Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-03-04
The Doctor
Patients

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Miss Bennett came tripping down the
steps.
please stop q momentl" she called
out. Are you not doctor?" she
said.
IT am. Can I DO Of service?" he
said. with his most professional air.
Yes, indeed!" was the quick an
swer. my mother Is very Ill, and pa
pa not here. AS We are strangers,
did not know whom to 90 to, 30
ventured to stop YOU"
Perfectly right said the doctor.
II am at your disposal Immediately"
Mamma" said the girl, bending
tenderly over her, "the doctor is here"
"Oh, we'll, he can't do me any good"
was the fretful answer.
Doctor Everson stepped up and laid
his hand upon the invalid's wrist, say.
Ing cheerfully: Suppose We try. any
way. What have you been takingT
Mrs. Bennett gave list. The doctor
laughed.
AS you are alive after all that" he
said, there's hope yeti Now, can you
tell me your bad feelings?"
The lady went over all her symp'
toms, and the doctor said, In that
CHEEKY tone which always brings new
life into a sick-room: That Is better
than l hoped. You can almost cure
yourself, madam. II you will follow
few of the simplest directions"
What are they?" asked the daugh'
ter eagerly.
"Only to dispense with all medi
cine, unless some light thing for her
nerves: eat plenty Of nourishing food;
throw these windows all OPEN"
Doctor Everson left some simple
powders. and, at the daughters re
quest, promised to call again the next
day.
Papa will be here, and l wish you
to see him. Here are our cards." said
Miss Bennett, as she showed the doc
tor downstairs.
The doctor bowed and gave her In
return his own card. upon which
after he was gone, she read the name
Frank Everson, NJ. D."
To effect O cure, OF course, the doc
tor called frequently. And II, In SO
doing, he became more interested In
the nurse than In tho patient, nobody
was the wiser.
, Sometimes, to relieve the tedious
hours Of duty. he took the fair nurse
. out to drive. and In those pleasan'
hours they grew very well acquainted
Mrs. Bennett had been for two
months under the doctors care, ant
was 30 greatly improved that Nellie
sometimes left her, to take rambl'
! by herself In the pleasant fields ant
woods near Rose Hin. One afternoon
having strayed down road which wa
new to her, she came to an old mill
I the ruins OF which were grass.worl
and rotten. But Nellie supposed the,
would bear her light weight, and
y from mere impulse, walked out on tn
old timbers. which overhung th
stream, and stood fiinging pebbles II
to the water. to watch the ripples the
r made.
She did not notice the wavering 9
the timbers until, just Us she turne
to 60 back, crash! went the log o
v which she stood, and down wen
Nellie into the stream. As she wen
d down, she gave q frantic clutch an
IL succeeded In grasping a ere be
which held her suspended. he
shoulders just out of the water
!, Nellie knew that the stream wa
!" deep, and she could not swim. Sh
shrieked and shrieked for help.
n An instant, and cheerful sho,
al rang answering back: Hold hard
I'm coming!"
Poor Nellie knew the voice, an
>" strove to turn her head. She sa
l' Doctor Everson leap from his bugs
and fling of his coat as he ran for Il
ID creek. A moment more, and he hs
Iv dashed into the stream, and his stroI
arms held her firmly.
Nellie, with great feeling Of Q
m cur!ty. lay passive ON his broad breas
re- until few bold strokes carried the
n to the shore.
II should have come sooner II / hi
- known you needed me-" said he.
As he spoke, he hurriedly picked I
=, his coat, fastened It over her sho,
=" ders. put her. all dripping and shivs
~ Ing. into his vehicle, and drove III
rr the wind.
oil As they started, she said: "Doctl
les ! can't thank you. But you seem
he be near whenever want help"
er. He turned to her with a great liz
in his face. and for one instant b
arm clasped her as he Naid, ferventl
MY darling. would ask nothing b,
- ter Of life than to be near you
ss ways!"
he Then he took his arm away, b
nm gently, and not word more was 81
-: n: during the short drive. But, as
~ carried her into the house. he said:
$50 II have said too much not to q
IN more. May say It when you q
Ne yourself again."
he YES" whispered Nellie. And.
fore long. Nellie Bennett was /
doctors bride.
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