El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-18

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| Nv virginia Terhune Van de Water
r. HAYNES. like some other ply
sicians Of his type, sometimes
- formed what might be called a
snap judgment" with regard to the
ailments Of some of his women pa
tients before he saw them, and in the
case of Beatrice he had made a men
tai diagnosis Of her condition as soon
as he entered her room, and before
he had taken time to give more than
a cUrsory glance at it and its inmate.
When, therefore, his delicate touch
felt the rapid, wiry pulse, and when,
before he could summon enough tact
to enable him to hide his astonish-
ment at the symptoms of genuine i'll
ness, the woman burst into tears, he
was confused and somewhat abashed
His profession was, TO his mind, not
only business, but a serious calling
and he felt that he had not been true
to it this morning. His voice was
penitent and soft, as he laid his hand
on the sobbing WOman's head
He Comforts Her.
There, there he murmured. poor
wound you, but, to tell the truth, you
looked so blooming and young last
night when I told you goodby that I
could not imagine that you were i'll
this morning"
Beatrice had stopped sobbine and
was listening. She CROPPED about IN
der her pillow for a handkerchief, and,
as she did not find one, DR.. Haynes
lauShingly produced his, and, slipping
his hand under her head, turned her
face toward him, wiping her eyes as
If she had been a little child.
NOW, all the tears are gOne@ ne
said as he might have spoken to a
child. 'Ah, see by those poor, tired
eyes that you have a horrid congestive
headache"
please" quavered Beatrice, making
sorry effort to smile, get me one
Of my own handkerchiefs from that
box on the dressing table"
The physician did her bidding, re-
turning with a filmy square of sheer
linen held between thumb and finger.
You don't call this thing a hand
kerchlef, do your he teased. Why it
looks to me like some kind of trim
ming2"
At which Beatrice managed to pro-
duce a weak giggle, and the man was
satisfied.
Well" he said at last. you have A
cold, and a bad one I'm going to get
a prescription filled down at the vii
laSe pharmacy, and want you to take
one of those capsules every three hours
until the pain in the head subsidies. I
your throat. And you must lie per-
fectly still all day"
Yes" agreed the woman meekIy.
What She Needed.
And" he continued 4 don't want
to scold you, but I might have known
you would be i'll today, for I noticed
your shoes last night I was not in a
professional capacity upon that Oc-
casiOn, so 1 had no right to tell you
10 90 back home and put on rubbers."
7 haven't any rubbers here" said
the patient, -4or never wear them in
summer"
Then you should have put on high
Shoes, rejOined the physician in
stead Of those paper soled. fancifuI
low ties you had on last night"
But 1 don't wear high shoes. either,
IN summer, said Beatrice
The man moved impatiently. IT de-
clare" he said. you ought to have a
nurse, q guardian. or a husband to
take care of yOui'
He laughed as he uttered the last
words, and watched with amused cur
loslty, the wave Of color that flooded
the wOman's cheeks.
I'm firing you, my child" he said
klndiy. 1 viii tell your maid to
bring You up a cup of hot milk, for
you need some nOurishment. But eat
lightly and get all the sleep you can"
be got as far as the door. then
turned and came back. BY the way"
ne said, keep the children out Of
Eout room uLLll your throat gets bet
ter. Children's thrOats are sensitive"
The Maids Opinion.
Am 1 to see Helen If she comes
over2' asked Beatrice family
III stop now and tell her not to
come until have seen you again" said
the physician expect you to be all
right before long, but until then see
nobody but your maid"
Very we'll" responded the patient.
she was not disappointed. for she felt
too III to want to see any one. She
heard the doctors merry greeting to
the children as he passed the living
room IN which they were playing, then
his voice in murmured directions to
Mary and, a moment later the whirr
OF his machine as he cranked it pre-
paratOry to his departure
In less than an hour a messenger
brought up the prescribed tablets and
remembering that they were to quiet
her headache. Beatrice took one eager
" Then, closing her eyes again. she
listened to the soothing patter of the
rain on the roof. Little BY little
sense of drOwsiness pervaded her
whole being, the throbbing in her head
became less-it was almost gone
now soft the fall of the rain was-she
1elt as If she were floting off-hOvv
comfortable she Wasi
Mary. uptoeing into the room a
half hour later, found her mistress
sleeping sweetly
That DR.. Haynes must be a real
good doctor" she whispered to herself
as she closed the bedroom door soffIv
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