The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-01

Aalor Safu ard the hint about
knowing India instead Of reading
about %, and he note made hinl
suddenly angry not a. her same
+ lessncSs. which left him as lndif-
ferent as if she had been a ma
chine Instead Of a woman. but be-
cause he did not want her mud
ding Up the life of the major
While he tore up the letter he
thought. She should never have
E come out 20 India. She dOesn I
f fit into the picture. She's nothing
+ but a disturbance It's bound 10
END in some sort Of a mess Its
! Ike bringing the wrong chemicals
into contact
Neither the major nor Miss Mac
Daid was a. The hospital They
had gone 10 the old barracks near
he jail 10 see about putting il
into order to receive the cholera
and typhus cases There he found
+ the two OF them on the second
floor walking along the echoins
hall. giving instructions TO a whole
F procession Of servants who fol-
+ lowed them about cleaning and dis
injecting and Installing beds
4 Task TO DO
He saw al once that they were
both IN high spirits and he OWNED
the reason. They were both ex-
cited at the prospect of task
which would keep them working
day and night. nothing like this
had happened in years. And Miss
MacDaid knew that as long as the
epidemic continued the major
would belong 10 her alone. sleep
ing at the hospital, forgetting even
Natara Dew The major mad a
big cigar in his mouth and was
laughing and talking loudly. The
sight of them aroused a sudden
pang OF envy in Ransome
When he told them his mission
the major said. I'll come right
along Miss MacDaid can finish
up here. We cant let a big bug
like Esketh get III and die IN
Ranchipur His Highness and the
Viceroy would never forgive US.
not to mention all the share
holders"
Il didn't know the epidemic was
so bad" said Ransome.
1t isn't bad really" said Miss
MacDaid. but there were eleven
new cases this morning and the
only way to stop it is to step right
up and take It by the throat
She turned to the major; 4 sup
pose he'll want a nurse
He'll probably want two or
three"
Miss MacDaid frowned: Under
the circumstances he'll have to get
on with one. I suppose you'd bet
ter send Miss de Souza. She
speaks the best English
IN tell her to pack up and go
over"
Anyway" said Miss MacDaid.
It's a nuisance. We've enough
work without that He might have
gone to Bombay to be ill.,"
A Delayed Call
At the old Summer Palace the
major announced himself to Bates,
and Ransome waited in the hall
way. seating himself on a horse
hair sofa opposite a dreadful mil
dewed portrait of the Mahara jah
done by q student of the Bombay
Art School fe had no desire to
see Edwina. for he knew perfectly
well that she had no need for
comfort or consolation, save per
haps for the fact that she would
undoubtedly miss her boat back
10 Europe, Twenty minutes passed
and then a half hour, and he
thought, We'll, she must have met
her young Doctor
And then the door opened and
Edwina came out. looking cool and
lovely in a peignoir of lettuce
green. She said, Why didn't you
come in? I only just found out
that you were here"
i thought ii was none of my
business. Is ne very in"
Yes. Major Safti doesn't know
what it is"
So she has found out his name >
Progress He wasn't Major Some
thing or-other any longer.
After a moment he said, Well.
that is mess. ! suppose now
you won't be able to leave
Not for two or three weeks at
the best"
He grinned Well, youT find
out in earnest what a monsoon
can be
Are you going to have lunch
with me?
No"
why Not ."
= don't feel in the mood" Why
wasn't the Major enough to &C.
cupy her for the moment?
1t would be a help. I need
cheering up
no. ! cant
is there any special reason l
promise TO behave myself
NO there's no special reason
except that I'm a bloody neurotic
and I've got 10 be alone. I've got
the filters
The Diagnosis
Have you any books l can bor-
row %"
Send around and take anything
you like"
Thanks"
And then she was gone. leaving
him 10 consider the extraordinary
quality of the brief conversation.
how 1t consisted mostly OF one
hiatus after another What they
had said was Of no importance It
was what they had rot said: We
understand each other TOO damned
we'll -"
A moment after she had dis
appeared the Major came out. ana
like a v0veur RanSOue regarded