The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-07-25


coming can't hurt me. Why, say. !
feel like a two-year-old right now
Nevertheless the young doctor stood
near the door, and when the I've min
utes were up he led Betty from the
ward BIDS iAttttAetA sAA'
"You can come again, as often as the
rules permit. but do not stay too long"
The next time he made the rounds
DIR. Lindsay found Moreton oddly
quiet. his fever reduced. his pulse nor
NAL I4NM ANAf AhfAt
Doctor" he said. with a smile. ''that
girls coming did me more good than
all your dope. It's good TO know that
there's one person that hasn't forgot
YOU MI .NfHH fNUW lhtN
And then the young doctor saw that
something more than an organic dis
ease was aiming for the old boss
heart
Daughter OF an old friendf" he
asked casually
mot much-just a Kid picked up In
tenement; took her from sodden
old thing who was beating the life and
spirit out of her. turned her over TO
the sisters. They did, the rest"
Lindsay smiled. but he understood.
II was the ex-boss who had paid the
sisters for the girls caro- and put her
through a business school and set her
on her feet. saving girlhood like his
own boyhood from the slums and the
gutter.
After that Moreton slowly but surely
began 10 mend. There was no curing
the disease. but there was every chance
TO prolong his life for years II he want
ed TO put up the fight And every time
that Betty vynne came 20 the hospital
he seemed stronger for the fight.
For a time DR.. Lindsay watched tho
case with purely professional interest.
but gradually this feeling became dis
tinctly personal. He generally met
Betty In the reception room OF the hos
pital, fingered near Moreton's bedside
during her stay and escorted her 20 the
entrance when she departed.
And, oddly enough. he found many
excuses for sitting with Moreton and
learning more about the kids piucky
| fight for education and self support
Before the first year OF his sentence
had passed the ex-boss read young
Iindsay's secret, and one night after
Betty had paid her usual call the two
men talked II over.
Mind you. she Amt anybody. Neis
Their she nor know where she sprung
from. SO It's up to you" said Moreton
warningly and yet with loving anxiety
In every word.
Young Lindsay studied the cracks In
the flooring for a few seconds. and then
he turned rcsolutely TO his patient
"She's true blue. There are not many
like her. no matter what sort OF blood
was behind her, and I'm going 70 take
chances II she'll have he. And, what
is more, am going down TO see her to
morrow when I'm or duty .
"Is Il AL right, Betty" inquired the
eX-boss rs be btroiSed her hand tender
ly tho -H9xt time sue Came. us II all
right, litua glHT' +s-r.aSSzw--yvr-x.
The girl smiled into his anxious eyes.
oh Mr. Moreton. do you think I'm
half good enough for himT
"Mind that. viii your inquired the
invalid. as II addressing an audience;
then he drew the girl close. Let me
tell you something. Betty. He wouldn't
let me tell you before for fear you'd
think YOU owed him something, He
wanted you 10 love him for himself.
Seer But DIR. Lindsay's got some OF
the boys started. and II looks like a
pardon, Betty; IL certainly does"
She sank on her knees beside the
bed.
''Oh, that is too good TO be true.'.<
and that amt all, Betty. / had
some shares In a gold mine; thought Il
was dead one, but Lindsay he's been
looking into IL, and mebbe-well. just
mebbe l can take you and Lindsay on
a wedding trip over 90 Germany. Lind
say says the springs over there would
do wonders for me, and Lindsay needs
a change. and Betty, I'd been
dead by this time II Il hadn't been for
your coming"
He looked up 10 meet the shining
eyes OF young DIR. Lindsay.
Say. Lindsay. amt there something
In the good book somewheres about the
least OF these7 I want 90 find that
verse I'm going 20 learn II. Ger
tainiy am. An. there Is so much Ter
me 10 learn and 80 little time"