The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1930, Page 11

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 1930. POLLY AND HER PALS ANSWER ME THIS INSTANT, POLLY, WHAT 1S YOuR By CLIFF STERRETT TX A PEACE-LOVIN' SOUL, STRANGER. BUT THE CRITTER THAT CALLS ME THAT PESTS PAFA DIES LIKE, ‘\\'EST POINT PALS GUIDE sistants, were buddies and football, Invite Your Guests to Dine With You at TLUB CAFE They’ll appreciate your good taste — and you’ll appreciate ours! “It won't disturb my brother iflof him all day and—now that there : We ar r 8 I just have a look at him” he|is no night nurse—all night.” | DENNESSEE'S GREAT TEAM Stars at West Point. e proud of our menus, HE ROSE (&%) IN THE DARK SYNOPSIS: Hallie Ellesmore, beautiful young nurse; falls in love with Saxely Grannock, nicknamed “Socks,” during a chance meeting on a cliff above Long Island Sound, although she is already engaged to Les- ter Broon, Grannock’s young- er brother. Grannock cannot see her clearly, as he has eye trou- ble and is soon to undergo an operation which will either re- store or ruin his sight. Hence he refuses to let her tell her name, but gives her a tiny ivory rose as a love token. Unknown to Grannock, Hallie becomes his night nurse during the treat- ment, and must notify Dr. Lyt- ton when certain symptoms de- velop. Lester, coming home drunk, holds Hallie captive in another room until past time to call the doctor and Gran- nock goes blind. Disgraced, Hal- lie breaks with Lester, but he refuses to give her up. Outside the house she meets Grannock by accident, and hearing her voice he recognizes her as the unknown girl on the cliff. She cannot bring herself to disillus- jon him by revealing herself as the nurse who blinded him, and evades his questions re- garding her name. She pleads with Dr. Lytton to help main- tain the delusion, believing it to be for Grannock’s own best in- terest. Chapter 9 LESTER HAS A PREMONITION Hallie was right in believing Les- ter Broon neither .meddlesome nor malicious unless his own security were threatened. What she did not realize was that when she gave her love to his half-brother instead of him, she stabbed at his vanity—some- thing dearer to him even than his security. He had found himself brought abruptly against the fact that he could not offer her anything less than marriage, and, as if that were not enough, in marrying her he must run the risk of displeasing his half-brother and losing his for- tune. And then—when he had con- ceded all that—Hallie asked him to believe that she would not mar- ry him! . Bhe was crazy! Of course she would marry him! Hard upon which reassuring reflection, came Dr. Lyt- ton with an incoherent account of some misunderstanding or other. “What's it all about?” murmured Lester. “What doesn't poor old Socks understand?” Lytton re-explained. “Damn’ funny!” said Lester. “It probably does strike you as ‘humorous, returned Lytton, “but to me it seems profoundly tragic and profoundly—embarrassing.” “I don’t follow you. How can Socks possibly have fallen in love with Miss Ellesmore if he's never seen her? And anyway, if he has, he’ll fade out of the picture when he hears she's going to marry me.” Lytton tried again. “I need yotir co-operation, Broon, in this,” he said with exemplary self-control. “Your brother is in a difficult and dangerous nervous condition. He won't rest. He won't let me prescribe for him. He doesn’t, you' see, realize his blind- ness yet. When he does—well, I'm watching for a collapse.” “poor old Socks! Too bad your treatment took the wrong turning, wasn't it?” Lytton swallowed hard. “I want you to leave your broth- er in ignorance of his mistake,” he brought out. “Let him think—what he thinks. At any rate for some time. I am going to see Miss Elles- more and see how the land lies. In the meantime, T'd like your per-| mission to find out which of the servants here know her 'as a nurse and to ask them to say noth- ing if she comes here again as your brother’s—friend.” “You sound—" said Lester star-| ing—“as though you thought Ha— Miss Ellesmore has fallen in love with old Socks!” “I saw them together.” The color mounted slowly to Lester's face. “I'l bet you she was only being pleasant to him on my account,” he blustered. “We need his consent before we can get married, you know.” . “We'll leave it at this, Broon. {|now. And don't forget this,” T'll see that Miss Ellesmore gets out of -Grannock's life as quickly and quietly as is safe. But no one is to -explain her to him—no one— until I give the word. Is that clear? Frankly, I fear for his rea- son if he is given the truth just he added, as a parting thrust, “if his reason is affected he won't be left in charge of your affairs. Your mother named others in her will, I remember, who were to act if your brother could not.” “I wasn't thinking of tutting intc Socks’ affairs if you say not,” pro- tested Lester. Nevertheless, when the doctor had departed for his in- terview with Hallie he left in Les- ter's mind a strong recollection of the trap-mouthed lawyer and the smug cleric who would take Socks’ place as censors of Lester’'s matri- monial choice . . . No, Lester would do nothing to upset his brother’s mental balance. Not yet, anyhow. Lester returned to thoughts of Hallie. Something in Lytton’s man- ner had rammed home the astound- | ing truth that Hallie, loved by a! ,man as beautiful as a young god and rich and sought after, yet pre- ferred his blind and impoverished | and elder brother. . . . i It was early evening. It occurred to him that he had not seen his |brother since the disaster to his .eyes and that Lytton had not spe- {cially forbidden a visit. It would | inot be a bad idea to present him- | self in the study. | He left the drawing-room in which he had been lounging most | of the day and sauntered across the hall. Garfield, the butler, was com- ing from the study, and, to Lester’s faint contempt, had tears in his eyes. He removed them and apolo- gized. “Such a terrible thing this about Mr. Grannock’s blindness, sir. After all our hopes.” He dropped his voice to a whisper. “And all due, I'm given to understand, to a mistake on the part of the night nurse.” Evidently, thought Lester, Lyt- ton had had the sense to leave the full story untold to the staff. “And I'm sure,” continued Gar- field, “I should be the last to dis- turb Mr. Grannock in any little, one might say, delusion—that he may have about the young lady. I trust you're feeling better today, sir?” “Got a head, Garbage. Got a rot- ten head. But I see you've removed that old stand that used to be in the corner over there. That's mak- ing me feel better, a whole lot better.” ! “I'm afraid you must have stum- |bled against that yourself, sir, last night when you came in. You don’t recall a crash of any kind, sir? The plant stand was in pieces this morning. I'm afraid Mr. Grannock (will be displeased when he sees it.” “When,” echoed Lester, meaning- ly. Garfield glanced at him—the glance he might have given to a defective but lovable child. Lester | |passed on and into the corridor | {that would bring him to the study. jHow short it was! He remembered ;ourymc Hallie along it—only in the other direction—last night and |fearing that the distance would be {too great for his strength. ! And then a curious thing hap- \pened to Lester Broon. It was giv- jen to him to believe that along this ‘corridor, one day, he would walk 'to his doom. The door at the end !—the door of the study—would |open for him and shut behind him \—and that would be all. The shut- 1ting of the door would be the last jsound his ears would hold and the .tunnel of the corridor would be the last picture stamped upon his |fading mind. He stopped in his stride. He was itrembling, sweating, sick. His eyes| jwere upon the door and it was aopemng. He felt that he was going to scream. But instead of scream- {ing he was laughing. | “Oh, please, Mr. Broon,” snapped /Nurse Casey. She had come softly |through the study door and now |barred his passage. “Mr. Grannock !is dozing and he must be allowed ,to rest. Dr. Lytton was very par- ‘ticular about rest. | - Lester went on laughing, but suggested. He took out his handker- chief and passed it over his face. “Haven't seen him for a couple of Grannock asked for you yesterday but you had gone in meet his smile or to step aside; in- deed her voice was definitely hos- tile. “My instructions are to allow Mr. Grannock no visitors,” she add- » “And you're in charge of him, are you?” “Yes, Mr. Broon. I'm in charge town.” Nurse Casey still refused to | | [sult and the blood scorched Ner| ..., yaq suided the Vols through | The black mood grew in Lester. | So this fat little fool knew the origin of all that scandal about | Hallie. His smile grew more serene. “Fraid I shall be turning in early tonight,” he said and, as the tears sprang to her eyes at the in- face, he pushed her gently aside and went on into the study. 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