Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-12-30

ciful accident. as It has resulted In
your taking rest. Now, ! believe
there is some medicine due you"
After he had taken 1t David turned
thoughtful eyes upon her. ''wheN
have i seen you beforef" he asked
bluntly. 2.
"Have you ever seen me beforef' she
asked demurely. and then the doctor
came In and there was not another op,
portunity 10 repeat the question.
As the days passed In convalescenee
that was an entirely new and delight.
full experience for David Wright be
did. not ask his nurse. where he had
seen. her before. He was quite sure
that he knewthat really she was his
dream woman. for now whenever be
thought of the long vacation he was to
take travelling through all OF the coun.
tries he longed to visit the face of the
woman who went with him as his wife
was none other than the beautiful hos.
pital nurse whose name he did not even
know. "'Ft
ct is fate" he murmured to himself
one day.
:. The very next day there was a new
nurse In attendance, and he was i'm,
mediately alarmed
where is my. nurse?" he asked anx.
iously of the older. palmer woman who
had taken her place.
Miss Beeman? She has gone" said
the woman, with pursed lips.
"Gone1 Not for good. She hasn't left
the institution. has she?" demanded
David from his chair by the window
Eyes: she was dismissed" said the
woman. with unprofessional garrulity.
David frowned. "Dismissed7 What
has she doneT'
"Oh, she made mistake. She is tho
nervous and high strung, for q nurse
anyway. 1t is rule of the hospital 10
such cases when the mistake is a seri-
Gus one to dismiss the offender"
"And 1t was fatal mistake-it cost
n life ?" asked David pityingly,
"Oh. no. indeed! But 1t might have
proved fatal II the patient had been In
a precarious condition. But 1t Is best
to avoid any such possibility" said the
new nurse coldly. and then she changed
the subject e.tN
1t was astonishing how RAPIDLY Da-
Z ture Of Miss Beeman. In three days
he was out of the hospital. and as Dr.
Lawton had not visited him for several
days, the house doctor having looked
in OH him the last week of his stay,
David sought the physicians office as
soon as he left the institution. ~
Bidding his taxicab wait he fairly
ran up the steps to the doctors Office
and fumed impatiently while he wait
ed his turn for a consultation.
"Out again?' laughed the doctor
gripping his hand warmly. II always
say Miss Beeman is the, best nurse
there Is. Feeling pretty at now?"
Great" returned, David, and then
without realizing how strangely his at
ttude looked to the doctor who had
known him only as a quiet, self con-
tanned bachelor'of thirty odd years he
burst out. "Of course you know she
was dismissed, doc!"
who? Not Miss BeemanT'.
David nodded and then went on to
relate what the new nurse had told
him.
DR.. Lawton shook his head regret
fully. I'm downright sorry" he said
soberly. .tt'"Poor little Elsiet I'told her
she was not strong enough to tackle
nursing. Proud little witch has not
been near me since. l must go up
there and see what I'can do" He
made memorandum on his desk cal,
endar. and David watched him hun
grily. !.
"You might tell n fellow something
nINA ho,. ii, TOD ,.fH Mt Io1t
about Elsie Beeman?" asked the
doctor, his eyes twinkling. us fe-
low interestedT
"Of course Who wouldn't be2 Who
is she? Where does she live?"
"Elsie Beeman is the daughter of an
old friend of mine. When she finished
at boarding school she found herself
an orphan without much money and
no, ability to earn money. for. her
self. First she learned stenography
and went, into an architects office
Come to think of it. believe it was
your office; eh?"' ftf
7 II knew I'd seen that golden hair
and those hands somewhere" cried
David triumphantly. IT dare say she
sat down in my office and looked at
her lovely hair and hands while l die
tated to her"
1T looks very much us If you
yearned to give her the opportunity
to dictate to you the rest OF your Bfe,'
said the doctor. "t n
David Wright blushed. ST do-go
on, doctor. and tell me the rest"
''She found she wasn't fitted for Of
.fice work, and she wanted TO try nurs
ings so she served her apprenticeship
and has been at 1t for several months
There's just one profession Elsie Bee
man is fitted to fill--she's one of the
women. who are born to be wives and
mothers, Her place is IN the home
David"
'I've never had home. and. please
God, we'll make one together" said
David solemnlyy Then to himself as
he went to his rooms he said convinc-
ingly: "It must come out this way aft
err all. for remember i firsti fancled
my dream woman about four years
ago. and that must have been the time.
that she was working for me and
didn't know 1t. She made her impress
zion upon me just the same. What