The herald., 1917-08-30
|. DECISION OF THE I'M
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'.' Be- raIf-fcct hirb - noe@lS
LITER hall, everything by,op
I.. twins loved the 'r hag Ts q
n.'- ~.a.-ht streamed I IN a., W.
"- ~"''"d--lass wln5a' 4 ta'o,S
Of d." staircase. 'Ow at&
J, was the lupcboo,
1..| Thar The grown.uD, r Tss
I I... dining room, but he did s' si
iLE distance. u With
'"a Police, Bettv,s o.,,-
fish, Tho little door u yaGas b.
Opened cautiously and 'I psn D.
"- III. Shaking her finger in v ~!
YOU Lonnikinm She av Sata-'I
whisper, Don't you da,s I:
H.at l don't want anra ,s q
whore I am. What have 'v vo' . :
in now?' nave you be-
"lisn't me, Polly" n,
"i,.S Betty. She got on D' : i poe
L..1.a Them out, and said sb s =.
From the top of tbo ...,
shrin, indignant protest es '''lH %
Il didn't eat EN-. r,,
, |oT. all !, whales and put them them ,
. I@!.J took one look in the div.
Of III" closed dining room "a So u'''
cred her skirts about her and :!
tn" stairs. Don watched h., = =
pear Betty clasped in her Arm,
ways Of sisters were beyond \,
lie ueSan TO pine for the CON-.
ship Of his own sex. Just then - X y
in- room door opened and I'M.
came out, followed by the dors
approved of the doctor frr 49,
he was not a doctor of pills and h, T
medicines. He was the now -
over at the little stone church =.
the twins went to Sunday School
Don understood that he had h..
college mate Of Uncle Hal. sDa a.
Tore was an all-rOund good feroT I.
they sat out on the verapds Nav
the deep willow chairs, smOkp, h
sorted marbles on the ton s,s !,
eyed the doctor thOughtfully.
Noticing that Uncle Hal va, N,
most Of the talking, and that tbs =
tor was rather absorbed, he ben, I,
connect him with POlly's attp5, !
ward life, and to regard him nj
cl0uSly. When Uncle Hal went Am
to the garage Don ventured 70 N
his place beside the doctor, AMI n /
TO him as man to man.
You know" he said, aBett nj
I've decided you ought to n-I
Polly"
"Oh, you have, have your Thsh
tor smiled down at the little siYJr
old figure in tan linen beside In /
But has Polly decldedl Have N /
asked herr"
I'VE did" said Don cheerfuly 4. |
she told US she didn't have any ON /
ion of any man who wasn't hns
enough TO do his own counting. WATh
counting? Has it anything to Do u. /
kings and queens? Or Is 1t aba1t b !
policeT
Counting" repeated the dOer /
gently, lis what people call vods
Don, and wOoing is er-er-'
Just hanging around a gil tr /
you like?" innocently.
The doctors face took on desg /
tint. He smoked In silence.
Don :" POlly's voice was fesfd' /
dignified as she stepped from the Joe /
way. Il think you had better 20 S0H
and play on the beach with Betty. II /
doctor is leaving very soon"
81 didn't tell him what yOC said n
ly," said Don reprOachfully. T@s
told him that Betty and had dedda
l didn't say you had decided at sl
Polly'S face was as pink IS 4 TO-
as he scampered down the paA 70 M
his twin.
The doctor dropped his dcisa
stub over the veranda rail.
rs there any special reason
said, "why you should treat me % u
way?"
Polly turned on him hoty.
Because you've chosen to 81,
this little summer resort, simpP R
ging for the angels, and marking ~
when you ought to be rightin tne W.
of it. You know that Hals gons"
go in q minute, If / were a naH
it is, I'm joining the Red Gross =
a unit here among us
of the summer colony. Why Oh ~
don't you do something? AI
If you're not good for anything y
run an ambulance on the rODL
anything but manage lawn sOcias'J
strawberry festivals for the beH'H %
All Souls" nb
The doctor stood up quickly %
ing down at her with new eii"
in his eyes. 1t was a new Pony :
faced him belligerently. be -.
ways thought her the usuai W ~
,Iri in the summer colony, and J, y, y
ne had frankly fallen in love ElI :,
rom the first, he had not pee a. /
N telling her so. And now -, ~
warning. Polly had lifted TIE . "
lcr friyolity and shown bin s soSsS ) I
+ the real woman nature Os
lie answered her slowly -. ,.,sr
az came over today on Hal s., N
ion to tell him I'd been ac's T N
haplain on the Alert. We s1is /
- pefore I left ] VIZ