The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-01
The Eue,,i,,e Story


Stolen-A Probasaoner.
| (By Antoinette vensel.)
| Miss Bond turned from the tele-
phone with flushed cheeks and COM
pressed lips, rs the inferno entered tho
duty room.
"Cheer up!" he admonished her
gayly. THAT il iao face for q nurse
to wear ON duty"
! For answer Miss Bond slumped into
the chair at the table, and drew the
diet list toward her.
That kidney case got rheuma-
tisrn tray at noon." she said wryly.
land. OF course. I'm to blame"
More to be pitied than blamed"
chuckled the doctor. who did it?"
The sprobattoner. Of course" snap
ped Miss Bond. ''1t gets worse and
worse. You may be glad you are leav-
Ing tomorrow. 1 only wish were"
.Tut, tut!" chided the doctor. You
have only another month";
Zone mOnth-thirty daye-seven
huhdred and twenty hours" she sigh
ed. And. II they inflict any more
'probes' on me shall be candidate
for ward c."
! doctor. whats the matter with this
onc?"
Nothing" returned Miss Bond,
shortly. ''She just doesn't know how.
land she never will know how. Came
from some little town where her peo-
pie are well to do. and had some senti-
mental notions about nursing, from
which. think, she IL recovering. Any
way she is too pretty Some fool
inferno will be RUNNING Off with her
before the month is out"
-'.AH of the pretty ones don't run
away the first MONTH" chaffed the
i doctor.
SITS no use. DR.. Rand" retorted Miss
- - to-
humor today. and won't am going
off duty now, and I have an appoint
/ ment with my dentist. So you sec how
hopeless it is"
goodby.'' he said. II shan't be on in
the morning. and shall probably not
SEQ you again. I am sailing for El-
trope Thursday to take a post-grad-
date course
Lucky dog!" commented Miss Bond,
mot to have to worry about finances.
like the Others ~ss4 xs
4 At the door she turned back. by
the way" she said. 1.-The probationer
i Il from your home town. Perhaps, .
she added mischievously,"sh she can tell
you news of that girl you were 30 in
terested in last summer"
i The doctor flushed, and, for a. mo-
ment. look of slich misery came into
his eyes that her heart achsS She
& I! : s Z $ slAow
ILsome one told her things-and she
wouldn't believe me- he said nniser-
ably.
A white-uniformed special nurse came
in, looking for the iodine: and the Sec
ond nurse began to make ready the
dressing tray.
What solution. doctor?'' she asked.
lperfunctorily. and left on to answer
the telephone. y.
She turned to- him breathlessly.
'I'n have to let the probationer do
that dressing with you, DOCTOR" she
!, said. I'm sorry. have to get ready
for an accident CASE"
I'll manage" he said. absently.
''Send the tray up to No. TO-"
He strolled out into the hall, and
made his way up the ward. Once he
stopped short, and his heart stopped
beating for a moment, as a slim figure
in blue, with shining hair, flashed out
of one door and in at another. at the
far end Of the corridor. But he shook
his head went on. No. it couldn't be!
garrulous old lady who was his pat
lent.
What ails your" asked the old lady,
the moment he stepped into the room.
Nothing" returned the doctor ami
ably.
.sho." said the old lady. ct know
She laid her skinny forefingeH
against her nose in a gesture of deep
thought.
"I know" she said. you are in
love-"
what makes you think so?" par
!. ried the doctor.
'Sho!" said the .old lady. Come,
now: what Is the trouble 20
4 The young doctors lips came to-
/ gether in a straight line.
, 'She says 1 am a gambler and a
drunkard,' he said resentfuHy.
, "As bad as that?" murmured the
old lady. at am sure you are not
But" and her eyes twinkled up al
him. "a girl never bothers about q
! with him.
A knock came at the door.
. 'Come in!' called tho doctor.
He was seated with his back to the
/ door, and did not see who came in
until first the basin. then the alcohol
bottle crashed to the floor. He turned
) swiftly.
"Eunice." he cried. regardless of the
; She went white: them her cheek,
.. famed red. She set the tray; down de-
I liberately and stopped to esther ur
: the debris.
al He raised her to her fest.
''Eunice, - he said masterfuliy. II an
D going to know"
Then he saw that she was crying.
) Poor little girl" he said. AZ h
drew her into his arms
'rm-Tm always dropping things.
, she said irrelevantly.
do you think" he asked. that YOU
: could drop all this in time to 30 t.
z Europe Thursday?''
The old lady had been pretending to
be asleep this long time.
YES" she said softly, and hfted
her face to be kissed.
II knew 1t would end that way
said Miss Bond wearily the next morn
ing. .-She was too pretty to last
(rsouwri9hted 1AA hvx the mcclure