black and red. Across tn
room. In back Of the chief. Is a walnu
bookcase, built In detachable tiers, an,
there's a white washstand in the cor
ner close by 1t. The rug Is beige col
ored and Chinese, and on the wall II
back Of me, where you can look at |
readily, is a framed photograph Of you
father. II must be a photograph o
your father because he looks a grea
deal like you. In back Of me a doc
leads into the old ladY.J den and
AaFs Nance opeDAd her handbag. tool