Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-07-06

him. took him for walk day before
yesterday, and all at once he left me.
rye never seen him since"
DR.. Thornby left soothing draft.
recommended that the patient sleep
with plenty of fresh air in her room
and to endeavor to forget her grief for
the night. He said that by morning
she would feel much better and would
be able to pursue the search for her
missing friend.
"a friend indeedr' gushed Mrs. Poti-
fer Florence loved People Winks al
most to death"
Good heavensv' calculated the doc
tor as he drove away. Imagine love-
Iy girl like that falling In love with
man named People Winksr'
During the remainder of the day DR..
Thornby. the woman hater. could not
forget the lovely, grief stricken coun-
tenance Of Florence POTTER.
In the evening while he snatched q
few hours Of leisure In his study no
was still thinking Of her. The little
black Pomeranlan was curled In his
lap, for he had won himself way
right into the doctors heart. And the
doctor was shamelessly planning not
to advertise the dog at all
The little dog was licking his new
masters hand, and the doctor was
thinking of Miss POTTER and the mys-
terious disappearance Of her friend.
Suddenly he laughed aloud as he re-
membered the ridiculous name.
"Peepie Winksv he cried scofingly.
To his amazement. the little dog
jumped up and barked frantically. He
ran to the door and whined and
scratched.
by jove, | believe he recognized
that name,' thought the physician.
"I'll try him again"
"Peepie Winksr' he called sharply
and the dog came bounding back again.
exhibiting every evidence of delight at
the sound of the name.
"I'n be hanged If don't believe this
dog belongs to that Winks chap" NUT
tered the doctor "No harm in taking
him around to the Potifers in the
morning. Miss POTTER might tell me
where to find his owner-but Of course
she couldn't do that-the fellows lost
himself. Imagine losing oneself from
a perfect creature like Miss POTTER"
All of which goes to show that all
the doctors pet aversions were totter-
ing.
The next morning he drove up to
ing In the region of his heart
Under his arm was tucked the silky
form of the Pomeranian doggle. AS
he passed up the walk the dog wrig-
gled to get free, but the doctor had
grown too fond of the little fellow to
part with him so easily, and so when
he was finally shown into Miss Poti-
fer's presence the dog was clutched to
his bosom.
Miss POTTER was looking brighter,
and she smiled charmingly to the ply
sician, but when she heard short,
joyous bark from the little black dog.
she arose from her sofa and flew with
outstretched arms to meet him.
"Oh. my darling. darling People
Winks!" she cried as sine took the dog
In her arms. "Did 90 run away from
90 missy2 And did de bestest doctor
find ums title People Winks for he
missyT
DR.. Thornby felt no disgust when he
heard these words Of endearment fall |
from the red lips Of Florence POTTER.
Indeed. he looked very much as If he
envied that fortunate canine.
"Now, tell me where you found my
darling" cried Miss POTTER. who had
recovered with astonishing speed. Her
cheeks were pink and her eyes were
shining like twin stars.
In a few words DR.. Thornby related
how he had discovered People Winks
nestled among the bearskins in bis
limousine and how he had fallen in
love with the silky mite.
''And when you heard us tell about
losing Peepie Winks l suppose you
thought of my darling at once" said
Florence.
The doctor blushed.
ITO tell the truth, Miss POTTER, when
your mother spoke ABOUT losing some
friend called 'Peepie Winks' l really
believed it to be the name of man."
"a MANI" Then the doctor discov-
cred that Florence POTTER had the
most joyous laugh he had ever listened
to. Presently he joined her, and then
Mrs. POTTER came In to hear the Won
derful story of how People Winks had
been recovered by the doctor.
"I shall miss the little rascal" said
the doctor as he took leave of his fully
recovered patient
"YOu must come and see him once In
awhile" said Mrs. POTTER cordially.
A few days afterward DR.. Thornby
confessed to himself with some con-
fusion that he sorely missed the pleas
ant cOmpanionship of little People
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