Cherry Ames 21 Island Nurse (22 page)

Gwen kicked off her shoes and fl opped down on the sofa. “Jeepers, what a day! I like lab work, all except the standing up part. No, you
know
I can’t work properly perched on a stool. Dr. Hall still doesn’t believe that!” They chatted a bit about their respective jobs. Bertha was in charge of a children’s hospital ward and loved it. Privately they agreed they would not enjoy Betty Lane’s job as nurse companion to a well-to-do elderly woman. They’d rather do real nursing. Somehow talking together quickened their professional pride and erased the day’s trivial annoyances. Cherry turned on the radio for music, and Gwen, with a grandiloquent air, passed a tray of tomato-juice cocktails. Presently Bertha rustled up supper. They were having such a comfortable time as a threesome that it startled them when the telephone rang.

Gwen’s aunt was calling from Long Island, with an interesting offer. Gwen relayed it to Cherry and Bertha…. “Yes, I’m listening to you, Aunt Kathy…. Hey,

• CONTENTS
  
• FOREWORD
  
• I: A CALL FROM DR. FORTUNE
  
• II: THE THREE FROM THE PLANE
  
• III: SIR IAN BARCLAY
  
• IV: LLOYD
  
• V: MEG
  
• VI: BALFOUR ISLAND
  
• VII: ISLAND NURSE
  
• VIII: THE SEA CAVE
  
• IX: THE MAN ON THE HILL
  
• X: A MEETING IN ST. JOHN�S
  
• XI: THE STORM
  
• XII: THE SECRET IN THE TOWER
  
• XIII: THE WRECK
  
• XIV: THE SILVER OF THE MINE