Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-23


wasted $2S OF hard-earned, hard-sayed
money for dress she would never
have chance to wear. She did not
see that dress again in the next three
weeks.
There came n Sunday when Uncle
Sam solicited the loan Of q neighbor's
horse and took Aunt Ju to spend the
day at her married daughters, some
distance In the country. Nina was loft
at home. The morning was half gone
when an idea came to her She would
put on her black dresp. She would get
one days wear out of It, anyway.
1t was hot August weather, SO she
look the box that held her dress down
to the parlor and opened It there. Tho
Dtach uf>s. >-iI.- 90. resplendCnliy
crisp and g.ittery. Nina did her Elen.
uful ashen hair after q fashion plate
she admired. busted her young neck
aud arms with talcum powder and put
on the dress. Aunt JUS gtlt-framed
parlor mirror showed her that 1t be-
came her rarely. Jhe flushed with In.
nocent joy. The pleasure che felt
reconciled her TO her extravaganza.
After she had posed and strutted to
her hearts content she sat down be-
fore the mirror with book But her
eyes were oftener on the picture In the
mirror than the book. Presently her
head fell back against the cushion
She forgot to watch the mirror. The
book fell from her hand. She went to
sleep.
She was awakened by a terrible
| noise. Then hand seized her by the
shoulder and shook her until her eyes
flew open. She stared startled and
| afraid. into the face above her. II be-
| longed to Il woman In q kimono
Nina! Mina!" she was saying. Go
and get the doctor for me. Every.
bodys gone to the lake and the buby's
got the collie"
She fairly pulled Nina out OF the
! chair.
Hurry! Run! I've got to go right
back to the baby. He's awful sick"
Nina, without stopping to think,
| caught up the train OF her gown and
ran. DIR. Killen lived round the corner
| and he was the only doctor within i'm.
| mediate reach.
"Oh. DOCTOR" she painted. Mrs. Nc.
I Guirc's baby Is sick" And then she
paused. for the man who had swung
round In the doctors revolving chair
from the doctors desk was not the
doctor himself. but younger, better
looking man. who stared In amaze.
ment at this charming visitor
| What's this?" he demanded.
Nina, shrinking, suddenly aware OF
her bare neck and arms and her trail.
lng dress. stammered out her message
and turned to fee. As she did so she
was aware that he had reached for his
hat and shining new medicine case.
Ills voice caught her before she was
out Of the door
| Here! Wait!" he said brusquely. 81
don't know where they live. You'll
! have to show me-"
| They walked back together to Mrs.
McGuIre's, Nina very silent and con.
| scious that II was quite unusual for q
young woman to appear in evening
dress at two o'clock In tho afternoon.
But the new doctor seemed neither to
| notice her nor the dress as far as she
could soc.
Mrs. Mcclure came running out with
! the squirIning. writhing. blue-faced
baby I'm her arms
"Oh. doctor" she said, hos that
bad OFF" And then to Nina: Come
I'm with tho doctor, Nina. Maybe we'll
need yolI."
SO Nina went In, and for tho space
OF half an hour the grave new doctor
i hnr fnr b. hi
worse Mrs. Mcclure lost her wits on.
tircly. and acted as badly as any dis
tractcd Irish woman may act under
such circumstances. When at last the
parOxysms ceased and the medicine
was seen to be taking effect, Mrs. Nc.
Guirc came to herself and tho first
thing she noticed was Mina's dress.
well, now" she said that's grand
amt IL, doctor, Just beautiful? You
look like you was dressed for a party
or weddjn'. didn't know you had
such grand clothes, my dear. I never
see you wearin' 'em before"
And you never will again." said
Nina
She told them both how she came to
be wearing tho dress at that time OF
tho day. The new doctor listened
and watched her as he listened. And
something seemed to grow in his face
that would have pleased any woman
TO see
AS soon as they would let her, Nina
few home and got out OF the black
dress and into shirt waist She sat
thinking and wondering about what
had happened. when Mrs Mcclure
came In.
MY mans come. and the children"
she said. "and the baby's peaceful
aslcep. oh. but he's a grand doctor
for a young fellow--just starting in,
you know, and old Dr. Killen's took
him In charge And tho way he ad.
mIred you. I'm an old. married
woman. my dear, and can read these
men like a hook ''Twaa Iovu ~ frat