Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
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profession brings her in contact
with many undesirable men. 1t
also drives away old friends of the
days before the death of her ia
Their and mother. OF these. George
Harris alone remains. An automo-
bile accident in the a Of Andy
Adair. the petted son Of wealthy
parents, leaves her in the hospital
with a dislocated knee. 1t is Har-
riS, not Adair, who pays her bills
and looks after her. Harris gives
Betty work in his restaurant. She
determines to marry him when he
asks her, although it is duty, not
love, which prompts her. Betty
has an operation on her knee,
which will cure it, but the bill is
much larger than she can pay.
(Now Go On With the Story
CHAPTER XIII
Betty was much disheartened at
Doctor Clark's bill for five hundred
and fifty dollars. She had paid
her bills at the hospital out of
her scanty savings, and had less
than sixty dollars in the savings
account which she had started at
the advice of George Harris. Her
first thought vas to go to George
about the matter, but he had done
so much for her, and her obliga-
ton to him was already SO great,
that she felt she could not let him
paw this bill.
She was due to go to Doctor
Clark's office that afternoon for a
treatment. She would ask him If
she could settle the bill in small
payments. At the office she was
told by the doctors secretary that
he wanted to see her that after
noon, and to wait when her treat
ment was over.
When she was in his office he
said, in his blunt, clustering way:
Let me see your kneesl" He sat
down before her. Betty loostened
the fastening Of her stocking and
pulled it down. Both Of EN-" he
said. II want to compare them"
He felt both knees carefully. bent
and Strengthened them, and had
her walk up and down the room.
"You are all right now. You need
not come back any more" He
turned back and was about to put
his finger on the buzZer to call
another patient. Doctor. I want
to see you about your bill" began
Betty, timidly. She had 1t in her
hand and he reached for it.
Bill? Bill? What about my
bilI?"
1T is for five hundred and fifty
dollars. I have only a little money
in the bank. I want to know If I
can settle it a little at a time I'M
til I get it all paid up?"
He made a mark on the bill with
his pencil and said: "Take it in to
my secretary. She attends to all
that sort of thing, and will ar
range it with you. Good-bye!"
1t was with trepidation that Bet
ty went to the secretary. She did
not like to confess that she could
not pay the bill except a little at
a time.
"The doctor told me to see you
about this BILL" said Betty. Il
have only about fifty-five dollars
in the bank. I want to arrange to
pay it a little at a time"
could you pay as much as fifty
dollars as a first payment?" asked
the secretary, smiling.
eyes"
Then look at the bill" She
handed it to Betty as she spoke.
The doctors pencil had scratched
out the five hundred dollars and
left only the fifty. Fifty dollars
is all he charged you. I made out
the bill for his usual charge. He
had not seen it until just now,
when you showed it to him."
"Oh, I must go back and thank
him!" exclaimed Betty. delighted.
eff I let you go back in there
to thank him he would swear at
me for a week." laughed the Sec
rotary. II will tell him. however:
then he will only growl."
1t was a light heart Betty carried
back to the restaurant. When she
told George her experience he said:
THAT was very fine of the doc
tor. 1t shows how ready everyone
is to help a person who is trying
to get along in some legitimate
way. Remember how nicely the
president of the bank treated me.
Working here instead of dancing
brought you this good luck"