The Omaha guide., 1933-12-16
CASE OF MISS
GRAY
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(0 by Mcclure Newspaper S~yndicate.)
(WNU Service)

TN SPITE of his twenty-eight years
= Doctor Morley looked very young /;
ia spite of his youthful appearance
and the fact that he had been prac-
ticing medicine only two or three
years, he was enc Of the busiest and
hest-liked doctors in Tilden. One of
the older doctors had suggested in
tache. That would make him look
Older and more professional. Not
such a bad idea, thought Ted Morley,
until he suggested it to Hope Gray, the
girl in spotless white linen who acted
as general assistant in his office.
Hope pursed her lips, looked critical
~ at Ted's smooth face and said she
liked him better as he was. That set
tied the matter.
The only time that Ted really felt
the need of an appearance of greater
age was when he was acting as chair
man Of the committee Of student
nurses at the Tilden hospital. The
fact was, he was somewhat in awe
of Miss Drury, the middle-aged ma
tron Of the hospital, and on leaving
the hospital after visiting his patients
there. he had a strong impulse to
hurry past her private office without
giving her an opportunity to confer
with him.
One summc.'s day he was making
or trying to make-one OF his has.y
exits from the hospital when Miss
Drlry bounced upon him
Sorry to det..n ynu,' she said. &C.
cusingly. But there's the case Of
Miss Gray. 1t WAS six months ago
the matter was first presented and we
have lone nothing al,cut it. 1t would
be quite out Of order for me to 81
ahead with the matter myself. A new
class will be coming in next month
we really ought to let her know
ITO be sure said Ted Morley, and
said something ahou; having intended
something more about having been e.
tremely busy.
"Yeu see she applied for appoint
ment in the training school. She has
no high-schooI diploma-and in such
cases candidates have to satisfy the
chairman Of the committee of their
educational fitness. l would suggest
that you send for the girl and have
her go to your office where you can
make whatever inquiries you want
She lives somewhere in the couatry-
a copy of the letter rs Included In this
memo
A few mere resaarks and Ted
Morley managed to gst started. Dis
agreeable business that He thrust
the letter in his pocket. hcrs4ed to
hts car and hack by the shortest way
to his office. Pie vas especially AJAX
ions to arrive hefcrc Hope LEFT for
the day. II he had the courage. he
wanted t asked Hcr.e to marry him
he was quite ersaI to. the ordea, he
fore Miss Drury nsbhed him-now he
felt timid.
Somehow his courage came back as
he entered his office and saw Hope
SattihS dfOC " Hic 0tSS WAoN dCt
pretty fair head bent ever one Of his
medical magazine
They sat opposite each other with
the broad f.. desk between them and
Ted took the telephone receiver from
It's hook 50 there might he no Inter
rupticn In the important business b.
had before him.
Then ~iesri-- over his desk and
,@-riny ~esssI, into hsT fair soung
face 10 tn'd i,-r hy wanted to marry
her. Ee wa;te' -h4'f exporting Hope
would Press-, 81 firal rejection then
sma th-re. LACED. locking rather
confused. sile tcld him that Il was
rather rash for him to propose, mar
riage to a girl Of whom he knew moth
fRg.
I'm not ever a nurse she said.
They didn't thlnk ! knew enough
they wouldn't have me-"
"Iut after what I have seen Of some
nurses" said Ted. I'm glad you new
er took hospital training. Then you
really did want to go into training?-
Ever since I was a little girl that
had been my ambition" said Hope.
You see my mother was dead-and
father had quite a bit of money. ]
lever spoke Of that before. said ]
lived on q farm-so I do, In a way.
Father calls II an estnte-but ! 20 and
come In the bus. Well. I never went
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aged to get a snatter here and there
from governesses and Tutors. I got
father to consent to my taking the
hospital training-but apparently they
didn't want me-so I saw your adver-
ttsement-and you know the rest I
thought maybe I had better tell yor
about it-because--
Because then l would understand
why you didn't want to marry me?"
Hope put her two hands across the
course I want to marry you-how
could I help lit"
II was not until late that night that
Ted remembered the memorandum
from Miss Drury that he had thrust
in his pocket DE glanced quickly
through the letter written SIX months
ago and at the end he saw the ng-
nature. Hope Gray"
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