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LITTLE ORPHANANNIE'
Hard Times
By. HAROLD GRAY
Author df
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CHAPTER XXV
iVS heart stood still. Her eyes,
KUi-k with fear, aaked Willis
Um the Question which aha could
C,l make her lips form.
"Ko, no tsn t aeaa noi even oaa-
k kurt, uat reaasurea tier ten-
-rth!" Nan 'drew a Bhuddering
L.th of relief. "Thank God!" She
Ljied against the cuahioca of the
Liy. Then, "What are you wait-
Get me there aa quick aa you
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but drive unvei
li that's how Toa feel!" the
Lur man who loved her said grim-
''Goodby, Hope! All right,
fo-iy-girll Don't worry about me.
fi rather have your friendship
feu any otner girl a lore It
toat-tne two youngsters, fat
InBrien and Dirtis, were playing
rib the police dog on the lawn
morning, teaching him to re
fine sucks. (Jurtis flung a stick
& far, so that it landed in tha
ciQulw of tha street, and of course
doc dashed after it and Curtis
Itfter tne aog. i-itue fat, it seema,
Stated to Curtia to come back,
tv(a tore out arter mm. uurtis was
itwping over. to take the stick from
Cops mouth when a taxi swerved
irtund the corner, too fast tt atop
a tune.
Oh! Nan gasned. and dune sick.
jt to Willis' arm.
"It 6eems that your faith in Lit
t!i Pat as the kid's bodyguard was
nplv justified, for Pat flung Cur
. da out of the way of the taxi and
tfk both wheels across his own
in. Both broken. Little Pat's in
4t hospital, poor tad "
Ana turtis r isan wnispered. a
citing hand over her eyes to shut
il the horrible picture that Willis
iri described.
"tittle Pot must have flung hira
jtitty bard, for the kid has a brok
(5 arm. He struck the curb, I be
!m." Willii continued, as ho iiia-
not-ered his car out of downtown
nffic into a side street. Morgan
rS oav the bills, of course, and the
ifternoon paper says he'a going to
pit the youngster a couege and
teiieal school education."
"Mr. Morgan was going to do
tilt anyway, Nan interrupted. "Oh,
Willi!, are you sure Curtis isn't
kit badly? You're not keeping
wMthing from me?
"I knew you d be like tnis, so I
aW op the Morgan home just be
ta I went to the station. Talked
fill Mnrtran himself. Told him I
til going to meet you at the train.
Bi Mid that the arm nad Deen set
rat that outside of howling for you
111 kid's all right.
Oh. Willis, you are a dnrllng!"
.V'n ducked her heed swiftly and
H her lips against the tanned hand
W was gripping the steering wheel.
"Don't do that!" Willis com
linied sharply. They did not speak
inia until his car Bwept up to the
rA before the Morgan home. Then.
TJ wait out here for yon, honey."
lHlil said. She understood that it
ra Intolerable to him to see her
rinm h loved so devotedly with
ihe man whom she loved even more
devotedly and hopelessly.
Este'.le opened the door. "Good
treting," alias iNan. ur. isiaca ano
Mr, Morgan are up in Curtis' room
tow. Curtis has been crying for
m ever since he got hurt
Dr. Black and John Curtis Mor
ns, both with their backs toward
tie door, stood at the foot of the
14 joking for the benefit, of the
petnllnt little patient
"1 won't nave a nurse, tuner:
Girds shrilled, slapping at a white
feu sleeve with his uninjured hand.
Sua said I didn t have to nave a
twj any more. I m too nig to
hit s nurse. I want Nana to stay
!l me I"
flello. Man-Child!" Nan sang ont
hlkilv from tha doorway. "So thia
!l the wav von behave when I go to
the capital to take my bar examina
tion!!" "It' W.n. I" C.iirHs shouted, slt-
"S bolt upright in bed and looking
leirtbreaklngly pale and dlcsy from
ie effort. "Father, you and nr.
Biok go off and tell your old Jokee
"onewhere else. I want to tell
tos all about toy accident No
tair'a going to tell her but me!
"Hello, junior partner!" Morgan
ft his arm about her shoulders and
ew the girl close to him, with
frwk affection, aa he turned to Pr.
Kiok. 'Doctor, isn't she a ndic
looi mite to be 1 lawyer? All our
fmeet young men will be committing
Wrfer for the pleasure of having
lk prettiest little lawyer in the
"Ute to defend them. Yon ought
to be disbarred for that reason
l"ne. Nan Carroll!"
"Aw, Nana, make 'em go away so
I fit tell yon about my accident!
"nil Implored disgustedly.
"Maybe," the nurse contributed.
Die professionally arch tone that
w ofinv nurses nee toward small
MSenti, "this bad little boy will go
eleep if he can tell hie aweet
all about his accident
Curtis let out a howl of indlg
"forj. "Nana ain't my sweet
ein! frho-jBhe'a my "parent
; tern." cause I heard my teacher,
" Anderson, sav so to the pnn
Pil. She said. 'Better take that
5 with Miss Nan Carroll. She a
!!' parent pro tem.' What's
M pro tem. Nan?"
O.H2 4r NCA
SERVICE INC.
.rJ',f,'T? ,0?" wuii challenged.
1 do! j,an sobbed. "Oh. Vil-
55 Jffl i yu..tk.
"mm i sam iq marry yon?
Win,. V?i .n. WOIld ... myself,"
iri.h i ""eu gruniy. -ju,t
, uiwae. i wanted you to
be as craiy in love with me as I
am with you. It .... k.t:
that way, I aunnaaa. rin. .
loves more than the other. Mor
oiiu uia JnB sorry, ttonev
lfi I"T5'?u. ,nd Morian! Heigh
ho, darling! It's a great life if vm
aon t weaken.
so nave you!
ereat life it n
And I've weakened
"Will
Nan? I'm hcked. I'U i.U h., i
can get and be thankful for that.
Maybe Its better to be privileged
to devote Tour life t tk. -...
you love than to be a hog abont re
mIlct!. wth,ch du't wear any too
well if the cynical yonng poeta are
to be believed, aa well as the evi
denpe of our own eyee
"in giggiea tarougn a aob. "That
sentence ia hcomin t,..!ki-
volved, dear, and so Is the senti
ment But T Lnmr n-W
You are a darling. Willis!"
"Then will your
"I want to. Willis." Nan con
fessed miserably. "I want to with
all my common sense and all my
weak feminine yearninga to be pro
tected and pampered. But it's
too late now, Willis, dear. All my
hearts gone clear out of my body
to another man and his child.
They do need me so and I'm not
unhappy all the time. In fact."
and she sat un dteiminHiv anA
dabbed away her tears. "I'm so happy
mum oi me time tnnt I m in mortal
terror that something will happen
to take what I have away from me."
The next morning fft mam
sleep than she had hoped to get
Nan Carroll took up her tempor
arily neglected duties in Morgan's
offices. It was aood to Vibvo tn
work like a whirlwind, nice to tie
teased by Evans and Blake about
her nrosoective atatus as a "flsnner
lawyer.
It was Into this genial atmoa
here of work and jeat that John
r
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mt Morgan stepped at 10 o'clock,
ipanied by old
retired from the bench these
San could have kissed the nurse
the delicate diplomacy which
her engage both the father
i the doctor In conversation while
wai still shouting his expla
ybon. Her face waa flaming as
Jj drew up a chair to the injured
fTt bedside, but when the door
f""4 upon the three whom Curtis
-"1 o;dred out of the roval pre
the bent and kissed him with
Pi'ionnte 1m of a mother.
V,r than like a "parent pro tem."
B i! Paf a hero. Nana." Cur
1 wgsn esgerlv. holding fast tn
; hird. "like The hov stood on
b'intng deck.' But he ain't
i P"tn 'nt rn"- ,nd
't ,!ot one of my arms, and Cop
"'"." hurt at all. In the storv
the dog always gets killed
r-"M his little master, ho.' I'm glad
d.dn't .t killed."
v ...
;n slipped out of the hosse
"'it saving good-niaht to her
-Woyer. From the hall she heard
" fnavnline rumble of what
d to be a verv earnest con-
i which she efi'd no incii-
' ? f all to interrupt. She
i n '""'"'" Tndd P',n,,?
' 9- her. and the glow of his
'"! as strangely comforting to
erwrouaht girl.
aid ail naht honey? wn
1 eently as she climbed into
b-ile him. A
( i v. n-.ii:. lU ....
p ''H I've been!" She i!omH
." forlorn little huddle and be
o aob gasping! agaiAU lit
'"S'l
."The
T.,
Judge Jennifer,
ench these 2(1
years mit still practicing law.
The conference if such it was
lasted until almost noon. Oddly
enough, Morgan did not accompany
his old friend to the door, did not,
in fact, emerge from his private
office. Judge Jennifer came out
alone and stopped before Nan's
desk.
"Well, well, Nan. my child," he
rumbled, with grandfather! affec
tion. "John telU me you're going
to be a lawyer. Been up to the
capital to take your bar examina
tions. You're a smart girl, Nan.
and we're proud of you, but "and
he lowered the rumble to a gusty
strangely significant whisper "take
an old man's advice and leave these
dirty criminal cases to the men.
Marry a lawyer, rnise up a boy to
be a lawyer, if you've got to meddle
with the law, but leavt the court
room fights to the men, my dear."
"You find me a nice young law
yer for a husband. Judge Jennifer,
and maybe I'll take your advice,"
Nan retorted flippantly, but she had
an uneasy suspicion that Judge Jen
nifer knew exactly what her hot
blush meant
"That's a bargain remember!"
the old lawyer chuckled from tne
doorway.
For nearly an hour there waa no
sound from the private office of
John Curtia Morgan. Nan forced
herself to go on working at high
pressure, but three time she made
typographical errors In letters she
was writing an inefficiency record
she had never before sunk to.
Something waa afoot. .. .Judge
Jennifer divorce Light poured
In. Iris, of course! She had writ
ten to Judge Jenn'fer, aa her attor
ney, had aaked hi to approach
her husband on the subject of a
divorce. Of course! Oh. poor man!
The- buiser at Isst. Nan caught
up notebook and pencil and hne
tened into the private office, but
these tools of her trade were not
needed after all.
"Have you lunched yet. Nan?....
Then I wonder if you'd go with me?
I want to talk with you." Morgan
said, not looking up, as if he were
unable to meet her eyee.
Morgan tried, rather awkwardly,
to make an occasion of their lunch
In the matter of food, but Nan
chose a single dish and firmly re
fused everything else.
Nan knew that he expected his
news to be upsetting, for he con
scientionslv gave her plenty of time
to eat before plunging Into what
evr It waa that he had to tell her.
When he did begin, it waa
abi-uptly, even harahly t "I m go
ing to apply for a divorce, Nan.
As badly as that!
It can be done very quietly, Tery
easilv." Morgan went on In a
strained, harsh monotone . The
letter, you know." He still could
not bring himself to ntter Iris'
name. r'And-iesertion It has
been six months all that our dl
voire lswa require nnder the cir
cumstances. The letter makes It
ea.T. I never thought " Hia voice
broke, then he cleared his throat
sternW and went on: 'But the
petition can be h-ard 'In chambers
no rabllciry at all. of cou"; T
she will be served by publication,
since I don't know where she Is.
It should all be over in a month.
Judge Jennifer eays. Over.... he
repeated. ...
At the pain in hi T"1"
love for hL ro-e to
height She would have been a fool
not to have suspected hr,mh,Z"
divorcing Iris, whom he still lored
whom he probably would always
'"Mr. Morgan, don't let anyone
talk yon into this if yon don t reaDy
went to do It."
Morran't Hot Jerked info t "rt
of smile. "But until that a done.
Nsn. I really can't do something
else that I really want to do. and
thlit Curtis very moch wants me
to do. It Isn't fair to you. Nan.
Jt TV sworn to mvseJL a dozen
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If voa were wining, but I m arraig
voii're enoourared me to be selfish.
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like to know If yoo Otherwise I
wor't do It. Nan no real reason
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his floundenng speech, her voire
low but steady, "we don t have to
put If Into words, do we? But
whenever von want me for anv.
thing" And she smiled at him
through tears that she hadn t in
the least etpeeted. for she waa so
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upon the hopper he cried, "Vipl mT
This surely la a heap or fun. Ileaaa
jump me up some more. !t doesn't
seem so hard at all, to bang on tight
I will not fall. I,et's do some funny
little Jumps and mike the others
roar."
So Mister Hopper did Just that.
Upon the ground he'd He down flat,
and then he'd leap Into the air. It
waa a alght to At last wee
Clowny yelled, "Hey, there, I'd like
to hop up la the air. 1 would ap
preciate it much If yon would juat
tske me."
The hopper Beemed to think this
fine and ao the Tlnlea formed In lina.
"You all shall bsve a turn at It." laid
rieouty. "Clowny'a neit." And aa
fnt Cl"ny rose tn air, it brought to
him a sudden Bears. The hopper
hopped ao funsy that the littlB tot waa
veied.
"I've had enough," ha quickly cried.
"I do not like thia sort of ride. It
makes me rsiher dliay. Kindly tske
me U. the ground." And down they
went I,. Ms delight. He was so aearsd
be .poked t. f.-ghL The Tlnymlies
then noticed thai a hawk wbb flying
'round.
"Lion't let that bird get told of
von. There is no telling what he'U
do," cried Scouty. Then Ihe hark
swooped down and grabbed the b'Sr
pr quirk It took the Tlnles by sur
prise. Why, they could hardly a
IiM what hercened. Then brsve
Conny cried, 'That waa a real mean
trl'k .
I'll rig mat ngiy oaws. ion nei
he's
A sudden shok he's going to get.' WJ
Then t"ppy grabbed a stone snd hit it q
the monstrous bird, kerplop. "There, W,
now tr,- llisi"' he loudly cried. The
hawk's Toulh opened up real wide. ..lv
mint he was so dumbfounded tnat
let the bp;r drp.
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