The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-17

of an introduct1on. u cannol nave my 4
patients unduly excited. In few
weeks we shall have him in fine trim,
| hope. but we don't want our treat
ment upset by too much company"
Moreton's lips set in grim lines. The
young doctor evidently did not know
that this was his first visitor.
DIR. Lindsay. this is one of my best
friends, Miss Betty vynne. and her
coming can't hurt me. Why. say.
feel like Il two-year-old right now"
Nevertheless the young doctor stood
near the door, and when the five min
utes were up he led Betty from the
ward.
You can come again. as often as the
rules permit. but do not stay too long"
The next time he made the rounds
DR.. Lindsay found Moreton oddly
quiet, his fever reduced, his pulse nor
NAL.
Doctor" he said. with 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"
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 friend?" he
asked casually.
mot much-just kid picked up in
a 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 be understood.
1t was the ex-boss who had paid the
sisters for the girls care and put her
through 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 to mend. There was no curing
the disease. but there was every chance
to prolong his life for years if he want
ed to put up the fight. And every time
that Betty vynne came to the hospital
he seemed stronger for the fight
For time DR.. Lindsay watched the
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 to the
entrance when she departed
And. oddly enough. he found many
excuses for sitting with Moreton and
learning more about 1.-The kids" plucky
fight for education and self support.
Before the first year of his sentence
had passed the ,ex-boss read young
Lindsay's secret. and one night after
. Betty had paid her usual call the two
men talked it over
mind you. she amt anybody. Nei-
i Their she nor know where she sprung
d from. So it's up to you.' said Moreton
i, warningly and yet with loving anxiety
h in every word.
the flooring for few seconds. and then
. he turned resolutely to his patient.
shes true blue. There are not many
q like her, no matter what sort of blood
n was behind her. and I'm going to take
y chances if she'll have me. And. what
= is more, l am going down to see her to-
! morrow when I'm off duty"
4 us it all right. Betty?" inquired the
r. ex-boss as he stroked her hand tender.
n ~ the next time she came. us it all
right. little girlY"
X The girl smiled into his anxious eyes
N "Oh. Mr.. Moreton. do you think I'm
IS half good enough for tlim?"
y Mind that, will your inquired the
% invalid. as If addressing an audiences
then he drew the girl close. LET me
~ tell you something. Betty. He wouldn't
/. let me tell you before for fear you'd
d think you owed him something. He
h wanted you to love him for himself
o See? But DR.. Lindsay's got some OF
% the boys started, and it looks like a
II pardon. Betty; it certainly does.''
= She sank on her knees beside the
d bed.
n "Oh. that is too good to be true"
!. "And that amt all, Betty. had
some shares in Il gold mine; thought il
l. was dead one, but Lindsay he's been
"a looking into it, and mebbe-well. just
r. mebbe l can take you and Lindsay on
# a wedding trip over to Germany. Lind
= say says the springs over there would
" do wonders for me, and Lindsay needs
n change. and-well. Betty. Id been
% dead by this time if it hadn't been for
o your coming
B He looked up to meet the shining
!. eyes of young DR.. Lindsay.
% Say. Lindsay. amt there something
in the good book somewhcres about the
n least of these? | want to find that
:. verse. Pm going to learn it. Ger.
# tainly am. All. there is so much for
me to learn and so little time!"