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which his nurse had handed him. He
looked up at her and said:

which his nurse had handed him. He
looked up at her and said:
| Mlss Tweed. you're II peach"
| wal moEacnt before you begin
your paper ! haven't made the record
ret"
| She took his wrist in her fingers and
counted the puisations.
Nd sure ! should have died had 1t
not been for your care;,' said Bob.
MISS Tweed noted his p.lse and took
up the body thermometer.
| You're not only peach; you're a
brick
MISS Tweed thrust the thermometer
into his mouth thereby stopping these
expressions Of admiration. Neyerthe-
less he continued to gaze upon her.
When she removed the thermometer he
broke loose again while she was max
| ing the record on the ruled paper used
Tor the purpose. He told her she was
the loveliest creature he had ever seen:
mat ner cheeks were roses, her lips
| corais. her eyes wondrous, through
winch her pure soul looked from heav.
| en-.
He had got thus far when she stop
| ped him.
I You are not saying all this" she
said. ITS magination talking. For
week you have seen no one but me.
] we nurses are used to this sort of
thing. Every sick man we serve saws
the same thing You will not have
been out ten days before the scales will
tall from your eyes and you will see
me as am
| Il will never see in you anything but
the loveliest. purest, tenderest woman
that ever lived. Haven't you been
bored by artists wishing you to sit for
a model for a Madonna?"
II can't say that have. When you
have recovered you'll say, How could
! ever have considered that girl beauti-
| fulT"
I'll do no such thing. To prove that
l am in earnest. | ask you now to be
my wife"
And in thirty days you'll ask me to
release YOU
| 81 swear
Very well. I'll promise to be your
wife. but one month after you have re-
gained your health I'll ask you to re-
lease me- You will be only too glad to
| do So"
you've made me inexpressibly
| happy" he said. taking her hand in
his. He would have drawn her to him
for kiss. but she would not permit.
Not till you have refused to be re-
leased" she said.
IN never release you" he said impa-
tiently
Exactly one month from the day Bob
Wynkoop returned to business he re-
ceived note from Miss Edith Tweed,
inclosing her likeness and stating that
rs mere form she asked to be re-
leased from what might be considered
an engagement She trusted that he
would not consider from her writing
him that she attached any importance
to proposal from a sick man to his
nurse. The reason for her writing was
to relieve his mind in case he felt DIFF
ferently from what he had month
ago about the matter.
Bob took the letter to his mother and
said lugubriously:
Mother, I'm In hole"
For heavens sake. Robert, what Is
1T"
THAT nurse had when was Ill
tpro3esci to her" ,. -,
t..,ta.- ,,o'ssri.' ..,s-s..sss
:-sf think must have been out OF my
hcRd. - 49,: z
Did size accept you?" 2.
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 note and there's the pic
ture. She's not Venus. Is she?'
Mrs. Wynkoop glanced at the note
and looked carefully at the picture.
There's character In that face. Rob
ert,." she said.
do you think so, motherT he asked,
looking over her shoulder at the pic
ture.
II certainly do. What reply are you
going to make to her note?"
That's where I'm In the hole.
swore that l would never release her."
Robert said the mother sympa-
theically. but with certain frmness
in her tone, Il hope my boy will never
go back on his word"
"Oh. mother; you don't think I'm
stuck, do yoa?"
That's not the way to look at 1t,
my son. My advice to you is TO write
Mise Tweed admitting that court