Evening star., 1915-03-09
THE DOCTOR CAME 1MMEp1ArE1

frankly friend to marked downs"
whether they were in style or not Yet
she earned IS a week and lived with
cousin, who boarded her for 81. That
left her four whole dollars, for she did
not pay car fare, and always brought
her lunch. But instead of fixing her
self up and joining in with the young
iolks' frolics she carried a savings
bank book and counted her pennies
otlnelness among girls is as rare as
snow IN August, and Bernice and Diana
and the rest of them resented this
peculiar characteristic of Persis' They
could not understand it They did not
understand her. And so they in a way
pegan to band themselves against her.
Not one of them saved a penny of tbeir r
wages. Why should they? There was
always the folks at home to depend
upon in time of need. And, ANYWAY.
marriage was an ever waiting escape
from debts and wage earning forever,
WY should they. therefore. stint the
present out of fear of the future?
So PersiS was not asked to ioip ,ny
OF their lively little social clubs. and
when the store dance came Off she
had no dress to wear. So all during
s .ne ran and early winter she spent
ner evenings in her own room at
cousin kate's and read books from
the public library and went to bed
early and came to the store morning
aiter morning rosy and efficient, while
tired heads off.
One cannot burn the candle at both
ENDS and expect it to last forever A
ciub evening, two plays and a dance
nnfshed Diana And one morning she
found that she could not get out Of
pea. me doctor must be had and a
prescription filled. She was back on
her board bill. and when she looked in
ner purse she found it empty. For
VINO could suppose that such disaster
would befall one before another nav
envelope came due? She phoned for
What could she do? She had no
money. Write to your folks" she
suggested Diana sobbed. Il might
die twenty times before they got the
The store closed at l O'Clock Satur-
day AT 2 o'clock the door opened and
Pers1s Pell walked in. BY this time
Diana was fairly out of her head with
fever. "o "''h
The first thing Persis did was TO
pnone TOT a doctor. and then she
stripped off her old blue coat and tool
charge. The doctor came immediN
ately-a nice, young, capable doctor-
who told Persis what to do and did
something himself
ionsilltis." he said, and general
aepiiaty from overexertion. You can't
dance all night and wait on custom- :
ers all day that is. you can't do if
long-without disastrous result
Diana was very ILL., The doctor came
several times and Persis took care of
heI. BY Monday morning Diana was
oetter. put 1t was two weeks before
she could go back to work. In the
meantime M her father wrote. sternlv:
L cant send you much money, Were
having all we can do to live here AZ
home And you ought to be ahle 70
take care of yourself" W
Never mind dear'. par,t.
Diana read this woeful news 70 her
I've paid up everything for you. And
u,In. you needn't pay ME back till it's con-
Diana did pay back. She had had
her lesson. and. like all lessons long
delayed; 1t had been learned hard. Not
she aiohe patterned after Persis
the rainy day which nobody escanes
As for Persis. she married the doctor
VINO attended Diana during that attack
Of tonslitis o.A
(THE END)