Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

so it works, Is the watchword today"
"AH the same I'd like to get peek
at that mirror, do you know that?"
says. Just for the hell Of it, you
All right" says he, why not9
though you wouldn't want to, my boy,
If you knew as much about this sort
OF thing as we do. But come along
about noon. Lundgrens lunching in
her sitting room. She got a headache
last night, hear. Quite an event for
for-she's made Of asbestos and steel
springs"
So noon hour we sneaked up those
attic stairs like couple of kids back
late from fishing. or something. We
gumshoed down long hall and there
at . the end was an open door; ,,..
whispers. wed better beat it,"
And then. all of a sudden, there
comes a yell like a wildcat on the
rampage and woman's voice shrieks
out:
You lie! You lie! It's not so! Get
out of this housed!
And then there was a lot of crashes.
like a roughhouse in the movies, and
another woman's voice crying. Help!
Helpi" and we moved down there at
the double quick. Just as we got
there, out tears a woman in a bath
robe with her hair all hanging around
.
of and hope never will again. White
as frogs belly, and angry and spite
full and scared, all at once. She held
one hand in front of her by the wrist,
and it was bleeding like a pig.
Miss Lundgren! What has hap
pened?" Criley yells, "let me help you"
Get out of my way" she snarls at
him and nearly knocked me over
Nurse Bitter will attend to tits
nothing-get out!"
He kind of shrugs his shoulders and
gives me look, and We push on to
the attic chamber, where some woman
was crying. There in the middle of
the room was an old gilt mirror frame.
propped up against a bureau and I
say frame, because the glass was
smashed to SmithereenS-you couldn't
have seen a Kleig light in it.
1t was all over the floor and in
the corner a girl with cap and apron
was squatting.
why, Katie! What's the matter?
Did she hurt you?" says Criley, run
ming over to her.
oh, no. doctor" says the girl. pull
ing herself together Thank you doc
she'd kill me, she was so mad. But
she didn't never touch me, doctor"
All right, then get up and behave
yourself" he says. Whats all this
mess? Who smashed the mirror?"
She did. doctor" says Katy. she
acted so funny, I called for help. I
don't know what she was doing it for.
She was up here yesterday afternoon,
to check up on the attic. she said.
and then she was terrible cross all
evening and this morning she says for
me to go up there with her. and I
said I was leaving this afternoon, and
wouldn't nobody else do. and she said
no, she wanted me, because was leav-
ing. So I went up and she marched
me up to the front Of the big glass
there and she says:
self?'
Sure I see myself says. Why
wouldn't I, them
And then she calls me a liar, and
I won't be miscalled by the likes of
her, doctor, and then she up with her
! fist and strikes right into the middle
/ of the glass, and l was scared shed
! kill herself. she struck it so hard I'll
not stay another hour in this house.
doctor" she says.
All right. I wouldn't either" says
! Criley. I'll run you down to the sta
! ton as soon as you're packed. And
listen, Katy. no talking about this, will
you? It's bad for the patients, you
know"
I'll keep my tongue bit, doctor" she
says And I'm already packed" He
! looks very queer at me and he says:
Now what the hells the meaning
of this, hey? Are they all crazy?"
Il wouldn't know" I says But it
looks like Miss Lonergan wasn't. don't
it, doc?"
"Bosh." he says, "LundTen,s over
worked. that's all. Too much respon-
sibility Come along"
| Well. there it was. I suppose he'll
/ find something in the books to satisfy
him. but sure wish I could have got
a squint into that darned mirror
THE END