Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-03

auntie in New Zealand"
Nurse Hopkins said cheerfully: cit
wouldn't be much use leaving it to
your father anyway-he's not long
for this world, / should say"
Mary had heard Nurse Hopkins
make this kind Of announcement too
often to be impressed by it.
81 can't remember my auntie's adj
dress. We've not heard from her for
years"
81 don't suppose that matters" said
Nurse Hopkins. "You know her Chris
tian NAME"
MARY. Mary Riley"
"That's all right. Put down you
leave everything to Mary Riley, sis
ter of the late Eliza Gerard of Hun
terbury, Maidensford."
Mary bent over the form, writing.
AS she came to the end she shivered
suddenly. A shadow had come be-
tween her and the sun. She looked
up to see Elinor Carlisle standing
outside the window looking in. Eli
nor said: "What are you doing so
busily?"
Nurse Hopkins said with laugh:
"She's making her will, that's what
she's doing"
Making her will?" Suddenly Eli
nor laughed strange laugh-al-
most hysterical. She said: $50 you're
making your will, Mary. That's funny.
That's very funny" And still laugh
ing, she turned away and walked rap
idly along the street.
Nurse Hopkins stared. "Did you
ever? What's come over herr"
Elinor had not taken more than
half a dozen steps-she was still
a hand fell on her
arm from behind. She stopped alb
ruptly and turned.
DR.. Lord looked straight at her, his
brow creased into frown. He said
peremptorily: "What were you laugh
ing at?"
Elinor said: REALLY - I don't
know"
Peter Lord said: "That's rather a
silly answer!"
Elinor flushed. She said: 81 think
must be nervous-or something. l
looked in at the District Nurses cot
tage and-and Mary Gerard was
writing out her will. It made me
laugh; I don't know why!"
Lord said abruptly: "Don't your"
Elinor said: "It was silly of mel
tell you Pm nervous"
Peter Lord said: "I'll write you out
a tonic"
Elinor said incisively: "How use
full"
He grinned disarmingly. "Quite
useless, I agree. But it's the only
thing one can do when people won't
tell one what is the matter with
themw
Elinor said: "There's nothing the
matter with me-"
Peter Lord said calmly: "There's
quite a lot the matter with you."
Elinor said: give had certain a.
mount of nervous strain, I suppose. :"
He said: 81 expect you've had quite
lot. But that's not what I'm talk
ing about" He paused. care you
are you staying down here much
longer?"
"I'm leaving tomorrow"
"You won't-live down here?"
Elinor shook her head. "No-never!
I Think think-I shall sell the place
if can get good offer"
DR.. Lord said rather flatly: II see"
Elinor said: ~ must be getting
home now"
She held out her hand firmly. Peter
Lord took it. He held it. He said
very earnestly: "Miss Carlisle, will
you please tell me what was in your
mind when you laughed just now?"
She wrenched her hand away quick
ly. "What should there be in my
mind?"
"That's what I'd like to know" His
face was grave and little unhappy.
Elinor said impatiently: "It just
struck me as funny, that was ALP
"That Mary Gerard was making a
will? Why? Making a will is per-
fectly sensible procedure. Saves a
lot of trouble. Sometimes, of course,
it makes troubled"
Elinor said impatiently: "Of course
every one should make a will. ]
didn't mean that"
DR.. Lord said: "Mrs. Welman ought
to have made a WILL"
Elinor said with feeling: eyes, in
deed"