Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-21
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!: Cherished Fee
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BY ALVAH JORDAN GARTH

Copyright. 1919. BY ,n- Western News
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There was the anTr6 Of crowding
feet and hushcd hUt excited voices.
Young Dir. Alien Reeves. Just at the
threshold OF protest. s,al practice, fac
ed group of half Il t'r"ca women and
children who bore ir their midst the
figure OF an exceedingly beautiful girl.
but limp. llfeless. her free devoid of all
color
1T was at In" alley. Doctor Reeves"
pabbled forth one of the women. "Shc
WAS passing its end when Murphy'S
horse ran away. She was brushed
against the wall and she went down
like broken flower. She is so still
and white. Is IT dead she Isl"
The poor Of the neighborhood knew
the young physician well in time of
illneSS and trouble aud were friendly
and familiar. Doctor Reeves spoke n
rensSurinG word
"No bones broken. one shoulder
bruised quite badly, hut there's the
Shock he said to Mrs. Hannigun.
Just hold this phial to the nuStrils
and fan the young lady till I go to the
drug store and get some medicine
find I have run out Of"
The young doctor moved with cclcr-
lily. He was not man given to triv-
Ia! impulses. yet his whole soul was
enlisted in the present case. Never
ir his life had lovely face so impress-
Ell MN ms that of this hnphnZard pa
tient. He wondered who she could he,
obtained the remedy he was after and
was not gone from his office more than
ten minutes. His face clOuded as he
entered 1t. for his absence, brief as It
was. had been Of sufficient duration to
mark the return To consciousness OF
ills mysterious patient and her depar-
trre:
II couldn't stay her. doctor dear"
explained Mrs. Hannigan. "Shc was
NIL nervous and troubled. She said
she must hurry to Il train ana that her
sister had her railroad ticket. And
when ] told her Of you she looked Mt
your picture on the wall there and
said you must be Il truly kind-hcarted
man. Then sh" said something about
having no none! and after she'd gone
| found this lying on the little stand
yonder.
This" WAS a small pretty finger
ring holding an amethyst surrounded
by small pearls. Along it's inner rim
WAS the inscription: "Anice from Sis
ter" Doctor Reeves traced an Gle
ment Of pathos In the situation. This
Anicr. whose fair TEXTURES were so
powerfully impressed upon his mind.
had left fhe ring In lieu of the money
for his fee. He made n great many
vain inquiries regarding it's owner the
next day. hut II was of no avail.
Pietr" Santos. a settlement favorite
who made and pcddIed plaster OF paris
Images. was brought into his Office
that afternoon with an njured limb
and this distracted his thoughts from
this provokingly beautiful and persist
emily haunting Ance She was back
In his memory and cherished regard,
however. within few hours. Reeves
attached r ribbon to the ring and wore
It hidden from view.
Goa de country. doctor" announced
Pietro month later, all mended ND
fnG staring on one Of his usual
trips away from the city. "Owe-a for
You fix-a Pietro up so fine. Pay-a
when come back"
Don't you worry about that" said
the young physician. waving the crate
ful itinerart an encouraging at,eu.
Tw" afternoons later mt the edge Of
little village PietrO came across a
gang OF rough loafers. who attacked
him. took his hard earned money,
bound him and. setting his uretty
wares on fence posts as targets, pro-
cecdcd To demolislI them. An hour In
ter, passing the spot. n moan attracted
Nh" attention Of fair. gcntlc-.aced
girl. Dr. Allen Reeves would have Civ
en- 81 good deal to have seen, fc- she
was the patient who had diSapicared
s" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mcrrii,.
Her true sympathetic soul w:s re-
rcalcd as she set the victim os bril-
tally and havoc free and h"al.t his
rHthctic story. She led him T.; her
home. cared for him until the next
day and even provided him WITH the
money to pay his fare 10 HIS city
home.
you Snv-a my courage. my Iifo.- he
told Anicc. ~ never forget. Wien 7
come again bring-a you a great york
OF ART. All. you have inspired the -.oor
/ mock sculptor. He Inak-a your h.,nu-
tiful face live!"
1t was two months after that vixen
Pictro appeared in the Office OF T,oc-
! tor Reeves. He was thin aud showed n
strain Of inccssaDt hard work. hut his
eyes giow"d and his face was irradi-
atci.
"DoctOr," he said. placing on the
tshlc an object done up in cloth, 81
, never pay.a yet, hut now I 90 out
! with new imagc--oh, such bnnu+v 7