Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-12-08

| to be calm. In the end it will be for
the best. That I promise you'll"
Jerome came to take her home. He
smiled, but his smile was as imper-
sonal as his sympathy had been.
90. I'm so glad you are better" he said.
I hope you will stay well" His voice
was as cold as his smile!
But in few weeks she was i'll again !
II frightened her more than the first
ll!neSS had frightened her. She had
almost persuaded herself that she had
imagined the way things had been.
h hna now the food was bitterl And her
And then she heard the noises! In
her room at night. The peculiar whine.
namel Va 'iei
tr She went into town. to get away
m Ine f the mouse from herself. And the
she ran home: Threw herself on
the bed. Sobbed herself to sleep. And
the next day she saw the rat, again!
She knew the worst, now. She was
insane! Really! All of her hopes were
She had not seen DR.. Bradley since
she had come home. She had dared
nope that he had liked her for herself.
But, evidently, she was only a natient
70 him. Even so, he was the oniv doc.
TOR she could trust. He was the one
VINO had made this brief freedom
She managed to get to a telephone.
help-it didn't matter! Everything Is
back. The noises. The man following p
me! The headaches. The rati"
My dear, that is wonderful Sion
Worrying, please. Don't say anythine
70 70, a N.Y. Lie down and try to sleep
not be until tomorrow Please have have
talth IN me! You poor. poor darling!S
she hadn't any idea what he was
talking about. But her head ached tor
much to make words important. But
ne had said darling! Poor darling! But
CARING! You don't say that. do you
Il you're Just sorry for person?
It was the next afternoon when he
came. Two other doctors and a nurse
were with him. They asked that .Ie-
rome be called home. He was at his
Office. He'd be right there.
do che nurse nat disappeared. The two
And waited. wa -'t '''ein
| Jerome came in.
What's this all about?" he asked
p..YI1ur wife has been Ill" began Dr.
As ii I didn't knowl"
49,, she was better at the sanitarium, -
the doctor went on, "but as soon as
she returned home" ."
Jerome interrupted, "She got he,
nea aasesiy and sai heaFS NOISES again.
markable. isn't it2" ~
What do you mean?"
IF you'll sit down."
Jerome hesitated. Sat down,
IT. Bradley went to the door. Called
the trained nurse in. Miss Weston car
confirm most Of my discoveries" he
went on; My two conferees, too, know
When ]. first went to the sanftari.
UNI did the usual work." DR.. BradIe,
sat down. I saw patients. Looked Al
charts. That's a well-run sanitariun
you have there. gentlemen!"
The other two doctors nodded.
Only Mrs. Hamilton didn't fit int
her groove. The symptoms for which
she was committed were plain enough
almost too much according to type. In
tact. But a paranoiac gets worse, moi
better. And here was Mrs. Hamilton
talking with everyone, making friend,
with the nurses. reading. assisting witt
the patients: It wasn't right. recon-.
mended that she be discharged"
But now she's Ill again. The samt
symptoms!" jerome Hamilton's voic,
was excited. higher than It SHOULD
' aExactlyi Isn't that curiousp O.
rather. 1t isn't curious. because I know
the answers. They weren't hard d
fathom, once you got the hang OF 1t
MISS Weston. will you bring In our
discoveriss% be nodded to the nursI
with the unkempt man whom Laurs
had seen following her.
You see." DR.. Bradley went On, "it'
rather odd Tor patient to find onl,