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CHAPTER X
TARY CARROLL ihuddercd
' she took out the letter, with
Annas piss port inside it
She felt if lha were tres
passing when sho unfolded the
page and began to read the neat,
carefully margined letter.
To Whom it May Concern:
Today I mad a last attempt
to volunteer tnu services to
Enoland. There if no use in
truing any longer. Doctor told
me I have an incurable heart
condition. I'm poinjp to the
State$ aoaln inhere I can at
least uwrle and fend money
home to England to help my
country at war.
X write thie in full knowledge
I may never reach the statee,
I have nothing to lose. My
other, Private William Wintert,
toaa killed in Franc in the
World War. My mother died in
the epidemic, leaving me to oe
brought up in a home for war
orphan. When my few affair
are fettled here I f hall tay pood'
bye to my Bournemouth friend
and come to London to await
eailina. My only relative if my
Uncle Douplat Winters whom I
have never seen. He lives in
Canada. I enclose his address
and ask he be notified in cars
of accident.
Anna Winters.
Slowly the letter loosened In
Mary's hands. The tears she had
been too overwrought to shed,
trickled down her twisted face.
a
TV7HEN Mary next opened her
" eyes, morning sun had pierced
the London fog and was sifting
like irrldescent dust through the
windows. A nurse stepped up to
Mary a side.
"IH bathe you and bring yon
wrapper," she said. "Then how
bout a sip of hot tea? Dr. Lenox
gave orders you were to have a
tray this morning. In another day
or two, he's going to let you sit
up. My, Miss Winters, he's cer
tainly relieved that you're back
in the land of the living again.
Gilbert Lenox fights for his pa
tients."
Unnotldng. Mary Carroll began
to slip into the hospital routine.
Finally she became accustomed
to hearing herself called by An
na's name. Strength slowly re
turning to her, she accepted her
late with resignation.
Days passed and soon she was
op, taking walks in the ward and
going to the sunpbrch. One by
ions, the refugees who'd survived
jthe Moravia disaster, were being
Ulscbarged. Mrs. Tully remained
ana, m ner clumsy way, tried to
ae oomzornng.
I It was she who was beside
Mary the day the Kirl finally could
tout off no longer the task of fac
ing herself squarely In the mir
ror. Resolutely, she drew her eyes
so tne glass.
"My, you must have had pretty
hair," Mrs. Tully began to chatter
nervously. "The gray in it is
from the shock. It's a wonder we
didn't all turn white-headed.
knew a woman once and she got
white overnight from seeing her
nus Dana wiled before her eyes.1
Wearily, Mary brushed her
hand over the once silky, corn
colored hair. It bad turned darker
and the gray stood out sharply.
There was nothing about her,
except the eyes, to suggest the
piquant lace of only a few weeks
ago. Gray-tinged skin, a twisted
cneeit, staring eyes.
"You could wear a veil Mrs.
Tully prattled on.
Mary closed her eyes briefly,
"Yes, I can wear a veil, she
stammered bitterly.
'aaa
CHE felt a touch on her elbow,
"Not too much at one time,
young lady," Dr. Lenox was say-
. InB oravelv. "Corns out tn th
'. aunrlarW wtfjl ma fnr minitla
' . It's clear enoueh todav tn aaa hna
London is redoubling Its barri
r. rarlea"
. in some way ne naa extricated
is . her from Mrs. Tully and guided
uv-a w uin ucjci bcu VJJl Ilia
" "See how they've hoisted a whole
u . rniripn niir "Ami m vhni.
'' CTOD of 'A. R. P.' siffna hm
vf.uMvu in u, loin, JUUKB lllte
- mere ism a mia-Jbonaon building
"? that isn't knee-deep in sandbass
now. 11s pretty grim, lsn t tty '
Mary shook her head in agree'
menu ne went on, "I'm on air
, ram emergency duty. You feel
. It s pretty close when those warn.
ing sirens begin toJiowL"
She looked up quickly, words
on her lips. This very young
1 American dnetrtr atanHlntf
ner was the one who'd reacuad
her in an air raid that last nieht
in ine restaurant witn Vincent
Then her lips closed. Dr. Lenox
would never connect that girl in
. Ihe restaurant with the pitiful
person standing before him.
"And blackouts," Dr. Lenox
was saying, "I'll never get used
to them. There's something
(Tightening about a blackout."
Blackout! The word struck her
lharply. She stared at Dr. Lenox
and he seemed to sense her
thought
She began slowly, each syllable
torn from her tortuously. "This
!l . 1 . . . . .
is Diacxout lor me. I nad every
u thing to live for before this hap
pened. I was in love so very
much In love. And now, this
awful war has blacked me out
, too. I'm ugly, I'm maimed. I
don't want to see anyone or have
anyone pitying me."
-' it...)!., I I .1.. j.ii
bert Lenox touch her shoulder I
1 I . ... 1
. V M IUWUI ft 1CC1 UH
that I don't know much about
love but If It's as glorious as it's
supposed to be, nothing can
change It You must believe it
It's your life line. Have you been
in touch with your sweetheart?"
"No, no," Mary cried. "Please
no."
Gilbert Lenox led her to a
chair. Then he took out a note
book and his fountain pen. "Write
me his name and address and let
me explain what's happened to
him."
He thrust the pen Into her hand
and opened the book to a blank
sheet
aaa
TVXVER would she WTlte Vin-
' cent's name or address. Never
would she see him until she was
herself again freed from the
blackout that held her prisoner.
Her hand with the pen in it
began to move. Instead of writ
ing, she made a few tentative
lines. London in war. London
with Hyde Park dotted with A.
R. P. signs and buses rolling on
almost traffic-free streets. The
pen moved jerkily at first and
then more freely.
Not since art school days had
Mary Carroll tried anything ex
cept fashion sketches. It gave her
a funny, choked feeling to see
this fragmentary skyline sketch.
Dr. Lenox was patting her
shoulder encouragingly. "You're a
swell kid and we're going to get
you well, Anna Winters."
Anna Winters. She was now
Anna Winters. She must act as
Anna Winters, talk as Anna Win
ters and be Anna until the day
came when her blackout could be
lifted. It would barm no one and
it would give her the chance to
remain as a British subject in
London until the day when the
terrible disfigurement was gone
and she was reunited with Vin
cent "I've already talked to Dr.
0Connell, London's most famous
plastic surgeon," Dr. Lenox said.
"He's at the front now but when
he comes back. I'm going to have
him look at you. And now here's
some good news. You've had
enough hospital for awhile.
You're so much better and strong
er that it's going to do you good
to get out of here and be with
your own friends and people.
Suppose we make this your last
day here?"
(To Be Continued)
OUT OUR WAY , BY J. R. WILLIAMS
OUR BOARDING HOUSE
Husband Beater
Gets No Mercy
The modern age of feminine
ascendancy reached its climax
when Mrs. Ethel Wolfson, 26,
was convicted in Wheeling, W.
Va, on charges of beating her
husband. She is shown in jail
where she will spend the next
SO days.
FLAPPER FANNY
By Sylvia
- Cora. 1 mo rr acAsxanct. w& T. a. an. v.. Mr. ear,
"You've got problems! Try figuring how I can pay December
bills in January with my March allowance that I don't get
until February."
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HORIZONTAL
1, 5 Modern
novelist
JO Dealer in
oils.
12 Bustle.
13 Foreign
matter forced
under the skin PiPIAjLI
14 Ovum.
16 Perches,
18 Papa.
19 Bone.
21 Novel.
22 Indefinite
article.
23 Humor.
25 Loud
merrymaking.
28 Dance step.
31 Vessel.
33 Wrinkles.
34 Currency.
33 Adhesive
substance
37 To growl.
39 Measure of
area.
41 Debt.
43 Frigid.
44 Credit.
45 Soft cap.
47 Maxim.
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