, 1922-06-01

broth-a by-product of the expensive
stew dinner tlme-which the patient
drank with relish.
Il was going 10 suggest" began the
young doctor, a little less bravely than
might be, that IL would be better for
you to rest here, possibly all night.
The slightest effort might cause pain
to the strained tendons, and my
brother could lie on n cot in the next
room so that If you wanted anything,
In the meantime, hadn't we better
telephone to Mrs. Todd? She may be
anxious
"0h, there's no Mrs. Bronson Todd
said the patient with "A smile hat
seemed TO irritate Polly. He seemed
to be pleased to think that he was a
bachelor. He was just the good look
ing sort of well-built young man who
ought TO be ashamed not to be married
by thirty and he must be thirty. Who
ever heard of a mayor under thirty?
Still he wasn't the least gray-"But
you might telephone to the steward at
the club Mayor Todd interrupted
Polly's musings. II live Mt the club,
mt he takes a sort of interest in me-"
Polly gave her brother Instructions
for this telephone message. Then she
approached the PROSTATE mayo with
another suggestion.
Possibly you would like to have
your own doctor?" she said.
II am with my own DOCTOR" he said.
This is the first time that 1 have
had "A doctor, well. since l was twelve,
and had h measles. I've never need
ed one. l am perfectly satisfied"
When Polly saw her brother after
the patient was asleep on the recep-
ton room lounge she could no longer
conceal her own anxiety. HE slipped
on our front walk. You said you
wanted to shovel it. 1t was all my
fault-and after what we said about
getting patients, oh, it was dreadful
even to joke about anything so seri-
GUS"
When it was decided that the young
mayor could be moved via motorcar
to his club the next afternoon, he said
frankly that he was sorry to go.
Doctor" he said, you'll look after
the case, won't you? Perhaps you'd
better drop in tomorrow. In the
meantime I'd feel better if | settled
my account for as far as it has gone.
You have had to devote your entire
time to this case
but, of course, there are to be no
charges" said DIR. Polly Hill, turning
rather pale. at was our fault that
you slipped. We hadn't shoveled our
walk. We should at least stand all
the doctors fees. You might ask dam
ages, besides"
The mayor smiled. "Who ever
heard of such a thing? You might
think that you had deliberately made
that walk slippery so as to get pa
TENTS" He looked into Polly's blue
eyes and laughed again, and Polly
looked very much distressed and the
mayor was sorry that he had teased
her.
So that was the beginning of the
chain of vents that led to the mar
riage that spring of Hillsboro's young
mayor and her youngest doctor. The
little white cottage, somewhat en-
larged, became the mayors residence,
anu tne mayor consented 10 ms wire )
request to continue her work as a
children's specialist, providing that she
would doctor the poor of the town
without charge.
1t was the day before their wedding
that they recalled together the events
of the day of their meeting. 81 was
distressed because II really was our
fault that you slipped, and only an
hour before Bob and l were jokingly
saying that we would have to get
patients just that way"
And l." confessed the mayor, twas
walking not far behind you at the
time. It was a silent. snowy night.
You didn't hear me, but l heard what
you said. So-well, l wanted to know
you better-so / decided I'd pretend
to slip on your front walk anyway, so
you'd have to take me in. But when
l was getting ready to fake II fall !
took a real one
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