The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-04
Copyright, 1886
CHAPTER XXI


she was in another room, in a
white bed, and woman IN white
and a man in white were looking
at her. 4,
Now she's going TO be- all
right" said a voice.
Marcia tried to speak, but for a
while words would not come
When she succeeded in speaking,
she asked. "Who was hurt! -
NtAll of YOU were hurt, said the
man. .'but not so much. Your only
real trouble. think, is a badly
broken arm. You were knocked
unconscious. hut not for long.
Father" said Marcia.
"Hc has a total Of three broken
ribs. It's a miracle. but the two
seats ,nust have kept you penned
in so YOU weren't bounced around,
The chauffeur held on to the
wheel apparently. and kept his
meek from being broken. lie has
some fractures. but he'll get over
then. The policeman can't COM
plain Of anything but bruises and
sprains But don't bother about
il. Everythms's fine. Get some
sleep" /,
On the second day she was we'll
enough 20 receive callers, so that
She heard from many sources ana
with variations that tho bandlts
had eScaped-only their abandon-
ed car being found and also the
story OF how Bruce McDougah and
the Osborns had brought her TO
the hospital.
From GcDouqal himself came a.
very simple box o. flowers, with
a polite card expressing n hope
for her quick recovery. hut nc hd
not appear among her visitors,
either on that dav or on the days
following. Marcia did not knor'i
that he tclcphoned tho hospital
frequently and anonymously FOR
news of her, nor that. alon" in his
rooms. he dwclt grizzly on mag
mary scenes of FLYING visit toI
her bedside by her reputcd france.
Marcia would have liked tot
thank McDougall for his help
and she would have liked, she al
mitted TO herself rs she passed
long hours alone. just 20 see him.
II piUued her bit TO think that,
having performed signal SerV-
ice. he could dismiss the incident
with perfunCtory note and a
bunch of flowers. OF course, if ne
cared no more than that.
On her third night in the hos
pital. after visiting hours, Marcia'S
nurse. one Peggy Holmes, was
preparing her for sleep. The doc
tor had just departed, with a.
promise that she could go home
pretty soon now" She had seen
her father, walking stitfly and
complaining bitterly that he was
tapped too tight TO breathe. She
had had favorable news OF the.
chauffeur'S condition.
Miss Holmes, diScharging her
tasks with Il mechanical precision
which left her mind free for the
more entertaining hospital routine
of conversation, gave Marcia the
latest gossip and chattcd OF the
evenings visitors. 80
"HaSn't. that man been here to
see YOU yet?" she demanded.
What man." asked Marcia.
The guy with the tragic face
who carried you in here the night
You were hurt ss
Il didn't know he had q tragic
Face" .-..'..
"You'd have called it tragic if
you'd seen it then" said Miss
Holmes. II was in the receiving
ward, so ! GOT a good look at him.
He looked worse than YOU did,
you were only unconscious. Hel
eaura carrying you in from the
driveway and put you down as i'll
you were a manglcd flower, sol
helm me. We had to push him out
of the way to see to you. and when
we started upstairs with you,
there he was following along to
the elevator.
IF IL hadn't been my business
TO go with you, swear I'd have
turned back and Sncaked him al
shot in the arm. ..
when we got finished with you,
| went downstairs again, expect
ing TO have a corpse 20 dispose off
but he'd gone. Gone out to shoot
himself, from the way ne looked,
I imagined. t,0N -''',tS' S''o,'
. well. if he hasn't been IiretoI
See You, maybe it's all for. the
host. He'd have to, cheer up com