The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-02
The Eueni,,s Story
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(By Lawrence Alfred Clay.)
The doctor had been making an ex-
animation OF Miss Joyce Harland's
lungs. and he reported to iler and her
widowed mother:
The left lung II slightly AFFECTED
Dear met" sighed the mother.
II don't believe it," bluntly added the
girl.
slightly afrected. and should be seen
to at once
Must she go to Colorado
Moo. I think not Ny advice y
that she go to Pine HILL What sne
needs is the aroma Of the pines"
Then IN get It by sitting in lum-
Der yard right here at home!
| But where h Pine Hill?' Queried the
mother.
| Its thirty miles down the country.
There are forty acres Of pine in one
| tract I know of a very nice old lady
who would board your daughter and
give her every attention"
you can tell her that I'm going to
Bar Harbor,'' said Miss Joyce.
And she should be out doors among
the pines as much as possible and prac-
tice deep breathing
I won't practice any kind Of breath
ing at all!''
she should stay all summer
| II won't stay two hours!"
| Il will write to the old dy today.
I
| there next week. wouldn't lose time
IN getting her of. Size needn't take
seven or eight trunks full Of cl othes.
1 I'll take twenty trunks II want to-"
iii call again, after hear from Mrs.
Rush., said the doctor.
! You can call and he hanged to you!"
were the last words he heard as the
door closed on him.
But-Miss Joyce brought up among
the pines and began drawing deep
breathe while yet two miles from the
first tree. Much to her establishment,
she liked Mrs. Rush-the house-the
| table-the Gather bed and everything
else for five miles around. There was
Just one shadow. and that came two
days later.
Back of the house was q creek which
went babbling to the sea. The name OF
the sea is withheld for obvious reasons,
but it may be safely stated that the wa
ter in the creek. was all of six inches
deep.
II girl had never seen a creek before
If 1t were a hotsday-if not a man was
In sight, any girl would do Just what
this girl did. She stripped of shoes and
stockings to have a wade. She was
wadtng up and down and digging her
toes into the gravel when q man ap-
peared
Get right out OF that cold water at
once!" said the man.
| The girls first inclination was to
scream; the next to run; the third to
! stand there in the middle of the creek
ard demands: And who are you, sir.''
| DIR. George Cay" 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 few
months. In fact, as he was fairly
wealthy, he was rather hiding away in
the woods SO as.not to practice on any,
4 mr. 0Vi@ 49, b -
heel or his wife'sstoothache.
you'll have a nice cold in the head
and sore throat by tomorrow" he
sa aae IS q s.4 pesssa
tered the girl as he disappeared He
10 rather good looking. but he can't
be much of a doctor. and he'll find out
he can't boss met'
When she went back to the house
and told Mrs. Rush of the incident
that motherly woman replied:
Gracious me. that creek comes from
an ice cold spring. and it was very i'm
prudent of you"
But what brought him sneaking
He didn't even know you were
here"
But he had no authority to COM
mand me to get right out"
"Mebbe not
"And-and hate himr'
Next morning there was a sore
throat. a fever and now and then a
jump from a tooth. Miss Joyce got
up to breakfast, and fought to stay up,
but it was no use. She had just Topped
down on the family lounge when DR..
Gay arrived. Without a word of pref
ace he walked over to the patient and
| took up her hand and began to feel of
her pulse. c
What do you mean. sir! demanded
the patient as she sat up.
@FeVer and 4oro throat 1,1af pvo.
dicted."
But didn't send for you'll"
but I am here just the same, and
II shall leave some medicine to be
taken every hour. Also, a gargle."
I Il won't take them! hate you!"
Go ahead and hate, but Mrs. Rush
will see that you. take what I leave
for you.'
the woman: but she did. She dosed
and garg1ed, and after four days she
could swallow again.
DR.. Gay called a second time, saw
that the patient was better and went
away without a word.
Til hate him baldheaded!' vowed
Miss Joyce, but in her heart she had
to admit that she both feared and
respected him: At any rate, she
couldn't bully him.
longed for roam in the woods 1t
was 30 quiet and cool and pleasant
under the tall pines that it was en-
ticfng. Without a. word to Mrs Rush
she started off Born and reared in a
city with a sign At every corner and
q policeman in the middle of the
block. 1t was no wonder that in ten
minutes she was bewildered in the
Forest The fright that always comes
with it attacked her, and Of course
she ran in the wrong direction. She
had been gone from the house two
hours when DIR. Gay came along and
was told So She might have walked
. up the highway or down 1t, but he
figured that the woods would have
fdrawn her. and he entered them in
} search.