Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-17
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WHO is il, pleaSe?"
Her father"
Hold the wire"
Then the person who had answered.
the call notified the nurse. who went TO
the telephone booth
Is it you, Sweethcart:" asked \
mans voice
YES dear"
Il couldn't get through the morning
without calling YOU up aud having 4
word With YOU"
Il hoped You would
I've made ARRANGEMENTS 10 so IN
with Or Clarke Emerson. the big sur.
Geon, and he is To pay me 500 4
month from the start That viii en-
able us TO he married You can leave
that confouuded hospital and stop ram.
ming thermometers In persons mouths
and noting their heartheats. An your
own heartheatS viii belong 10 me"
I'm SO glad"
Miss Manners father kept her ut the
telephone some twenty minutes, when
she resumed her duties In the after.
noon she was assisting NJ an Important
operation when there was another call
for her. Mrs. Irwin, the matron. went
70 the phone
WHO is ii wishes to speak with Miss
Manners = she asked
Her father"
"Oh, Mr., Manners. your daughter Is
assisting at critical operation Is It
anything importaut$"
oh, no. I'll cali her up later. Good
by There was a click, then silence.
The matron thought the voice sounded
familiar to her, but she did not remem.
Der to have seen Mr., Manners
The next day Miss Manners was call
ed UP by her father twice. and both
times Mrs. Irwin was aware of the
fact She wondered what the nurses
father had to say to her so often. At
the second call the matron went TO the
telephone and asked:
Well what is it,"
Miss Manners father recognized
Mrs. Twins voice, though she did not
recognize his
will you kindly tell Miss Manners
that her uncle is dead?" was the reply
III announce the fact to her imme-
diately"
Thank YOU very much" Click.
For Il week Miss Manners father
kept calling her up twice day or Of
tener The matron, feeling that the
nurses time should be devoted to her
patients instead OF her father. found
his address in the telephone book and
called him up one evening after din.
ner.
rs this Mr.. Manncrs?"
Yes"
I'm the matron of st. Luke's hos.
pital trust you won't take it amiss
If ! suggest that you refrain from call
ing up your daughter on the phone 50
often. 1t keeps her from her duties
Il have never called my daughter
on the phone in my life."
You haven't?"
No"
Mrs. Irwin was mystltied She was
convinced that Mr. Manners was tell
ing the truth. She said nothing, but
when few hours later there was
call for Miss Manners she went to the
phone on an upper floor and listened.
lis that you, Lucy, dearY
Yes. Phil"
The voice sounded more familiar TO
the matron than ever, and the name
Phil gave her Il clew. DR. Philip Aucn-
multy, who upon graduating AT a med.
fcal college had been house surgeon
at the hospital and had recently re
signed. Mrs Irwin mentally put one
and one together, and the result was
two; the doctor and the nurse In love
affair. She listened TO conversation
which made her aged heart envloua.
ana when II was ended she called up
DR. Auchmulty and asked him 10 come
TO the hospital She wished to see him
about one of the nurses who had been
ailing, but was getting better, and The
doctors opinion was wanted MS TO
whether she had better he discharged
lie called little later. and the matron
asked him into private parlor.
Doctor" she said. the patient about |
whom | wish to consult you Is Miss |
Manners She's troubled with II mania |
Of running to the telephone several |
times a day TO chat with her father |
This takes up so much Of her time that
am thinking Of discharging her
The doctor WINGED, but kept n stlT |
upper lip III Misss Manners futHor
calls her up how can she help IT." Ho