Evening star., 1937-04-25


Perhaps it was true that had not the
mysterious visitor invaded Tombey
Street, its transformation would not
have occurred. Just as it was true that
but for those timely words he, Theo-
dore Miller, MD, might not now be
one of the most promising young in
terms in the city hospital. Out of these
thoughts grew a question: Il wonder
what he said to them?" he mused. Re
member, there was always little
mystery about what he said to eacht
of us - just enough SO that what he'd
said hit us pretty hard?"
1T was what he did that hit me
hard" Eric Grimley said. Handed
me fifty dollars and walked off without
giving me chance to say thank you.
That money was godsend. | don't
see how we'd have got by without it"
They were silent for a moment
Above Tombey Street the sky had
changed from soft opal-blue to deep
purple. and the great, calm lights of
the sky now looked down upon the
small, gay lights in the paper lanterns.
Someone had brought radio into one
of the yards. Music throbbed through
the street.
Young Doctor Miller crossed the .
narrow road and stopped at small
table on the edge of the garden, where
two young ladies were serving punch.
Mr. and Mrs Murphy stood near the
punch bowl. Mr.. Murphy was in the
act of refusing glass that one of the
young ladies had offered him.
Il haven't touched drop of alcohol
in four years." he was saying.
On the very night of the block party,
in city halfway across the state. Mrs.
O'Malley, who took roomers," la
mented the recent passing of her oldest
guest.
"A fine man." she told her friend,
Mrs. Muscovitz. Though queer"
Mrs. Muscovltz agreed. Often
have said to Papa, good man like
that should have wife and family -
though how he could support family
on the little he got for night watching.
l don't know"
Anyway" said Mrs. O'Malley,
he was as happy as clam with them
books he always had his nose stuck
in" She sighed. For the matter of
that, he did have a wife and child, so
he told me once Both dead long ago.
poor souls'
You never told me" Mrs. Musco-
vitz complained.
Sure, | never knew it until he made
that bus trip across the state four
years ago to place called - what
was it now? All. yes. Wildmore. Sure,
that was why he went
ITO put flowers on their graves.
poor mani" Mrs. Muscovitz observed
sentimentally.
But Mrs O'Malley said the journey
had not been for that purpose. "A
queer one he was, and no mistake y,
she said He went to visit street"
"A street he should go two hundred
miles to visit? A street,"
1T was the street where his child
was born, he told me- And somebody
on it give him some money at the
time. But so upset was he, he could
not remember who give him the money
1t seems his wife's time come upon her
unexpected as this party was passing
through
Mrs. Muscovitz clucked sympa-
thetically.
But after she was dead and the
child with her. nothing would do him
but to 60 back and try to make up
for what had been did for him."
Tick! TEX! Two hundred miles he
goes to pay back somebody he don't
even remember the name Off
Two hundred miles. And worry
him, poor man, something awful, it
did, until he could find both the money
and the time to 60 back with it,
1.-TWO hundred miles! Tex! Tck!'
"All that way he went - and then,