Thursday, March 16, 1939
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By Grace Livingston Hill
THIRD INSTALLMENT
Synopsis
When the wealthy foster par
ent* of Marjorie WetheriU both
«e she finds a letter telling
that she baa a twin sister, that
she was adopted when her own
parents couldn't afford to sap
part both of them and needed
money to save her sister's life
aod that her real name is Dor
othy Gay. Alone In the world,
bat with a fortune of her own,
she considers looking op her
own family whom she has nev
er seen. A neighbor, Evan Bow
. er, tries to argue her oat of it,
and tells her he lores her and
asks her to marry him. \She
b i promises to think it over bet
decides first to see her family.
She goes to their address, finds
that they are destitute, have
sold all of their furniture, hare
no coal, her mother is sick and
her father has no Job. Her sis
ter treats her like an enemy
and resents her offer of help,
but finally, after many explan
ations, agrees to take money to
buy coal and food in order to
save her mother's life.
"But it isn't her money now! It
is mine! And lam going to look
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after my family. We are going to 4
do it together! Quick! Tell me
where to go, and HI have the '
fixings here in short order.".
"It's two blocks down, and a '
block to the right. Brown's Coal '
Yard. But there's a bill for
twenty-three dollars. They won't 1
send any coal till it's paid. Here! -
Take back the money!"
She held out the roll of bills
half reluctantly, looking at it ;
with a sort of fierce Wistfulnejs.
"No," said Marjorie. "You i
keep that. I've more in my purse.
You might have need for it while
I'm gone. Don't worry, I'll find
my way. But say, what shall I
call you? I can't exactly go
around calling my own sister
'Miss Gay' can I? And you know
I never knew your name."
The other girl stared.
"You don't mean they never
told you your own sister's name?
Well, that certainly is funny! I'm
Elizabeth. They call me Betty."
Her voice was a trifle warmer.
"That's a pretty name. Betty
Gay! I like it. And —I'm Dor
othy—isn't that it? The letter
told me that."
"Yes, but they call you Mar
jorie!" Betty's voice was suddenly
hard again.
"Well, I couldn't help that
either," grinned Marjorie. ''Say,
suppose you stop having grudges
awhile."
Betty suddenly softened again
and almost smiled, and Marjorie
saw that her eyes were really
lovely when she smiled.
"I'm sorry!" said Betty. "I
guess Fve been pretty poisonous
to ydU. But maybe if you'd been
here and seen your people you
loved suffer, you'd be poisonous,
too."
"I'm sure I should!" said Mar
jorie with a sudden quick setting
of her lips. "I'm quite sure I
would feel just as you feel. And
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now let's forpret it till we get this
place comfortable for you all."
Marjorie turned and put her
hand out to open the door, but
before she quite touched it some
one fumbled at the knob from the
outside, the door was suddenly
flung open with a bang letting in
a rush of cold air, and someone
stumbled into the hall bearing a
heavy burden.
Marjorie stepped back startled,
staring at the tall man carrying
a heavy sack of coal upon his
back and another of email pieces
of wood in his arms.
But Betty rushed forward and
put up her arms to take one bag
from him.
"Oh, Father!" she cried, "where
have you been? How did you get
it?" And then, giving him a
quick searching look, "Where is
your overcoat, Father? Oh, you
didn't sell your overcoat, did you?
Your nice overcoat? Oh, Father,
and you are sick!"
"It couldn't be helped, Betty,"
said the man in a hoarse voice.
"I had to get this house warm
somehow for your mother. I
couldn't let her freeze to death!"
There was something warm and
tender in his voice that brought
the tears to Marjorie's eyes and
a great rush of love for her un
known father to her heart.
Then the man suddenly drop
ped the bag from his back to the
floor, put his hands up to his
head with a bewildered look, and
staggered over to the stairs.
"Father! Oh, Father! What
is it?" cried Betty rushing over to
him.
"Oh, it's nothing!" murmured
the man with an effort. "Just a
little dizzy, that's all. I'll be all
right in a minute!"
"You had no breakfast! That's
what makes it!" cried the girl in
deep distress.
That picture of her fathq* sit
ting on the stairs, his head bow
ed in his hands, would stay with
her always, she knew.
"I'll get you a drink of water!"
Betty was saying. "Thank for
tune. they haven't turned off the
water yet!" and she vanished
through the door into the kitch
en. •
Marjorie saw there was a door
from the little parlor where she
stood and opening it she follow- i
ed and found her sister as she ;
brought back the water.
"I'll get him something to eat
right away," she whispered. "Is
there a restaurant or any place
nearby where they have food?"
"Only the drugstore. You can
get a bottle of milk. Yes. bring
it back quick."
Marjorie ran down ths uneven
little sidewalk, breathless with
the thought of her father sitting
there in the bare ugly house,
cold and hungry, dizzy with
faintness, and her mother, no
telling how sick upstairs! It was
too dreadful!
Arrived breathless at the di
minutive drugstore she found*to
her joy that they had a soda
fountain and served soup or cof
fee with sandwiches. There was
hot coffee and there was hot to
mato soup, that is, it wasn't hot
yet but -,the man said he could
heat them both in a jiffy. And
he had just two thermos bottles
left. He hadn't had such a large
order in weeks.
While he was getting them
ready Marjorie hurried across the
street to the grocery and bought
two baskets big enough to carry
her purchases, and also a dozen
oranges, a loaf of bread, a pound
of butter and a pound of sliced
ham.
Back at the drugstore she add
ed a quart full of milk to her
other purchases and started back
Ito the house.
Arrived at the house she found
the front door unlatched, but her
father was no longer sitting on
the stairs, and she heard sounds
from the cellar.
Betty came hurrying up the
cellar stairs as she came out to
the kitchen, a long streak of soot
on one white cheek and her eyes
wide and worried.
"He would go down and start
the fire,' she said in distressed
voice. "I couldn't do anything
with him." Her voice was almost
like a sob. "He always thinks a
woman has to be waited on, but
he's had another dizzy spell and
he's sitting on the cellar stairs
now. Did you get anything?"
'Yes," said Marjorie eagerly. "I
brought hot soup and coffee, and
here's some aromatic ammonia.
Perhaps that will help too. And
here, I have two hot-water bags
nice and hot. Take one down
and put -it on his lap. Haven't
you got a flannel or bit of old
something to wrap it in? He
ought to get warm right away."
"Oh, you're great!" said Betty
and the tears were rolling down
her cheeks, tears of relief.
She snatched a nicked cup
from the shelf and poured out
coffee and with a hot-water bag
under her arm hurried down cel
lar again.
Marjorie hunted around and
found plates and more cups and
a knife, and cut some slices of
bread, buttering them and put
ting ham between them. When
Betty came back upstairs she haxj
a plateful of nice sandwiches
ready for her, and a cup of cof
fee.
"Take a swallow of this," said
Marjorie holding out a cup of
coffee, "and take this sandwich
in your hand. You'll be sick next
if you don't look out."
Betty looked hungrily at the
food.
"But I must take something up
to Mother first," she said.
"No, drink this first, quick. It
won't take you but a minute, and
you can work better with some
thing inside of 1 you. Take this
sandwich in your hand, and car
ry a cup of something up to
Mother. Which should it be?
Coffee first, or soup, or isn't she
able for those? I've got oranges
here. I can fix her a glass o!
orange juice in no time."
"Oh, wonderful!" said Betty
gratefully, her eyes filling with re
lieved tears again. "I—don't
know —what we would —have done
if you—hadn't come!"
"There! Never mind that now.
Just drink a little more and then
go up to Mother. As soon as she
knows about me I can help you
care for her. I know how to take
care of sick people. And now,
shall I just slip out and have that
coal sent up? You haven t
enough to last long in those bags,
and the house ought to get thor
oughly warm and stay so. And
while I'm out I'm going to order,
some groceries. Is that store I
went to the best, or is there a
better one somewhere else?"
"That's the best near here.
They're all right. Ted will be
home by and by perhaps and
bring the things up for you."
Betty with her sandwich in Her
hand went down cellar, and hur
ried up again.
"He's eaten all the soup and is
eating his sandwich now. I think
he feels better."
So Betty flew away up the
stairs, and back again in a mo
ment.
"She is still asleep," she whis
pered.
"Has she had a doctor?" ask
ed Marjorie,
"No, she wouldn t let us. She
said we hadn't the money to pay
him. But Father is almost crazy
about it, I think we ought to
have him come Just once, any
way, don't you?"
"I certainly do!" said Marjorie.
"Where is he? IH get him be
fore I do anything else!"
" Betty gave the name and ad
dress.
"He's supposed to be a good
doctor. I guess his prices are
rather high," she said sorrowful
ly. \
"What difference does that
make?" said Marjorie. "We want
the best there is. I'll send him as
soon as I can, and you'd better
mftJtP him prescribe for Father,
too. 11l tell him about it, and
you make him. And, where do I
talk to the g&s people to get that
gas turned on? We want to be
able to cook some real dinner to
night!"
"Oh!" said Betty quick tears
stinging into her eyes. "You are
going to be wonderful, aren't
you!"
"No," haid Marjorie, smiling.
"I'm Just going to be one of the
family, and try to make up for
lost time. Does the water bill
need looking after, too? We can't
have that shut off. And what
about electric light?"
"Oh!" cried Betty softly, sink
ing down on the lower step of
the stairs, "you'll use all your
money up!"
"Well," said Marjorie happily,
"that's what money is for, isn't'
it? To be used up?"
"You're really real, aren't you?"
said Betty, "I can scarcely be
lieve it."
"What did you think I was, a
spirit? Here, write those addresses
quick. I want to get things start
ed and get back tc help."
She handed her sister a little
note book and pencil from her
handbag.
"You'll be sorry you ever came
near us," said Betty sadly, "hav
ing to spend all this money and
go all these errands."
"I'm already glad I came," said
Marjorie, "and if Mother and
Father get Well, and you don't
get sick, I'd say I'm having the
time of my life. It makes me
greatly happy to be able to help
and I only wish I'd known be
fore that you had all this suffer
ing. And me with plenty!"
Then although she was almost
choking with tears, she gave a
bright smile and hurried away on
her errands.
She betook herself to the drug
store where there was a telephone
booth and did the doctor, the
coal, the gas and electric light by
telephone, and her crisp young
voice, accustomed as it was to
giving orders that were always
promptly obeyed, brought cour
teous service at once, especially
since full payment of the bill was
promised when the agent would
call.
Then the groceries arrived and
filled the shelves with stores.
In the midst of it Betty came
down with round eyes of aston
isment at the magic that had
been wrought.
The chill was partly gone from
the house by this time and Mar
jorie took off her fur coat and
her smart little felt hat, and
hung them in the almost empty
hell rlrtoPt
"Now!" she said, "I'm ready to
work! Where do I put these
things? Are thefre special places
for them, or do I park them
wherever I like?"
"Wherever you like!" said Bet
ty throwing open the little pan
try door and displaying a vista of
empty shelves.
"And there comes the coal!"
said Marjorie. "Yon'U have to
tell him where to put that!"
Marjorie enjoyed putting away
the things.
Betty came up from the cellar
and looked at her.
"Well," she said in her sharp
young voice • that had a mingling
of tears in its quality, "I suppose
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you must be pretty wonderful,
and I'm crazy!"
"Nothing wonderful about It!
I'm Just an ordinary sister, Bet
ty, that's hungry to be
taken In and made one of you!"
"Well, I should say you'd tak
en us in, if you asked me! 4
thought we'd reached the limit
and tonight would see us all well
on our way out of this life, but
you've somehow brought us back
again where we have to go on."
Suddenly Betty dropped down on
a box by the kitchen door and
putting her head down in her
hands burst into tears. Betty was
worn out.
(Continued Next Week)
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