Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1931, Page 27

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However, that's a lead we can run down after we've fixed her nose.” | boy.” " Thus McNamara. “Why not?” ’ “Because when that girl is well she’ll probably elect to live her life here, and I don’t want a soul in this city,” with the exception of ourselves, to kno% that once she had a saddle nose and a dual | personality.” “We can trust the ethical integrity of the man I purpose—"" | "“I'll trust nobody but myself—and | then not too much. Where is the best | plastic surgeon in this country?” “In New York City." “Lanny, I'll ask the police commis- |sion for a 60-day leave of absence. | We'll be married at once and take this | child to New York with us, put her in | a hospital there and have the job done. | While it's being done well have our | honeymoon.” | “Three is a crowd—on a honey- | moon.” Stephen warned. “It's nothing of the sort” Lanny defended. “Stevie, you mind your own business. Dan and I know our way about.” “Indeed? Well, just because you're |so contumacious, I'm going to tell you something. If I hadn't promoted this engagement, you and Dan would not now be engaged. Dan had you up on a pedestal—which is where you never belonged—and you're so naturally man- shy you never even learned the rudi- ments of the come-on as practiced by the dullest, s> I talked the matter up!” “You didn't talk it up to me.” “No, but I listened sympathetically when _you raved about what a grand man Dan McNamara was, and my neck is still stiff from nodding agreement. I told Dan you were crazy about him, | and worked up his courage—" “You're a liar,” McNamara charged, feetly and without malice. “Dan McNamara is one man who coesn't have to have help with his courage or thinking,” Lanny declared pridefully. “And you do, Stephen Burt. You're adept at lording it over your befuddled patients, but Rebecca P. Lanning is a horse of another color.” “I think I'll go home,” Stephen re- torted, and_ went. He was back in the morning with the impedimenta of his profession. Penelope greeted him gravely. “Good morning, Dr. Burt.” He started. The strident note of Nance Belden was gone from her voice. She spoke now in the low, level tone of the girl of breeding. Then she sat down, and they conversed for half an hour on topics of general interest, but during that time she did not move once from her seat. Her vocabulary was free of underworld expressions, her diction perfect, her sentences gram- matical. | “You have had a good night's rest, Miss Gatlin,” he ventured. , She nodded, smiling a little. “I am not at all nervous this morning, Dr. Burt. When I am very tired, or ex- | cited about something, I am always horribly nervous.” “And you get dreadfully depressed, do you not?” She nodded. times I want to die.” “Well, we might as well start your physical examination. I'm going to try to ascertain why you can't be cheerful always. There’s a reason, of course, for your nervousness and de- pression, so I want to examine you very meticulously. and see if your trouble can be charged up to some physical condition. Let me feel your pulse.” It was 83, full and strong. Stephen’s examination of the girl was as complete as modern medical science could make it, and when the last laboratory report came in three days later he called Lanny in to dis- cuss the girl. “With the exception of a subnormal chest expansion, Lanny, that girl is without doubt the healthiest young woman I have ever examined.” Her sole physical defect is her nose. But for that I think she'd be a husky little | athlete right now. She told me she always wanted to excel in tennis, golf and dancing—well, of course, she'd want to excel in something. She couldn’t compete in good looks. Tl write up my report on her and you can hand a copy of it to the man who is to do the operation. I've wired him that I was sending on a patient, and he has agreed to care for her. I see by this morning’s paper that Mac has been given a leave of absence.” Lanny nodded. . “When are you and Dan to be married?” “Tomorrow. We're flying to Reno to avoid the three-day notice of intention )ln marry demanded by the California (18w enelope flying with you?” 'We'll not fix it in this city, my | “So depressed that at | THE EVENING GOLDEN DAWN By PETER B. KYNE (Copyright. 1930.) “Naturally. She's my bridesmaid!” “Who's going to give the bride away?” “Nobody. Dan and I are too old to stand for a long-drawn-out marriage ceremony." “Well, I suppose I'm stuck for a wed- ding present. How much money have | I got in the bank?" “Approximately twenty thousand.. I'm going to buy you some Argéntine bonds today. There's no reason why those | bonds shouldn't be selling at—" | “Lanny, you're mercenary. I don't | care for a dissertation on bonds. Draw | yourself a check for ten thousand and | spend it all in riotous living, Give old Dan a real blow-out—" “Stevie, you're mad!” “Quiet, please. Love from the boss, Lanny, and no back talk from you. And for heaven's sake do get me a half- | way intelligent nurse to take your place while you're away.” “I've engaged Miss Ordway.” “Horrible! Her face would stop a parade. She’s efficient, but terrible to look at.” The tears were welling in Lanny’s eyes. “Oh, St I want you to be v " she choked. “ (917 and CAN'T do the Job Alone hoity-toity—young thing—with her sweet smile—and win: ways—and you such , Stevie, I can’t bear leave you. If I do, nmethlng dread- ful will happen to you.” And Lanny laid her head on her desk and sobbed quite heartily. However, Stephen knew what was good for Lanny. “You make me ill,” he said, coldly. “You carry on like a girl of 16.” Instantly Lanny was furious. “You don't appreciate me,” she charged. “Be still. Where's the check book? On an occasion such as the present I suppose I should sign the check myself.” “It wouldn’t do any good if you did, darling You've never registered your signature at your bank and you have no authority to'sign checks on your own bank account. How funny!” and Lanny commenced to laugh. “How lucky 1] thought of that before leaving.” ‘Thereupon Stephen put both arms around her and kissed her three times and told her she was as the shadow of a rock in a weary land; that she was very dear to him; that whatever she did was O.K. with him and he'd miss having his dally fight with her, and finally so softened her that she con- sented to let him fly to Reno and give the bride away. It developed that she had always wanted him to do this, but loathed putting him to so much trouble. At the expiration of his leave Mc- Namara returned to duty, but Lanny remained with Penelope in New York. Performed by a master, the operation | J had proved successful thus far. The actual work of the operation had been the least of it. The subsequent of D. C, TUESDAY, the bone and skin graft and the sur- geon's artistry in reshaping the nose were what required time and patience Lanny reported that the patient would not ischarged for at least three ‘months more. “How did Penelope approach the op- eration?” Stephen queried of McNamara “Happlly. Not a whit nervous. Lanny had complete control over her.” He grinned. “I passed as her Uncle Dan and the wife as Aunt Lanny. Lanny saw to it that the girl didn't do any talking while the doctor was present.” “You're a good fellow, Dan.” " McNamara admitted humor- ly, “it wasn't much of a honeymoon, I'll admit. However, we'd set our hands to the job and we couldn’t turn back, | God help us.” “Well, you have this consolation, my friend. Your job is over, and mine will commence when Lanny returns with the girl.” “D'ye think you her through, lad?” “I'm sure I can, Dan. neurosis generally is impossible to cure unless you know its causative factors and can remove them. If you can do that, it's as simple as removing a t. Dan, have you looked up the girl's an- cestry?” “I have not.” ““Then do so immediately. We might run into a situation that will shed a brégm, effulgent beam of light on my b can pull ‘The attorney that handled Gatlin's affairs ought to be a good man to start with, Stephen. TI'll motor to San Jose A psycho- | JANUARY 20, 1931.. tomorrow and look him up. The bank will know who he is.” The bank president did know the name of the attorney, but added the disconcerting information that the man had been dead six years. McNamara thereupon called the man's widow to ask if she still retained her late hus- band's files. He had a faint hope that if she would permit him to look into the Gatlin file he might find a clue. He was informed, to his amazement, that about two years and a half before, Mrs. Merton had called upon her, asked for the file and had been given it. ‘There was but one club in the eity —the Elks—and McNamara wondered if Theodore Gatlin had belonged to that. He discovered Gatlin had, and from the dining room steward, who re- membered Theodore Gatlin very well, he ascertained the names and addresses of three men with whom Gatlin had seemed very friendly. Of these three men, one was dead and the others were unable to shed any light upon the parentage of Gat- lin's adopted daughter, although one man had a hazy recollection that the child’s father had been an Army officer and had been killed in the Philippines. The chief's questioning, however, elicited the names of two women who had been friendly with Mrs. Gatlin. so McNamara called upon both. 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