The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-13

few weeks longer" she smiled down
at him. "You see. you've been work.
ing too hard. Mr.. Wright, and the
blow on your head was really & mer-
ciful accident. as 1t has resulted In
your taking a rest. Now. believe
there is some medicine due you"
After he had taken 1t David turned
thoughtful eyes upon her. Where
have l seen you before?" he asked
bluntly.
"Have you ever seen me beforer she
asked demurely. and then the doctor
came In and there was not another OPP
portunity TO repeat the question.
AS the days passed in a convalescence
that was an entirely new and delight
full. 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.
1T 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.
"Gone? 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. Dismissed? What
has she done?"
"Oh, she made a mistake. She is too
nervous and high strung for nurse
anyway. 1t is d rule of the hospital in
such cases when the mistake Is a seri-
Gus one to dismiss the offender"
And II was Il fatal mistake-it cost
a life" asked David pityingly.
"Oh. no, indeed. But it might have
proved fatal IL 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.
1t was astonishing how rapidly Da-
yid 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 consultation.
"Out againT' laughed the doctor,
gripping his hand warmly. II always
say Miss Beeman is the best nurse
there is. Feeling pretty at nowy"
Great" returned David. and then
without realizing how strangely his at
titude looked TO the doctor who had
known him only as n quiet. self con-
tanned bachelor of thirty odd years he
burst out, "Of course you know she
was dismissed, docv'
who? Not Miss Beeman?"
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. Poor little Elsie. l told her
she was not strong enough to tackle
nursing. Proud little witch has not
been near me since. / must go up
there and see what I can do" He
made a memorandum on his desk cal
endar, and David watched him hun
grily.
You might tell fellow something
about her." he blurted forth at last.
About Elsie Beeman?" asked the
doctor, his eyes twinkling. rs fell
low interested?'
"Of course. Who wouldn't bef Who
Is she? Where does she liveT
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 1t. l believe it was
your office, ehY'
i knew I'd seen that golden hair
and 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 IL you
yearned to give her the opportunity
to dictate to you the rest of your life,"
said the doctor.
David Wright blushed. 1T do-go
on, doctor, and tell me the rest"
She found she wasn't fitted for Of
nee work. and she wanted to try nurs-
ing, so she served her apprenticeship
ana has been at 1t for several months.
Ihere'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"