Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1940 — Page 14

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By RUTH AYRES

CAST OF CHARACTERS MARY CARROLL—American fashion . expert, in London during wartime. VINCENT GREGG—soldier of fortune, in love with Mary. : ‘ CARLA MARCHETTA—a mysterious London socialite. DR. GILBERT LENOX —surgeon, serving with British Army.

YESTERDAY: Mary is discharged from the hospital. As she prepares to leave, Dr. Lenox offers her ihe use of bis apartment until she finds employment. He is required to remain at the hospital, his quarters are unused. She debates accepting his generous offer.

CHAPTER TWELVE

THERE JUST WEREN'T any jobs in London, Mary Carroll decided ‘after three weeks’ search. Even with the war providing many new types of employment, there was nothing she could find to do. On leaving the hospital Mary went at once to the rooms Dr. Lenox had | put at her disposal, - rooms useless to him because of his required residence in the medical center. There, despite her grief, she was slightly comforted to remain among his entirely masculine possessions. The little touch of his straight-shouldered personality that seemed to cling to the rooms was a source of satisfaction. Of the money in Anna Winters’ purse there now remained only a few oversize coins. “Ninety-three cents!” Mary was amazed when she reckoned it in terms of freal money.” “If I don’t get a job soon—’ But she never would finish that sentence. : That her looks were against her finding work she did not need to be told. Nor were her clothes any great help. Kindly Mrs Simmons, the landlady, had helped her alter them until they had some semblance of fit and the two had brushed and pressed until Mary was passable. But they were not the clothes of a New York fashion designer. Days of job hunting passed and Mary knew her chances of getting

work were slimmer and slimmerg England had already settled to its|

unprecedented warfare and much of the emergency work had slackened. | oy It was in despair that Mary Carroll battled the winter winds and fought the crowds in Piccadilly Circus on her way home after another fruitless day of job hunting. “I want to die,” she thought, in despair. “What's the use of dragging on like this? I've nothing to look forward to, nothing to hope for.” : Butrno. It wasn’t going to lick her. Her Yankee fighting spirit arose. “Only cowards talk about dying,” she told herself. “And for me to haye such thoughts is worse than cowardly. After all Dr. Lenox has done for me—after he struggled day and night to save my life, Is that the way to repay him?” | » 2 » ‘BACK IN THE rooms in Soho St. she founda coal fire burning in the study grate. : : s. Simmons,” she mused. “She knows I can’t afford a fire. And this, must be a real sacrifice to

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mons. ; “Hello, there,” a deep masculine voice spoke. is as an intrusion. I had a reason for wanting to

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#This is a grand surprise!” g from her chair, her face

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are you? You ought to look more fit by now. Have you found a job

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hand and led her to a chair. “The going’s been tough for ygu, hasn't “If you only knew,” Ma to say, thinking about querade as Anna Winters. tf J » » INSTEAD SHE said aloud, “You've been so good to me.” “I'm glad if I've been any help. You must never let your courage get low. It has made me very happy that these rooms are good for something.” He looked around, groping for a way to lighten her mood.

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some?” | Without waiting for Mary’ reply he went to the door. e “Mrs. Simmons. Oh, Mrs. Simmons. How. about some of that famous tea of yours? And if you have any, some hot muffins. And if the war hasn't stopped it, could we have a mere spot of Scotch marmalade?” He settled in an easy chair opposite Mary. They talked of the cases in the hospital. Mrs. Tully would soon be dismissed as well as other survivors of the Moravia. Soon Mrs. Simmons bustled in with a giant tray. “Shall I light -the lights, Doctor?” she asked. : “No, I think we’d like to have our tea in the firelight,” he answered. “The days will: be getting longer n.” His tone was hopeful. “You'll be' saving. on your light bills, Mrs. Simmons.” “It'll ‘be a blessing,” she an“With rates as they are

1 a reason for coming here,” he said, slowly, ‘deliberately. “I didn’t merely come to take up your time. I've got news for you—good news, maybe. You can stay in these rooms as long as you like. I've joined a hospital unit in France. I'm going overseas very soon.” Mary was staggered. When Gilbert Lenox left England she would Jose the only friend she had on the whole island. - “You don’t know how I'll miss she managed to get out be- ¢ she was overcome with her own loss. For all too well she

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he had been to her. And now his departure would take away her only source of encouragement in a friendless winter world. Ninety-three cents! Not a prospect OF a job! And now to lose one who had befriended her! *“There’s something else I want to say to you, Anna,” he hesitated. “Now this may seem utterly pre-

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posterous. To you it will be as absurd as all the other things that

are taking place in this topsy-turvy world. But nevertheless, here goes— “Will you marry me?”

: (To Be Continued) (All events, names and characters in this story are wholly fictitious.)

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