“ I ————————————— “IT ISN'T ENDED” SYNOPSIS, — Nurses in the Southern hospital at Avonmouth are angered by the insolent treatment accorded them by Dr John Lancaster, head of the in- stitution, and there is a general feeling of unrest, into which Joan Wentworth, probationary nurse, is drawn. Doctor Lancas- ter is performing a difficult oper- ation, for which he has won fame. Joan, with other nurses, is in attendance. She is upset, through no fault of her own, and makes a trivial blunder at a crit- fecal moment. The patient dies and Doctor Lancaster accuses her of clumsiness. She is sus- pended, the action meaning the end of her hope of a career as & nurse. CHAPTER II—Continued —— In the town of forty thousand In- habitants Joan was as isolated as she had been in the latter years at home, Her life was as unsophisticated and as simple, and she was so unacquaint- ed with the conditions and circum- stances of existence that her dismissal seemed to her an irreparable disaster, She had won good opinions, she had been praised, and it seemed monstrous that her faintness at a critical moment should have ruined her whole life prospects, What made the tragedy the less tolerable was the admixture of the farcical, There was a simple and absurd explanation. Mrs. Webb's colored cook, Amanda. had quarreled | with her mistress that and | Joan had had to to without her breakfast She got up and walked slowly home- ward without having problem. Inside the be the air like a furn: smell of cooking was trinmpl dominant, Inside the kitchen, open door, was Amanda, Mrs. Webb, the landiandy. “Here's Ama called to Joan. of your running away without breakfast this morning! Now right down and have your lunch, Wentworth!" Joan possible morning, gO the hospital | resolved her house the and i arding was and nt through the | and seen the Cook, nda again!” Mrs, “My dear, Wehb | iden your | yon sit Miss | the was not hungry, but it was im to oppose the resolute insist ence of Mrs, Webb, ba the penirent cook, whose bl as | she flitted from the dining radiated and good by fave, to ked ack the kitchen room, remnorse intentions. “One get proper food at the proj Mrs. Webb dishes before Joan of you to Some girls of that.” choked can't along without wr times,” i the real as she &ot down “But have come n't 1 call it sensible home | early. thought Joan Webb ved bent and pl itehen roughened hi uf her should “My it? What matter? gone that old me now “It isn't anything Joan, striving Ser tears charged.” Mrs. Webb withdrew her hand and placed it upon one hip, bringl the into corresponding position. She at Joan, as the convenient of her indignation. “I never heard of such a thing!” cried. "Who's dared to discharge Miss Wentworth? Why, it was only yesterday Miss Gray was saying you were the only one in the hospital that attended to her work instead of trying to make dates with the doctors! [I've had the nurses two years now, Miss Wentworth, and they ain't a snap bet- ter than the salesladies 1 used to keep, | A pack of featherheads! If some of them had been discharged ‘twould serve them right. But not you, dear. It's that old Doctor Lancaster “It was, and 1 think he was right. 1 felt faint from the smell of ether—" “Of course you id!” eried Mrs Webb. “I always knew the day would | rome when yon would, Those smells make my head go round and round whenever | take the short cut that side of the park. 1 always sald you weren't cut out for that sort of work. It’s all right for them strong he-horse girls that's made for it, but what you need is to marry some good man who can take care of you, not to go nurs ing a lot of dock-hands and seeing people's insides opened up. It's my belief that when the Lord put our in- sides inside and our outsides outside he meant ‘em to stay there,” snorted Mrs. Webb, “Well” sald Joan wearily, "it's end- ed now. And 1 don't know what I'm going to do.” “Eut 1 say It isn't ended!" cried Mrs. Webb, concentrating all her fn. dignation against Lancaster in a ven omous glare at Joan. “It's only just begun. If that old Doctor Lancaster dares to discharge you, I'm going to tell everything I know about him, Miss Wentworth, that man's no more fit to be at the head of a hospital, with fadies under him, than he's fit to fly, What is he? Nothing but a fast liver and a common drunkard.” “Never mind, Mrs. Webb!” “But I do mind. To think of a man like that, who went about with a gang of common tramps for years, Miss Wentworth, just breaking away from hig job and hoeboing it up and down the conntry and then coming back and getting his job again and acting 08 he does! All that I say is wold have | Mrs distress. Si suddenly, percel her jo over her aced a dear, at is is ie ! Something wrong ital 7 pee hos} she asked, ', hone Y. Mrs. Webb,” said tly to keep back | then, 'm—I'm dis valian “Well, ng other glared focus she you, my " common knowledge, Five years after By Victor Rousseau Copyright by W, GC. Chapman the hospital had seen the last of him in he walks, as bold as brass, and puts the head doctor out, and says the hos- pital's his and he's going to run It again. And him being In charge of the nurses—him that runs ‘round In his auto with every pack of cheap ac- tresses that comes to Avonmouth! 1 know what they are! I haven't been in the boarding house business twenty years for nothing!” Mrs, Webb was becoming incoherent. Joan succeeded In stopping the flow of vilifieation at last, mainly because Mrs. Webb had exhausted it. “Now I tell you what you are going to do, my dear,” she said. “You're going straight to that old Lancaster's house and you are going to ask for your place back. And you're going to get it, too.” “Mrs. Webb, how can I do that?” “How can you do it? Why, you can manage him all right, my dear. Yes I guess 'tis going to be all right. 1 suppose he lost his temper When a man leads the sort of life hasn't much good humor left morning after. | know about You just go to him and act as If you didn't care much and let him think vou look on him as just the finest man in the world." “Please, Mrs, Webb!" Joan: and as she spoke there back into her mind vividly advice of the dark-halred girl. “You've only got to let my dear,” continued “You it's this in the hospital about his work. A nurse to him then. But after ‘8s over she's different. Now don’ make that man do you want to, because better.” Joan ed, of such a thing” “And why “ie he that, the land way. When thinking just see, he's he's x nurse work me you cunt him [ know think crimsor “1 couldn't she protested inqui the other. good ain't you them? It isn't if 1 you to do anything wrong, not?" red you've looks to got Ise as ah yr I ps £1 “I Must See Him; It ls Faitered the Girl. is it? didn’t round looks You'd be a precious fool if you Any girl can twist a man her finger, especially If weepy.” Joan looked at Mrs. Webb distress. She rose, but the followed her toward the door. “You my dear,” she went on, “if you were given that sort of face by Almighty, why use it to get plain, common justice done you? It's your job that's nat stake, and you all alone in the world, All you've got to do is to make him landlady KO, the Amanda «do It with and looking at me about it. Didn't morning, coming to me biack. honest face, that wns glad enough to straight and see that and try it, that's all!™ A nurse passed the window and came up the steps, “Mrs. Webb, you won't say a word about what I've told you to the others, please?’ asked Joan, She flew npstairs and, Siaging her self down on her bed, stared out dis. mally toward the monument. The ca- tastrophe had swept her little, unshel tered world away, The sense of her loneliness swept over her like a black cloud, appalling her, She was cnt off from life, and utterly helpless outside the medium in which ghe had lived, Because she felt this sense of home sickness, her outraged pride began to vanish before the terrors that her imagination conjurad up. Starvation, the ultimate terror of her childish days on the estate, which like a living thing had gnawed into her mother's nine hundred dollars, seemed incred- ibly real and near, She must ask for her position back! She must face Lancaster in his home, humble her pride, and bow to him : but she watched the sun decline and the shadows lengthen, and for«a time she could not bring herself to her task, What strengthened her at last was the realization that her status must he settled before ghe faced the day 80 do? old You go Lancaster nurses coming home off duty. She slipped on her cloak and went out of the house softly, and to escape the landlady's attentions Joan went has tily. toward Lancaster's house, She had passed it almost daily on her journeys to and from® the hospital. It was an ordinary brick house In a new block at the north end of the park, and commonplace enough, but now, to her excited eyes, it seemed to reflect the grim personality of Its owner in the staring windows, with the shining door knobs of bLrass, and the brass name plate, Her heart wad beating with panic, and it was with difficulty that she contrived to press the bell and to remain until the door was opened, A white attendant confronted her— a sullen, undersized man with square shoulders, who scowled at her as he stood blocking the passage. “Doctor Lancaster?’ asked: Joan, “He doesn’t sec patients after five,” answered the man. “lI must see him. faltered the girl, “Well, I'll find out If you," the fellow grumbled. It Is important.” he can see nized Joan's un! cloak. She gave him card and went into the There the sense of the which made that place its dowgain, He had not form beneath the recog Ww aiting roan. the wilted there for the approaching ver dict, seemed to leap out at her Then Joan heard in the next room, from he waiting doors, It was emerging sound. Li Lancaster's volce divided folded buss which was rooin by audibie as =a rumble, occasionally into = able with distin; guish iNcaster was niking somebody, and he was angry. That was an {i was to come! her but a coward, her mind, growing of what Joan anything onen She Ws and, 1} braced nerves, aving de up she heme Suddenly Lancs raiged In violent altercation “A nice n ou've made thing!” he ¢ “I've ong r been a fool, | finished with you gow from!™ YO her 8 iRters voice was of every. ried tolern ted you too ve it ve you Another tones It was came indistinet nn spoke in wus that of a In ef man almost abject mntrast Lancaster's viol “I've cried Lancaster ence, ith you, 1 tell “I've borne this bur You ean get out of enn get out of my pee finished w you long enough. house, Yon “I've horne it plied the started it? long enous other Who doggedly made the oy posal? “1 did, ont of kindness to you yaelf, and body the sec 3¥v placing m soul . vind irit, retorted show of sg out of your feet? your service” aroused into some “Who picked the IEE you guiter you on rejoined “Answer that! You can't! know you can't! Where be today If It were not The second man sald something In a would for me?” voice, “Myers? A lot | eare about that!” retorted Lancaster, “1 tell you-— what's that? The white attendant king at the door. Joan rec “No! lently. these Aren't No!” cried yy nobody, women come during they posted plainly the card In my window? what? Important? Well, then, until ready Lancaster, Why my vio 800 can't hours? enough Tell fet to her? get The the rear end heard the two Then the sounds the floor in the adjoining beneath a quick tread. man's steps died the men conred., away nlong passage. Joan talking gain, She heard room creak of She see that left would anticipate him, Insist. She room and went into movement, the waiting hall. It was hung with little pictures of a uniform size, each exactly neighbor. It came into even during those steps, that this was man’s house ; a woman would have ar ranged things differently, have given presence felt somchow, even In the decoration of this dark passage. The atmosphere was that of an institution, not of a home, Then she was standing with caught breath ot the door of the consulting room, which was a little ajar, as if the eatech had become unfastened. She knocked, opened it, and went in. is it legitimate for a pretty girl to vamp her way, when or. dinary methods fail? What do you think? (TO BE CONTINUED.) Tells Work of Statesmen The Congressional Record is a jour nal of the proceedings of the congress of the United States, dating from 1700, Prior to that date the senate held se eret sessions only, but thereafter pub. Heation was required, save in the case of “executive sessions” Record has been the title sinee 1875. Before that date the journal was entitled Annals of Congress (178090 for the houge, and 1709-1824 for both branches), Reg: ister of Debates until 1837, and Wrough 1874 Congressional Globe Style and Grace in Outdoor Togs Boyish Clothes Have Call and Are Regarded as Ultra Smart. The love for the life out of doors Is reflected In apparel de- signed for days in the open. The girl of the hour I8 the sports type, says a fushion writer in the New York Times, She Is the country girl of the Twen- tieth century, a creature femininity, of style and grace nid the very best designers put their very best imag aYOrErOwIng her equipmept, the sportsvoman, and her togs are worn by even those who form the “gal lery” at sports events. Few are guilty, these days, of overdressing at outdogr tffairs. It simply “isn't done, sports clothes on these occasions are the proper thing quite as much for the sudience ag for the actors. Necessury uniformity in sports and seml-sports styles suggests the dress of the Scotch highlands, whose plaids are being reproduced In the very lntest woolens and introduced in effec ways in out-of-doors costumes simplicity, of this of demands most even severity, dress is costly and the thun softer variation tallor more and The Scolch is a problem. tartans offer a most ple lity, f of the most stunning outlits for sports and and some general wear recelve more lmportance the ions of historie newest fabgles are repro- artistic value far above the Motor Coat of Green Rodier Material; Shaw! Collar of Cross Fox, merchandise, gost nary commercial display in the lar ing nating. ing tartan that shops is arrest and one is able has for her the and fasci to select n She may like the plaid of the Gor POR with or yellow; tire ever-stylish green and blue and white, and green of the Black the Hot, bright red and the Stewarts, lob RNov's and red, the Camerons’ red and the MacDougnlls’ red and hunt- or the black rian, white black of ———— ws a— | { i ! i Wet garments should be dried vnce and properly or they will mildew and get out of shape. be brushed to remove any the dampness is likely to hold, then ua free circulation of nir. It is some desirable to press a garment when it is nearly dry to restore the surface, finish and proper creasings in such a case, put a piece of thin, white cloth between the iron and the materinl, Skirts should be brushed also and put on a hanger of the right shape. Umbrellas should be dried by placing on their handles with the tip up. This is to prevent rotting of the fabric where the ribs come together. Avold putting an umbrella up when it Is wet, as it bends the ribs to stretch the wet cloth over them, and the umbrella is never llkely to close properly af- terwnrds. Never permit an umbrelly rack to be crowded full as some one js sure to force the point of an um- relia through the cover of another ane, Damp shoes should be dried slowly, otherwise the leather will crack, and after they are dry they should he dressed to renew the finish, Beaded Jewelry Holds Favor Among Novelties Bend jewelry and trinkets of semi precious stones are apparently more fashionable than ever before, and the colors and designs grow more and more Intriguing. Rock crystal, rose ¥ Black Felt, Velvet Trim Black felt with velvet bow and band, with brim bound with black velvet to help retain its shape, are the interest ing features of this chapeau. Grahams’, the Seaforth the Skyes', or the shep and white that has long for the Highlanders, herd’s tar er's green, in black plaid” materials fan herd's been a among tailored things This fancy for Seoteh piakds has be the rage, and they are used in a variety of ways Some saney are bhui't of a clan but wanting a sort of girl to wear gen. Cote great suits showy ciean “upstanding Now and again one sees a gine Scoteh sult in the junior f a Mackenzie or 1 MacDougall for the kilted skirt, jacket of green, and the costume gporran glen of costume class farran blue or and such » faith in tradition which not modern completed with The sight glways rev garry. ives one's poetry and patriotism, are always 1o from HiW eq (ress Band of Fur on Skirt feature of several of le costumes he edge pf this the is to inctly new sited by a number of the of the twilled mate softer finished the most notewd ing travelers that beige and nat i pre-eminently the fa art French women vater Hs vo prog + oof an touches of white it hilne nes « these models g of the rostin Bead Combinations to {o make a string thing, but it One kind of bead is quite the correct never barrel by and a divided triangle, a cube gtring. but or round jet or as 0 on one a small crystal. The com also noted. 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