Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-12-04
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By F. A. mitchell


ners.s
Who is 1t. please?"
Her father"
Hold the wire"
Then the person who had answered
the call notified the nurse, who went to
the telephone booth.
rs 1t you. sweetheart" asked a
mans voice.
Yes, dear"
81 couldn't get through the morning
without calling you up and having a
word with you"
81 hoped you would"
1--WE made arrangements to go In
with DR.. Clarke Emerson. the big sur
geon. and he is to pay me 500 a
month from the start. That will en-
able us to be married. You can leave
that COMPOUNDED hospital and stop ram
ming thermometers in persons mouths
and noting their heartbeats. All your
own heartbeats will belong to me-"
I'm SO glad"
Miss Manners father kept her at the
telephone some twenty minutes, when
she resumed her duties. In the after
moor she was assisting at an important
operation when there was another call
for her. Mrs. Irwin, the matron, vent
to the phone.
who is 1t wishes to speak with Miss
Manners ?" she asked.
"Her father"
"0h. Mr.. Manners, your daughter is
assisting at "a critical operation. Is 1t
anything importantY"
"0h, no. I'll call 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.
I'll announce the fact to her imme-
diately."
THANK you very much" Click.
For u week Miss Manners father
kept calling her up twice a 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.
us this Mr.. Manners?'
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 so
often. 1t keeps her from her duties"
Il have never called my daughter
on the phone in my life"
you h~ayen't?"
mo"
Mrs. Irwin was mystiied. She was
| convinced that Mr.. Manners was tell
ing the truth. She said nothing. but
when a few hours later there was a
| call for Miss Manners she went to the
phone on an upper floor and listened.
rs that you, Lucy. dearY
Eyes. Phil"
The voice sounded more familiar to
the matron than ever. and the name
Phil gave her a clew. DR.. Philip Auch-
multy. who upon graduating at a med
ical 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 a love
affair. She listened to a conversation
which made her aged heart envious,
and when 1t was ended she called up
| DIR. Auchmulty and asked him to 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 as to
whether she had better be discharged.
He called a little later, and the matron
asked him into a private parlor.
Doctor she said. 1.-THE patient about
whom | wish to consult you Is Miss
Manners. She's troubled with a mania
of running to the telephone several
times a day to chat with her father.
This takes up so much Of her time that
l am thinking of ~discharging her."
The doctor WINGED, but kept a stiff
upper lip. IF Misss Manners father
calls her up how can she help It'll" he
said.
"By refusing to go to the phone when
he calls"
"What! Refuse to answer to her
own father!"
"Come, come, doctor! l heard your
last conversation on the phone with
Miss Manners. Are you engaged to
her OF married to herr"
Married" replied the doctor after
some hesitation. Being aware that
you would not retain her as a married
u,omoo NO ronoiudad fO keen orr we'd