The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

l prove to have been injured. He
=. ma mad a terrific blow on the
neao and had lain for some time
unconscious beneath the fallen
4 tlmbers before they had found
: MIN. She had not dared face
I even in her own mind, her ter,
riole fear that he might, if he
: llVed, have brain injury from
l Which he would be long in re-
covering, if, indeed, he recov-
ered at all. But that terribi.
rear was gone now; Bill had
, awakened as from a long slum-
per- dazed and little bewilde1
ca, but obviously quite normal
: : IN his mind. Which was some
tnlng to give thanks for as long
as they both lived. She looked
down at him now, with the tears
Shipping down her cheeks while
the doctor examined Bill an d
, then turned to her.
Here, here, Mrs. Kendall -
ne said Sterniy, and as though
ne naG flung ccld water in her
race, Catiiy strained and the
Tears easec and she stared at
him, W dc eyed.
Mrs. Kendallp' sh a
oreathed. "Oh, but that's a love-
ly name, isn't it, Doctor?"
Or. Rodgers smiled and patti
ed her shoulder.
You've been a mighty brave
girl, Mrs. Kendall-you mustn't
let go now. What you need is
ABOUT twentyfour hours sleep
WeH put someone else on dutv
mere and you go home and
Sleep" 1~'
, away" '''e
Nov, see here, Mrs. Kendall,
! young thing; you are a nurse.
and you've been through tn e
,, war. You pull yourself together
and realize that while Bill is
just lying here sleeping, he can
spare you very will. But one
! ne is beginning to come to him
eJ he's going to need you bad
ly. he Ii sleep twelve hours, and
you know that as well as | do.
SO you go home and get some
, rest. We'd put you to bed here
IL we were not already packed
to the DOORS"
There was no denying the
truth of the doctors words and
Cathy was sane enough to know
that she oculd be of little serv-
Ice to Bill if she drove herself to
the point of mental as well as
physical exhaustion. While he
sleri, there was little or moth
ing she could do for him. But
when he awoke
YOU'RE quite right, Of course,
Doctor, she apclogized, and
/ managed small smile. "I'll go
, home. of course-but if there is
! the slightest, tiniest change,
you'i call me?"
20 course. You may take my
, wore on that" said DR.. Rod
gers and led her outside t h e
room his hands gentle on her
: tired shoulders. -
Now that the strain under
which she had passed SO many
hours had lessened little,
Cathy was numb with WEAKNESS
and half blind for lack of sleep.
She almost felt her way down
/ the stairs and started across the
lobby. But as she did so, a wom-
an appeared at the door of the
reception room and called to
her sharply. Cathy turned and
saw Edith Kendall coming to-
ward her, her haggard face
twisted.
"Cathy - he's - he's not"
The words died unspoken in
Mrs. Kendall's throat.
"Of course not he's better.
He woke up" said Cathy radi-
antly. Suddenly Mrs. Kendall
was weeping stormily, and
Cathy's arms were about her,
steadying her. easing her out of
the lobby and into the bright
late afternoon sunlight.
| The Kendall car was there,
and the Kendall chauffeur was
behind the wheel. When he saw
hi distraught mistress, he
looked Shocked; the next mo
nent he was out of the car,
helping to ease his mistress into
lit.
Mrs. Kendall kept her hand
on Cathy's arm, saying urgent
lily, "You're coming home with
me. Cathy? You must. It's your
home. after all"
maggie will be worried about
lme." Cathy ached to get back
to the pretty little room Maggie
had so lovingly built for her
while she had been gone to war.
maggie was here a couple of
hours ago." said Mrs. Kendall
quickly. 1.-THE whole town is
ringing with the story of your
marriage to Bill, and Maggie
laaRn n