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will Eventually he hears gossips dis i
Cussing it and assumes she married him
to get possession Of the fortune. He
becomes cool and she assumes he mar
ried her for her money. She becomes
very jealous of her husbands atten-
tions to Mrs. Ruth Williams, wealthy
patient. Althea meets Kenneth Moore I
and his gaiety attracts her. He kisses
her and she repulses him.-Now go on
with the story.
CHAPTER XXXV
n n ISIS HOWARD was intent upon let
~ when the doctor returned from his
calls. AS he entered the room she hur-
riedly wiped her eyes but it was very evil
dent she had been weeping.
Are you in trouble, Miss Howard?"
Peter asked as he hung up his hat. us
there anything I can do to help?"
"No-you might if she were here!'' she
said passionately. tits my sister, Doctor.
Mother writes she is no better although the
doctor up home has done all he could for
her. She'll always be tied to that awful
chair. She's so patient and sweet it seems
sometimes 1 hardly bear it,
''You think she might be helped?"
"You think she might be helped?"
Il have thought so since l knew the
children in the hospital-if she had the
right treatment Of course I may be mis-
taken but the case of that little boy, the
one you operated on, was much like hers"
THAT was a very serious case l feared
he might not live through the operation.
You recall we were weeks building up his
strength before l attempted it,
Eyes, I know. And Doris is very frail.'
"Perhaps-could you have her brought
here? An examination would soon tell us
if we could help her"
Il think mother could manage to bring
her. Oh, if she could only be helped I'd
be willing to die' Mabel Howard hid her
face in her hands overcome by the emotion
he had aroused by his question
You'd far better live to help her." Peter
said kindly. Then: Write your mother.
find out if she can bring her and when
she can come. Tell her to commence at
once giving her plenty Of milk and nourish-
ing food and to make or coax her to eat
Miss Howard bent at once to her usual
work, but her thoughts were on Peter How
kind he was, how he loved children! She
was sorry for him, too; married to such a
cold, disdainful woman, who never showed
him the slightest bit of affection. All he
had was his profession, and he was so
clever and so good.
That Althea deserved her pity even more
than did Peter she never dreamed. Woman
like she blamed the woman; her sympathy
all for the man. She couldn't understand
how anyone could be so blind as not to love
DR.. Graham. Of course he loved his wife;
he wouldn't have asked her to marry him If
he hadn't.
In one thing she and Althea agreed: no
woman could be where Peter Graham was
and not love him unless something were
wrong with the woman. So Miss Howard
thought Althea unnatural, cold; AIthea
thought her in love with Peter.
That jealousy is cruel as the grave is
as true now as when so stated in the Song
OF Solomon so long ago. And Althea was
jealous of the admiration Peter gave Miss
Howard, never stopping to consider it
the admiration of a physician for clever
nurse of sterling character and pleasant
personality.
mo girl looks at a man the way she
looks at Peter unless she cares for him."
Althea said to herself
1t happened she visited the office while
these thoughts were running through her
mind. Peter about to go out. Althea
watched Miss Howard as he gave his terse
instructions. The door had scarcely closed
before Althea burst out:
Don't think because my husband is pleas
ant to you that he cares for you! he does
mott"
Miss Howard was silent although she
flushed painfully.
Can you deny that you care for him?"
Miss Howard opened her lips-and closed
them again. "You don't deny it-you
can't"
"Why, Mrs. Graham dont-don't! He
loves you--Im sure. She laid her hand
on Althea's shoulder
Althea put out frantic hands, as If to
push away something disagreeable She
would not be either soothed or pitied by her.
Don't touch mel" she said furiousy.
"You love my husband" Then: Don't
you?" she asked, "don't you?"
"Yes-perhaps I do. l never have
thought about it. I'd love you too--if you
would let me-"
Love me! I like that! What for? So
you could be more open in your love for
hm?"
"No-Im not ashamed Of my love for
him. 1t is the most wonderful thing in my
life. But l do not wrong you in any way
by caring for him. 1 not ashamed, you
have no need to hate me- to be-jealous of
me. He cares nothing for me, only that
help him in his work"
Althea struck the office table with her
clenched fists.
"You shall never have him" she said.
"YOu, nor any other woman" Then she
turned and went up the stairs.
"She loves him." Miss Howard said in
wondering tones as she watched her through
the open door. "She loves him, and-he
doesn't know"
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