The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-04-17
OF the Twentieth
Century.
By Ohio b. Senea.
Copyright. 1907. by May McKcon.

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As pr Blyth stood In the hall
young girl stepped from an adjoining
room, inquiring anxlously, How do
You find my father. pr Rlyth?"
His condition is serious" he admit
ted. hut With good care
She cut short the conventional pati-
tudes.
when will he be able 10 go out
AGAIN."
"Not for weeks emphatieally.
Her look of anxiety deepened.
What Is your fathers business,
Miss Hail."
Gle is manager of the local tele-
phone system and attends personally
10 repairing and keeping up the line"
THAT means great deal of hard
work Z" sympathctically.
Yes particularly In the winter. The
circuit comprises nearly 300 phones.
and the line extends out Into the coun-
try in all directions"
| II ia tiit W iittl, ullz
thinkingly.
The subscribers need II more then"
&ravely Nearly MI of them are farm
ers and depend upon their telephones
for communication with the village
aud with each other"
IF possible, keep from your father
NIL anxiety concerning the business.
| Il,
During his round of calls DR. Blyth
Thought often OF the beautiful girl with
the sweet, grave voice He was n
stranger Ia Lindsey and was taking
mp his uncle's practice
Fred Hall sick? That's too badls
was his uncle's comment. But they'll
manage all right" with country doe
tors knowledge of his patients nf-
fairs Mrs Hall Is strong and good
nurse Fidelia understands the bust
ness thoroughly Too bad she isn't IL
hoy II will take about all the man.
ayers salary to hire a man To come
here from the city to do the outside
work"
Or Blyth WAS disappointed when
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manager without seeing Fidclia She
was constantly in his thoughts, and
her lovely face seemed always before
his eyes
BY chnuce his next call WINS in the
evening Fidelia met him In the hill
as he WAS leaving.
do you feel encouraged, DIR. BlythF
Yes" kindly, but his nervous con
dition Is serious. Is he worrying about
the buslnessi"
II thiuk not, hopefully II hold his
position as manager, and that encour
ages him. He has all confidence In m,
ability"
You nre II brave girl. enthusiasts
tlcnlly. You have some enc for the
outside work =
She hestatcd, colorinE rosIIy.
Il have the services of very com
pctcnt lincman"
"Where Is your 'centralf"
Here indicating the room adjoli-
ing. 1--WE always been fathers hello
girl" smiling brightly
On several succeeding calls the ply
slcian saw no one outside the slckroom
but Edith Hall, n girl about thirteen.
sharp of eye and of tongue, wholly UNI
like Fidclin, he thought
I'm hello girl now" she cried I'm
portuntly "fidelin's out looking after
the line the llncman.'
He recalled his unele's remarks re
garding Fidelias knowledge OF the
business.
'"rbe brave little girl" he murmured
with II tenderness wholly unaccount-
able. 'She will wish 10 supervise the
llneman's work for awhile I'd like 10
be the lIneman II II means n daly
drive with the little Fdcla."
On the following evening he saw
Fidcla in her office. He reported hope
fully of her father and rejoiced I'm her
words of praise for his professional
| care
I've often Thought" she observed
earnestly, "thnt I'd like to be doc
tor"
DR. Blyth smiled somewhat satirical-
~
You forget, Miss Hall" rather loft
! Iy. your physical inability to cor
with the harlships incident 10 eoun
try DOCTORS life He must brave any
storm or cold. \ delicate girl like YOU
couldn't endure it,
A little 1ickering smile lurked for an
instant at the corners of the pretty
mouth
"Don't YOU approve of women being
physclanst'
"Frnnkly, Miss Hall. do not
AREN'T Won somewhat old fashioned
doctor. moi 10 say antidnntca. in your
ideas' quizzIcaly
Perhaps, stiiilY, but there are 80
many occupations for which woman
Is wholly fitted that II seems regret
table she should enter upon one entire
~ unsnitei 10 her
And may ! aSk, leIaurely. whit
arc some that yon consider suitable for
women
Well hesitaingly first. home
making \ woman should be era
wife and and mother, Of course.
"Thosc privileges. quietly care de-