Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13

hearing tales of his skill. and of the
peculiar faculty he had OF forgetting
TO jot down calls he made on the poor
est of his patients.
You'll never get rich down here. doc
tor" one of the settlement people re-
marked once. IF you don't send In
bills
The doctors smile was whimsical
Getting experience. am 1 not: Isn't
that what 1 came for?'
Perhaps" was the tentative reply.
| Sometimes ] think that this work is
becoming a big factor in your life.
"A mighty big one tersely. Its a
strenuous game down here 1t brings
TO the surface the red blood in man
1t seems something particularly worth
nv year or SOS experience will de-
yeIop into a life interest nothing can
eclipse.
But that was before he met Miss
| Manners at the settlement. She WAS
there with a group of society girls
Interested in Summing. And Miss
Manners, with an authoritative in
tonation in her voice laughable in the
extreme TO the doctor, WAS giving her
views on the subject of sanitation.
when In one of his casual chances out
the window. he uttered u quick eX-
,lauition of alarm. In an instant he
had loft the room and was back with
a child Of the Slums.
IL maze no IGSpOHSc IL lihitDs.lItSS
questions save the snapped out
.Rr,lshed by ~ truck. until he hal
examined the inert little body and the
rhiIds eyes had opened. Then tor q
moment the Doctors winning smile
MAS visible "Not SO bad. little chap.
as | feared. but Pm going To Tx YOU
up right away. If l only had
nurse
cant | help you. doctor Miss
hot IA l
hold things, couldn't T."
After a moments hesitancy he ac-
copied her aid.
Is was when the operation. during
" hich he had n,arvcled al Ter felp-
Tulncss. was over that sic showed I"r
the first time the signs o. strain. RE
caught her as she staggered, and whcn
the momentary faintncss was over
told her she had done splendidiy
I'm glad she said, simply. Then,
as she withdrew from his supporting
arm her eyes looked into his with
wonderfully touching humility. but
amusement, had he but known it
when his own showed warm admira-
tion. Miss Manners was an adept at
reading telltale signs. No one knew
better than she when young men were
impressed.
much SO that as the days which fol-
lowed saw Miss Manners frequent
visitor ut the settlement impression"
merged into admiration and adn,ira-
ton evolged into love. And all ne
had was the living nc made Us sium
doctor.
He smiled bitterly as he thought of
her fathers income. and he tried to
avoid her and get the better OF mis-
nlaced affection. Succeeding 20 bril-
i,antly that on the evening when she
attended concert at the settlement
ma was more than usually KIND
ahout his work and shyiy conccrned
shat Il was developing into overwork'
as no escorted her home in her iinou-
s;ne. he found himself telling her what |
SO had come to mean in his HE, ana
;narned that hts love was returned.
In the first days of their engagement
10 i;ved in A state of supreme happiness
n was wonderful after an unusually
Strenuous day to return TO the pachclor
%narters and dream OF the happiness III
@ta,e for them and plan for III. future !
IIa never had a thought that plans are
oft,irnes merely dreams until he woke up :
one day TO realize that Miss Manners
only smiled gently when he spoke OF these
JoStv plans Of HIS invariably bringing 10
his notice the careers Of their most emf