Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-04-03

from the modern American type. And
/ the doctors! Coventry. Barrett and
( Singleton were all married and too
much tied in with their work to be
interested in women. Yet. Vadga twist
/ ed them all around her finger and they
diunt know a thing about it. Miss
Parker didn't know or care about Dr.
! Hazleton. He was single. She believed
he was a cold-blooded fish like Coven-
try before him. But she was afraid for
{ DR.. Ward Pennant
! A warmth moved over Miss Parker
at thought of DR.. Pennant. How do you
do, DR.. Pennant-Hello. Ward-Ward.
darling, can't you see what I think of
you in my eyes? wouldn't make you
a nice wife? Better than that big,
heavy-Yes, Miss Vadga-Thank you
Miss Vadga. Miss Vadga, I do wish
that you were deadl Miss Parkers
thoughts pulled her out of the chair
and set her down again.
Emily Walton was carefully straight
ening up DR.. Barretts office The spot
less instruments in their trays were
back in the cabinet. The examination
table shone gray-whitely. The whole
office glowed with cleanliness. Miss
Walton did not exactly shine or even
glow. Her tall. shapely body was
sheathed in its modish nurses uniform.
Her dark head was proud. But her eyes
! lacked lustre and her face and mouth
were heavily rouged. She had been out
very late the night before.
Good morning. Miss Walton
Good morning. Miss Vadga,' Miss
Walton turned and rested her tired
eyes on the head nurse.
you are a little tired, MOP" Miss
Vadga asked and answered. DO you
not know that you cannot hide excess
sive fatigue with rouge? You have too
much on, yes? 1t has a bad effect on
patients. They might think this was a
beauty parlor instead of doctors
office"
This room and everything in it is
Clean Miss Walton stated with as
perity, land so am I. am also old
enough to judge the amount of rouge
need"
"So?" Miss Vadga chuckled Then
you would be failure in Paris in spite
of your great prettineSs Parisiennes
know how to rouge"
She went out then and Miss Walton
jerked a towel from a pile. As she
carefully removed the rouge with face
cream before a mirror. she heard her
in DR.. Singletons office next door The
rouge came off. A very little was put
on. Miss Walton took two aspirins
'Damn!" Miss Walton murmured. land
double it in spades
Miss Mae Essing. DR.. Singletons
nurse, was small and round. She stood
over the x-ray machine. but she did
not see it. She was humming softly to
herself as at some sweet memory and
she did not stop Immediately when
Miss Vadga, behind her. said, Good /
morning Miss Essing." She turned and
then she stopped humming to drawl:
my instruments are in perfect Or
der. DR.. Singleton's slides are now be-
ing developed. There are IA of them.
The plates are crystal clear. They will .
be done in 10 minutes I shall bring
them to you then. Why in hell don't
you try minding your own businesS?"
But this is my business" Miss
Vadga laughed. And you are the clev-
crest nurse in this office. Only you
should not show your nervousness by
being rude"
1llona went, smiling and with no
loss of dignity and Miss Essing watched
her go, remembering a big oil sales
man who was practically hers until,
she advised him to con-
suit DR. Barrett on a minor ailment.
He met Miss Illona Vadga. She had
not seen him since. Neither had Miss
Vadga, for that matter, but that didn't
help her.
1llona came into her own doctors
office to find Miss Dale changing hur-
riedly into her uniform. She was tall
and blonde. She was pretty. But her
mouth, made for sweetness, had faint,
growing lines of bitterness at its cor
ners. Her large blue eyes were getting
hard. Illona felt swift stab of pity ,
for this girl whom she had displaced.
Il oversight" Miss Dale said shortly.
I'm sorry"
But we all oversleep." nlona told .