The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02

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took Judith by one elbow. Inc
main thing now is to get you tlxea
l up" ,.., e.,
Tim all right" Judith fal-
tered. But now that she knew the
man would recover, now tnat re-
| lief had come, she felt very weak
indeed She swayed uncertainty
| and the doctor caught her 1lrmiy
| by the shoulders.
"Look here, young lady, I'm go
ing to see that you have warm
shower and some hot tea. You
can stay here tonight if you care
90
"No. thanks, I'd better go
home" ,c
He looked at her curiously; 81
| understand that you weren't IN
the car at ALL"
mo ="
THAT you just came along be-
cause you felt you were RESPONSE
ble?"
81 was" Judith said. 81 was
thinking about something else and
| stepped off the curb without
! even looking up. II might have
killed him."
The young doctor smiled and
pressed a button on the wall
s,Just the same, you know, few
pedestrians would see the thing
! through as you have. And if it
/ will make you feel any better,
J Niss-Or is it Mrs. ~
"I'm Judith Howard" In spite
/ of herself she answered the doc
tors pleasant smile. Miss How
ard"
"Weu, as l was about to say,
Miss Howard, | think the injured
man had been drinking just
! little" He turned to the nurse
who came in response to his Sig
nal Nurse, can you scare up
change of clothing for Miss How
ard? And cup of tea or choc"-
| late?"
| Eyes, DR.. Harris" ,,
He turned again to Judith: I'll
see YOU home, if l may. Some
| times taxis are a bit chilly, and
m wear has a heater"
Thank you"
In another room of the hospi-
tai the pleasant young nurse
agreed with Judith that DR.. Har-
ris was a very nice person indeed.
''Tbe whole staff adores him." she
told Judith. "And they respect
him. too. He's really going places
in his profession" She surveyed
Judith obviously. "Those aren't
| the clothes you'd choose, but at
least they're dry. I've wrapped
YOURS in this bundle"
"Thanks so much. You've been
kind"
of tea. It'll be here in a minute.
| It was. And DR.. Harris brought
it himself, much to Judith's en-
harrassment. II feel as if I'm
causing an awful lot of trouble ;,
''You mustn't feel that way"
] laughed young Harris. After all,
/ this great institution belongs to
the city! It's paid for by the citi-
zens and is theirs to usep
but Pm afraid | don't con-
tribute very much toward it."
Harris did not answer, but
handed her the cup of tea. As
Judith raised it to her lips, ne
said, "Ill wait for you in the
foyer. Don't hurry. My cars right
outside"
When she met him in the foyer
he greeted her only with that
pleasant smile. Not until they
were in the car did he speak
again, and his remark startled
Judith.
"You said you'd never contrib
uted very much to the hospital,
ne said, "but the fact is that, just
in the space of few minutes,
YOU contributed a great deal.
Youth and beauty-and those are
a lot"
Judith laughed intentionally.
81 saw at least half a dozen nurses
there tonight. All young, and all
pretty after that drenchihg."
"You looked wonderful. The
moment saw you l thought to
myself. 4 must know this grip
| At sight of Judith's profile, so OBJ
viously revealing her astonish-
ment, he laughed. al know what
you're thinking. You're thinking
that Pm a fellow who imagines
he's a very fast, and a very clever
worker. But that's not true.
haven't said anything like tins
! since-well, since I was in medl,
cal school. But l always say what
I think. It's disturbing to people,
and it's got me into peck OF
trouble. 1t may even prevent me
from building up a very big prac-
tiee. But there it is" :.
Judith was silent, and Harris
went on: 'Is there any reason
why, if 1 thought so, 1 shouldn't
say that you brought youth and
beauty into the hospital tonight?''
81 suppose not. Except that 1t
already there. For instance, that
nurse"
Nurses! I get sick and tired of
seeing nurses. In fact, l don't see
them at all. They're just there,
They're part of the place. Any
doctor will tell you that if you
ask him. There's been lot OF
balderdash written and acted
about doctors and nurses"
Excuse me, DR.. Harris-but
hadn't l better tell you where
live"
He looked down at her with a
disarming, boyish grin. eff you
want to get home, | guess you had.
But for my part, could drive you