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Small Town Girl

(PROM WHION METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER NAS NADE A MOTION PICTURE)

THE STORY THUS FAR

Kay Brannan, late of Welles- lay, leaves a wild yachting party! with Bob Dakin, medical doctor Motoring her back to Boston he drunkenly insists on marrying But when he sobern he re- her. members Priscilla Hyde, his jiancee. The Dakina are uner- pectedly kind but friscilla is in- anting as Kay begs Hiob to wait until Spring for dinorce. He but their reluctantly consents marriage it to be one "in navic only. An the monthe pare

Polij becomes mare and more engrot sed in his medient work, Kay discovers that he is correspond winely C ing with Priscilla but

Fort frains from saking questions for now a deep and growing com panionship has arisen between hererif and Bob. But one after- noon Priscilla calla. She in quite amiable but annoyed that Rob and Kay have not accepted ker invitations. Then Bob wallen in.

CHAPTER XXV.

Bob stopped on the threshold, and Priscilla locked at him and he at her and Kay said quickly:

the Bob. But when she opened the Bob! I've never seriously thought about the possibility! At first I Just door she saw Genevieve.

And the other girl looked at Kay, grabbed him because he was my last and said with quick amusement: hope." She hesitated, her eyes "Heavens, child, you look na though for a moment shadewing. "And I you'd seen a ghost. Am I so torri-meant to hang on to him like a-like a leech. But after I met his people, fying?"

"I thought you were Bob!" Kay I was ashamed of myself, and I'd have confessed,

let him go, If it hadn't been for Gongvlevo nodded, her eyes shrewd, Prisciliat swore she should never "I saw him on the side-walk. With have him!" Priscilla."

"Dut I never thought I might be "She called on mr," Kay explained, in love with him. Till to-night!" She fashion. "So the "Ankl

her

car didn't come for her, so smiled in a wry

joko's Bob had to take her home."

after all; and it's oa me, The other seemed about, to speak, Priscilia's turn to laugh!" then held her tongue. She came in And Genevieve could only say, and Kay closed the door behind her. angrily: "If Bob had any sense in "I just dropped in to say howdy," him at all..." She was too wise Genevieve explained. "Haven't seen to argue against the certa a fact that She laid neido her Bob had stayed with Priscilla, in- you in a week."

stead of returning here, and that he coni, and Kay urged:

"Your hat, too, Genevieve. Stay."hud lied to Kny. The maid was clearing away the

So they waited; and Kay, twisting

ten things; and Genevievo demand her fingers together, confeased:

Po

U

Buppose sho

But Genevieve laughed at suggestion, wholly incredulous.

that

Andi Kay wished to telephone the hospital to make sure they had found Bob, but Genevieve would not let

told some

about the patient and

her; and Kay wished to

to telephone wait a the onion but Genevieve wON

a cup. While they sat together, she used to think that if Bob ever did watched Kay thoughtfully; and Kay get a chance to do this operation, 1. saw her scrutiny and Bald a little wanted to be there, and seo him,

will want breathlessly: "Bob

to and be apilai with him! Do you Maybe Priscilla went

have

He'll be to the visit with you.

ho did?" bark in five minutes or so."

But Bob did not come. Instead ho telephones, regretfully. "Kay," he said, "vo got to go to the hospital. An emergency. One of the nurses has an appendix. Don't wait dinner "Why, Bob, you're early!" "Dead tired," he confessed. lietot me

I'm sorry," Kay "Oh, Bob, July 14 explained to Prisella: "Dr. Fabre has been away the last two weeks,

him. "Can't her appendix July 27 and I'm doing double duty. Got

little while, and give you time to adamant Kay, did call Dr. Dakin to demur tell him what Bob was doing; but chance to break away this afternoon, eat?" But before he could

Priscilla had risen, and hosho mustered her resolution. "But Ang. 12 for once."

Childers reported that Dr. Dakin was Aug. 24 took her hand."

"Here," said Kay. She handed him of course not. I know you have to himself at the hospital, that Bob had Genevieve's here with me. I'll summoned him, and Kay reported this to Genevieve, with bleak pain in a cup 3 Sept. 8

*"Sure," and black as ink," she explained try to keep her for dinner."

Bob agreed. “Do

ter eyes and in her tones. Sept. 21

Keep her till I come. I haven't seen *milingly,

"He might have called me, tob," "Yes, I know," Priscilla assenteil, Gen for a long time."

Txho whispered; and she admitted: in a dry amusement. Bob Rat down, Kay, returning from the telephone, "I'm na worried as if I were the ed the doc- on the edge of his chair, precariously-met

cyca. She said, patient's wife, instead Genevieve's "What you need, Bob, is a cock with a little laugh: "That's the way tor's! Genevieve, I want so much for tall," Priscilla suggested. "You're with doctors. You never know where Bob to do it, and have everything Jowi

they'll be. He has 1o`go operate on well. Dr. Dakin will be so proud!" He grinned. "Is that custom still

a nurse,"

And added humbly: "And so will I”. provalent?" he asked.

lighted

cigarette. After an hour or two, the Clinte Priscilla's browa rows in an amus-“All right, I'll stay. I accept your telephoned to leave word for Bob that ed grimace. "Have you acquired vir-Invitation, child. We haven't had a they had located Dr. Charlier, and tuo?" she exclaimed. "And do you good gal' time together for months that the other man would be on call And it is its own reward?"

If you could manage a cocktail, the to-night, so that Bob would be free. "No virtue Involved in this," he told her. "I'm doing so much work ale would be complete in every de Kay took the message.

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Priscilla looked at her watch. "Stephens should have come for me

"Bob's on his way home!" she "Kay, snap out of it! Bob must cried. "He's finished it! He's on his way home!" And she explained: have had hurry calls before."

"That was the Clinic. He must have asked Dr. Chandler-that's his as-

And: "Of course," Kay agreed. konw..."

They were at dinner, Kay still and sistant-to be on call; and that means fifteen minutes ago," she said. "Was white, Genevieve ebulliently cheerful, ho wants to celebrate?" She raced he outside when you came in, Bobi" when the telephone rang again. Kayaway to her room. "I must wash my He shook his head. "No," he con-was on her feet like a flash, "I'll eyes, be ready for him!" she cried. fossed. "If I'd neen your car, I'm take it, Anna," she told the maid, and darted into the hall. Genevieve, afraid I'd have gone to the Clinic."

"Why?" she challenged. "Afraid from where she sat, could hear her

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But Bob did not come home; not in five minutes, nor ten, nor in half an hour. And Kay while she waited faded like a dying flame; and Gene vieve suggested that Bob must have gene home with his father, and a while they Kay bravely agreed that this must ba the case. But after could find no more words of com- Wait a minute, please. I'll give fort to say. It was more than an hour you the number."

Genevieve heard the ruling of before they heard Bob's key in the paper, and then:

"Yes. This is Mm. Dakin..." "Oh!" A breathless, interminable

Kay suggested: "Why don't you run Priscilla home, Bob, if her car pause. Then:

know she's in at docan't como? I hurry."

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