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UNHOLY BOND
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters
Dr. Clifford Bronson, an in
terne, goes canoeing with Janet
Harris, a nurse from his hospi
tal. He suggests that she for
get all about Dr. Eynon and the
clinic and marry him. But Ja
net wasn’t ready to give an an
swer. Back at the hospital, old
Mr. Hartigan, whose death was
expected almost any day, tells
Janet he wants to make out his
will and urges her to round up
three witnesses for him. Mr.
Hartigan dies. Janet is sum
moned to the office of Dr. Far
quhar, head of the hospital, to
tell of the circumstances sur
rounding the signing of the
Hartigan will before Mr. Pren
tice, Hartigan’s attorney.
Chapter 111
“Oh, yes, quite normal. I took
his pulse too, and it was regu
lar.”
“Was he in the habit of taking
bromides or sedatives?” #
“Occasionally he liked a mild
sedative to make him sleep, but
he had had nothing that night.”
“You can prove that?”
Dr. Farquhar shot Janet a mild,
amused wink.
“Os course,’ she said. “Entries
of that sort are always made on
the patient’s charts.”
“But you were the nurse on
duty that night, were you not?
You could have failed purposely
to enter it on the chart.”
Janet flushed angrily. “I am
afraid I don’t understand you. I
came on duty at ten o’clock. Most
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of the patients are asleep before
then, and if they are going to
take sedatives, they receive them
around nine. If Mr. Hartigan had
asked for one later, I could have
given it to him and failed to en
ter it, as you say, but I don’t see
what you are implying.”
Prentice smiled superciliously.
“Don’t you?”
“No, I don’t. Besides, both Dr.
Eynon and Dr. Bronson were
witnesses. I’m sure they would
have noticed it if Mr. Hartigan
weren’t himself.”
“You were Mr. Hartigan’s pri
vate nurse, weren't you?”
“Yes, when he came here a
year ago. I was his nurse for the
first six months, but he needed
so little personal attention and
the hospital staff was so deplet
ed that he relinquished me for
| regular duty.”
"Did he tell you must about
himseli?”
“He talked mostly about Oak
hart, his country estate. He took
great pride in it; partly, I think,
because Mrs. Hartigan had been
so fond of it. He said both their
sons had been killed in the first
World War and Oakhart sfcill held
memories of their childhood for
him.”
“Have you ever been to Oak
hart?”
I “No, I never have.”
“I see,” he said slowly, and
Janet wondered just what it was
he saw. "Well, Miss Harris, I’m
'going to ask you to be there at
three o’clock next Thursday for
I the reading of the will.”
“But I’m on duty that day, Mr.
I Prentice.”
Dr. Farquhar made a casual
gesture with his big hand. “I’ll
see that you’re released from
duty on Thursday, Miss Harris.”
i His eyes twinkled mysteriously
as though he knew some secret
about her that was amusing him
very much indeed.
She arose, an undefinable un
, easiness urging her to leave the
I room, to get away from his effi
i cient-looking brief case and his
| probing questions.
"Will that be all then, Mr.
| Prentice?”
He nodded briskly, already dis-
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missing her from his mind as
though she were a summons that
he had delivered and could for
get.
“Yes,” he said, “that will be
all. But don't forget Thursday,
Miss Harris—it’s more important
than you realize.”
After leaving Dr. Farquhar’s
office, Janet hurried on to the
clinic.
Her mind was in a turmoil.
Why was it necessary for her to
be present at the reading of the
will? She wasn’t even a witness.
Also, there had been something
peculiar in Mr. Prentice’s atti
tude and the odd twinkle in Dr.
Farquhar’s eyes. She gave up try
ing to puzzle it out as she reach
ed the office.
"Were you planning anything
for this evening, Miss Harris?”
“Why, no, Dr. Eynon, nothing
special.”
“I was wondering if you’d have
dinner with me. You see, I was
on the verge of asking you last
week when Naomi Farquhar tele
phoned and told me that Dr.
Stoneleigh, the famous pediatri
cian, was staying with them. And
I couldn’t miss that.”
She laughed at his bluntness.
He looked surprised, then, sud
denly realizing what he had just
said, he colored in embarrass
ment. “I mean—er —that is—l
did not mean—”
“Never mind, I understand, and
I’d like very much to have din
ner with you.”
The cuisine was excellent, from
the thick onion soup to the mac
ron glace and the amber-colored
sherry. Afterward they just sat
and talked leisurely. Janet was
startled to find that her compan
ion liked books as much as she.
“Dr. Stoneleigh has just re
turned from the pediatricians
convention; he says they’ve |iade
wonderful progress along—Janet,
you’re not listening.”
She turned sharply, “Yes, I
am—the wine made me sleepy,
but 'lm listening.”
“I called you Janet,” he said as
though he made a discovery.
“Yes, it sounded very nice.”
“I think this ‘Dr. Eynon,’ ‘Miss
Harris’ business has gone on too
long.”
“I’m afraid I don’t know your
first name.”
“It's Richard. The middle part I
is long and tongue-twisting—l’m
Welsh, you know. Say it, Janet.
“Richard,” said said softly.
“You know, I never liked it un
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“You’re too pretty to take life
so seriously.”
♦ ♦ ♦
Oakhart sprawled, a low Eng
lish Tudor house of weathered
old brick, leaded windows gleam
ing in the afternoon sunlight, a
blue-gray slate roof blending in
to the hazy spring sky.
Mr. Prentice met them in the
dark, polished hall. Through
glass doors leading to the living
room, Janet saw that all the fur
niture was covered with muslin
dust protectors. At the sight of
Cliff, the lawyer raised his eye
brows slightly.
“Mr. Prentice, may I present
Dr. He was one of the
witnesses of Mr. Hartigan’s will.”
Janet explained.
“Delighted, Mr. Bronson, but it
really wasn’t necessary for you
to come.”
“He very kindly offered to
■ drive me to Oakhart,” Janet said.
“It doesn’t matter if he hears
the reading too, does it?”
“No, of course not, not at all.
■ Mr. Prentice tried hard to sound
affable, but he was not convinc-
' ing. “As the house hasn’t been
in use so ra year, I phoned ahead
and had Mrs. Miles open the den.
There’s more warmth in there.”
He ushered them through a
paneled cherry-wood door of
Gothic design. Six people were
seated around the long, polished
refectory table inside; a small
briquet fire flickered in the grate.
Mr. Prentice gestured first at
the two women and man and sit
ting close together near the
door. Janet recognized them as
the three she had seen at the
chapel service. They all seemed
cut from the same mold—long,
thin, supercilious faces with
small, nervous dark eyes and
tension written in every line of
their angular bodies.
“Mr. Hartigan’s grandniece,
Mrs. Augustine Gremont; "her
husband, Mr. Gremont, and their
daughter, Miss Gwendolyn Gre
mont.”
His eyes shifted to a moon
faced, smiling woman of about
forty-five who was dressed in a
rather too-tight suit of mannish
tweeds and a battered felt hat
with a drooping feather.
“His other grandniece, Miss
Abigail Hartigan. And of course
you already know Mr. and Mrs.
Miles, Miss Harris—”
He gestured toward the obvi
ously embarrassed caretaker and
his wife as though they were the
only two he would expect Janet
to be on familiar terms with.
She was grateful for Cliff’s
! steadying hand beneath her el
bow.
Motioning to two vacant chairs,
the lawyer seated himself at the
head of the table. With great de
liberation he removed some pa
pers from his briefcase. Janet
i recognized Mr. Hartigan’s spi-
I dery writing.
“This is the original will,” Mr.
Prentice explained. “It was my
intention to put it in legal form,
but Mr. Hartigan’s unexpectedly
sudden death prevented it and
this bears the original signa
tures.”
He paused for a moment, and
seemed to take on the opalescent
glaze of a dying cod.
“Mr. Hartigan’s will,” he said
precisely, “is going to come as a
shock to some of you, I’m afraid
»
For a mere instant Mrs. Gre
mont appeared startlqd, then she
quickly regained her smug mask.
She moved closer to the table,
sitting more erectly. Without
turning her head, her eyes swept
over her sister, Abigail—pity and
condescension were reflected in
them . . .
Mr. Prentice adjusted his
pince-nez. His thin lips began to
move, his voice rising and fall
ing monotonously, without in
flection, as though he were de
livering a boring sermon for the j
one hundredth time.
“ ‘I, Sean Bryan Hartigan, be
ing of sound mind, do hereby de
clare this to be my last will and
testament, taking precedence
over any former wills . .
His voice droned on, reading
the legal tones that clever old
Mr. Hartigan knew from exper
ience were necessary. Janet saw
the three Gremonts leaning for
ward tensely. Mrs. Gremont’s
scarlet-lacquered nails were like
talons grasping the table edge,
her eyes flittered with avarice.
“ ‘To my grandniece, Irene
Hartigan Gremont, her husband,
Justine Gremont, and their
daughter, Gwendolyn, I leave the
sum of one dollar each. They are
amply supplied with the world’s
goods and have no need of my
money’.”
There was a loud, sucking in
take of breath as Mrs. Gremont
stood up.
“There’s been some mistake!
We are Mr. Hartigan’s nearest
relatives—he can’t have been in
his right mind!”
Her brittle- cigarette-husky
voice cracked gratingly. Mr.
Prentice held up an admonishing
hand . . .
“Please, Mrs. Gremont, let me
finish the will before you discuss
it.”
She sat down and he con
tinued, “ ‘To my other grand
niece, Abigail Hartigan, I leave
an annuity of four hundred dol
lars per month. This will provide
for her while she pursues her va
rious schemes for enlightening
mankind, which, however well
intentioned, I must confess I
have never been able to under
stand.
(To Be Continued Next Week)
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Pensions for nearly 2,000,000
veterans of both World Wars and
400,000 dependents have been in
creased 20 per cent under new
regulations.
The increase will affect ap
proximately 169,000 veterans and
33,000 dependents residing in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South
Carolina and Tennessee. A total
of 2,161 in Veterans Administra
tion hospitals in these states, who
have been receiving reduced pen
sions will receive full amounts
under the new legislation.
Some of the provisions of the
increased pension law are ex
plained in the questions and an
swers which follow:
Q. How much pension increase
did the recent act of Congress
give to veterans of both World
Wars and their dependents?
A. A 20 per cent increase.
Q. When did the increase be
come effective?
A. Sept. 1, 1946. (Inasmuch as
the monthly benefit payments
are not paid in advance, the in
creased rates will not reflect in
any payments made before Oct.
1, 1946.)
Q. What action must persons
affected take to obtain the in
creased payments?
A. None. The new rates will be
applied automatically.
Q. How does the act affect vet
erans hospitalized or domiciled
in Veterans Administration insti
tutions?
A. The act authorizes the pay
ment of full pensions or compen
sations to them. This means the
full amount being received prior
to entering the hospital. Hereto
fore, they were limited to S2O of
their monthly payments and in
certain cases to SB.
Q. May a veteran receive full
payments indefinitely if he is
hospitalized or domiciled in a
VA institution?
A. If the treatment or care ex
tends beyond six months, the
monthly benefit payments may.
not exceed 50 per cent of the reg
ular rate or S3O per month which
ever is the greater. If the regular
rate is S3OO or less, it will not be
reduced.
Q. Suppose a veteran termi
nates his treatment or care with
out the approval of VA. will he
receive the amount withheld?
A. Yes, but he must wait six
months to get it.
Q. If the veteran is again ad
mitted to a VA institution, when
does the reduced pay become ef
fective?
A. On the date of readmission.
However, any payments withheld
will be paid to him when he is
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children?
A. Ceiling restrictions had lim
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in service-connected death cases.
Under the new law, each minor
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3. The trial began Nov. 21.1945:
the defendants’ pleas ended Aug.
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All morning little Richard had
been asking questions, and all
morning his mother had been pa
tiently providing the answers.
Finally, the long-suffering wo
man warned, “You’d better keep
still or something will happen to
you. Curiosity once killed the cat,
you know.
Richard lapsed into blessed si
lence, and mother was congrat
ulating herself upon her strata
gem, when out of the blue came
the eager question, “Say, mother,
what was it the cat wanted to
know?”