The Washington herald., 1914-06-02
TIE NAN WHO B0ssED.
LAwRENcE ALFRED CLAY,

lungs. and he reported to her and her
widowed mother:
.-rhe left lung is slightly affected"
Dear met sighed the mother. I
.1 don't believe it," bluntiy added
the girl
-siiehtly affected. and should be
seen 20 at once"
Must she go to Colorado?
Nero, / think not. Ny advice ID
that she go to Pine HILL What she
needs is the aroma OF the pines.
Then I'll get it by sitting in lum-
Der yard right here at home!
But where Is Pine Hil?" querieo
the mother. & ~
ITS thirty miles down the country.
There are forty acres of pine In one
tract. ] know of q very nice old lazy
who would board your daughter ana
give her every attention"
You can tell her that Tn going 10
Bar Harbor," said Miss Joyce.
And she should be out doors among
the pines as much as possible ana
practice deep breathing.
'T won't practice any kind OF
breathing at all"'
she should stay all summer.
II won't stay two hours"
IT will write TO the old lady today.
and tell her that your daughter VIII De
there next week. I wouldn't lose time
in getting her of. She needn't take
seven or eight trunks full OF CLONES.
'Iu take twenty trunks II want
tor
.I,u call again, after I hear from
Mrs. Rush." said the doctor
ssYou can call and be hanged 10
your' were the last words he heard as
the door closed on him
But-Niss Joyce brought up among
tine pines and began drawing oeep
breaths while yet two miIes ron
10 aSrOn18hmenI
She 1iked Mrs. Rush-the house-the
tabIa-Ih. Gather bed and every
shIng else for nve miles around.
There was lust one shadow, and tnAl
cam. two days later.
Back of the house was creek "nich
went babbling to the sea- The name Oh
the sea is withheld for obvious reasons.
hut n NAV be safely stated that the water
, in the creek was all of six inches deep.
f girl had never seen creek De-
fore-if il were a hot day-f not man
was in sight, any girl would 90 just
what this girl did Sne suippeo oh
shoes and stockings to have a Waoe.
She was wading UP and down and digging
her toes into the gravel when man
appeared
Get right out of that cold water at
oncei" said the man.
The girls first inclination was 70
scream; the next to run; the third TO
and demand: And who are YOU. SIR
..Dr. George Gay" was the reply.
And when did I employ you TO give
me advice?" .---.
He was very young and had been in
practice, such as it was, only a iew
months. In fact, as he was tairiy "ealny
he was rather hiding away in the WOODS
so as not to practice on anything more
serious than farmers sore heel or his
wife's toothache. EssE
you'll have a nice cold In the head
and a sore throat by tomorrow, he sale
as he passed on
the girl as he disappeared. He is rather
GOOD booking but he can't be much oi
a doctor. and he'll fnd out he cant
boss me-"
When she went back to the house and
told Mrs. Rush of the incident tha'
motherly woman replied:
Gracious me, that creek comes from
an fce-cold spring, and 1t was very mn
prudent of you!''
But what brought him sneakins
around there?"
He didn't even know you were here
But he had no authority to, command
me to get right out"
''Mebbe not"
"And-and 1 hate him.
Next morning there was a sore throat
a fever and now and then jump from
a tooth. Miss Joyce got up to break
fast, and fought to stay up, but 1t wa:
no use She had just Topped down on tht
family lounge when DR.. Gay arrived
Without a word OF preface he walked
over to the patient and took up her hand
and began to feel of her pulse
What do you mean sir" demanded th'
patient as che sat up.
Fever and sore throat, just as pre-
dicted''
But 1 didn't send for you.'
But am. here just the same. and
shall leave some medicine to be takeI
every hour. Also, a gargle."
II won't take them, l hate you"
GO ahead and hate. but Mrs. Rusl
will see that you take what / leave TO
you
81 never will do it, said the girl t
the woman: but she did. She dosed an
gargled, and after four days she coul'
swallow again
Dr. Gay called second time. saw tha
the patient was better and went ava
without a word
I'll hate him baldheaded"' vowed Mis-
Joyce, but in her heart she had to ad
nit that she both feared and respecte
him. At any rate, she couldn't bully him
After she got out again the. girl longe
for a roam in the woods. 1t was so quie
and cool and pleasant under the tall pine
Mrs Rush she started of. Born an
reared in a city, with a sign at ever
corner and a policeman in the middle G
the block il was no wonder that in te
minutes she was bewildered in the fores
The fright that always comes with II al
tackled her, and, of course, she ran
the wrong direction. She had been gon
from the house two hours when DR.. Ga
came along and was told so. She migf
have walked up the highway or down !
but he figured that the woods would hay
drawn her and he entered them
search.
After half an hour Miss Joyce wa
found. She was seated on a log weeI
ing. and she expected to be torn to piect
by r'~- nr tiger any minute. The do
tor h ore her ior
long
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