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ly weak. "how much longer must 1


bluntly.
Have you ever seen me beforef" 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 conyalescence
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.
ut is fate" he murmured to himself
one day.
The very next day there was 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
udu taken ueT pidCt-
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.
Yves; she was dismissed" said the
woman. with unprofessionai 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 rule of the hospital In
such cases when the mistake Is sert-
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
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-
vid Wright recovered after the depar-
ture Of Miss Beeman. In three days
he was out of the hospital. and as DR.
I.uwton 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 rs he left the institution.
Bidding his taXicab wait he fairly
ran up the steps TO the doctors Office
and fumed impaticntly while he wait
ed his turn for consultation.
"A fE.
gripping his hand warmly. Il always
say Miss l,eemnn 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 only 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
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! | 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 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. us fel.
low interested?"
"Of course. Who wouldn't bei Who
is she? Where does she liver
"Elsie Beeman is the daughter of an
| old friend of mine When she finished
| at boarding school she found herself
nm 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 it. believe II was
your office, ehT
81 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 nc
tated to her"
ut looks very much as II you
vearned to give her the opportunity
TO dictate to you the rest OF your NE
said the doctor
David Wright blushed. Il do-go
on. doctor, and tell me the rest.
"Sbe found she wasn't fitted Tor OF
sce work and she wanted to try nurs-
ing. so she served her apprenticeship
and has been at It for several months.
There's lust one profession Elsie Bee
man Is fitted to fll-she's one OF the
women who are born to be wives ana
mothers. Her place is in the home
David"
GIVE never had home, and, please
Cod. we'll make one together" SAID
Dovid solemnly. Then to himself as
ba went to his rooms he said convinc'
ingIv. at must come out this way art.
or all. for | remember ! first fancieu
NV dream woman about four years
600 and that must have been the time
that she was working for me and
didn't know it. She made her impress
sion upon me Just the same. Wna'
a stupid dolt wasF' -,
Then David Wright fastened MS
homeward way. for DR.. Lawton hac
promised to take him to see Elsie Bee
man that evening and there was faii
chence that his dream woman mign'
A. a