The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11
DOCTOR. OF HEARTS
BY T MrNTYRE.

&c. 1920. by; Mcclure Newspa per syndicate.)
Phyllis was q talented, w%ell-educat-
ell. handsome, but unspoiled child of
wealth. The male portion of Kings
own openly adored her, While the
contrary sex secretly copied her man.
nerS. gowns and her style in lair-dress-
ing.
She WAS a born matchmaker and
qGairel-patcher. and when any of the
girls OF the town were hcNrtbrOken
over some John Henry. she was sought.
ami although she was only twenty-five,
hef advice Il sage. In this way she
mad earned the name that the boys
tad given her, "doctor of hearts,"
When her friends wrote to her they
always placed d. O. Fl. after her name,
and with smiling ~good-nature she &C.
c'l'tcd their fun, and no one ever
guessed that the doctors w heart
needed mendins.
Many of her admirers proposed TO
hcr, but she refused them all. for she
Gld not love them. and she was a firm
believer in WhOle-hearted love or none
at all. She very tactfully found some
charming girl for eIch 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 rosiness,
and settled herself in the. couch ham
mock I" wait in comfort for the mail
man. When he arrived she smiled as
She read the ID. o. II. placed after her
name on four of her letters. She
Smilingly opened II Of them and read
a long letter from one of her pa
TENTS" who had found happiness. One
letter bore a foreign postmark, but the
usual II. O.; Fl. was there, and she was
puzzled. for as far as she knew. none
OF her friends were abroad. and the
address hcing typewriter. gave her
no information. She slit the envelope
and read:
Dear .ThyIIi>-At last I have found
where YOU live. Until tonight l have
been unable to find you, although
have searched for the past three years
After | returned to Camden aud fount
you gone. I ran down every possible
clew to find you, but all in vain. Las
week J. calne here from London. for.
knew of your fondness for Egypt. bu,
| could find nothing here until to
night, when l dropped into the EngliSl
club, and here l met a chap named
Clark. who knew you. When he tolt
me that you We're not married. I made
up my mind to see you at once. am
beg your forgiveness. If ! can. for m.
fooiiSlmeSS. So am' coming TO YOU a
fast as | can, with the hope i'll m,
heart that you still love me a little
"'IpurS forever,
TON BEVERLY"
The rest Of the mail was Forgotten
and her dancing heart made her eye
glow will a wonderful light. Tom wa
coming to her after three long years
and he had searched until lie hat
found her: the silly thing they la,
qunrrrled over was forgotten. For I'll
next three days she lived in Il fever o
expectancy, and each day found lie
dressed in some wonderful dress. fO
she vas anxious to look we'll when h
came. For q week she watched fO
him at train time. but he did not come
One morning in her plain ginghar
dress she curled up in the iammOc
to rest and sleep and dream of hi
coming. She woke to find Tom lear
ing over her. and with Il 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
cuSe her until she changed if.
"Why change it. sweetheart? YU
are wonderful IN that dress, and sill
or satin could not improve y"u any.
And then. in the approved fashion, II
told her just how wonderful she WI
| to him. With a happy: sigh the littl
!, doctor Of hearts dropped her head o.
: his shoulder. A sirilI whistle and til
+, postman entered the yard with severs
: letters, all with the d. o. H. after he
name. Tom. picking up. one from
where she threw them into the ham
, mock. kissed the D. o. H. as he SAID
I with his arm around her, doctor Q
hearts is a good name for you. m
/. darling. for you sure can fix sic
hearts, but after the way you hav
: fixed mine, I'll tell the world that t
, me u. Oh means delight of heaven.