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Norrasp, and uncover her mouth

“It’s Dave,” Ty said, now taking a hold of Gloria’s ar her toward the cabin “He’s in here”

“What’s wrong with hi at the open door

“I’ “Chief Williaested someone may have slipped hi up”

Her father gave an understanding pat on her shoulder For as big and ferocious as ht was, Norma Rose knew differently To her, he was as lovable as the stuffed Roosevelt bear that sat on her bed Sweet and co

When he wanted to be

She’d admit that much, too

“Gloria and I will handle this, honey,” he said “You go on in inside”

Norlanced toward the cabin It was said Gloria Kasper was a o, when they were a newlyher beloved Ray an affair with one of his patients, started acco him on all of his visits, and continued to do so until his death a few years ago Then, in the midst of the influenza outbreak, Gloria, concerned her friends would be left without ree Since then, she had saved many lives

“Go on, now,” her father repeated “Gloria will take care of Dave You can shoo out the last of the townies”

The townies—folks that lived all year round near the local White Bear, Gem or Goose Lakes, or in the town of White Bear Lake—were always the last to leave Especially with the new noise ordinance in town

The residents of Bald Eagle Lake didn’t consider themselves part of the town and had formed their own community, one with a unique spirit The resort owners, when dozens of their properties had dotted the lakes, had unified their coinal owners had all forreement of all for one, and one for all, and the pact still held

“Go on,” her father said, giving her a shove

Norma Rose was at the kitchen door of the resort before she realized she hadn’t told her father about Ty pretending to be Dave’s lawyer She turned around, listening They’d have met by now

The trees between the resort and the cabins blocked her view, otherwise sheto his car It wouldn’t take long for her father to get rid of hi for a Model T to start, she stood for several minutes, until it was obvious Ty hadn’t been asked to leave

Yet He was probably helping Gloria put Dave to bed or so Then her father would send him down the road

Norh the kitchen door and crossed the meticulously scrubbed room It would have been nice to see the lawyer leave Then she’d have no reason to continue thinking about him

In truth, she had no reason to think about him and absolutely no time

Exiting the kitchen, she turned right and entered the wide hallway that ran the width of the lower floor with staircases leading to the second and third floors at each end Nightingale’s took up all her tio was now one of the largest in the state It had a grand ballroo room that could seat up to a hundred people, three smaller party rooth of the building and faced the lake All that was on the first floor The second floor contained fauest rooms like those on the third floor

The larger the resort became, the more there was for her to do This was the first year they weren’t adding to theThe ialows interrandfather had builtthe last century, when people started co to the lake area on the train The vacation spot had been popular before the rail lines had been laid, but booon ride became a twenty-minute train ride

Many of the older resorts had closed up over the last twenty years, with people buying up the acreage to live here year round, but since Prohibition, the resorts had started to thrive again So had the trollies co from the cities The streetcar co people a destination as well as a way to get there