The Gate city journal., January 30, 1925, Image 2

THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
There was almost a taek ot agony
on her face, and again she turned hei
eyes upon Joan'a face as If to search
out her thoughts. Then, with an ab­
rupt “ good night.” sho turned away.
Joan called to her as she was leav­
’ She sleeps overhead In the attic. And
ing the room. "Mra. Fraser,” she said,
my room U underneath," site added ; " I understood there was a patient
“so If you should want anything at here besides Mrs. Dana."
any time, Juat tap on the radiator,
The matron turned slowly round.
and I ’ll come up at once. And supper "There was the boy who left this
will be ready as soon as you are."
morning," she said inquiringly.
In the hall Joan found Mrs. F raser,
“ But I understood from Doctor Lan­
ten minutes later, talking to the sec­ caster—at least ae didn't tell me In
retary.
so many words, bnt he gave me to
"Miss Wentworth, this Is Mr. My­ understand that there was ■ special
ers,’’ she began.
ease here, requiring care and sym­
“ We've met already." said Myers, pathy.”
scrutinizing her closely. He seemed
The matron stared at her. "No,
now to wear the eame furtive air as there's nobody,” she said. "Nobody
Mrs. Fraser; It seemed part of the except— ”
atmosphere of the institution. Joan
Suddenly she nttered ■ convulsive
had perceived It In the coachman, too. sound, and, putting her hands over her
"Miss Wentworth Is to have charge face, ran from the room. Joan beard
of the nursing under Doctor Jenkins," her stumbling down the corridor out­
said Mrs. Fraser.
side as If she had gone blind.
"I hope I shan't conflict with—” be­
She stood Irresolute In her room.
gan Joan doubtfully.
Her sleepiness was gone; she was
“ Not at all, not at all,” said Myers, afraid, and she seemed to have got
speaking with false heartiness.
“ I out of her depth. It had begun with
hope we shall all get along well to­ John Lancaster’s strange behavior In
gether.”
his office the evening before. She had
Joan refused to face the problem not been able then to reconcile him
of Myers’ undoubted hostility. She In any way with the Lancaster whom
went Into the dining room, and found she had seen, smug, self-satisfied and
to her relief that thé table was only vain. In the operating room, the bully
laid for one.
who kept the nurses In agitation and
"Mr. Myers has had supper?” she fear, though he was the traditional
asked.
John Lancaster of whom she had
“ You are to have your meals alone, heard. Then there was the man My­
Miss Wentworth," answered the ma­ ers. equally strange; and the matron.
tron.
4
Some mystery w h s at the heart of It
"Hut 1 should not wish—"
a ll; and Joan was the more afraid
"It is the doctor’s orders," said Mrs. because the reason for her fear was
Fraser, In a tone of flnallty.
unknown to her.
Coming In with the dessert, Mrs.
Her sleepiness was gone. She stood
Fraser found her nodding at the table. beside the window, looking m»t into
The girl had begun to feel an intense the dgtkness.
A whliqioorwlll was
fatigue after the all-day Journey. She calling monotonously among the pines;
began to realize, too, that her work here and there among the hills a soli­
at the hospital had been harder than tary light was twinkling. The air was
she had known.
cool and balsam scented. It was like
"I believe I shall go straight to the dearly remembered days at home.
bed," she said.
But In the heart of that peace was
“ The best thing you can do, Miss apprehension.
Wentworth.
Everybody feels sleepy
Looking back now, Joan thought
when they first arrive here. It’s the that she had undertaken a rash and
hill air. You must rest well. Miss extraordinary adventure In coming so
Wentworth, and please remember It’s far from Avoumoutli alone, and at the
you who give the orders.”
proposal of u man whose reputation
She preceded her up the stairs, car­ was an evil one- Ghe would go home
rying an oil lamp. She set It down in on the morrow.
Joan's room, and then she seemed to
Something was wrong, and in spite
hesltnte.
of his apparent kindness an Inner
“ Miss Wentworth,” she said, "the prompting warned her to beware of I
doctor wants us to do everything we Lancaster. He was at the heart of
can to make yon comfortable. There all this, and hnd enmeshed her In
some scheme for his own purposes.
She locked her door ami went to bed.
to sleep restlessly.
CROSS-WORD P U Z Z L E
TfceTRUANT SOUL
by Victor Rousseau
Copyright bv W
G Chapman
S O M E TH IN G HID D EN
SYN OPS IS. — Nurie a In tho
Southern hospital at Avonraouth
are an gered
by
the Insolent
treatm ent accorded them by Dr.
John Lancaster, head o f the In­
stitution. and ther e Is a ge ne r al
fe e li n g o f unrest. Into which
Joan W e n tw o r t h , prob atio na ry
nurse, Is drawn.
Doc tor L a n ­
caster Is p e r fo r m in g a difficult
operation, fo r which he has won
fame.
Joan, w it h other nurses.
Is In attendance.
She Is upset,
through no fau lt o f her own. and
makes a tri v ia l blunder at a c r i t ­
ical moment.
T h e patient dies
and Do c to r Lanca st er accuses
her o f clumsiness.
She Is sus­
pended. the action mea ning the
end o f her hope o f a caree r as a
nurse
W it h o u t
rela tiv es
or
friends,
and
desperate,
Joan,
urged by her landlady, g oe s to
Do c to r La ncaster's office to ask
him to o v e r l o o k her blunder and
reinstate her.
She over hea rs a *
violent a lte rca ti on between D o c ­
tor Lanca st er and other men she
does not see. J o k n Is struck by
the fa vo ra b l e ch ang e In the a p ­
pearance and demeanor o f the
doctor, re c a l li n g that at times In
the hospital he has been gen tl e
and thou ghtfu l and at others su­
percilious and bullying. He tells
her he can do not hin g fo r her at
the hospital, but offers her a po­
sition in a nu rsing Institution In
the country, t e l l i n g her she can
be o f “ g r ea t assistance’’ to him.
A man named Myers demands
she tell him what the doctor had
said to her. She denies him the
Information,
and
he c o v e r t ly
threatens her. A t the institution,
which Is ow ned by Doctor L a n ­
caster, Joan finds Myers. He tells
her he is the secretary. She In­
s t in c ti v el y
di sl ike s and
fears
him.
CHAPTER IV— Continued
— 6 —
The girl, after a moment's hesita­
tion, preceded Mrs. Fraser Into the
building. She saw a long corridor,
with a number of doors on either side,
and the stalra In front of her.
“ You would like to see the build­
ing, Miss Wentworth?" asked the ma­
tron. ‘‘Or perhaps you nre tired and
would prefer to go to your room."
"No, I should like to see It. Have
you tunny patients?"
"Only Mrs. Dana.
She's always
here, you know. There was a boy
with a broken arm, but he left this
morning.
In winter, thong!?, we’re
often crowded.
It Isn't much of a
place, Miss Wentworth, but we do a
little good. This is the doctor's apart­
ment. He sleeps here; next door Is
the clinic, and next to that the operat­
ing room. Here we keep the supplies.
This Is my room. Mr. Myers, the sec­
retary, has his room opposite the doc­
tor's. This Is the dining room, anil
tiere la the kitchen. Now I'll show you
your room upstairs, Miss Wentworth.”
The corridor above was a replica of
the one below. At the head of the
stairs a little passage branched off
toward a large window In the wall,
with a door to one side of It.
"Mrs. Dnna occupies tills room,"
■aid the matron. "Perhnps the doc­
tor mentioned her?”
“ Doctor Lancaster said something—"
"She Is out of her mind, poor wom­
an, but she Is perfectly quiet. You
see, Miss Wentworth, she Is like an
Infant mentally. She will not trouble
you. Excuse me u moment."
She drew a key from the hunch that
hung at her waist and unlocked the
door very softly, and with a certain
furtiveness, Joan thought.
Looking She Would Remain. She Decided
In. the girl saw a strikingly handsome
That While She Was Dressing.
woman of about seven and thirty
years, seated In a clmlr beside a win­ isn’t likely to be any work unless
dow, with a shawl over her knees. She some patient conies In. You were not
Was In a dressing gown, and her hair to attend Mrs. Dana, 1 think?"
tilting over her shoulders In two lirnhls.
“ I was told not.”
• She did not look up or stir as the
“ That’s so, Miss Wentworth.” The
mat on entered, and Mrs. Fraser, after matron's air was a very decided one,
dosing the door behind her, presently and atfuin conveyed the impression of
cunt“ out ami locked It again.
something hidden, which was, further,
"I'll show you your room now. Miss meant to remain hidden. “ The doctor
Went worth," she sold. “ You w ill he wired me that. I don’t suppose he
alone on this floor except for Mrs. said anything about Mrs. Dana to
Dan i, hut you nre not afraid of her?” you? Or—or Mr. Myers?”
“ Not In the least, la she Incurable?"
Her
stealthy
watchfulness now
"Yes, quite, poor thing. She has seemed of ominous portent, and the
sat In that chair all day for nearly matron made no attempt to suppress
three years."
tlie eagerness with which she awaited
Joan’s answer.
"And never goes out?"
■"Out? No, we don’t let her out. It
“ No, Doctor Lancaster said noth­
might excite her. Hut I am not sup­ ing.” answered the girl.
posed to speak about the eases. It's
Then, seeing that the matron wns
very sad. though. She comes nf a still regarding her doubtfully, she
very good family, anti they neglected udded:
her when she wns in trouble. Miss
“ But is not Doctor Jenkins resident
Wentworth, anil she’s as good as dead here? I have not seen him yet, you
to e/eryone now. She never speaks, know.”
but I don't know whether she could.
The matron stared at her In aston­
I'\e never heard her since I came ishment.
“ Why, Miss Wentworth,
here three years ago. This Is the that was Doctor Jenkins who drove
ward. Anti this Is your room.”
you tip from the station ! Didn’t you
The open doors along the corridor know?” she asked.
hail revealed clean little rooms with
“That was Doctor Jenkins?”
Iron bedsteads anti plain furniture;
“ I thought Doctor Lancaster would
•he room at the end of the passage, have told you about him.
lie ’s a
however, was well furnished, with a graduate of Johns Hopkins. Old Doc­
heavy new carpet and old mahogany tor Lancaster wnnted to build up an
furniture.
Outside
the
window, institution here where we hill people
through the twilight, appeared the could work among our own. But the
distant mountains
plan fell through. You see, the hos
Jinn, turning, was surprised to see pital in Avonmouth got hold of most
Mrs. Fraser watching her Intently. As of the money, ntul then—there were
their eyes met the matron lowered other difficulties. I don’t know abont
her own in some confusion. There them— I’ve only been here three
was a furtlvenesa about her glance years, and l>octor Jenkins wasn't
that momentarily revived Joan's un- graduated then, and we never pay at­
ensineoe. It was a strange Journey, tention to the gossip of the villagers.”
anti ! Victor Lancaster's behavior had
She checked herseh hastily, as If
been strnhge. Then there was the she was afraid of compromising her­
man Myers. Joan felt a sudden sink­ self
“ Doctor Jenkins has given tip his
ing ot the heart; she was almost re­
life to tte work here.” she continued,
gretful that she had come.
’’ lie lives at Millville, but we hope
A cdored maid brought up her stilt
tome time that Doctor Lancaster will
case.
“ Tt la Is Lucy,” said the matron. build up the p it*« agnia. If only—
i
• rte will do anything veu trll her if onlv he- -*
C h a p ter V
When she awakened It was mom
ing. The sun was streaming brightly
into the room. Through the window
Joan saw a scene of exquisite beauty
in the rolling Hills, tire winding road,
the forest glades.
Underneath the
chickens were scrambling for the corn
which tlie matron wns flinging to
them. A thousand birds were awing,
the universal robin und the bluebird
of her beloved home. The dew lay
heavy on the leaves and grass. Joan
felt a sudden ecstasy. This was her
own country, and she had coine back
to it. Her fears were dissipated with
the night shadows.
She would remain. She derided that
while she was dressing. And yet a
doubt wns In her heart. And with it
came the remembrance of something
that had disturbed her during the
night.
Filtering inio her conscious­
ness came tlie recollection of an auto­
mobile rolling up to the door, and of
men’s voices conversing in low tones
under her window. Then the machine
had rolled away. It must have been
about two in the morning.
Perhaps a patient had been brought
to the institute, thought the girl, as
she went downstairs. Mrs. Fraser’s
door was closed, and the only person
astir scented to be the colored maid,
who nodded and smiled as site looked
up from Iter sweeping. Joan began to
pace the long verandah in front of
tlie building, looking out across tlie
hills and thinking over iter situation.
Perhaps it was only morbidness* or
mental fatigue, that had made her
read things in tlie faces of Myers and
Mrs. Fraser which did not exist there, i
Perhaps tlie day would disclose her !
position more definitely.
She was walking past the open door
of the building when she saw a man
leaving the doctor’s room.
It was
Myers, tlie secretary. He saw Joan
and eame briskly out upon the ve­
randah.
“ Good morning. Miss Wentworth.”
lie said, in his rasping tones. “ F’ leas-
ant weather, Isn’t it? Much better
here than in the heat of Avonmouth !**
“ How do you do, Mr. Myers.” said
Joan, trying to overcome her instinc­
tive disgust of the man. “ You have a
new patient here, haven’t you?”
He looked at her with a sort of
quizzical shrewdness. “ What makes
you think that. Miss Wentworth?” he
inquired.
Evidently the institution is a
place of mystery.
And what
brings Doctor Lancaster?
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C O N T IN U E D .)
N o D a n ger F ro m C om et»
The Naval observatory says that the
mass of a comet Is never large; and
the material Is. for the most part, ex­
ceedingly tenuous. It is probable
that the earth. If struck by a come«,
would witness nothing more than a
roete«*ric shower. The explosions, It
any. would be similar to thoae hlrhe*»
to observed la tlie cmae of large
meteorites.
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that everyone
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Retinol
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aided b y Reainol Soap, is wbat
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the soap, together with the
soothing, healing qualities o f
th e ointment, make the Reei-
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A ll druggists sell Reainol Soap
and Ointment. Use them reg­
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Solution of Last Week’s Puzzle.
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ANIMALS
W h y F orest Fires
O t the 556 forest tires that took
20— I n q u i r e
place In the Adironducks and Catskills
21— C r o o k e d
last year 172 were due to careless
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in the heavens
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smokers, S8 to locomotives, 82 to fislier-
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to berry pickers, 18 to lightning and 17
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to Incendiary causes. One of the worst
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sec o n d tim e b y a n a n im a l
of the lot— and oue of the worst
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in the history of tlie Catsktll region—
39— T i d y
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m ­ place In July in the Shawauguuk
m e d a n r e s id e n c e
mountains und was started by the
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OF NEVERWERE
By DON W. REI
“ Poison ed ” by R ad io
Mental patients held In British asy­
lums have recently made a wide variety
of complaints to the royal commission
Into lunacy, which has been Investigat­
ing the asylums and the patients In­
trusted to their cure. One of the pa­
tients complained that lie was being
poisoned by radio, while another said
that communism was being Injected
into him by psychoanalysis.
Boschee’s Syrup
Allays irritation, soothes und heals
throat and lung Inllummutlon.
The
constant irritutlon of a cough keeps
the delicate mucus membrane of the
throat and lungs In a congested con­
dition. which BOSCHEE’S SYRUP
gently and quickly heals. For this
reason It has been a favorite house­
hold remedy for colds, coughs, bron­
chitis and especially for lung troubles
In millions of homes all over the
world for the lust fifty-eight years,
enabling the patient to obtain a good
night’s rest, free from coughing with
easy expectoration in the morning.
Yon can buy BOSCHEE’S SYRUI*
wherever medicines are sold.—Adv.
T ra ced to F o u rth C entury
Archbishop Trench says tlie proverb
that one should not "look a gift horse
In the mouth” Is as old as Jerome of
the Fourth century, who, when some
one found fault with certain writ­
ings of his, replied that they were
free-will offerings, and thut It did not
behoove one to look a gift horse In
the mouth.
T h e U n spoiled P rin ce
T H E F IL E -T A IL E D B EAVER B O O
The File-Tailed Beaverboo is a beast with eyes of blue;
His ears are red, his hide is heliotrope;
His tongue is pink and long; his bark sounds like a song;
And his whiskers look like strands of yellow rope.
This beastie’s s o « ambition is to raise a new addition,
To his bungalow of breadth the whole year through.
He’s forever working hard, in the woods at his back yard,
With his tail, a-filing big tree-trunks in two.
He will thump, and scrape, and hammer, 'till he spreads an earful clamor,
Which attracts his foe, the Sharp-Toothed Kattayae,
Then he scurries through the door, and he will come out no more,
'T ill the bad old Kitt gets tired and goes away.
YOUTH MA Y BECOME
' FIND SECOND MOON
WORLD’S STRONG MAN
AND BECOME FAMOUS
An extraordinary display of strength
was shown recently hy a London
(Eng.) youth.
He crushed u firm,
rosy-ehecked apple to pulp between
his fingers, drove a nail at one blow
from his hand through two thick
planks, broke a chain with his teeth,
made a horseshoe out of an iron bar
14 inch^ long and. lastly, allowed five
men. two trolleys and an anvil, a quar­
ter o f a ton in weight, to pass over
hoards supported solely by his chest.
Slight In build, he looks much young­
er than his years. He attributes his
great strength to his chest develop­
ment. As a boy he was puny, and af­
ter his father died of consumption his
mother urged him to do chest exer­
cises, which he did with simple home­
made apparatus, consisting of a single
elastic strand with a metal ring at
either end. But his chest muscles
alone do not make him keep his title
of the “ World’s Strongest Boy," as he
showed when he lifted an onnre
weight with his ear. Standing with
feet apart he hardened his muscles
and the ring at the end o f the dip.
which hnd pulled the top o f his ear
downward as he Stood easy, gradually
rose until the ear was upright. He
repeated the feat several times; each
time the body relaxed the ring fell
•gain.
If you are Interested tn popular as­
tronomy and If you own or have ac­
cess to a small telescope, you have
the opportunity of a lifetime to make
a momentous discovery, one that
might eclipse the discoveries of the
world’s greatest observatories, writes
Srriven Bolton. F. R. A. S.. in
Popular Science Monthly. You have
a good chance to find a suspected
second moon to the earth—a com­
paratively tiny meteoric Ironstone hall,
some four or five hundred feet across,
without atmosphere and frozen to the
core.
This strange little hod.v. pulled from
its course hy gravity, is believed to re
volve around our earth once every
three hours, traveling at a speed of
about three and one-half miles a sec­
ond.
Its orbit may lie ahont 2,509
miles from the earth's surface.
A
niisjest three-inch telescope should re­
veal I t
Watch to see If a small black speck
ever passes across the solar or lunar
disk. If the suspected second moon
really exists. It Is reasonable to as­
sume that occasionally It must pass
between us and the sun and moon,
moving rapidly across In six or eight
seconds. Reports have been received
that such a body has been observed
but these must be substantiated.
The various stories about the prince
coming back with a strong Y'ankee ac­
cent are of eourse all nonsense. I
didn’t risk a watery grave by going to
the closing solemnity at Wembley, hut
I llstened-in from the depths o f a com­
fortable arm ehair to the prince’s
speech nnd lie didn’t emit even a sol­
itary “ (Jee."— London Opinion.
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G o lf B a ll’s Speed
When a golfer drives from the tee
he probably little realizes the terrific
speed at which he has sent the “ wee
sum' ba' ” on its travels.
He would
probably be astonished to learn that
he has Imparted to it a speed more
than twice as great as an express
train, and considerably greater than
that of any bird that files.
W h ere Ig n ora n ce Is Bliss
The man who claims to understand
women always arouses in them the de­
sire to put one over on him.— Don Mar­
quis in the New York Herald Tribune.
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