El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-31

could not have. She paid no heed to
| my remOnStrances-
Il am well. I persisted, land can
do as I please"
you will do as I please" was her
/ reply, in her most professional man
ner-
When I started on my usual after
noon walk, hopping. IN my peevlsh-
! ness that no one but the pup would
go with me, she surprised me by
running after me.
You have been overtaxing your
strength, and hereafter I will go with
! you"
I growled in reply that I knew my
powers of endurance. and didn't pro-
pose to be treated like baby You
starved me at lunch, and now you are
treating me as if I were just learning
to walk. 1 suppose you have a milk
bottle with you, with nipple on the
end"
She laughed for an answer. and slid
her arm through mine, remarking with
some enthusiasm that she never saw
Dretitier autumn colOrs than these
woods had developed.
refused to be sidetracked from
my grievance. What" more sourly,
is the matter with me nOw?"
Several things, but only one I shall
tell you about"
What's that?"
laugh
She would not let me walk half as
far as I wanted, standing in my path
TO block my progress in such saucy,
impudent way that I forgot 1 wanted
the path and wanted her instead l
threw both my arms around her. and
held her close to me.
He FriEhtens Her.
ct will throw you over my shoulder
as the original cave man did" I said,
'and carry you to my cave in the
woods"
I started to lift her Don't" she
cried in such alarm I Cropped her
MY dear child" I laughed. 81 was
not thinking seriously of a cave in
the woods have none there. 1
wish" holding her tight to me. that
lived then. and there would be no hue
or cry if I ran off with you"
1T wasn't that that frightened me-"
pushing away from me- Il was
afraid of your heart"
That amused me. mo woman has
yet found that it is a bad one I said.
Never bad" earnestly, with her fin
gers on my pulse, but a little weaker
than 1t should be Mr.. Max" hesitat-
ing, as if debating whether or not she
should say it, you have appeared so
well you have deceived me, and I am
afraid that you must 90 slower after
this. You see," turning me back to-
ward the house, your heart isn't as
strong as it should be. I noticed it
yesterday morning and have sent for
a heart specialist"
ne QGNl you nave, SrOWleQ.
q talked it over with Richards, and
yesterday, when you were gone, called
up Dr.. Gray over long distance, and
he advised it
Why consult me about 1t now?"
somewhat sarcastically.
You had to be tOld,' she explained.
You know, Mr.. Max" talking a little
more rapidly, 7 have been a nurse five
years and have had all kinds of
patients within that time. and never
before had any one so considerate of
me as you have been. That is why
I am particularly interested in you;
really, you know, there are moments
when I almost love you"
1 laughed at that. There are mo-
ments," I replied, when I almost love I
you, too
The danger" she answered reflect |
lively, will be when we experience |
those moments simultaneously
why that word danger"
When a woman and a man, who I
are thrown together in the intimate 1
of a patient and his nurse /
love each other at the same time, /
there is always danger for the wo- /
man."
What a pity the day of the cave
man has passed. She would make I,
such pleasant little burden, and 1 am /
quite sure my heart would stand the
eXertion.
CThis is one of the regular features
Of The FL PasO HeraId.)