Show The Evening Telegrams Telegram's Daily Short Story A STOLEN PROBATIONER By ANTOINETTE VENSEL Cop Copyright 1914 by the tho McClure Newspaper Newspaper News New paper Syndicate SYndicate- Miss Bond turned from the thc telephone with flushed checks and comp compressed cd Ups lips as ns the interns entered the tho duty room Cheer up he he- admonished d her gayly gayly I That Is no face tace for tor a a. nurse to wear on dUl duty For answer Miss Bond slumped Into tho the chair at the table and drew drev the tho diet list toward her hor That kidney case got a a. rheumatism tra tray at noon she sho said wryly and of ot course courso Im I'm to blame Moro to be pitied than blamed chuckled chuckled chuckled chuck- chuck led tho doctor Who did lU It lUThe The probationer of ot course course It snapped Miss Bond Dond It gets worse and worse You rna may be glad you are arc leaving tomor tomor- row I Iou only wish I were Tut tuU chided tho the doctor You have havo on only another month One month month thirty thirty days seven daya-seven seven hun hun- I. n r aha she gIhr And At jy If they Inflict ii iii i any m more re rep p probes robes eson on on me meI I shall be a candidate for tor ward C. C Take some aspirin advised the tho doc doc- I tor the tho matter with this one Nothing returned Miss US Bond shortly She Just doesn't know how and sho she never neer will wUl know how Camo Came from some sonic little town where whore her people are well to todo todo do and had some somo sentimental notions about nursing from which I think she aha IB ls recovering Anyway she IB itt too prett pretty Some Somo fool tool will be running ot off with her before tho the month Is out All of ot the pretty prell ones dont don't run away the first month chaffed charred the doctor Its no ito use uio Dr Rand Band retorted Miss Bond I 1 dont don't want to be In a good tm- tm humor humor hu hu- mor today and I wont I 1 am going off oft dl duty now and I havo o an appointment with ravine which wi widened ened at nt ono one end t ta a shallow marshy valley vaIley The Tho rocks rocles were covered with green gray feathery creepers creepers creep creep- ers era with curl curly yellow tendrils of love vine Across the ravine on a lower level ol began beJan a n grove gro of splendid trees that marched up into the tho l long longstretch longstretch ng stretch of neglected n forest he had lild seen from the tho house bouse Looking down The rDO valley fiel fields s of young tobacco lay la- latier tier on tier and beyond in iu the very cry middle of the mellow vaporous distance lifted the tapering tower of a church hazily outlined against the azure II You You love it 1 ho he asked without withdrawing Dp his eyes H Ive Ive I've loved it all my life I 1 love everything about Court Ruined as it is it is still one of the most beautiful castles in all Vir Virginia ia There's Theres nothing finer even oven in Italy Just behind boo bo- hind Mud us where those hemlocks is where tho the duel the children spoke of was was fou fought ht He turned his head Tell rae me about it dt he ho said She glanced lanced at him curiously you know That was the toe reason tho the place was as abandoned Valiant VaIl Vali ant who lived here and the owner of another plantation who was named Sassoon quarreled The They fou fought ht the story is under those bj big hemlock trees Sassoon was killed He looked out across the distance he could not trust his face And And And- Valiant He went awa away the same day and never camo came back h he lived in New tin fill lift hA iH Hr d. d Wo wn fun father fo in- in of th the courts court's u rt's present t tow n ow owner cr Y You never heard the story No he admitted I I till till quite recently I i never heard beard of Damory Court As a little girl she sho went on I had a very vory vivid imagination and and when I came camo here to play I used to imagine I could see them Valiant so 80 I handsome his handsome his nickname was Beauty I Valiant and Valiant and Sassoon How awful to como come to such a lovely loell spot just because because because be be- cause of a young man mans man's s quarrel and to tp toto toto to to kill lull ones one's friend I used to wo wonder wonder won won- der if the sky was blue that day and whether poor Sassoon looked up at it when he took his place and whom else he thought thou of f that last moment Had he parents parents' No neither of them had I r believe But there might have e been some somo ono one else else some some one ono he cared for and who cared eared for faa him That was tho the last duel ever e fought in Virginia Dueling waa was wa wasa a dreadful custom Im I'm glad its it's gone one Arent Aren't you Yes he said slowly it it was athing a athin athing thin thing that cut two ways Perhaps Valiant Vallant Val Val- lant if he lie could have had his choice afterward would rather have havo be ben been n Iving Iv- Iv ing there that morning morn n than Sassoon Ho must have t suffered too she agreed or he wouldn't have ha exiled himself as he did I used sod to wonder if it was a lovo love quarrel whether whether they could have been in love lovo with the same woman But wh why why- should he go away T liT can cant can't t wima imagine ine unless sho had really loved the other man mau If so she couldn't have borno borne seeing Valiant aft aft- erward She paused with a little laugh augh But then she said it Hit may have been nothing so romantic Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps they quarreled over o car cards s or 01 differed differed differed dif dif- as to whoso whose horse was wag tho the better jumper juniper Valiant's grandfather who was known as John Devil-John is said to have e called a man out because he rode past him on the wrong wron side Our ancestors ancestors ancestors an an- in T Im I'm Im I'm m afraid didn't stand on ceremony mon when they the felt J He Ire did diel not smile He Tic was as lookin looking out once moro more over o the tho luminous stretch of fields Melds his hib toward her Curious Curi Curio ous oils and painful questions question were running run runS nin ning through lii hit brain braiD With an effort he lie thrust these hack back ack an and recalled his attention to what she was saying You wonder I suppose suppo e. e that wo we feel as we i do toward these old estates and amI andset andset set store by b them and and yes yes brag of them insufferably lff as w we is-c do But nut its it's in our blood We e love 10 them as the En Eng Eng- lish Ush do their ancient manors They rhey have made our legends all and 1 our history And hi history of V Virginia inia-H inia the tho r She broke off with a shrug and more moro himself noon noon- nosy he lie for her isn't isn't exactly a trifling part of tho the history of these United States State You ire rc ri T To he hc continued Monday my dentist So you see how bow hopeless ItIs It Is Is Th Thit doctor held out his hand Then goodbye goodbe ho said MId I shant shan't be bo on In the morning and I shall probably not see you again I am sailing for Europe Thursday to take taice a postgraduate course coune Miss Bond Lucky dOKI commented not to have to worry about finances like the others At the door sho she turned back By 13 tho the thova va way cay she sho said the probationer Is from your homo home town Perhaps she sho added mischievously she sho can tell you news of Interested in last that girl you ou were so summer The doctor flushed and for tor a moment a look Jook of ot such misery came rome Into hi his ec eyes tha that t her heart ached She came camo back a a. astop astop stop step or two Im sorry florry she said Mid I r didn't know It was as as bad as that I I some some one told her things thIngs and and sho she wouldn't belle believe inc int he said miserably A white uniformed special nurse carrie came In In looking for tor the tho Iodine and the second sec eec ond nurse began to make mako ready thu tho dressing tra tray What solution doctor she asked perfunctorily and left off to answer the telephone ahn turned to ft him breathlessly ly Ill i l ii have ve-to- ve to let let the probationer do that I dressing with you ou doctor she said gald Im 15 sorry 0 rl I have to get ready for tor an accident case Ill manage mannge ho he said absently Send the tray up to No lC- lC He strolled out Into the hall hail and made his way up the ward Once he lie stopped short and his heart stopped beating for fora forn a n moment as a slim Um figure gure In blue wIth shining hair Hashed flashed out of one door andIn andin and andIn In at another at the far end of the cor cor- But he shook his head and went wenton on No It couldn't be Then he knocked ed edat at the door of ot the garrulous old lad lady who was his patient What alls ails you you asked risked the old lady the moment he stepped Into the room Nothing returned the doctor amia amia- bly Jho hoU said ald the old lad lady I know bet bet- ter She laid her skinny forefinger against her nose In a gesture of deep thought I know she he said You B are re in love What hat makes you think so 80 the doctor STio ho ald said the old lad lady Come now what Is the trouble The young doctors doctor's lips came together in a a straight line She S says S 'S I am a ambler c-ambler and a 11 drunkard he said ald resentfully As had bad as that murmured the tho thol ol oll old l lady d I am sure you are ore not But and her eyes eos twinkled up at him a girl never bothers about a mans mane morals moral unless she Is In love JOe with him A knock came at the door Come In called the doctor He was seated with his back to the thedoor thedoor door and did not see who came In until first t the basin then than tho the alcohol bottle crashed to the floor He turned quickly Eunice he cried regardless regardless' of the theold theold theold old lady She went white then her cheeks flamed amed red She set the tray do down n deliberately and stooped to gather ather up the thc debris He raised her to her feet Eunice lie he said eald masterfully I 1 am going to know know know- Then he raw paw that she w WA waS 9 COS CO'S crying l Poor little girl he said fald as he drew her into hi his arms Im Im I'm Im I'm always dropping things she said al l Irrelevantly antl Do you think he asked that you could drop all n this In time timo to go o to EurOPe Europe Eu Eu- rope Thur Thursday day The 01 old 1 lady had be been n pretending to be asleep p this long time Yes she said softly I 0 eth and lifted h her hor r face tace to be kissed I knew lenew It would end that way said laid Miss Bond wearily the next morning She was too pretty to last |