The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-06-10
pers were full of and that she was

pers were full of and that she was a
"beaut"
In the latter statement they were
eminently correct. for DR.. Katherine
Roberts was more than good looking.
She was one woman in thousand,
with classical features and wealth
Of color that betokened perfect health.
In fashionable dra wing rooms she
could have created sensation had she
elected to become society bud. But
Katherine Roberts had some very de-
cided notions, and one of these was
that she wished to be successful ply
sician.
She had taken the ambulance run
that was part Of the duty of every
interne, and she welcomed the expe-
rience, though she found it rather dis
concerting when her first call was to
attend the man she had refused to
marry only the night before.
They were almost at the hospital be.
fore BelknRp was restored to con.
sciousness and looked up to encounter
Katherine's eager glance.
you are all right" she said reas
suringly as his glance turned to ii
question. "You thought you could get
across the street in front of a team,
but you didn't quite manage It, There
are no bones broken, but you have
been pretty badly shaken up, and you
had better stay in the hospital for a
day or two. You will be better looked
after than you can be at your board
ing house"
you bet III stay" assented Belknap
and Katherine smiled
"You will find the house surgeon a
charming fellow" she went on. 81
think l have introduced you to him
DR. Santley?"
II know him." groaned David. "But
l thought that l was going to have
you for q physician"
81 am on the ambulance" she re-
minded then. relenting, "Ill try tC
drop In now and then"
The stopping Of the ambulance
brought the talk to halt, and cou-
pie Of orderies half carried Belknap
to the emergency ward, where his cuts
were dressed and bandaged, and then
he was put to bed, and an opiate was
administered.
1t was late in the afternoon when
he woke up again, and presently Kath-
crime came in to see how he was get
ting along. With deft fingers she ad
justed the bandages, making them
easier, and she predicted that by the
morrow the patient might leave.
81 wish l could stay here forever"
said David impatiently. "Now that
you are on the ambulance l don't sup
pose that there will be any chance OF
seeing you unless get hurt again"
"Oh, yes, there will be-" she insisted.
"And If catch you throwing fits' like
Pete the Fake just to get few days
in the hospital, shall have to give
you the most dreadful medicines"
"I'll take them If you give them to
me-" declared Belknap, and the pretty
doctor frowned.
81 think that I shall have to hold
you to that" she said. nodding her
head wisely. "If you will promise to
follow my prescription l can guaran-
tee complete cure"
"Shall l need treatment after leave
"Santley said that the cuts We're su-
perficial and that he would put some
plaster on them In the morning"
"You are In need of other treat,
ment"
"That's right" admitted David. ITS
heart trouble, Kathie. and you are the
only physician who can cure me, and
you do not seem to understand the
case"
Il think do" she said gravely, "but
1t Is an affection of the head, not the
heart, David. You think that you
want me, but 1t is merely thought"
You have the wrong diagnosis" in.
sisted David, 1T Is heart trouble. /
have no head trouble"
II will be prepared to admit that
and perhaps change my treatment
when have proved my own diagnosis
wrong" said Katherine smilingly
"Will You try my treatment for, say,
three months, Dayid|
"lf you will admit error at the end
of that time" he agreed promptly
and they shook hands over 1t IN the
grave fashion that had been theirs
ever since they We're children together
Katherine felt much relieved.
When David shook hands on thing
1t was his promise that II should be
done, and. though he scowled over the
scrap of blue paper that Katherine
thrust into his hand MS he left the hos
pital I'm the morning, he determined
to try 1t. 1t was one of the hospital
blanks and read:
Take Helen Weygant TO the theater
at least once week. IL she won't
go. take some one else"
Its for Kathie's sake" he told him
self as he wrote an invitation to Miss
Weygant and note to kathie TO re-
port his progress. Both girls smiled
over their notes, but from wholly DIFF
ferent causes.
In the weeks that followed Katherine
was busy with the ambulance calls.