The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-12
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slipped Sip; into L Goat ana ahurrisd
to the door:
lash on the porch Il ght be
foreIsyou open ne door, VI said;
polly, and they both went toward
the front hall. When they first
looked out on the porch they
could see no one; that was be-
cause the person who had knock
ed at the door was lying limp
beneath the folds of a heavy us
ter just before the, Threshold
1t proved to be Bronson Todd,
the mayorsof Hillboro, and it was
no very easy task for Bob to
carry the PROSTATE six-foot may
or into the reception room OF the
little white cottage. With Polly's
help he spread him out on the
lounge and then the eyes opened
and looked out at first in per-
Explanations did not follow.
were not even permitted by Dr.
Hill, who, was at once imm ense-
ly professional and not at all
ratified even If it was her very
first case, until after the patient
had been examined There was
a rather badly sprained ankle and
a bruised knee. The mayor had
fallen on the sidewalk in front of
the house ond only lost conscious
ness after he had managed to drag
himself up the front steps and to
knock at the door.
DR.. Polly Hill made the mayor
of Hillboro as comfortable as pos
sible, and after he had rested for
a little while brought him a cup
Of tempting broth-a by-product
OF the expensive stew Of dinner
time-which the patient drank
with relish.
II was going to suggest" began
the young doctor, littles less
bravely than might be, that it
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 cot in the
next room so that If, you wanted
anything. In the meantime, had
Mt we better telephone to Mrs.
Todd? She may be anxious.
"Oh, there's no Mrs. Bronson
Todd said the patient with a
smile that seemed to irritate
Polly. He seemed to be pleased to
think that he was a bachelor. He
was just the good looking 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 mayor under
thirty? Still he wasn't the least
gray-"But you might telephone
to the steward at the club,
Mayor Todd interrupted Molly's
musings. II live at the club and
he takes sort of interest in me-
Polly gave her brother instruc-
tons for this telephone message
Then she approached, the pros
trate mayor, with another sugges-
ton.
Possibly you would like to
have your own DOCTOR she said.
Il am with my own DOCTOR" he
said This is the first time that
| have had doctor, we'll, since l
was twelve and had the measles
I've never needed one. I am per-
fectly satisfied.
When Polly saw her brother af-
ter the patient was asleep on the
reception room lounge she could
no longer conceal her own an
xiety. He slipped on our front
walk. You said you wanted to
shovel it. 1t was all my fault
and after what we said about get
ting patients, oh it was dreadful
even to joke about anything so
serious.
When it was decided that the
young mayor could be moved via
motor car to his club the next af-
ternoon, 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 Ed feel better il l
settled my account for as far as 1t
has gone. You have had to de-
voteyour entire time to this case
but. of course, there are to be
no charges" said DIR. Polly Hill,
turning rather pale. 1T was our
fault that you slipped. We hadn't
shoveled our walk We should at
least stand all the doctors fees.
You might ask damages besides.
The mayor smiled. Who ever
heard of such a thing? You
might think that you had deliber-
ately made that walk slippery SO
as to get patients" 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 events that led to the
marriage that spring of Hi1lboro's
young mayor and her youngest
doctor The little white cottage,
somewhat enlarged, became the
mayors residence, and the mayor
consented to his wife's request to