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straight faces. Nancy said, “Wouldn’t we be a little early to think of that?”
“Yes, you would be. Well, what did you come for? I can’t give you much of my time. I’m a very busy man.”
Bess assured Mr. Ryan they would not stay long. She turned to Nancy, “Tell him what you have in mind.”
“Mr. Ryan,” said Nancy, “we’ve been looking over the area where the apartment buildings may be put. We understand that these will replace Mr. Thurston’s zoo and aviary.”
“That’s right,” the shop owner agreed.
“Have you ever thought,” Nancy asked, “how much more attractive the development would be if the Thurston farm were left intact?”
Mr. Ryan gave a start. “What do you mean?”
Nancy told him that she could visualize the development very clearly. A cluster of high-rise apartment houses would face on a man-made lake. There would be a swimming pool, a park, and a playground. And on the other side of the lake Mr. Thurston’s zoo and aviary as an added attraction.
“The tenants’ children would love to go over there and see the birds and animals and hear Oscar Thurston talk about them. It would be very educational and relaxing for adults too.”
The shop owner thought this over a few seconds, then suddenly a sneering look came over his face. “Who sent you here to propose this to me?”
“Nobody,” Nancy replied. George and Bess echoed the comment.
“I don’t believe you,” Mr. Ryan shouted. “Well,” the councilman added, “I don’t care who it was and you tell him for me to mind his own business! I’ll vote exactly the way I want to without any advice from someone else! I’ve already made up my mind that the Thurston farm must go!”
He arose from his desk chair and walked to the door. Opening it wide, he glared at the callers and said, “You’ve already taken up too much of my valuable time. I would appreciate your leaving at once!”
The three girls walked out of the office without saying a word. Then George burst out, “What a mean man he is!”
Bess added, “I never met anybody so narrow-minded and pigheaded in all my life!”
Nancy heaved a great sigh. “That certainly was a disappointing interview, but I’m not giving up. I’ll call on the other councilmen as soon as I have a chance.” She added that there were three more.
When the girls reached the car, Nancy asked George to drive.
“I don’t know why, but I’m really exhausted. I’ll take the car from your house.”
George dropped her cousin Bess at the Marvin home, then went to her own house. She said good-by to Nancy and advised her to take a nap or at least to go to bed early that evening.
“Will do,” Nancy replied and drove off.
After putting her car in the garage, she entered the house through the kitchen door. Hannah Gruen came bustling down the front stairway into the hall to meet her.
“Oh, Nancy,” the housekeeper cried, “Ned seems to be much worse. I can’t reach either the
doctor or your father on the phone. I don’t know what to do!”
She went on, “Ned is slightly delirious and he keeps calling for you, insisting he must see you. I don’t know what to do!”
Instantly Nancy rushed to the stairway. “If Ned wants to see me, he’s going to!”
Hannah Gruen grabbed the girl’s arm. “Dr. Black and your father told you not to go in that room.”
“I know,” Nancy replied sheepishly. “I’ll stop at the door and call to Ned.”
The housekeeper released the girl’s arm and Nancy raced up the steps, two at a time. “Oh, Ned,” she kept saying to herself, “you must get better!”
CHAPTER XI
Missing Pet
NANCY stood at the doorway of Ned’s bedroom. He was tossing restlessly and calling Nancy’s name over and over. Now and then he would mumble something she could not understand.
“I must find out what it is he’s trying to tell me,” she thought, and moved closer to the bed.
The patient opened his eyes partway and realized that Nancy was
“Yes, you would be. Well, what did you come for? I can’t give you much of my time. I’m a very busy man.”
Bess assured Mr. Ryan they would not stay long. She turned to Nancy, “Tell him what you have in mind.”
“Mr. Ryan,” said Nancy, “we’ve been looking over the area where the apartment buildings may be put. We understand that these will replace Mr. Thurston’s zoo and aviary.”
“That’s right,” the shop owner agreed.
“Have you ever thought,” Nancy asked, “how much more attractive the development would be if the Thurston farm were left intact?”
Mr. Ryan gave a start. “What do you mean?”
Nancy told him that she could visualize the development very clearly. A cluster of high-rise apartment houses would face on a man-made lake. There would be a swimming pool, a park, and a playground. And on the other side of the lake Mr. Thurston’s zoo and aviary as an added attraction.
“The tenants’ children would love to go over there and see the birds and animals and hear Oscar Thurston talk about them. It would be very educational and relaxing for adults too.”
The shop owner thought this over a few seconds, then suddenly a sneering look came over his face. “Who sent you here to propose this to me?”
“Nobody,” Nancy replied. George and Bess echoed the comment.
“I don’t believe you,” Mr. Ryan shouted. “Well,” the councilman added, “I don’t care who it was and you tell him for me to mind his own business! I’ll vote exactly the way I want to without any advice from someone else! I’ve already made up my mind that the Thurston farm must go!”
He arose from his desk chair and walked to the door. Opening it wide, he glared at the callers and said, “You’ve already taken up too much of my valuable time. I would appreciate your leaving at once!”
The three girls walked out of the office without saying a word. Then George burst out, “What a mean man he is!”
Bess added, “I never met anybody so narrow-minded and pigheaded in all my life!”
Nancy heaved a great sigh. “That certainly was a disappointing interview, but I’m not giving up. I’ll call on the other councilmen as soon as I have a chance.” She added that there were three more.
When the girls reached the car, Nancy asked George to drive.
“I don’t know why, but I’m really exhausted. I’ll take the car from your house.”
George dropped her cousin Bess at the Marvin home, then went to her own house. She said good-by to Nancy and advised her to take a nap or at least to go to bed early that evening.
“Will do,” Nancy replied and drove off.
After putting her car in the garage, she entered the house through the kitchen door. Hannah Gruen came bustling down the front stairway into the hall to meet her.
“Oh, Nancy,” the housekeeper cried, “Ned seems to be much worse. I can’t reach either the
doctor or your father on the phone. I don’t know what to do!”
She went on, “Ned is slightly delirious and he keeps calling for you, insisting he must see you. I don’t know what to do!”
Instantly Nancy rushed to the stairway. “If Ned wants to see me, he’s going to!”
Hannah Gruen grabbed the girl’s arm. “Dr. Black and your father told you not to go in that room.”
“I know,” Nancy replied sheepishly. “I’ll stop at the door and call to Ned.”
The housekeeper released the girl’s arm and Nancy raced up the steps, two at a time. “Oh, Ned,” she kept saying to herself, “you must get better!”
CHAPTER XI
Missing Pet
NANCY stood at the doorway of Ned’s bedroom. He was tossing restlessly and calling Nancy’s name over and over. Now and then he would mumble something she could not understand.
“I must find out what it is he’s trying to tell me,” she thought, and moved closer to the bed.
The patient opened his eyes partway and realized that Nancy was
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