THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON '
SERIAL STORY
'BLACKOUT
BY. RUTH AYERS
COFVIIISHT, IIH
NBA IRVICK. INC.
. VESTMDAYl A Lair hw
twi mm ilinnl'l Carle Mar.
; aattta. Tear weaaat way tka
V . aettMe af tae Ta eaaat ka
' mm law Carla kaa w k
; axylalaai. It waa he, Marr i
ealls. waa (allawa kn a tae
Mtfrarl. Tka wmaaa alta i
V dark akaat TlaaMft attaattaaa
Carta. Marr aeratfaee eelr
tka airlr7 af Carta kat wkaa
aka raarkn kaata, aka laaa "-
aaae trear Dr. 0Oaaarll.
CHAPTER XVIII
A starched, white nurs
showed Mary Into Dr. O'Connell'i
consulting room th next after'
noon.
Mary had waited scarcely at all
when the deep basa voice of Dr.
O'Connell boomed:
"So (his ia Gilbert's wife. And
: how are you, my dear?"
' Dr. O'Connell had a thick thatch
of Iron fray hair. A smile
twinkled In eyes behind steel-
bowed spectacles.
. "Before I left the Base Hospi
tal I was liven this to deliver to
you." He handed her a letter ad'
dressed In Gilbert's handwriting.
Mary reached eagerly for the let
ter, aware anew of a feeling she
could not nam.
"Now let's have a look. Let's
see about these facial nerves and
see Just how deep the damage has
. gone," Dr. O'Connell went on.
Ha tapped her face with light
angers. As If to put her at ease
, ha kept up a flow of conversation.
"Your husband la doing
' mighty fine Job In Franc. It's the
young medical men who are do
ing the real surgery at the front
That's why I earn back. Her tn
; England I can serve my country
better by being on hand when th
eases that are invalided horn ar
rive. Ordinarily, It takes months
to build up a seriously wounded
man to th point where plastic
surgery would be any good at all.'
... . It makes m proud to hear
about Gilbert-
"You have very reason to be
proud of him, my dear." He tilted
her face under th strong whit
examining light and studied the
injured cheek critically. ; '
"You dont know how much this
means to me," ah said at length.
"Save your thanks until after
wards," he said gruffly. "It win
be time enough when we see if th
operation Is successful."
"You mean there's a doubt?"
she paled.
"Well, there's always doubt
W never know in advance what
th results will be. We can only
: hope. Here's what I want you to
do. You'll be admitted to th hos
pital today. WeH operate tomor
row morning. If you agree."
e
YJITK th dispatch which char
acterized Dr. O'Connell, Mary
found herself a patient In pri
vate room In the same hospital ah
had left only t few weeks earlier.'
She purposely waited until th
gruelling routine of tests was over
to read the letter from Gilbert
fclhe had to be alone.
"My dear," ah read, "Dr.
O'Connell will bring you this
message from m because I fear
, you have not received any of
my letters. Service is uncertain
and vastly slow In wartime.
"You will soon undergo this
operation. When I trust you to
Dr. O'Connell I'm leaving you
In the best hands I know. You
have my best wishes for all th
luck In th world.
"This has to b brief because
Dr. O'Connell Is leaving imme
diately. But it carries sincere
, affection. . .
"Gilbert"
Mary leaned back on her pil
low, th letter tight In her hand.
60 he had written!
Th words she had lust read
brought back th first time she
had ever seen his red head tower
ing above others In th air raid
shelter. Someday she would tell
aim all about It and, perhaps, by
then she would have learned th
mystery of Carta Marchetta's
itrange part In th events that
bad taken place sine that night
That Carta was engaged in a
mysterious mission, ah now
Irmly believed. Her own Intuitive
lleslr to uncover that activity had
been cut short yesterday, by th
summons from Dr. O'Connell. But
th would endeavor to pry out th
secret when she was well again.
Th scratching of starched skirts
grew louder as a ours approached
her bedside. Th Imperturbable
British calm was, for once, upset,
Mary noted,
"Another ship has been sunk,"
th hurt blurted out "Nobody
can make m believe these enemy
tubs are working blindly. There's
a spy ring at work for certain."
.Mary blanched, her eyes hor
rified.
"I beg your pardon, Mrs. Lenox.
It waa thoughtless of me. Dr.
O'Connell wouldn't like It It was
only because I was so over
wrought, I forgot myself. My
brother was lost . . . Now for the
supper tray."
a
JARLY th nest coming Mary
found herself being lifted from
her bed onto th blanket-covered
hospital cart This waa th day!
This was the day that would either
restore her aa Mary Carroll or
send her Into a permanent black
out Inside the operating room, she
blinked at th glare. Without the
tiniest Jar, ah was slipped onto
th operating table. She heard
the sound of water aa Dr. O'Con
nell and his assistants scrubbed
for the operation.
Take a deep breath," she could
hear the nurse saying aa the ether
cone waa clamped down on her
nose and mouth. "Steady there.
Steady. Steady."
A hand gripped her wrist as her
puis was being counted. She
choked and tried to fight oft th
ether.
Down a well she tumbled. Th
well was deep and gray. There
were faces on all sides. There was
Vincent Gregg. There was th
blue black face of Carla Mar
chetta, magnificent in plumes, rich
furs and Jewels. Lady Ponce
Townsend seemed to com into th
seen. On on arm she had a pile
of bedraggled garments. But she
also held a stack of pencil
sketches.
Then there was th blond boy
who had frightened her from th
shadows of th Moravia's deck.
And Gilbert Lenox. It must hav
been Gilbert Lenox who kept say
ing "Steady. Steady."
In her last breath of conscious
ness she had but on thought-
Was she going to emerge from
aU this as th Mary Carroll ah
had been before?
(To Be Continued)
OUT OUR WAY BY J. R. WILLIAMS
OUR BOARDING HOUSE With MAJOR HOOPLE
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pretty Chow Gum Blk, 30, In Ban
Prandsco, ordered Immigration au
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satisfaction she bad been born In
China of American-born Chinese
parents. She bad been held on Angel
Island 10 montha.
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