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speak OF such things. They prefer to
have us think that they are too angelic
to require system supplies" ni
They must be like somo women !
used to know" replied Harold, with
laugh. Well, good night, Mary
Harold ran lightly up the stone uteps.
but before he had touched the bell he
was again detained by Mary. "Har-
old, she said softly, did you interfere
in my behalf because you have decided
to love me "a littlei" .s
Don't be 80 silly!" exclaimed Har-
old in disgust. II was just beginning to
think you quite jolly girl. Why must
you spoil it all?"
"I understand" replied Mary BIT
terly. "You have given your heart to
Lefty, but she will never care for you
half as tenderly as could. There is no
tenderness in her nature.
Harold had touched the bell, and
Mary had not finished speaking when
the door was opened, and Harold was
invited to walk into the DOCTORS Office.
On entering no was disgusted to find
that Il. A. Coburn was lady.
there mast be some mistake. Iexpected
to find man doctor"
There are no men practicing medi-
cine In this city," replied Il. A. CO.
burn. Indeed do not know Of but
one man doctor in the world, and he is
quack. He could not be otherwise,
you know, for no was allowed to attend
no medical college of any note"
do you mean to say that women
prescribe for men?"
"Wby notf When man is sick, he
wants the best medical assistance to be
obtained. Men are not either mentally
or physically strong enough to become
doctors. Neither have they the requisite
patience. Worse yet, their love of money
would lead them to ply their profession
with other than humanitarian motives.
Notwithstanding, replied Harold,
"a feeling Of delicacy leads me to pre-
fer a man. However, IL there is no man
to be had, ] suppose must yield to the
inevitable az gracefully as may be-"
Dr. Coburn not only prescribed for
Harold, but administered some Of the
lood which she thought his system de-
maEded most urgently, and when he left
the Office he felt that life was much bet
ter worth living. He had at last found
one change in sthe twentieth century
which met with his hearty approval
offered, saying that 1t would be con-
sidersd bribe, and that the salary paid
by government was quite remunerativs
enough to meet her needs.
When Harold reached his own door,
be CHANGED to glance back just In time
to sec two figures, one on either side Of
the street, disappearing into the shad-
ows. He at once surmised that he had
been followed by Mary, who in turn
had been followed by Lefty.
CHAPTER vi.
Several weeks had passed since Haf-
old's proposition to meet Lefty in the
park had been made and accepted, and
the two had become moro and more
deeply interested in each other. In fact,
she time had come when each felt that
matters might as well be settled be-
tween them at once, and one fine morn
ing each started for the park with the
firm determination to make a proposal
of marriage that very day. Both were
strangely excited. for neither felt sure of
the sentiments of the other. They had
succeeded very well in ignoring customs
and conventionalities, and their rela-
tionship during these weeks had been
much like that which might exist be-
tween two men or two women who un-
derstood each other, and who were
thrown together In strange land where
no one understood them.
1t was like that, with one little ex-
ception--the difference in the infiu-
ence which love exerts on two whom
nature intended for companions. In
deed conventionalities had been so en-
tirely forgotten that neither Harold nor
Lefty thought that the other might
claim the right of proposal, but each
acted according to the promptings of
the heart. 1t was not until they at
tempted to put their thoughts into words
that conventional difficulties arose to
make trouble between them.
MY darling" began Harold as soon
as he caught sight of Lefty.
Little sweetheart. (" rapturously ex-
claimed Lefty at the same momen&
Each heard the other.
When you remember that IL was not
q whit more hattering to Lefty to be
addressed as darling" than IL was to
Harold to be called little" You will
understand why each broke the sentence
off at that point and stared at the other
in silent disapproval. II was not that
each did not want the love of the other,
but that each preferred to bein suspense
a little while to having love thrown at
him or her without the asking. IL was
too much like being drowned in barrel
of sirup.
Lefty was the first to recover herself.
Ibid you speakf" she asked stiffly.
Harold thought he might have mis-
understood her, and he wac sure that II