The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-06-10
DOCTOR OF HEARTS
BY BETTY M'INTYRE.


&C. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
Phyllis was talented, well-educat-
ed, handsome but unspOiled child Of
wealth. The male portion of Kings
town openly adored her, while the
contrary sex secretly copied her man
ners, gowns and her style in hair-dress-
ing.
She was a born matchmaker and
quarrel-patcher, and when any of the
girls Of the town were heartbroken
over some John Henry, she was sought,
and although she was only twenty-five,
her advice was sage. In this way she
had earned the name that the boys
had given her, doctor Of hearts"
When her friends wrote to her they
always placed ID. o. Ii. after her name,
and with smiling good-nature she ac-
cepted their fun, and no one ever
guessed that the doctors own heart
needed mending.
Many of her admirers proposed to
her. but she refused them all, for she
did not love them, and she was firm
believer in whole-hearted love or none
at all. She very tactfully found some
charming girl for egch of the disap-
pointed SWANS.
One beautiful morning the doctor,
feeling rather lazy, took an interesting
book and some red-cheeked apples that
Wed with her own cheeks for rrsiness,
I and settled herself in the couch ham,
mock to wait in comfort for the mail
man. When he arrived she smiled as
she read the D. o. II. placed after her
name on four Of her letters. She
smilingly opened one of them and read
| long letter from one Of her pa
tients" who had found happiness. One
letter bore foreign postmark, but the
usual D. o. II. was there, and she was
puzzled, for as far as she knew, none
Of her friends were abroad, and the
address being typewriter, gave her
no information. She slit the envelope
and read:
"Dear Phyllis-At last I have found
where you live. Until tonight / have
been unable to find you, although !
have searched for the past three years.
After returned to Camden and found
you gone, l ran down every possible
clew to find you, but all in vain. Last
week I came here from London, for
knew Of your fondness for Egypt, but
I could find nothing here until to-
night, when dropped into the English
club, and here I met a chap named
Clark, who knew you. When he told
me that you were not married, I made
up my mind to see you at once, and
beg your forgiveness, II can, for my
foolishness. So am coming to you as
fast as 1 can, with the hope In my
heart that you still love me a little.
yours forever,
tom BEVERLY"
The rest Of the mail was forgotten,
and her dancing heart made her eyes
glow with a wonderful light. Tom was
coming to her after three long years,
and he had searched until he had
found her; the silly thing they had
auarreled over was forgotten. For the
next three days she lived in a fever OF
; expectancy, and each day found hel
dressed In some wonderful dress, fol
she was anxious to look well when he
came. For a week she watched fol
him at train time, but he did not come
: One morning In her plain ginghaH
4 dress she curled up In the hammoci
to rest and sleep and dream Of his
coming. She woke to And Tom lean
ing over her, and with glad cry he,
arm encircled his neck and in the kis!
that followed all the pain Of the year
was forgotten.
Suddenly she became conscious o.
( her plain dress. and asked him to ex
n cuse her until she changed 1t.
s "Why change IL, sweetheart? Yo'
e are wonderful In that dress, and Sill
or satin could not improve you any.
e And then, In the approved fashion, n
= told her Just how wonderful she wa
3 to him. With a happy sigh the littl
doctor Of hearts dropped her head Of
his shoulder. A shrill whistle and tn
! postman entered the yard with severs
letters, all with the d. o. FL. after he
Q name. Tom, picking up one iron
R where she threw them into the ham
n mock. kissed the D. o. III. as he sale
: with his arm around her, Doctor O
hearts is a good name for you. m
darling, for you sure can fix sic
I. hearts, but after the way you hav
fixed mine, I'll tell the world that
D me d. o. III. means delight of heaven