The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-10
The Country Doctor DaohS Pdason June Lang Ms0d WEasu aod
THR STORY SO FAR

! DR. JOHN LUKE, country dOe-
 Cor in the little north woods set-
 clement of MOosct0wn, goes to
 Montreal to appeal to company
 Oflclals to give MoOsetown 2 hcs-
 His nephew, TONY, who Few to
 AKOosetown with antltoxin during . diphthcriao epidemic, remains
 there, much interested In MARY
 MACKENZIE, daughter of the
 lumber company manager. The two admit their love for each cth-
 CT, but MACKENZIE, determined
 to end the romance, forces Tony into Q fight, later ObIlging him to
 leave MOOgetOwn.
 Tn Montreal, Dr. LuIIe's appeal Is refused. He returns home,
 learns young DIR. WILSON has been sent to replace him. It Is discovered that Dr. Luke has nev-
 CT received . license to practice and he is threatened with arrest.
 About to leave his beloved
 Mosetown behind, Dr. Luke Is
 called to attend to MRS. ASA WYATT. She gives birth to quin- tuplets. The doctor and NURSE keep the infants alive.
 News of the quinuplets' birth
 flashes around the world and glfts--including an incubator are rushed to MoosetOwn. Mac
 Kenxie is ordered to give Dr. Luke all possible aid.
 Mary, worried because she has not heard from Tony, calls on the doctor.
 CHAPTER XIV
 "of course, Mary, it's really none of my business" reflected the doc- tor, rubbing his chin. "But, by Georgel A fine lad like Tony, too! After all, he's my nephewl I know the kind of blood that's in that boyl" His tone softened. "Now, Mary" he went on, Suppose I were to get letter now, and then from Tony, and that letter was marked with Q litle sign, and I didn't read 1t but just left 1t here on the table. And suppose you were to come in some evening and pick 1t up. l really wouldn't be having any, thing to do with 1t at all, would I?"
 Mary leaned forward, a little nervous laugh just beating out a tendency to tears. Would you, Doctor?" she asked, eagerly.
 well, now, something like that might happen. Of course you under stand that if 1t did, I wouldn't have had Q thing to do with it." said the doctor, his eyes twinkling. Come around as often as you can. And when you do, always take e look at the table over there. You never can tell"
 Impulsively, Mary threw her arms around the little doctors shoulders, gave him resounding kiss, and then fled.
 'Welll Well! We'll" said the little doctor and smiled.
 find 50 1t was arranged. Tony, hard at work as his medical stud ies neared their end, wrote often, and his letters, instead of being intercepted by the still embittered came to rest on the doctors table. Marys calls be- came more and more frequent, and Dr. Luke's sly smile matched them in frequency.
 Now the stream of reporters and photographers began to swell into a flood of promoters, theatrical agents, advertising men, and whole horde of people who were curious a little awed, and anxious to help.
 !. By plane, by automobile, by carriage, they came. Every boat brought 8 larger contingent, iin- til the Worth Star" was crowded to the rails on every trip. The tiny hotel at Moosetown and the larger one at North Bay were crowded.
 Moosetown began to take on a holiday appearance with almost the atmosphere of small-town county fair.
 Barkeys and novelty salesmen ap- peared on the street, and the cor- ner drugstore sold more souvenirs s--~-----------