Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-10-04

sick. Gertie might have had to wait an
hour or more for the prescriptions, ana
it was so far, | presume she thought
she would get them all at once. | have
been looking for nurse, but there are
none to be had. SO she and l must
take care of you ourselves. I'm glad
she's here
"But she's not here" corrected Mr..
Rich, "and We don't know where she
is"
ooh, she'll be all right father. The
police will bring her back IT she gets
lost"
"John ~ shrieked Mrs. Rich from
the adjoining bedroom. What excuse
could we make to Sister Angelina IT her
daughter should be brought home by
the police? And it might get into the
papers"
But she had hardly time to realize the
full enormity of the idea before the
door opened and Mrs. Upton ex-
claimed:
"There's Gertrude now J"
Instantly there was a chorus of ejacu-
lations.
"Where have you been?"
"Were you lost? ?"
"Did YOU get the medicine ?"
"Couid you find policeman ?'
"Half Dozen" laughed Gertrude.
"And they didn't know any more about
New York than | did"
Then she gave them comical account
of her pursuit of Dr. Peters. When
she told how she asked him to take her
to the druggists, Mr.. Upton shouted
with laughter: ~
"Gertie, Gertie ~ he exclaimed. 81
should as soon have thought of asking
the President to take me there. His
time is WORTH don't know how much.
| should not have gone for him, but
met him out here, and doctors are all SO
busy now that | asked him to stop"
Gertie gasped.
"And / talked and scolded just as if
he were the most ordinary man in the
world |" she exclaimed in comical dis
may. GLOW did know he was great
doctor? He didn't look like one, and
he certainly didn't act SO. | thought
he couldn't be very clever to make
such mistake as that. Oh, dear, oh,
dear !"
Three days found the grippe" pa
TENTS progressing finely, and nearly all
we'll but Mrs. Rich, who had the doctor
for over three weeks. Gertie took care
of her, and would, as she afteward de-
clared, have covered herself with glory
as nurse had she not fallen i'll with the
epidemic herself, just as Mrs. Rich be-
came convalescent. DR.. Peters had a
hard fight to keep her from pneumo-
MIA, and the last two weeks of Gertle's
stay in New York were passed indoors.
When Mr.. Upton received his bill for
DR.. Peters services it was so moderate
that he called on him for an explana-
ton.
"There must be some mistake. /
think" he said. ..,..
"No. no mistake. | am only making
amends for the only blundeT / know of
having committed IN years. BY the
way, have you. heard from Miss Porter
since she went home ?"
HAD a letter this morning. Father
and mother both down with the grip,
and neither nurse nor doctor to be had.
She is thankful for what she learned
here about it."
81 have to go very near Smithville
this afternoon" remarked the doctor,
quietly. "Think | will call and see how
she is. She is an excellent nurse, but
not yet strong
CDR. Peters is going up to see Ger
trude this afternoon" said Mr.. Upton
when he went home.
"Going to see Gertrude !" exclaimed
his wife. 81 should as soon think of
the Gar of Russia goingto see Gertrude.
What for?"
Mrs. Rich smiled placidly.
81 expected it," she said.
''What do you mean, mother?"
ooh, nothing. Only thought some
things were queer, and the day he
brought her so much fruit l asked him
if he was married, he replied No If
| were, you would be justified in think
ing me too attentive to your niece"