Evening journal., 1912-06-15
Reunited
A TRuE wANT AD srORIETTE.

A girl sat on the doorstep Of a small
one-story house, just on the edge of
a prairie She was gazing out over the
rolling. treeless country. stretching
away for miles before her. The sun
beat down on the unshaded house al
most blistering its one coat OF paint.
1t all looked bare and uninviting IL
was hot and very dusty. But the girl
knew little else Her earliest recol-
lection was Of strange. confused
strugle between some white men ana
Ia band of marauding Indians.
she remembered being torn from
protecting arms. thrown onto the
back of pony and carried many
miles over a dreary, treeless plain
Then came another encounter between
the red men and the white, during
which a pair of strong. young arms
had seized her and, holding her on the
horse. close beside his sinewy body.
tho youth had brought her TO the
house where she now lived and left
fhcr i'm the care OF Farmer Brown and
his good Wife Then the young man
had ridden away into the West and
disappeared
That was IS years before, but the
girl still remembered the man who
had rescued her from the Indians. Of
ten she seemed TO feel the grasp Of his
p,rscular arms The steady, piercing
look OF his dark eyes haunted her Tho
only memento OF her rescuer which
she possessed was brass button that
the child had twisted from the man $
coat during their journey across the
plain This Marian had put on small,
gold chain and always wore 1t, tucked
into her dress.
Marian was thinking of him today
and of her lonely life on this prairie
farm The people had been kind 70 her
she had learned all that could be
taught her IN the rough, little school.
house two miles away. and now she
was a woman thinking of the future
q. and trying to formulate some plan %
York, She was tall and we'll formed
Health and the freedom of outdoor lit'
had given her unusual poise and fin'
carriage She had an air Of breedin'
strangely ai variance with her sur
roundings And she was very pract
cal and level headed This was he
stock IN trade which she had to offe
the world for the privilege Of hvini
II.
special line of work. How could sh
get tho training and experience neoes
sary TO gain a living? This was he
problem
These mediiations we're inierrupte
hv the arrival of the rural mail car
rier. He tossed the bundle down an
Marian seized II eagerly The readin
of the daily paper was one Of her re
creations Through Il she had man
aged 10 keep i'm touch with the worl
and It's doings Today she read IN
principal items Of news and was 8bou
10 put the paper down when sh
caught sight OF the Want Column
The thought came that she might fin
something IN them 10 help her The
she began 10 read the columns care
fully, but the calls seemed to be 70
stenographers, bookkeepers and sales
people Not until she reached the en-
of q long column did she find this ad
WANTED "A physician wants a stronl
Young woman 10 care for his office
answer telephone and receive patient
Call at 325 Lake avenue" Then 70
lowed the name Of the nearest lare
city Here was work that she could d.
Here was a chance to get start
tine working world she consulted ns
foster parents and after much discul
sion IL was decided that she woul
take the train that night for the cit
When her adopted father said goo'
bye be pressed a generous banknoi
inio her hand. telling her to return
her venture was not successful
The next morning found her in III
city. and, with newspaper in hand. sh
started for 325 Lake avenue II Wa
not difficult to find The door wa
opened by a stalwart man. who ha
evidently prospered i'm his profession
He introduced himself as DR.. Parks
and seemed at once impressed wit
Marians appearance. After some col
yersation as TO terms Marian agree
70 give the work trial She had NJ
@.een in the doctors employ long b.
fofe~she discovered that he was or
of the most successful surgeons
the city
Something in the mans voice an
the penetrating look in his ey
stirred her memory and seemed
bring back thoughts of events lol
~ssf. But she dismissed them as ia