The Washington times., 1922-12-21
THE OTHER HALE.
A DOCTORS SPOILED WIFE

, telephone and called furniture
dealer. asking him to send over
two or. three brown rugs. suit
able for the Office. She would
select one a. soon as they came
and return the others. ..as.y
Then she called her maid and
told her where TO find curtain
material. needles and thread.
Lock up the house and hurry
down here to the office! We are
going to clean II and fix It up
while the doctor is out Of. town"
Presently a young woman came
in. two burning red spots In her
white cheeks. You're q new
girl. aren't yoY7" she asked
Grace. 81 was real fond of the
other one. She was so good to
me.
The woman was plainly out Of
breath and Grace stopped her
work to ask what she could do
for her. Nothing" was the sto-
cial answer. Nobody cans do
me ANY good. but It looks like I
get q sight Of strength Just to
drop in here to talk to the doctor
a bit. He's been SO kind to me.
Awful kind! He's never charged
me a cent since my husband died.
IT have a hard time, trying to
make ends meet. Both Of US
used to work. Then my man got
down and II took near all we had
to keep him until he died. I take
In sewing. but 1 cough 30 can't
seem to get much done"
A young mother came In. car
rying a baby whose left side had
been paralyzed. The doctor was
using some kind of a light on the
baby and 1t could move its little
arm now, she told Grace, graft
tude shining in her dark eyes.
At s o'clock. Grace was 80
tired that she ached in every
bone in her body. but she was
happier than she had ever been
in all Of her idle life. She was
giving. giving instead Of recsiv.
ing. That now rug. 80 soft under
her feet, meant that she would
not have the new furs she had
planned to buy.
Those snow white curtains
meant that her own bedroom
would have to go curtainless for
q time. But the office looked like
a different place. ~ She sent the
maid home and sat down to wait
until 6 o'clock came Tom had
told her to close the office at
that hour. But patients kept
coming in and she was 20 inter-
ested in them that she forgot to
look at the clock. Suddenly she
saw Tom standing in the door.
staring at her and at the room.
It's after seven. went home
and the maid said you were here.
was worried about you." BY
that time he had her In his arms
and was trying to exclaim over
everything at once. How fine
Of you to have done all this dirty
work for me! And the new rug
and the curtainsl OF course
they'll set me back . bit but It's
great to see what . change they
do make"
Grace stirred against his breast.
You are 80 needed In the
world. Why, people have been
here today, miserably sick people.
just to see you, to get y chesry
word from you. Said they could
stand the pain better when d..
Darrow talked to them Q BIT" &
Practical Tom Darrow came
back to finances. How did you
pay for all these luxuriesf Coi.
lect that much to-dayf"
Grace shook her head. bought
them with the money you gave
me for new furs and extra hats
Then she looked up Mt him With .
new light shining " her eyes.
We hear people tell about ~chc
other half Of the world. Wsu, II
you stay in . .doctor's Office for
q day. you'li 80 that other half
as1 learn - love Il and want %
do vossr v~re a &c. a. ~xrnn thinRn