The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-07-12

| Polly waited for him In the deep We
randa and told him of the sale of Miss
Deborah's furniture.
Dick flushed holly and sank into
low chair with a quick gesture of
impotence. tits darned shamer
he cried angrily Here am l, a great,
strong, husky chap. sitting around
waiting for people to come and be
cured of their ills. while Miss Deborah
needs a man to go. to work and pull
her out Of her financial diflcuIties!
wish I'd never studied medicine. !
wish I'd learned to be a carpenter
or something elsep
"Fiddle-de-dee, DR.. Frasery cried
| Polly impudently. eff it were not for
you what would become of all the poor
sick people in Little River?"
"What has become Of them nowY
inquired DR.. Fraser. "They don't I'll
my waiting room. They don't jingle
my telephone bell, nor do they call me
up in the dead of night l wish they
wouldp he ended viciously.
"It's been a healthy winter" com
forted Polly. land you know DR.
Brown is going to sell his practice
and go away, and there will be a
chance for you then"
"Im afraid not, honey. If l could
buy the doctors practice and his auto
mobile and his whole outfit I'd be
made, but what's the use of talking;
Let us go in and see Miss Deborah
Perhaps l can help her a bit. You
must be at skies and sevens."
Moran has worked like a major
We shall camp tonight. and tomorrow
we are to have-never mindl If you
come over to tea you shall have q
lovely surprisew promised Polly as
they entered the house.
| When they sat around the coy little
fire In the back parlor Polly brought
in the dragon screen and showed it tc
her lover
"Of course you can mend it. Dick,
she said confidently.
| DR.. Fraser did not reply. He was
examining the fine carving with the
eye of a lover. His skillful fingers
itched to handle brush and glue POI
and restore to its original beauty the
dragon screen.
| II shall mend the embroidery" ex
| planned Polly, thrusting inquisitivt
| fingers into the various holes and rip:
in the panels. 'Look at this scaly ole
dragon, Dick He is fairly peelinl
or"
"And this dull green eye needs to b.
frightened" remarked the doctor alb
sently.
| Polly brought a basket of silks an(
sat down near the light and gravely
matched her skeins against the faded
embroidery of the screen. Miss Deb
orah, knitting near the fire, watched
her with tender interest. These two
| young people were the very main
spring Of her existence now that 81
| much of her life had become merged
in the past.
The light shone on the dragon screen
and the golden dragons glittered unit
| it almost seemed as If their scale!
moved.
How father loved that old screenr
unused Miss Deborah.
"Will 1t not be lovely to have /
around once morew asked Polly, turn
| ing her head. and then the screeI
slipped from her grasp, and she caugh
wildly at the panel on which she ha(
been working. She caught tori
| froe Of <,ft I,o
and the silk, rotten with age, fel
apart in her grasp, showing the Whit
cotton lining.
Dick jumped to catch the screen. an(
as he righted it there slipped from the
torn panel long. legal looking en-
velope bearing some memoranda in I
Grabbed handwriting.
by Georgep shouted the young
man excitedly. What have we here
treasure trove? Polly. girl-catch-
it's yours"
Pollys eager fingers caught the en-
velope and gave one glance at the su
prescription: then she flew across thu
room to Miss Deborah's side.
1.-The lost securities" she cried. See
Aunt Deb: grandfather has them la
beled. How do you suppose they cam'
to be in such a place, and suppose W.
had never found the screenT'
Suppose had not sold the furni
turer quavered Miss Deborah as sh
opened the bulky envelope and ex
tracted the beautifully engraved Ger
tificates. 'Do look at these, Dick
Pm so excited l can't read thing
Father must have slipped them il
there absentmindedly those last day
before he was taken Ill"
| In very awed voice DR.. Erase
read the list of valuable securities. ant
when he finished with a long draw
whistle of establishment Miss Deboral
and Polly were weeping in each other
arms.
won't the old house look perfect,
lovelyY' Polly was sobbing. "All tn,
beautiful old fashioned furniture from
the garnet and
"And Dick shall have the south VIM
for his offices. and the carriage hous,
can be made into very respectable
garage" added Miss Deborah. straight
ening her spectacles.
"What?" demanded DR.. Fraser yer.
Independently Il couldn't, Miss De
bcrah-Polly-I want to earn my owl
home"
"You will buy out DR.. Browns prac
tice,' said Miss Deborah decidedly
you can pay me back some day If yol
will But you can do more real goot
by becoming my resident physician
than waiting there on the hill for tn
patients that do not come"
"Polly," pleaded Dick, I'm tryini
to keep my independence. Back me up
You don't think ought to accept Thu
from Miss Deborah
Aunt Deborah" corrected Poll.
sweetly. Then, "If you marry me a
all, Dick. it must be exactly as sh'
say, fort will make her awful,
happy, won't it, Aunt Deb?"
Miss Deborah arose and, coming t
them. clasped her long arms AROUND
them both. 81 never had any children
Of my own" she said huskily; "yol
two are all l have Don't keep nj
waiting much longer for my happi
nessW
Then the three heads came together
gray and black and golden. and thu
dragons on the screen seemed TO writh'
and twist and wink their green eye'
very knowingly as If they knew Miss
Deborah would have her own wa,
after all.
Too Much of Target.
Brown How did you feel, Jone