Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-22
SYNOPSIS

thought go back to the day the trouble
began-the day the anonymous letter
arrived, warning her that someone
was trying to do her and her fiance
Roderick Welman, out of their Aunt
Laura Welman's money. ElinOr be-
lieved the person referred to was
Mary Garrard.
CHAPTER 2
He went on: "You know, think
ours will be the perfect marriage.
We both love each other enough and
not too much. We're good friends
We've got lot of tastes in common
We know each other through and
through. We've all the advantages
of cousinship without the disadvan-
tages of blood relationship. shall
never get tired of you, because you're
such an elusive creature. You may
get tired of me, though. Pm such an
ordinary sort of chap"
Elinor shook her head. She said:
al shan't get tired of you, Roddy-
ever"
"My sweet!"
Roddy kissed her and said: Aunt
Laura has a pretty shrewd idea of
how it is with US, I think, although
we haven't been down since we final
~ fixed it up. It rather gives US an
excuse, doesn't it, for going DOWN."
Eyes. l was thinking the other
day"
Roddy finished the sentence for
her: that we hadn't been down as
often as we might. I thought that,
too. When she first had her stroke
we went down almost every other
weekend. And now it must be al
most two months since we were
there"
Elinor said: "We'd have gone if
she'd asked for us-at once"
eyes, of course. And we know that
she likes Nurse O'Brien and is well
looked after. All the same, perhaps,
we have been bit slack. I'm talking
now not from the money point of
view-but the sheer human one."
Elinor nodded. 81 know"
$50 that filthy letter has done some
good, after all! Well go down to
protect our interests and because
we're fond of the old dear!"
He lit a match and set fire to the
letter which he took from Elinor's
hand. "Wonder who wrote it," he
said. "Not that it matters. -.
Some one who was 'on our side, as
we used to say when we were kids.
Perhaps they've done us a good turn,
too. Jim Partington's mother went
out to the Riviera to live, had hand
some young Italian doctor to attend
her, became quite crazy about him
and left him every penny she had.
Jim and his sisters tried to upset the
will, but couldn't"
Elinor said: "Aunt Laura likes the
new doctor who's taken over DR.. Ran
some''s practice-but not to that ex-
tentl Anyway, that horrid letter
mentioned girl. It must be Mary"
Roddy said: well go down and
see for ourselves. e."
Nurse O'Brien rustled out of Mrs.
Welman's bedroom and into the bath
room. She said over her shoulder:
"I'll just pop the kettle on. You
could do with cup of tea before you
go on, Pm sure, Nurse"
Nurse Hopkins said comfortably:
"Well, dear, I can always do with
cup of tea. I always say there's
nothing like a nice cup of tea-a
strong cup!"
Nurse O'Brien said as she filled the
kettle and lit the gas-ring: give got
everything here in this cupboard-tea
pot and cups and sugar-and Edna
brings me up fresh milk twice day.
No need to be forever ringing bells.
IT'S fine gas-ring, this; boils ket-
tie in flash"
Nurse O'Brien was tall redhaired
woman Of thirty with flashing white
teeth, freckled face and an engag-
ing smile. Her cheerfulness and vi
tally made her favorite with her
patients. Nurse Hopkins, the District
Nurse who came every morning to
assist with the bed-making and toilet
+. of the heavy old lady, was home
Unlocking middle-aged woman with
capable air and brisk manner.
She said now approvingly: Every
things very well done in this house."
The other nodded. eyes, old-fash-
Toned, some of it, no central heating,
but plenty of fires and all the maids
are very obliging girls and Mrs. Bish-
OPP looks after them WE'LL"
Nurse Hopkins said: "These girls
nowadays-I've no patience with 'em