Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-01-05


blow on your head was really a mer
ciful accident. as it has resulted ii
your taking rest. Now. believe
there is some medicine due you"
After he had taken it David turned
thoughtful eyes upon her. Where
have seen you before"' he asked
bluntly.
Have you ever seen me before?" she
asked demurely. and then the doctor
came in and there was not another op
portunity to repeat the question
AS the days passed in convalescence
that was an entirely new and delight
| ful experience for David Wright he
did not ask his nurse where he had
seen her before. He was quite sure
that he knew-that really she was his
dream woman, for now whenever he
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.
at is fate" he murmured to himself
one day.
The very next day there was a new
nurse in attendance, and he was i'm.
mediate!y alarmed.
Where is my nurse?" he asked anx-
1ously of the older. palmer woman who
had taken her place
Miss Beeman? She has gone" said
the woman, with pursed lips.
Gone? Not for good She hasn't left
the institution, has she?" demanded
David from his chair by the window.
Yes; she was dismissed" said the
woman, with unprofessional garrulity.
David frowned. Dismissed? What
has she done?'
"Oh. she made mistake. She Is too
nervous and high strung for nurse
anyway. 1t is rule of the hospital In
such cases when the mistake is serl-
GUS one to dismiss the offender"
And 1t was fatal mistake-it cost
life?" asked David pityingly.
"Oh, no. indeed. But it might have
proved fatal if the patient had been in
to avoid any such possibility" said the
new nurse coldly, and then she changed
the subject.
1t was astonishing how rapidly Da-
vid Wright recovered after the depar-
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 on 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 Il consultation
"Out AGAIN." laughed the doctor,
gripping his hand warmly. II always
say Miss Beeman is the best nurse
there is. Feeling pretty fit now"
Great" returned David, and then
without realizing how strangely his at
titude looked to the doctor who had
known him cnly as quiet. self con
tanned bachelor Of thirty odd years he
burst out, "Of course You know she
was dismissed, doc"'
who? Not Miss Beeman?"
David nodded and then went on to
him.
Dr. Lawton shook his head regret
fully, I'm downright sorry" he said
Poor little Elsie / told her
she was not strong enough to tackle
nursing Proud little witch has not
been near me since. I must go up
there ard see what | can do" He
made Il memorandum on his desk cal
endar and David watched him hun
grily
You might tell a fellow something
about her he blurted forth at last
about Elsie Beeman?" asked the
doctor. his eyes twinkling rs a fell
low interested?"
"Of course. Who wouldn't be: 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 aDllity to earn money Tor her-
self. First she learned stenography
and went into an architects office.
Come to think of it. | believe it was
your office, chg
Il knew I'd seen that golden hair
ard those hands somewhere. cried
David triumphantly. II dare say she
sat down in my office and | looked at
her lovely hair and hands while die
tated to her.
1T looks very much as if you
vearned to give her the opportunity
to dictate TO you the rest of your life"
said the doctor.
David Wright blushed. 81 do-go
On. doctor. and tell me the rest"
She found she wasn't fitted for Of
ice work, and she wanted to try nurs-
ing, so she served her apprenticeship
md has been at it for several mapths.
There's just one profession Elsie Bee
nan is fitted to fill-she's one of the
women who are born to be wives and
Her place is in the home.
David"
I've never had a home, and. please |
Tod. We'll make one tOpafher" said |