The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-27
CHAPTER TwENTY-EIGHT

After his guests had departed
DR.. Peter Leonard Strengthened
up the cabin. He washed the few
dishes they had used for their
meal and put them away.
The cabin seemed very much
alone and desoIate since the vib-
rant personality Of Doris had gone
from IL.
Perhaps he should have gone
with them.
just Nhim
II was Just within that he
wanted to stay on after the others
had departed. He had brought
with him into the wilds certain
things he wanted to leave.
When he had come back to this
jumping off place at the rim of
the world he had thought that it
would be very easy to face OBJ
livion.
In fact he had brought with him
the tools of his profession that
would make that oblivion more
than easy.
Then he had met a girl. A girl
with warm. impulsive friendship
and hair as red and vibrant as
that of the woman he had loved.
Meeting Doris had changed his
whole idea about life and the
hereafter.
Life still seemed good to DR..
Peter Leonard now, and the here
after thing he was willing TO
wait a long, long time before find
ing out about.
Patiently, but quickly. the doc
tor went through the things he
had brought to the lonely cabin
with him, packet or two of pic
lures. a few letters. There was the
picture of handsome red-haired
boy with sincere, steadfast eyes
like the doctors own.
Beautiful Women
Life might have been different
if that light-hearted boy had not
ridden his red bicycle straight into
the path of on-rushing death thai
long ago day.
And there was a picture of 9
beautiful woman.
For a few minutes DR.. Peter
Leonard sat holding the picture o.
his wife, Grace, in his hand.
I'm just going into another
part of my life, dearest" he whis
pered gently to the picture.
Life is long. Remember, dear
that you often said so? That
4 love her does not mean l hav'
forgotten you, my beloved
Then he tied the two picture!
in a package and put them care
fully away in his inner coat peck
ct.
He burned the other persona
possessions in the sheet iron stove
smiling little as the flames founC
them. So would the sorrows, thu
> disappointments and the tears o
his past life disappear.
He was still young, after all
man is only as old as he feels, per
haps more than 20 years of sue
cessful practice lay ahead of hin
, in the profession he loved.
Twenty years of life and low
= and happiness with the girl h
had found miraculously in thi
dreary wilderness cabin. Fate ha'
relented at last-had smiled a
him at last.
l. He tended the fire carefully TO
the night and went to bed earl
for long and peaceful sleep. /
:. the morning he would close tn
cabin, perhaps for ever, and TAX
" his way across the lake to tn
II others who had journeyed o
= ahead of him.
- Cabin Ready
~ Minnie Running Horse had tn
:, cabin all ready when the part,
!. headed by her husband. Charlie
!. reached il. Il fixed all plent
good. No trouble. Me and Char
- lie move over with Susie an
n Johnny.
n Plenty of room. All of vi
> Johnny come soon. That DO,
' quick one. Plenty Ok
"How's the baby?" stew
a.. laughed. For some reason or othe
his spirits were rising sky high
Il tell you, Doris, that's smar
= baby.
= Johnny and Susie bring hir
over for me to see one day l wa
here. You just never saw
smarter youngster."
/ Minnie fairly beamed her az
| proval. She was just as mos