The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-04-27
OUTWTTIKG FATHER
~ LoulsA IA Roceuu

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pway. "oh. Jim. I must see YOU right
away. I've somethluE awful 10 tell
you." abe cried 10 omeon who N
Ewered her call.
IAN right I was just going to ring
you mp and Ssh you 10 90 for q ride.
rs . peach Of q day. and ! can't pettla
down 10 q thing for thinking Of YOU
"Ail right. dear. ia love 20 70. m
he ready In ave mlnutea Mind. IT,
awful news I've got 10 tell your
Can't be worse than mine" came
hack Fioomiy. wen console each
other. That's something. anyway"
In eve minutes Jim etetaon's road
stsr wns AZ the door Of the Klngrlands
and BETTY got In.
whats wrong. dearT- The car
moved away toward the country. where
blossoms and young life were turning
the world into fairyiand.
Dad says be won't have you hang.
Ing round. He called you nil sorts Of
dreadful things loafer. and = spend.
thrift, and-and too R~eodlooking for
your " or any girls happiness
that's what ne said" she sobbed INTO
q soft little handkerchief. "And he
aid that he had-plhus for ms. There
was omeons else he wanted mo 70
marry
"weli-Tm be hanged" exclaimed
Jim. putting an arm sround her heav.
ing shoulders. That's about the dope
I've been getting from father. too
What's the matter with everybody r
Betty wiped her eyes Indignantly
You don't mean that your " father
IL down on you. too"
"Not me-no. It's you.'
-what do you meant"
"He said you were extrnvannt and
foolish. and that he wasn't going to
have me making q goose Of myself over
a pair Of eyes and a pretty facet"
"Imi Why. he doesn't know what
] look lfkei Re never saw met"
NO more did your father ever see
me, I'm AZ freshly Matched out ~ the
college egE a. you are"
"Tt's queer" sighed Betty. "and very
hard TO beari They can't make me
marry anybody else. 80 there. I'll die
irst. Can you think OF anythlngf"
I'm willing to do anything for you.
dear. I've always meant 20 90 IN work.
But fathers % busy with his patients.
he doesn't have time 10 think n mo.
I've been waiting to have Q good talk
With him.
why don't you 20 into q bankf'
exclaimed Betty. And then suddenly.
Il have the very thingi Father say
he's looking for someon In the hank.
could get Uncle Harvey IN recon.
mend you. and you could take another
name and make fzther see bow won
derful you are"
-That wouldn't Be q bad stunt.
wonder II ! can work n. I would like
20 show your dad that Tn not alto.
Eether q Eood-for.nothing. I wish 70.
ther could get 10 know you better. too.
know what q splendid little person
you arel He was singing the praises
n his once assistant who just got mar
red. and how she worked and did this
and that and the other thing.
Betty caught his arm. "Jimi IN
you think I'd dor
"You couldn't stand that kind Of
work, It's very hnrd-snd long hours"
III no doesn't have 10 have a regular
professional nurse. I believe ] could
do II. IA soon learn. and I wouldn't
mind the long hours. II you think you
could get me the place"
"T1l try, Betty, dear. n you really
want me TO-"
by pulling certain ropes aud wires
another week found Jim In Betty's ~.
theirs bank. and Betty In inns fathers
once.
The days grew hot and air sitting.
There was a general exodus AMONG
their friends 10 seashore aud noun
tainA. hut they stuck 10 their posts
and worked hFuvely on. Jim felt once
or twice that II was rather an uphill
task when things were heaped on him
that no one else wanted 10 do.
Betty. too, had days when she wal
too tired 10 care what happened. The
hottest. busiest ones seemed TO he the
very time Doctor stetson thought NJ
restocking drugs or Of rearranging In.
strument cabinets.
Lately Doctor stetson had praised
her several times for quick Judgment
and accuracy ~ well az courage.
You'll have 10 have O vacation soon.
Mas Knox" for such wns the name
Retty had taken. you are looking a
hit tired. I'm thinking Of closing ur
The once the last two weeks Of July
rhlnk you can last 10 iongf"
"oh, thank you, yeai" answered
Rett- gratefuiiy.
Jim took his vacation then, also. He
s~ns going away with HE father.
Out In = launch on . beautiful Cana.
Alan iske n day In the next fortnight
The Kingslanda passed another boat
%-ontaluing two men.
"Jim stetson I" cried BETTY.
Doctor stetson 2" corrected her n.
iher. and a young Mr.. stockdale. who
Ia In the hank"
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