Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05

READ THIS FIRST:
Betty Brown finds life as a dancer
attracts to her many men, most of
them undesirable. Her old friends
drop away. except faithful George
Harris. She is automobiling with
Andy Adair, the pettcd son Of a rich
family, and has an accident which
ends her dancing career. George
stands by her and Andy does not
even come to the hospital. George
gives her a position in the restau-
rant he owns, where she meets a
surgeon, who agrees to operate and
cure a limp which seems permanent.
tNOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
When Betty recovered from the
anesthetic on her second trip TO the
hospital, her leg was in another and
even larger plaster cast. She had
learned patience in lying in one
position when her leg was first hurt,
but the days and nights in the hos
pital dragged ~endlessly.
On the. sixth day Doctor Clark
came to remove the cast. He cut
through the thick plaster, and then
almost tore away the cotton and the
bandage in his haste to get at the
incision. Turning to the nurse he
said: Look at those stitches! That's
the best job of sewing I ever did!
I'm going to darn my W socksi
Young lady, look at that leg! I'm
proud of myself"
Betty looked at the long cut on
her knee in horror. It was a semi
circle at least six inches long on the
inside of her knee cap.
"Ch, Dactor! Will it leave a SCARF"
she asked, a%DXiously.
Sure it will. but not a bad one.
just a white streak. What do you
think of my sewing?"
"Oh, it is all right, / suppose. Will
my limp be cured?"
Bet your life! You will be dane
ing in a month. and playing tennis
in two Of them"
did you know I used to dance for
a living?" asked Betty.
mo, but / am glad to hear it. AS
soon as we can we will begin tC
exercise this knee. I will have one
Of my nurses massage it for you;
then you car resume your dancing
practice to timber it up again. But
did you ever see such regular
stitches?"
THE stitches are wonderful
laughed Betty. But not so wonder
full as the news that I can dance
again IL I want to-"
How women do love to show their
legs!" scoffed the doctor.
II love to dance!"
That's what I just said!" pro-
tested the doctor.
But that isn't the reason I like
to dance"
ooh, well, have it your way. With
skirts as short as they are now
don't see why you bother to dance
You ri hopeless! When you get
an idea you hang on to it, don't
you?"
"Umhuh! We need a light band
age on this now, but I sure hate tc
cover up such a good-looking job!"
In a couple of days Doctor CLARK
was back to remove the stitches
That sounded as though it was 60
ing to be a terrible performance, and
Betty was surprised because she
wasn't hurt. The doctor was so alb
sorbed in admiring his work that
Betty. with difficulty, induced hin,
to tell her the condition of her leg.
why, it's all right, Of course!
knew it would be. You can go home
tomorrow if you like. Come to my
office three times a week for the
next month. We will bake and mas
sage this knee. Then you will be al,
right, but use 1t as much as you
| can"
George Harris came for her the
following day and took her back tt
Mrs. Hogan's. where she rested for q
week before going back to her WORK
as cashier at Georges restaurant
The knee was sitter than before she
went to the hospital, but she coulc
see q daily Improvement.
Three times q week during the lul
hour in the restaurant, she went *
Doctor Clark's office. For an hour
the nurse baked. massaged and ex-