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Show l!I.Man llttccpe <Sill> llose an!> Sllller young woman who had not sacrificed her normal human sympathy to her chosen work, but had managed, happily, to combine the two. She watched Isabel disdainfully as she went down-stairs, very briskly for one with a sprained ankle. "God ! " said Allison, aloud. "Oh, God in Heaven!" Then the nurse turned away in pity, for behind the closed door she heard a grown man sobbing like a hurt child. XVII !Penance THE Crosby twins had gone home very quietly, after doing all they could to help Colonel Kent and Madame Bernard. "The Yellow Peril" chugged along at the lowest speed with all its gaudy banners torn down. Neither spoke until they passed the spot where the red touring car lay on its side in the ditch, and four or five dogs, still hungry and hopeful, wrangled over a few bare bones. Juliet was sniffing audibly, and, as soon as she saw the wreck, burst into tears. "Oh, Ramie," she sobbed, "if he's dead, we've killed him!" Romeo swallowed a lump in his throat, winked hard, and roughly advised Juliet to "shut up." When the machine was safely in the barn, and all the scattered dogs collected and imprisoned, Romeo came in, ready to talk it over. "We've got to do something," he said, "but I don't know what it is." 239 !tontclcncc !hnlttcn |
