Herald and news., June 22, 1943, Page 8, Image 8

WOMEN WONT TALK
BY RENE RYERSON MART gSTSEKiSk!
SU8PKN8K i
CHAPTER XVI
. TT was Deputy Shaw who took
charge. He phoned the doctor
and told him to bring a stomach
pump. Then he ordered us all out
of Margaret'! room except Clara
and Sarah and Mattlson. Ho said
, they'd be needed to help.
,1 went down to the big square
white-tiled kitchen and put somo
coffee on to boil. Maybe a cup
of It hot and black would bring
me out of the nightmare in which
I was moving with the clogged
and frantic efforts peculiar to bad
dreams. '
The nightmare which had be
run the moment Mattlson and I
broke into Margaret's room and
saw her gray face and touched
her clammy hands. The night
mare which had sucked me into
' its depths when I glsnced at th
table beside her bed. The glass
that I had left there was empty,
and the small.envelope which had
contained the remaining sleeping
tablets was torn raggedly open.
Clint Mattlson's voice sounded
miles away. "I think we need a
doctor, Mrs. Kraik."
All the phones at Kraiktower
are downstairs. I remember hold
ing tightly to the bannister as I
started down the steps, for I was
faint with shock. I was nearly at
the bottom when someone banged
the knocker on the hall door. I
opened it and there In the flagged
entrance stood Deputy Shaw. H
lifted his cap, smiled, and swal
lowed what he was going to say.
I must have looked ghastly.
. "What's happened?" he barked.
' I told him, trying to keep my
' voice steady. He took over with
out any foolish preliminaries.
.
Fwas the longest day of my life.
The doctor went away ta
make his morning calls and came
back and went away again.
Deputy Shaw used the phone
and another police car came with
three men in it They lugged an
inhalator up to Margaret's room.
m.M Chaw wvnt IWDV.
' Clint Mattison came down about
1 o'clock and ate with us. ae m
' his pipe afterward and said he
was going out for some air before
he went back upstairs.
He saw the question in my eyes
, and shook his head. "We cant tell
yet, Mrs. Kraik. We keep her
walking, one on each side of her
holding her up, and we talk to
' her and try to concentrate her
' attention. But she's only half con
scious." ' Kathy got up suddenly from her
chair. "Do you mind If I -walk
with you?" she asked Mattison.
Of course he didn't I watched
them wander off down by the
lake. Mattison was broad-shouldered
and half a head taller than
Kathy. They made a nice-looking
Munle.
- ' The doctor came back again
ivMit ft nVlnclc and was UDStairs
.. wfw than nn hour. When he
came down he hunted me up in
the living room, waiter naa muta
- cocktails and we were sipping
1 t.m rA miHnff fnr the dinner
'. gong,. We were all tliere except
WiUsGrady s wile, one naa ocea
: me whenever I went upstairs and
' Moving away to avoid speaking.
The -middle of the afternoon she
had -goner over to their room in
, the cower: and sent word back
later that she had a headache and
didn't want any dinner.
Tl. ilwitiM. Innlrnl Wl J ffraVC
as he crossed the room toward roe
and my heart drew into a knot
He took his glasses off, polished
them with a handkerchief, aud
Mi, ilnwlv "She' ffoinff ta livej
He held the glasses up to the light
and then polished them vigorously
aalv, "Rut tw mind"
My heart stood still, and the
Horror ox my quick guess mun
have shone in my face.
"No it isn't mat,- ne aaaea
hastily. "She's not insane. She
understands what you say to her
and answers quite sensibly. But
her memory's gone. She doesn't
remember anything that's hap
- pened. Not even her grandson's
death."
The doctor's voice teemed to
come from a great distance as
he finished in his deliberate fash
Ion: "What she needs now is rest
and quiet And her memory may
return in time. Mrs. Grady is
with her now."
Co he went away and left me
standing there, rather stupidly
trying to take in the full Import
. of his words.
Connie, too, acted as if she
couldn't quite grasp it all at once.
She walked stiffly over to a win
dow and stood staring out at the
deepening dusk. After a time.
FUNNY
OH cot.itiiirHawlvictiMC T.niEi i . rAT. of r ag3gg!aagagsa 1
I'll u.i h. L.. Utn .lilon frnm nnnchinfl thrOUOh
over Her shoulder, without look
ing around: "Tlie doctor soys
Margaret doesn't even remember
that Derek is dead. Isn't that
odd?"
Kathv Jerked tier head up and
looked at Connie intently.
Will Grady acted the most nor
mal of any of us. He polished off
another, cocktail, set the glass
down, and rubbed his hands to
gether. "The old lady's tough.
Guess it would take more than a
sleeping tablet to nmsh her on.
Wait nCTrn-H u'ith him in an
absent-minded sort of way.
Then the dinner gong sounara
and we went into the dining room.
Will Grady sat at Walter's
right He made clumsy mistakes)
with his silver and his Dig voice
boomed constantly. It occurred to
Anollw that ha va talkinff too
much even for a man embarrassed
by the presence or servants ana
more implements beside his plate
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HOLD EVERYTHING!
"No matter how disgusted you
get, don't ever again throw up
your hands in despair!"
BUSINESS
than hVTchew how touse. Heltad
something on nn mina ana was
trying to cover it up with a flood
of talk.
I wondered what It was.
Kathy disturbed my reflections
wluV some remark, and when I
turned my head to answer her, I
:aught Clint Mattison watching
me as I had been watching Will
f:Hv I remembered with un
ease the same speculative intent-
ness in his eyes wncn ne naa
looked at me that morning in the
hMaWad wwm Another man
with something on his mind
(10 M lonunucaj
It has been estimated that the
wealth of the United States
amounts to $247,000,000,000.
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BOKIZONTAI
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sport
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15 Expectantly
16 Symbol for
rubidium
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21 Rupees
(abbr.)
22 Behold!
23 Ktsnono sash
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26 He
27 Departed
29 Unfettered
30 Senior (abbr.)
31 Belongs to us
33 Either
34 Registered
nurse (abbr.)
35 Indian
mulberry
36 Us
37 Exclamation
39 Matched
pieces
41 New Testa
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42 Symbol for
cerium
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Pvt. Walker Beckwith, also
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his mother.
The letters revealed the two
brothers, who haven't seen each
other for a year, stayed in the
same hotel the same night
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off sottth coast of Alaska.
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26 Hour (abbr.)
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heat ,
29 Chafes
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33 Possess
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38 Fealty
40 Summit
42 Vegetable
43 Fur
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tantalum
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8 And (Latin)
50 Measure of
area
51 Toward
52 Editor (abbr.)
53 Withered
56 Feudal
benefice
57 Ever (contr.)
59 Over (contr.)
60 Diminutive of
9 Atmosphere
10 Lord Privy
Seal (abbr.)
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