, 1922-06-29
The Doctor Finds
His Suit
BY JANE OSBORN

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tor Godfrey. was counted among the
men In that town who really needed n
wife. His sister, Priscilla, lived with
him under protest. 1t was only be-
h usually happened to select
good servants that the doctor Jared as
well as he did.
She was always showing signs of
carelessness and heedlessness of his
requests. For instance, one morning
at breakfast he spoke of the fact that
as spring was well spent and summer
was coming 1t would be a good idea If
Priscilla would see to 1t that Myra,
the second maid, would brush his win
ter 0vercoat and suit and put them
away in the cedar chest.
"They are hanging in my large
closet" he said to Priscilla, who was
deep in the morning paper. "And by
the way" he added, 81 stopped at the
Dobbinses last night. ] had on my
new gray suit. l think the Dobblnses
have scarlet fever. So l hung it on the
balcony Off my room. Get James to
take 1t to the hospital to be fumigated
when he's finished cutting the lawn"
That night Priscilla pounced upon
her brother when ne came In the liv-
ing room from the wing of the house
where he had his office. We've had
cards to the Blodgets for tea tomor-
row afternoon" she said. "You know
that very charming Hilda, their cousin
from the South, is to be here. You re-
member how you admired her last
autumn. l shouldn't in the least won
der if this tea party is being given for
the express purpose of giving you a
chance to meet Hilda again. You were
very foolish not to ave rushed her
harder when she was here before. It's
so seldom you see a girl that in any
way appeals to you"
81 can't say that she especially ap-
pealed to me-" said Doctor Godfrey.
He did not say, as he might had he
been in the mood for confessions, that
the only woman who did appeal to
hin was young Mrs. Blodget herself.
She was no older han Doctor God
frey but, following her husbands
death three years before. she had lea
so secluded an existence that few peo-
pie in Tilton had thought of her as in
any mood for marrying. Besides, she
had two son and a fortune-both of
which might have stood In the way
of Doctor Godfrey If he had not been
so devoted an admirer.
BE sure to look your best went
on Priscilla. thinking of the gushing
cousin from the South as n possible
slster-in-law. while Doctor Godfrey
thought only of Mrs. Blodget, reserved
and tantalizlng.
Doctor Godfrey was sufficiently
eager TO follow out his sisters lnjunc-
lions to look his best to go to the hos
pital early the nex afternoon to get
the gray suit. 1t had disappeared
from the clothes bars on the eranda
of his bedroom, so he assumed thai 1t
was at the hospital. But no one in the
hospital had heard of Ii. well, II
doesn't matter" smiled Doctor God
frey. because the Dobbins children
didn't have scarlet fever after all. But
had asked my sister to have my man
bring 1t over, so 1 thought maybe 1t
was here"
When Doctor Godfrey returned
home his sister had already left the
house for a round of calls to be paid
before she arrived at the Blodget tea
party.
"Do you know anything about that
sult?" Doctor Godfrey asked the maid.
with his usual patience.
Indeed. / do" said the maid. Miss
Priscilla and / looked the things over.
The overcoat n one of the suits we
packed in cedar, but a couple of the
suits Miss Priscilla had mo take m