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CHAPTER VII
After Abigail had selected Mr.
Hartigan’s bits of jewelry and
two framed photographs of him
she stood up facing Janet square
ly. “Don’t want pictures of my
relatives drifting around for
strangers to gape at, so I’ll burn
the rest of these up. The other
things can go to an agency.”
Janet nodded. “Wouldn’t you
like to look around Oakhart and
see what we’ve done?”
Miss Hartigan riveted her
piercing eyes on Janet.
“You say you and your hus
band are going to run this place |
together?”
“That was c/r plan.”
“It’s a big plan. You can’t do
it alone. What about help?”
“Mrs. Miles has agreed to do
the cooking and I’m a registered
nurse, you know.”
“You aren’t exactly built like
an amazon, young lady—who’s
going to do the heavy work?”
“Well, you see, none of the
children we're taking will be bed
ridden; they’ll be diabetics or
sp.istics or those with similar
conditions.”
Abigail continued to eye her
stonily. ’ Beds have to be made
just the same, and trays carried
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i back and forth.”
“We’ll have to face that when
j it comes. You see, Dr. Eynon and
*j I have put everything we own
j into equipment and instruments.
r We really won’t be able to afford
.I help at first.”
L ' “Sounds like a mighty big job.
• I Wouldn’t consider taking me on,
would you?”
s “You?” Janet was incredulous.
“Yes, me. I’m strong. Look at
these wrists,” she held out her
muscular arms, “and I took a
course in Swedish massage once.”
“Well, I don’t quite under
i stand.”
Abigail snorted. “Oh, I know,
you think because my grandun
cle left me lour hundred a month,
I’d be crazy to work! Well. I’m
alone in the world. During the |
j war, I've been running around
i the countryside instructing Red
Cross classes but they don’t.
need me now, and I don’t want
to just sit and vegetate.”
Janet frowned without being I
conscious of it. “You’re very kind
but I’d have to talk it over with
Dr. Eynon before I could accept.”
The older woman seemed to
read her mind. . . .
“If you’re thinking I might at
tract Irene Gremont over here,
you’re wrong. We’ve been stran
gers since long before she mar
ried that lily-livered Justin Gre
mont.”
Janet recalled the delayed per
mit and wondered if Justin Gre
mont could be swayed from his
wife’s point of view. As if in an
swer to her thoughts, Richard
came rushing into the room
brandishing a piece of paper.
“Janet, I’ve got it! I’ve got it!”
Seeing Abigail, he stopped on
the threshold begging her par
don. Janet introduced them, not
ing that Abigail’s eyes seemed on
the verge of popping from their
sockets.
“Is this your husband?”
“Yes. You seem surprised—”
“I am—l’ve had it fixed in my
head you were married to that
j young man who came with you
i to the reading.”
“No, that was Dr. Bronson.”
“Oh, Bronson. Well, that is
rather like Eynon. I mean you
| both seemed so much in love,
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.that I . . .” She floundered on
i trying to extricate herself and
only getting in deeper.
Richard’s face had become gray
and withdrawn. He excused him
self.
Abigail Hartigan’s high color
merged into scarlet. “There, now
I’ve offended him! I’m just a
bungling old fool. Every time I
open my mouth I put both feet
in it?”
But Janet was not sorry it had
happened.
♦ * *
“Janet, could you come in and
do this blood count for me?”
The row of smears, vials, re
torts and other equipment was
on a long enamel shelf where
they got the north light. She
' washed her hands careiully and
| bent to her work, smearing the
; blood specimens on the glass
i plates, checking and putting
them aside. It took longer than
I she had expected.
“That’s a sample from Rodney
i Becker,” Richard said. “You know
Janet, I’m in doubt about him.
I think I’ll get permission from
his parents for a re-examina
tion by Dr. Gilman, the heart
expert.”
She straightened up and turn
ed around. “Why, Richard?”
He started to explain. . . .
Janet stared at him. His face
was beginning to lose its shape,
to waver and dissolve, to grow
long and distinct, then faint and
small. His voice, too, had faded.
It lost all meaning. Suddenly it
came, a low, muffled roar like
water rushing over rocks and
boulders, and Janet felt herself
falling into a dark, abysmal pit
that grew blacker and seemed
to reach into eternity.
♦ * *
She opened her eyes, saw the
bannisters sliding past and be
cause the sight made her dizzy,
she quickly closed them again.
She was in Richard’s arms be
ing carried upstairs.
He took her to her room and
laid her on her own massive bed,
then sat beside her rubbing her
wrists briskly. . . .
“Janet! Janet!”
She felt completely relaxed
and without weight as though
all the strength had been drain
ed from her. It was a moment
before her lids parted.
“I’m sorry. Richard, it was sil-'
ly of me to faint.”
A grin played over his mouth,
but his eyes were dark with anx- j
iety. “Do you make a habit of it?” |
“No, this is the first time.”
He stared at her uncertainly
and the smile faded. “I’ve been
a food, Janet—an utter fool.”
His words warmed her
i Had she been wrong all these
! weeks? Had Richard seen some-
I thing in her other than an ef
i flcient nurse and manager?
“I’ve been acting as though
you have six arms and legs and
■ a dozen hands—expecting you to
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me with my work.”
“But that was our plan, Rich
ard, and now I’ve failed you.”
“It wasn’t our plan to work
you like a dray horse. I’ve been
selfish—l forgot that five chil
dren meant doing everything five
more times than usual.”
1 She started to sit up and he
1 pushed her back firmly. “No.
you’re going to stay here and
rest. I’ll bring you up a tray for
luncheon.”
“Richard, you know I can’t do
that—the children can’t manage
themselves.”
“Mrs. Miles can serve their
luncheons and I’ll take care of
them this afternoon.”
“I’ll rest while they take their
naps,” she suggested.
“No, you’ll stay right here in
your own bed until tomorrow
morning.”
She shut her eyes again ... it
would be so wonderful just to
lie there for several hours with
out worrying about the children.
Richard’s next words startled
her.
“Where is that address Miss
Hartigan gave you?”
“Abigail Hartigan? But Rich
ard, I thought you didn’t —”
He smiled. “I let her get under
j my skin. It was foolish of me—
i she’s obviously a good-hearted
soul. Just tactless, that’s all.”
“I’m afraid she’s that way all
the time, though.”
Richard’s face had been so pe
culiar when Abigail made the re
mark about Cliff Bronson. Janet
had hoped it might be a pang of
jealousy.
“Well, no matter,” he said. “She
is strong and capable, and hav
ing someone who can give a mas
sage is really manna from Hea
ven.”
“But she’s talkative —she might
get on your nerves.”
He laughed. “Not half so much
as five little bundles of unadul
terated energy. It was just that
one remark of hers I know
Bronson doesn’t like me and
having her say that annoyed me.
I was already irritated because
he was responsible for sending
us our first patient. I don’t like
being grateful to someone I—”
“Dislike?” Janet interposed.
“No—someone who dislikes me.
I have no Reeling for Bronson
one way or the other. As a mat
ter of fact, I hardly know him,
even professionally. However, it’s
very evident he dislikes me—in
fact, I think he believes that in
some way I’m responsible for the
criticism Windell gave him.”
Tears of weakness and disap
pointment sprang to Janet’s eyes,
i She turned her head away from
i Richard. The conversation had
! come full circle; she had hoped
j there would be a break some
| where, but it was complete.
“Perhaps you had better get
in touch with Abigail,” she said. 1
“She has no phone, but the peo- I
pie at this number will call her.” I
He drew a quilt up over her
legs and tiptoed from the room.l
A few minutes later she heard
the tinkle of the telephone, fol
lowed by an exultant shout from
Richard.
“I got her, Janet, she’ll be out
.within the hour.”
Quietly, Janet gave thanks for
the Abigail Hartigans of the
world.
♦ ♦ *
Two hours later Janet awoke
suddenly, aware that someone
was near, looking down at her.
Not Richard—Abigail Hartigan.
Seeing Janet staring at her as
she sat down on the slipper chair
beside the bed, her back as stiff
and unbending, as a poker.
(To Be Continued)
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1. Austria, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria
and Rumania.
2. According to Stalin. 7,000,000
3. About 400,000,000 pounds of
red meat.
4. Growers and feeders have
52,000,000.
5. The Battle of Arnheim,
where GOOD of 8,000 parachute
troops were slain.
6. The parliament of Iceland.
7. A bill has been introduced
in the Bombay legislature to
penalize persons who prevent
them from using public roads,
conveyances or public institu
tions.
3. An island north of Aus
tralia.
9. It is a Danish possession.
10. Secretary of the Treasury,
Messrs. Vmson and Snyder.
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estry fixes Georgia’s income from
timber and timber products at
$275,000,000 a year.
The Georgia Department of
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Besides being essential to the
production of forest products,
Georgia’s timberlands protect
watersheds, shelter wildlile, con
trol erosion, regulate stream
flow, provide windbreaks and
are an integral part of the beau
ty of the state.
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