SERIAL STORY ..
BY HENRY BELLAMANN
TIME IS SHORT
CHAPTER XVI .
"CAY when are you going to!
13 Europe? Not soon?"
"In September." i
Whyn't you tUl meT"
"I didn't know It untU today." !
Sy that's toughl I'U be
darned M I know what I'm going
fck jta vr 1 1 h A tl t von " TValca
thwack td Parris resoundingly to
lessen the sentiment of the re
tnsrk. "Parris, you and me have been
fal pretty much the same kind of,
beat so much ot the time. You:
remember I said that right here;
at this corner about three years;
ago. We still are, in lot of ways.
My girl can't see me, and won't,!
and yours can t come out In the
open either and go around with
you like other girls and their fel
lows." "Cassie's not exactly my girl,
Drake. Dr. Tower is very pe
culiar" "I should say he Is. I think he's
kind of crazy keeping Cassie shut
up all the time away from every,
body. But Dr. Gordon's Dot crasy.
He just don't like me."
"Drake, you take on like every
thing was over. You can get
things fixed up all right"
"Oh, let me alone! You dont
know how I feel. Don't talk to
me, Parris, I I just cant stand
any more." He turned quickly
end almost ran up Federal street
TX3R the first time Parris drew
back a little from Drake to get
a better perspective. He realized,
as he never had, that Drake could
be completely illogical and incon
sistent and then feel terribly hurt
because he was misunderstood.
. A new and deep fear for Drake
arose like a physical ache In his
heart Drake was the best friend
he had, probably the beet he
would ever have. But even as be
thought about it he knew that his
hopes for Drake had always been
uncritical.
The chances of terrible frustra
tion lay deep in Drake's character
chances, even, of disaster.
. e
pARRIS worked hard. Ha read
day and night and for the ftrst
time prepared digests for hie read
ing far Dr. Tower.
There was a conspiracy of si
lence among Madame's elder
friends. Most of them knew of
Parris' almost fanatical devotion
to his grandmother. They looked
at him a little pityingly, but said
nothing. Even Drake seldom asked
about Madame, but he knew. j
Anna looked with wide, dry.i
wondering eyes at the seemingly j
Unbreakable old woman, so slight
id thin now she scarcely dented
heaped-up pillows. Each day;
smiled and spoke casually to
Then she gave over to the
.terminable hours of incredible
orror one minute at a time un- j
tomorrow.
During the next two weeks. Dr.!
Gordon came every day. It wasj
no longer possible to put Parris off
with childish answers. j
He was eating breakfast absent-;
ry and gloomily. Anna came!
downstairs. He looked op quickly.;
"She is terribly 111, isn't she,'
nowT"
. "Very fll, yes. But the weather;
I will be cooler soon it is usually!
Ibetter the last two weeks of Au
gust you know."
Parris went quietly upstairs and,
into his grandmother's room. The!
table was covered with medicines.;
A hypodermic case was lyong open:
the needle and piston evidently
ireihly dried had not been re
placed. He picked up the tube of
white tablets and read the label.
. Just then Anna returned. He
pointed at the hypodermic case.
Anna blanched a little.
"How long has has this been
necessary, Anna?" His voice
shook slightly.
"For several weeks, Parris."
He waited as if he could not say
the next word. He picked up the
shining hypodermic needle and
laid it down again.
"Cancer?" He was surprised
that he could say it
Anna answered in the same
tone of voice. "Yes, Parris."
"Why wasn't I told?"
"Madame wished it Parris. She
wanted you to finish your work
without worry. She insisted, Par
rie; she made me promise."
- "Yes, yes. I guess so. So that's
it But why did she make plans
for me to go to Europe In Septem
ber? Didn't she doesn't she
know?" ' ,
"Yes, of course she know. She
she thought she would live
through September."
The last tinge of color left his
face. Anna moved instinctively
nearer.
"And she won't Is that what
you mean7"
"It is impossible that she should
live more than a few days. I had
made up my mind after Dr. Gor
don's visit yesterday to tell you."
He turned and left the room
without speaking. Anna heard the
door et his room close softly.
e
"PARRISI" Cassie's voice over;
x the telephone sounded hur
ried and anxious. "Listen, Parris.
I've got to tea you."
! "Oh. I can't now, Cauls"
"Parris, I wouldn't call you If It
wasn't important!"
t "All right Nine o'clock at the
eorner of Aberdeen campus." Of
course she couldn't understand
what was happening to him Just
now. He'd have to tell her.
, But Csole hsd come to tell him.
' "You know well you love
your grandmother terribly much,
don't youTM
"She's til my world, Cassie."
"-Everybody's been trying to
keep you from knowing how sick
aha Is." ;
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' Parris did not reply- Cassie's
words struck through him.
"Psrris," she took hold of his
arms and shook him slightly.
"Parris, your grandmother is dy
ing, and they don't tell youl"
"Who told you?" He asked the
question roughly.
"Papa talked to Dr. Gordon, I
guess. You know you're the only
person I ever saw Papa be in
terested in. Your grandmother is
dying of cancer, I know how you
feel about her and Parris, dar
ling, I was afraid of what the sud
den shock might do to you. I guess
it's been just ss much ot a shock
the way I've told you. . . ."
"No, it's all right Cassie. I
knew it"
They sat in silence for a long
while, watching the fireflies, and
then talked in gentle voices ot
other things.
"Ill have no one when you
leave, Parris," Cassie whispered.
"You're not like anybody else,
Parris. Do you know that?"
"I don't know. How, Cassie?"
"Of course, I don't know any
body. But I just know you're
altogether different Even' Papa
says you are."
"Does he? I've wondered what
he does think about me. I like
him an awful lot Cassie. He's
taught me everything."
"I wouldn't want you to be dif
ferent When I think about you,
you seem kind of mysterious, al
most Just kind ot enigmatic.
Papa talks about you sometimes
not often."
"What does he really say about
me, Cassie?"
"Well, he said one day that you
were now, let me see, I want to
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29 Tantalum
(symbol).
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48 Those who sit
82 North Africa
(abbr.).
53 Iniquity.
54 Hawaiian bird
55 Commissions.
baseball
34 Those who pet 57 Puts in tune.
37 Festivals. 62 Sola.
38 Beholdl 63 Ban by
40 Scandinavian. estoppel.
42 Aged.
VERTICAL
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2 Bones.
3 Optical orb.
43 Life guard
(abbr.).
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a very rsre personality."
"What do you suppose he meant
by that?"
"I dont know. Ho said you
were going to be a great doctor
tomedsy."
Parris stopped and held her by
the arms. "Listen, Cassie: I want
to be a good doctor a great one
if I can. When I come back
maybe, somehow the time'll pass
quickly when I come beck will
you marry me?"
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