The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-03
CHAPTER FO2TY-TWO

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A BOTTLE FLY alighted on the
white ruffled curtains that blew
softly In a wide window framing a
view Of rolling lawns and cloudless
blue sky above distant treetops. A
nurse came into the room and
crossed the thick blue carpet
soundlessly. She captured the fly
IN a capable hand.
The girl on the bed said softly,
Let him go. Baldie. He has such
pretty green wings"
$50 we're awake!" Nurse Baldwin
said cheerfully. And what CO.'S
tune shall we put on this after
, noon?"
She opened a closet door so that
Kit could look at the bed jackets
that hung in a row on scented, vel
vet hangers.
Kit shook her head. None Of
those" she said. THE new set Mrs.
Sembler brought me day before
yesterday"
The nurse lifted a CONNECTION Of
cobwebby chiffon and lace from the
drawer. There was another gift
from the same shop. It came while
you were asleep. Wen have a look
at 1t in a few minutes"
She put Kit on her chaise lounge
and gave her a mirror.
The blue veins showed beneath
the translucent skin Of her brow,
but the contours of her cheeks and
chin were rounding out.
The nurse laid a pale pink blan-
ket over Kits knees and placed
a long silver box on them.
Kits fingers fingered over the
strings, over the tissue that en-
folded a taffeta house coat. She
read the card that accompanied It:
"Wear this tomorrow, dear. I'm
coming to take you for your first
outing in my car The Semblers are
all so happy that this day has ar
rived" Gertrude Sembler had writ
ten.
isn't she Just lovely to you ?"
the nurse said. hanging up the
house coat. "She treats you Just
like a daughter OF course they're
all nice to you"
YES" Kit said.
She put Mrs. Sembler's card In a
carved box. In another compart-
ment there were four cards from
Vance. The cards that arrived each
Sunday with the flowers he'd sent
since she had been there. Vance
himself never had come. She was
not allowed many visitors, and she
had not had the courage to ask
Fran II Vance had wanted to come.
The nurse. still occupied hang
ing the coat in the closet, said,
Tomorrow we go out for a little
Joy ride. And one week from today
we go home-good as new. l sup
pose we won't be sorry?"
Kits pensive gaze travelled slow
ly around the peaceful room. She
said, Perhaps l shall be sorry to
leave. ! like it here where it's
peaceful - and strange Il mean
where it's different from other
places where one might have asso-
Citations. What date will II be
week from today?"
THE Fourth Of July, dearie!
Won't that be a lovely day to cele-
brate your new independence ?"
The Fourth OF July.
Another Fourth. There was a girl
sitting on the steps Of an old |
church in the frightening twilight, |
telling a man she'd do anything he
asked. But that was not the girl |
twisting a blanket soft as a baby's
hair. That girl had been lost some
where in journey through a dark
valley. There was a timelessness in
that valley and 1t made a single
year ago seem remote.
Kits head dropped. She said. II
wish that / could always be like
this-Se,ween yesterdays and to-
morrows."
The nurse looked at her anxious
" and turned back the covers on
The bed. u think wen have a little