Show I The Evening Telegrams Telegram's ams 1 Daily Short tory Story I DRAYTON'S PATIENT By JEAN DICKERSON Copyright 1015 1915 by the McClure Newspaper News News- ws- ws paper syndicate Dr Drayton dismissed his hla last patient Just a as all the tho telephone at ol his Ida elbow rang sharply His Hla voice ol e came caine over tho the wire frel freighted with a burden of important im mi- mi portent now new I 1 know mow you oU arc are dreadfully bus busy J Fred Fred- red red- crick she a apologized lo bc but Mr Mrs W V eka eks ha hu has Just told me m the most agitating thins thing Its It's Its It's about r- r Spare me Hann hannah I said Id the doctor wearily I 1 dont don't Just under understand tand wb why it U itLa JJ It La that people delight in acquainting no nc with news of my sons son's delinquencies delinquencies- as a matter of or fact Archer has hils overcome any tendency to wildness and has hu settled down to hard work worle I have hopes of ot his hi becoming something of ot a Q lawyer Now If you ou will excuse me me m what eh An ac Well boys oos will wUl bo be bOyS and I well well er cr erwell I goodbye He lIe banged the telephone telephone tele tele- phone back on tho the desk and frowned at ot I Ithe the picture of ot his handsome only I that loo looked d down lown torn the tho wall son Eon Hannah eAy Ii a very ery common That v sound lH IDe i Arch but ArCher but r-but s what can I do dor I r can an refuse to give Kive my 01 consent to his hla marriage with the woman and estrange myself from m my roy la lad What ul ulYes l In is that Harris a rait ill Yes sir said ald tho the attendant tt Emer Emr gene gency CUE the caw the lady Idy wa wall knocks lErner-I lErner down I by an automobile and they brou brought ht her herIn herIn herin In here hero I 1 had her taken to the private room That Is rl right ht Harris I will come In at once once- The physician slipped Into a fresh white coat and opening a R. door In one corner of ot tho the office f found und himself In a n small email room fitted for Cor emergency cases On the narrow white bed was the slender slender slender slen slen- der form Corm of oC a young woman Miss Smith the nur nurse e was W removing the black broadcloth broadcloth broadcloth broad broad- cloth costume with with- quick deft cleft fingers Badly hurt Miss s Smith asked d the doctorA doctor A broken arm arm armI I think and I am Lm afraid of ot concussion she said In a low 10 tone The doctor octor I leaned ned over the lovely un unconscious unconscious unconscious un- un conscious face bee of oC the girl and made mado a rapid examination It may be concussion but I thins It only shock The Tho arm arm armI I is fractured send fractured send Harris in Two hours later Dr Drayton retired from the tho sickroom satisfied that the Unknown unknown un un- un known patient would recover You will of or course send sand her to a J. J hospital suggested Miss Smith I think not hesitated the doctor lIe He felt Celt very en tenderly tender toward the tho young ounG thing lying lying- there on the tho bed His Hla heart had gone gono out to her for tor sho was much like a daughter he had lost man many years cars ago Alice would have looked like that ho told himself sadly us as ho hJ prep prepared red to tomake tomake make M some me calls A week slipped by an and still the sickroom sickroom sickroom sick sick- room was occupied much to the tho unspoken amazement of ot Miss Smith One day tho the patient opened lovely hazel eyes a and nd smiled at the tho nurse Where am I H. H she asked faintly At t Dr house replied Miss Smith primly The eyes ees closed again and a faint taint flush stole over o the pale face tac Please Ples tell me what has happened she murmured Miss Smith told her in a few words of oC the automobile accident in front of oC the doctors doctor's office Vo Wo have havo been unable to learn your our name she suggested Alice murmured the girl and went oft off to sleep Have Havo you ou discovered her name hiame aske asked l the doctor on his next visit to the sickroom Merely ly that tha It U Is she Alice she I seems ml disinclined dis dis- inclined to talk talk its Its It's rather a a. a mysterious I case cale Dr Drayton Draton i So her name hame i Is Alice was all the I doctor said lId In reply repy and he sat for tor a long time looking hooking wistfully at the unconscious unconscious face so 80 lovely In n its Ill repose e. e A long Ions braid o black hair was WOos thrown over I i one shoulder arid gave 1 her Cr a girlish hook loul j Miss 1 Smith wrinkled her noso nose In disapproval dis- dis 1 approval of ot the doctors doctor's Interest In I his unknown patient patient Why 11 should the middle aged widowed physician evince such a Ii I Istran stran strange e Interest In an unknown and per- per lisps bapa not quite nice young oun woman when I for Cor instance he could see eee no charm In I Ia a clever not ill look looking hocking Ins Ins- nurse Miss Smith said tho d doctor c C r. r sud BUd sudI I denly denb It Is singular that none of our our 1 Inquiries or advertisements hn have ve met with an any response This girl Is evidently I from a refined rennell home and yet no one appears to have missed her Perhaps she has no home home- no people people- I 1 wish she hadn't l would adopt her In a minute said Mid the tha doctor gruffly as he left lett tho the room He found his lion eon In the library Hullo dad rushed as ae usual I r sun pose poser poser- said Id the he youn man as ho sup sup- r re reYes returned returned re- re his turned fathers father hand grip Yes Yes and and I have rather a iu puzzling nt private s-e s e ja In n the house Archer er did not reply he gazed moodily Into tho the fire and appeared to forget that ho he WAS not riot alone Dr looked at him Keenly and his ey eye narrowed What Is the matter Archer h ho he o oOh asked abruptly Oh Oh nothing nothing dad l laughed the young man nervously But a Hush flush rose to his eyes f that bat friend frien of your causing any unhappiness unhapPiness' Archer looked J up and tho the Hush flush faded leaving his face Cace p pale le and stern So you OU havo have heard about Miss U L Lc e Yes Ye I 1 suppose Aunt Hannah has b been leen n bab- bab hung bling She has bas tackled me several 11 times time It doesn't seem to be within her hot narrow V I mind to comprehend that one ona can be an I actress and a c at the same I Miss 1183 Le ii JI both But you OU era aro not happy happ Archer accused DC- DC cUlled Ills his ather r Archer flung out his lIa hind hands How can n I 1 rest when I do not now know I what hili hiss ban II ha happened pend to h her ho lie demand I ed cd Three weeks weel ago left l her r I to KD KO 0 to the Grand Central station she I wan waa on her way to Malzi Maine S Sho h has hu not Wt rt I been seen or heard beard of since then She never arrived ed In Blue He Harbor roo r. r and her reservation on the train had not been occupied They have kept It out of the papers pas papers so tar far far Are you ou engaged to her Archer Yes Yes pending pending the approval of ot her parents and yourself Her lice homo home Is In Blue Harbor Harbor but but she he never reached IL it IL ILI It la is a singular case mused the lie doctOr doctor doc doc- I tor I wish I knew what to do said Archer Arch Arch- er restlessly I feel teel so helpless helpless know know knowIng Ing nothing nothing doing doln doing nothing A tap came caIne at the door and lI Harris poJ poked cd a Il disturbed taco face Inside I beg bes your our pardon Dr Drayton Dx but Miss Smith wants you to como come at once once once- the patient Insists on leaving the house homo and has demanded her clothes and Miss lIss lIssI Smith doesn't know what to do I Archer t followed llo his father Into the hall ball I Near the front door stood Miss Smith her arms stretched across the doorway barring the tho departure of oC the young patient patient patient pa pa- tient who had donned her street streel clothes clothe and was standing palo and silent before tho the nurse nuree Madam expostulated Dr Drayton Draton Alice cried Archer sharply In a moment Alice wao was in lila his arms and hiding a 0 blushing distressed face on his broad shoulder Dr Drayton Draton stared from Crom one t to the thc other while Miss Smith and Harris slipped away leaving the three alone Is 15 this your our sweetheart Archer asked the tho doctor presently Yes dad dad to to think she should have been here all the tune time time-In In your house And to think that I should have c grown to love her hike a daughter smiled tho the doctor wistfully After Arter that two pairs of arms arm encircled Alice Lee and nd father and son faced each eLch ether other above her pretty head It had to 10 be Archer said Mid his father contentedly Fate threw thre her right Into my 01 hands hands so so that I might tall fall In love with her myself and the bett better r understand understand under under- stand you OU both |