Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-22
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looked up at her and said:

looked up at her and s;,d:
Miss Tweed. you're Il peach"
Wait Il moment before YOU begin
your paper haven't made the record
yet"
counted the pmlS,,,ians.
I'm sure l should have died had IL
not been for your care" said Bob
Miss Tweed noted his pulse and took
up the body thermometer.
You're not only Il peach; you're a
brick"
Miss Tweed thrust the Thermometers
into his mouth. thereby stopping these
expressions nf admiration. Ncverthe.
less he continued 10 gaze upon her.
When she removed the thermometer he
broke loose again While she was max.
Ing the record on the ruled paper used
for the purpose. He told her he w:,s,
the lovcliest creature lie had ever seen;
tliut her cheeks We're roses. her ILL.,
cofa!s. her eyes Wondro,ls. thrn,!gl
which her pure soul looked from lleav.
en-.
He had got thus far when she stop.
ped him.
luu are not saying all this" she
said. Its masination talking. Fer a
week you have seen no one but mo.
We nurses are used Ia this SOFT OF
thing. Every sick man we serve says
the same thing. You will not have
been out ten days before tho scales will
fan from your eyes and you will see
me as am
II will never see In you anything but
the lOvelicSt. Wirest, te.ltlcrcst woman
thnt ever lived. Haven't yuu been
bored by artists wishing YOU 10 sit for
model for II Madonnl:"
III can't say that | have When you
have recovered you'll say. How could
ever have considered that girl beauli-
fnl:'"
do no such thing. TO prove that
] ann In earnest. ask you NOW to he
my wife
And i'm thirty days you'll ask me to
release you"
II swear
Very we'll. Ill promise to he your
Wife. but one month after YOU have re-
gained your health IN ask you to re-
lease Inc. You will he only too glad to
do so.
you've made me ineNprcssihv
happy" he said taking her hand in
his. He would lave drawn her III him
for Il kiss. hut sh,. would not loernlit.
Not till you have refused tn I've re-
leased" she said.
I'll never release you" he said impa-
tiently.
Exactly one month from the day Bob
WynkOop returned to business he re.
cesved n note from Miss Edith Tweed.
inclosing her likeness and stating that
as II mere form she asked to he re-
leased from what might he considered
all engagement. She trusted that he
would not consider from her writing
him that she attached amy importance
to proposal from Il sick man to his
nurse. The reason for her writing was
to relieve his mind In case he felt diff
ago about the matter
Bob took tire letter to his mother and
said lugubriousiy:
Mother, lin In hole"
"For heavens sake, Robert, what Is
it?'
"'fhat nurse had when / was i'll. i
proposed to her"
'.Oh. Rohert!'
II think | must lave been out of my
head
ibid she accept you?"
Eyes. but with the understanding
that she would ask to be released one
month after got out. She's made the
request and sent me her picture.
There's the notc and there's the pie
ture. Shes not a Venus. is sle?"
Mrs. Wynkoop glanced ut the note
and looked carefully at the picture.
"Theres character in that face, Rob
ert," she said.
''Do you think so, mother:' he asked,
looking over her shoulder at the pic-
ture.
II certainly do. What reply are you
going to make 10 her note!"
That's where I'm in the hole. I
swore that l would never release her"
Robert" said the mother sympa-
thetcal'y. but with II certain tirnness
In her tone, II hope my boy will never
go barl; on his word
"Oh. mother: you don't think Pm
stuck. do you:'
That's not the way to look at it,
my son. My advice to you is to write
Miss Tweed admitting that Il court
ship under the circumstances is not Il
fair test Of whether two persons are
fitted TO make each other happy, but
you propose that her request to be re-
leased be postponed till both of you
know more OF each other
"That will make 1t easier for me-.
won't 1t. nothrr:'
"Dccidedly."
Miss Tweed nssented to Bob's propo-
sition. and Mrs. Wynkoop invited her
to spend few weeks with her as her
guest. She appeared. instead of in
uniform. becominsly dressed. and Bob
remarked that she wasn't so homely.
after all. Mrs. Wynkoop contrivcd to
leave The two together IL good deal
during the visit, and they seemed to
be at least quite companionable. One
day Bob said to his mother
THAT girl has more sense than any
woman ever met"
Horse sense. you mean"
"fes. horse sense. She'll never tron-
Bile her husband. whoever he may be,
with amy fool notions.
"And he'll find that great advan-
tage.'
"a woman don't keep her good looks