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Show V THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, WTWMY-- T do, o, - Jana "Twenty-two- " The elgty waa of tin, and it "No private patients allowed beyond here " Twenty. two eat in hts chair and stared er it The plaster waa etretched out in front of him and waa covered by a gray blanket waa Far beyond, down the eomeoody m a bhie dress and no cap. It might be anybody, but again1 looked around Over all Twenty-tw- o the hospital brooded- an after-lu- n peace Followed in sequence, these evens, wheeled back to the fa) Twenty-tw- o Slmond s cane porter, where leaned againrt a table, and, while that gsditleman in conversation, poeeesMU himself of the cane bi Wheeled back to the elevator, feu Drew cane frem beneath blanket Id) Unhooked sign with cane and both under blanket, e) Worked his wav baak along the forbidden terto H ward ritory until he came Jane Brown waa In H ward on purpose to eee J came back Bereuse vou reid Twenty-twthat day I came in and you looked after me, vou know", I "must have talked a lot of nonsense " "Morphia make. worn, people Talk ehe said, in a frightfully professional tone stirring But," nadd Twenty-twt uneasily, T said a kta that woen named true Now that about Mabel, for instance He stirred again, hecauae after go, what did it matter what he had said And as he stirred Mr Slmond a "cans fell out It was immediately followedsubby the tin sign,onwhich gradually the bare floor in a sided fsce up, of crashes. sJowy diminishing aeries Jne Brown trooped and picked them both up and rlaced them on his lap Them, verv stern, ehe marched out of the ward Into the corridor and there subsided into quiet hysterics of mirth followed her in the chair. Twen I should think she suggested that if you slipped It behind that ever know would radiator, no one about tt slowly Soon afterward Twenty-tw- o room. He squeaked ofback to his lonely Mabel, but waa still a rewaa rid Hs porter, -- hurt in doing bishe duty. saw that had let this go because the with fetish of sort waa a duty Probationer. That evening Jane Brown heard an unmistakable shuffling of feet In the She knew this sound, and oomdor It was the R filled, hsr With terror of feet carescuffling of four pairs to not keep step. It fully instructed g-- . , ri tv-t- A Gland Mysterious Suddenly Your Weight of Oland Therapy Cerreeta New Treatment Then he turned, his hark against limped acrosathe room and flammed the door abut. o Twenty-tw- the door. I tv-t- e o be eaid I cant say anything and you can t But. he s wron Thais an operative case. The staff knows it Then, why doesnt the staff do it Because, dear ChlkL he said, It your man a cae You ou&ht o know enough hbout professional erfinca toy that He went awav then, but he had sowed something in the Probationer f mind. Twenty-tf- o got over his walking and P m Tfr hapet. Ttetnsyd that morning he took Elizabeth the H to hock ward. piaster caet, He put the concert up to Jane Bmwn with a certain amount of tf she refused to take any part, he did not Intend to hae a oonccrt. I can play. ehe eaiVL You know, I kkd Good " he said the way vou eav hat Its aev well so He yo t out a it competent notebook and wrote. Tdias Brown, piano selections. ia about It anx-let- & On the very dav Vf the concert, the quarantine was broken for a few minutes, foccihlv, and bv an officer of the law A Uttle newerte. etandmg bv a fir at the fywet coroar had- eauvht fire The bis joorner man stripped off his overrwat, roHed the bor in It, and ran to the hospital He waa confronted by a brother officer who was forbidden to admit him. The ecrner man Vild the nawaie on the around, knocked out the quarantine officer in two blow broke the glam of the door with a third, napped a boft, and, hfe burden in his arms-- stalked in. It drd not lessen the maieety of that entrance that he w as crying all the time. The Probationer pondered- - After aC, laws were right and good, but there be were higher thins than taws went and stood by Johnny a bed tor a kmg time, thinking. Twenty-tw- o presided at the concert that nights rHe was extravagantly -- Selene Excess Weight . Superior to Exercising and Dieting. Excess weight and fatness in both men and women is now generally ascribed by scientists to defective functioning of certain endocrene glands. Metabolism is dependent upon the secretions of these glands the secretions making possible the assimilation of those elements In the blood which are considered vital to a correctly pro- portioned body- - rif-geo- waa-talk- l It Is impossible for the fat person to dreee attractively. Thousands o t men and woman are now finding R possible to reduce to the correct jw eight for their height, thus gaining that fasblonablsof slenderness a remark through the perfection able formula by H. C. Heist, the, chemist. This formula e o mains elements which tend to correct the deft ciencdee of en docrene glands well-kno- -- had to now it""My dear " said the first speaker who does take things in a hospital, tin aign" anvhow Only ' Jane Brown offered up a little pray, er that night for Johnny FVaeeg, and another Itttls on without Words, that he sat and Doctor Withe waa right rested her weary young body and remembered how Doctor Willie was loved end respected, and the yen os he had re red for the whole oonofryside of the quiet room And the peao brought rest tio. her It was when pravers were over that the Head made her announcement She rose and locked peer the shadowy room, where among the rows of white head was caps only the Probationer's uncovered, and ehe said: "I have en announcement to make1 On which to the trebling school and which wilt 'mean a cerregretamount of hardship and deprivatain tion "A case of contagion has been dis-It covered in one of the wards and has been considered necereary to hospital. The doorsquarantine the seven-thirthis evewere reclosed at wrC Tfctfv wmrt poHrmn t All th niiaj doors quit wddrrly. VevThy in put the ckd the doorandand frrnn that time en their pockets things the opened them only to paeemilk or in, eurh as nevnpapfm .nr krocarta-o- r the braver members of to let not Bute the ataff anythin dUt the ataff. At fim them waa a mat deal of a number of onfoejon, becauee peoHe had been oat en earleue errands when ft happened And they came bark, and protected to the of fleers, one or two of them jrote quite deeperato and tried to draw! up the but foHtd. Tbin la of Internet chieftv because ft prnfnnnrtlv affected Jane Brown Jrfln XVAdrwv. her ward nurse, had debated .whether to waahher hair that or to tA$ a walk. She had de- a be responsible (or fatness. Many users of the treat-e n t report surprising results in a few -- a O s day Correct weight eng e e respondent wrote, I loet proportions bring that twenty pounds fash tenable slender, ness, and weeks, In general feel Improved greatly health " Another said. "I lost forty-on- e first the and soon month, pounds expect to have my weight down to pwmd Under this system, no starvation diet or exercise is necessary, as nature is doing the work, and you merely take one little tablet after each meal. It is scientific in every way and meets with highest scientific approval. To Introduce this wonderfuf treatto a milment, known as lion men and women, Mr. Haist generously offers to send. a trial to anyone who will write for it. Don't send any money, hut Just your name and address to H. V. Uriel, 54M Core. Cola Bldg, Kansas Clly, and It will bs mailed Immediately under plain wrapper. If you want to reduce ten pounds er cided on thewatk 100, you should accept this introducThe next momfn tha flrt aael tory offer before It is withdrawn, as It ant are Jane Pi own chanre pf H is fully guaranteed, never rests 'you ward "lta eerr lirewtriar. aha eaid T -anvthmg, and does oca obligate- you In fAdv ) dont exactly know Its a- great m n-- ty in'tlirn ' ott Ttre-eeca- eve-mn- y1 ( v , puhlio is constantly bo-- i coming more diacnminatuig in its choioo of thing. Those subject to constipation try to learn ghat make them constipated, and then avoid it. If constipation persists in 'pit4 of ail efforts they their taka the mildest, most easily tdl-eted laxative ia. and obtainable, 1 I Twenty- - was "It would he.p to tniM them of course, hut how can vou publish a newspaper without any new" the asked. "Newa? t Thl building is fu!l newa I have some bits already He took a notebook out of hi . stork breaks qnaran-tinspocket. - "T-hNew babv in O ward The chief engineer ha developed a hoi) on his for neck. Elevator men breaking speed limit. Wanted, four cuticle for skin graftof Inches square And Im only ing tn W. How that on What for" beginning "Operated W eU. has not Somehow, 'listened. Brown Jana getting e lightness of tone, she managed presently. ."I nveome-tlme- s behind Twenty-tw- o 1 think tM)e were she felt something more earneet She bell dl did not put into words, even to' herhim 0 get . watting for "Thera a no fracture, child." he' said self, but eh divined something new gently "If there a clot there, na- a desire ' to do hi 1 hit. there in the ture ia probably better at removing It hospital. than we are The trouble with Mu." He explained about publishing It. he raid Indulgently, "i that you have Ha used to run a typewriter In come here, where they operate flrat and the convalesce uta oouiu and regret afterward.! Nature the mimeograph it and eil it There was a mimeographing machine in the beet surgeon. chPd." "But support the ataff thinks that office. he should le Up 0 thl point Jane Brown had "The staff1 he said, and looked at been rather too worried to think about Rh had grown acctn-timeher eearohmgly. Then his laws set Twenty-twto seeing him coming slowly at an obstinate angle. "Well. Nellie " he said. "I guess one back toward her ward. And to hi beopinion s ae good ee another In these ing. in a way, underfoot a part of caeea And I dont suppose theyQ do every day. anv .oattlng and hacking without yhy But two things happened that dav consent." Ha looked at Johnny's un- to turn her mind in onto her heart amountOn never wee when she heard about the He conscious figure. ed to m uch, he added, but it a ur. artificial leg. The other was when g she passed the door of hi room. prieing the way money's been in to pay his hoard here. A good Vhrre a large card now announced lot of people are Interested in him. "Office of the Quarantine Sentinel. i cant see mveelf telling them he died She distinctly heard most 'Urhoopital on the operating kehle. like chatter within- - Judging from the door. loo. the He petted her on the. arm a he shadow on the gl room waa full. It sounded J07P03 and went out. Dont get an old head on three carefree voung sbouidere yet, Nellie, he said Jane Brown heart Bank about two ; ae he was going lnchea t Rh went hack to the ward Tha ward watched him out with affectionate eves Jane Brown watched braid Johnny- - But that night h him, too, fais fine old head, tha sturdy went up on the roof again, and sat on Eh onuid ae. across step that had brought healing and the puwpsb peace to a whole oouetv. She bed lb fportywrd. the dire, rectangle of hurt him. she knew that. And sbe her ward, and around a corner In plain It had done no good. view, room Twenty-twThat afternoon Jane Brown hroke aittlng at, the typewriter, another rule She went to Twenty-tw- o and working bard. on her off duty, and caused a mild furore there. I have to talk to Tha flrwt number of h Quarantine And I Sentinel was a great vuaeeaa. It reshe Mid mmpty. somebody, came to you, because youve worked lieved the monotony, brought the difon a newspaper, sutd you have bad a ferent ward together, furnished Twenty-tw- o lot of experience. Its a matter of laughter and goralP ethics Bui really ft a matter of Ufa wrote tha editmriaia, published the pamof a couple of conaid and death. with tha per, He felt most horribly hmnjMe before-he- r valescents, and tn hi leisure drew There wm someth tog so direct oartoons. He drew very well- - hut ail and Childhke about her. The very She The children from the children a drew a chair In "front of him, way and proceeded, talking rather fast, io ward dtatrlbuted them, and wentbwfc la'v the matter before him. touched from the private room bearing tribhim profoundly ute of flower and fruit. A wav td "You see bow It 1," she flnlehed. friendliness swept over everyone, and 'I cant go to the staff, and they engulfed particularly Twenty-twwouldn t do anything ft I did exoept This waa the first popularity ha a nurse had ever earned, and because he valpoawbly put me out. "BecauseAnd--Iued It, he felt more and more unreally only follows order. And Doctor worthy of tt got to stay, If I can an! In Willi doesnt believe But tt kept him tram sealng Jane operation and wont e,vh.t hes dvlng And Brown. ts right, cvcrvirxiy et home thinks he Through It aB Johnny heed HI because weN. he s been right a good thin,, young body was now hardly mi outline under the smooth, white covmany Vtimes" He st ened attentively. ering of hie bed. And still ehe had WeN he said at last, we'll )ut found no way to give hire hie ciumo. She made a lost appeal to Doctor make tha staff turn in and do it. Thata easy." Willie, but he only shook hi head But thev wont. They can't." gravely. We cant tet Johnny .. die, either, Even tf there waa an operation r CAn now, Nellie," nld Doctor WUUe, "be could not stand it" The hoepttaJe attitude www flrm. It K was the first time that Twenty-tw- o could not interfere. It ms an outhad known her name waa Nellia side patient and an outside doctor It That waa the Mat day of Jane waa regretful but, of oouree, unless Browns probation. On the next day f he else via turned over to tfaV aha waa to doo her cap. Tha Sentinel came out wl h a congratulatory staff He went hack to the ward to tel editorial, and at i o'clock that night her But she waa not (arprtajd. the first assistant brought In an an"If hopeleas. waa all aha said. nouncement. in the Head' own writ"Evervhody's right and everybody ing, for the paper. "Th Head of th Training School wrong It was the next day that, going to announce with much pleasure the the courtyard tor a brewth of air, she of Mia N. Jan Brown aa a eaw a woman outside tha Iron gate PUPU waving to her. It waa Johnny' mother. a forkihrbfcr aoui In what Jan That night Jan Drown fought her battle and won. Sbe went to her room immodtotoly atfer chapel, and took th family pictures off her little stand and got oot ink and paper Bh put the photograph out of sight, because she knew that they were counting on her, and (be could not bear her moth. eCs eye. And then she counted her e money the ticket bora wa ax e d jomHy tut A y Hrtia mo vAar Dr. to tend d. W. B. CaldkotlL, 51S SLt Honttmio, Jui eomponnd of Egyptian aenna and aropepsin with' pleasant-tastin- g matics, and ha been aatisfao-tonl- y sold for 30 years. Unlike the harsher physic it doe not produce a habit, and increased dose are not required; in fact, it 0 trains the stomach muarlea that in time medicine of all kind can be dispensed with, teareoonful of Mu? drastio ' physic that upset lot day afterwards, not a Aa them over 10 million bottles of Dr. Caldwell Syrup Pepsin ire sold a year, a Urge proportion lJf1ha . ; Leva that this mild vegetable compound is the proper remedy for them, and ao it is. No need to take salt waters and powders that dry up the blood; coal-tdrugs in candy form that produce skin eruptions, or 'calomel that salivates. These drugs are "heroin ar weak- measures, term m jbi W'fedr Inntfm thai omyon m thm aw two whm wutfywW?'" Do U moot ra 1 FAMai HAT UT IT FKII ThoseeJ ? pored or askew AKT ftwniia. cpHE o. melnt. In other words, a stretcher .chance for you. Show that you can Jane Brown .feverishly tore the handle this ward, and you ere practi- caity- safe. spread off the emergency bed and drew it coreewhat apart from its felTwenttwo made three brief exlows Then she stood back and cursions back, akn$ the oocridor that first dav of the qua.rant.me- - But Jane waited. - Cams frr Tour officers from the pohe Brown waa extremely professional and patrol Came in the senior surgical very busy. On the third trio, however, Jane interna Oame the stretcher, containat the table ing a quiet figure under a gray Brown waa wrtin Twen wheeled himaelf Into the blanket. In a verv short time the quiet fig- doorway and eyed her wjth disapure was on the bed, and the senior proval Whwtr do vonrrtrean by eminr surgical Interne was writ in in- - the or. he demanded sarcagicail der book "Prepare for operation " dwnr Don't IL Jane Brown read you know that now you ay in vou ou.?ht to keen moving "1 efta-fBut 1 cant." she quavered. I won t touch him don t know how he smiled at hftn Thv . wer frme oM fneoda already It le run-ou- a Hm he s bloody" about love and friendship and all Then the took another look at the those kindred emotions They do not bed and she saw Johnny Fraser. Now Johnny had, tn hts email way. grow nearly so fast when, people are played a part tn the Probationer s together as whei they are apart. and Jane Brown were life, siich as ooaeusiortatlv scrubbing Twenty-twporche or borrowing a, half dollar or Infinitely closer friends than four cur five meetirags really indicate being suspected of stealing the egga The dav went by, three, then foirr from the henhouse. But that Johnny Fraser had been ' a wicked, smiling and a little line M tension deepened around Jane Browns mouth imp Here lay another Johnirv Fraser, a Johnny Fraser waa stiU tymg In a closed one. a. with Johnny eyes stupor quiet The senior surgical interne had and slow, noisy breathing. a tendency to wander into "Why, Johnny" said the Proba- developed H at odd hours, and sit on the edge tion sr, in a strangled roles. The senior surgical Interns was in- of a table. Tt was during one of these visits that aha spoke of Doctor terested. Willie , Know him he said. Because he I a country practition-e- r, "He le a boy from home." She was she sajd, you- you patronise still staring at thlg quiet, unimpu him dent fdrure to went The senior surgical Interne, waived The senior surgical interne the medicine closet and poured a bit a hand toward Johnnys bed. You dont a Look there. he aaid. ammorna of aromatic Into glass Bit down end drink this" he said. tMnk that chaps getting any better, vou do In a very masculine voice. Tf said Jane Browiw with suspiif you think you know Borne t i me after the early hospital cious quiet, a man who has practiced more than Twenty-twthat evening supper, years, and saved more peohaving oiled hie chair with some olive for forty oil from hie tray, made a clandestine ple than vou ever saw, why dont of the cor- you tell him so trip through the twilight ridor to H ward- - And there he found Discourse between a probationer the Probationer mothering g quiet figure on a bed, "Is he going to lire" Twenty-tw- o inquired He could see that the ward nurse had an eve on 9him, and waa preparing for retreat. "O yes," said Jane Brown. "I think so now.- - The interne eaye they have had a message from Doctor Willie He is coming" There was a beautiful confidence in her tone She was frtghtfuly tired next dav There seemed to he nothing to do for Johnny but to wait. Doctor Willie had requested no operation She had entirely forgotten Twenty-tw- o She was feeling rather worried, n truth.- - For, a ataff to vlelL-ihagoing ihreudi the. ward, had stooped by Johnny's bed and examined the pupils of his eves, and had then exchanged a glance with the senior surgical interne that hodper-plexe- d her In the e ha pet at prayers that eveail around her the nurses oat and ning In rested, their -- tired hands folded ta Someone their laps about something that was massing 'Gone" she said. V9 course it ia gone. The bathroom man reported it to me and I went and looked "But who- In the world would take o. Goieus CaMwsQa Syrap Pepsi afiaria " preapt relief ia a aitvtl way and-ea- ed o. It wag the next day that two had hi-f- i Wee. Jane Brown not too enthusiastic. D. ening and griping. The best constipation remedy is the one that moves the bowels withont shock to your system, and ahch a one is Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin. It is a vegetable ' only when required, as, for exam- le, Mr J. W. Bomughs of ittle Bock, ArL, who finds it equally valuable1 for herself and tie children, and Mr. Enas & Costa of VataonviHe, CL, whose fatrnly ns e it regularly. Try Dr, Caldwells Syrup Pepsin in constipation, biliounieaa, piles, headaches, sallow complexion, and to break up fevers and colds. A generous-siz- e bottle ean be had at any drug store, and it coat only about a cent a dose1 00m-In- eld-T- : i o. anid o with youth and vigor, but with dosed eye, and losing itI day by day, was Johnny Fraser. Then, on night on tha root Janei Beoan had to refuse the senior eur- hard girelI interna He took It very suppose." he ajud with eom betstood d a have thatJ ter chance tf Id done es vou wanted me to about that fellow m Vour ward, gone to the ataff and ratted tha mischief " . I woudnt bave irrfjie.iJ you." avid Jan Brown, hut Id have thought yo& were pretty mw)h eft a man. 1 mind. ' Public Now Prefers Vegetab le Laxatives - Hubert Mathleu. ool-le- ir, . 1)7 Qiet-ter.- had progressed from splints to a plaster cast, which he named EbmfeoUC and a rotler-chaRollins back toward the elevator and the terra incognita which lay beyond. be saw a eifn which Interfered considerably with a plan be had In K' BtostntM epeo-tacl- Brown. By the sixth of April ' v, After a-- time, he felt that ehe waa not a. really interested ae she might have been, ao he Introduced a love element. Mabel. soppreaaing her other name. . Mr Middleton " now office'll y did not eee Jane Twenty-twBrown again. And at- - last he inquired hof. for waa Jn here," he "The ftret dav mid to Mias Willoughby, 'there waa a J.ttl girl here without a cap.- - I don t know her name. But I havent , aeen her since," , Miaa Willoughby reflected. "Without a cap? Then it wee only one of the probationers. Probabijr N i. vr, on hire. , By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Probationer 'that night as aha went past her door "Come in," sbe called. T have been looking for you. r LhaaauAa new for you Jane Bromi looked small and tired and verv young We have watched von carelullyv" sild the first swtaf.t Although vou are young, you ka$ abown abil-itand you are te be accepted Thank vou. very mucu replied Jane Brown, in a chpked voice. Before aha went to bed thaS nght Jane Brown slipped back to her ward. By the one low light near the door-wa-v she went back to Johnny a bed. and sat down beside "hint: In her room other thing pressed In on her. But here she aw things right. The night nurse found her there some time later, asleep, her hunting-cas- e watch open on Johnnys bed and her fingers still on his quiet v wrist. made no report of H. She The PTOiukt!or.r went to Doctor BTlUle ihe next day. Doctor s Willie. .he retd, won't vou hav him operated on" He looked up at bar oxer fata, . .u Jh MORNING. JUNE 3, 1923. Life, Action, Suspense, Charm, .Humor and, of CoufseYoung Love. u hl"ye . Y Th Frobattonsr mured In th N. Jane Brown training school When th bub in thin torr opened drier th wxk of tit. wt-- . boil Brown draped. X. .mins bertd him. H. Ur Quit, .till for 4 moment. Then: ' td "Mr right leg i eff " h "in afraid lt' broken. But 5 ow tfll hv It." Ph ttnliritu Th morphia did a curious thing to him. It mode him create. Ho lav there and Invented for Jan. Brown a a himself fictitious perron,, who Tfat person. he raid, wa a noprepaper to rebeen who had sent or, report port the warehouse fire. He had sot too and-- a wall had coma down u . ' SUN-DA- - o. V I pen-riv- After that 'ah went to work. It took her a tong time, because she had a great dnU to explain. Bhe said that no on understood how she felt that hospitals were to rave lives and not to sav feelings. It seemed wary, after that, to defend Docof tor WiHle without namtng-hle. How nrneb good he had dona and how he came to rely on himself because In the country there was no one to consult With. . However, she wa not o gen lie with the staff. She raid that It was standing by and letting a patient die. because it was too polite to Interfere, although they had all agreed among theniMtve that an operation wa nec-- y And would they refuse to pun a child from, in front of a loco motive It mothers busibecause it wa ness, and she dldn t know bow-t- o do it? Then ah signed tt. Sb turned it in at fh Ben tin el office th next morning through a crack tn th door.- - Tha ditor raw that sbe wore no cap. ut eee here, he raid, you're Where the accepted, 700 know, the vtgfbl eignT After vou read that, ah sold, youU understand." He read H Immediately, of course. Its sheer murage made him gaep. "Good girl, he raid to hinwsK. "Brave little girl. But it flniafara her here, and h know .it,." While be wa getting It ready he felt a tf b wa sharpening a knife to stab her with. Her own knife, too. 'J.ZThe paper corn out at I ootock. At three the first assistant, looking mritiYi 'rtw extreraaty white, relieved Jane Brown of the care of fi ward. And all tha time, fighting hie battle with youth and vlgot, witiT cloead eyes, etui lasting ft day by day -Jan Broom eyed her wtotfnEy. wa Johnny Prase, i ' . Tn nek to come back, I oppose1 Tra afraid not, the first assistraid. and an intern to supposed to be lim- funny, and the sort of creaking Brown recognised aa aa oM suit eg ant Jane Brown went up the ward and with which thing 'began her mother's. ited TO yea, yea, and pay. nay But fid at Johnny FYaser. look Then ebe turned Ur uproarious imiglfier very the cirenmstauoas were unusual. Doctor WUUe bong my HckeC gathered up her aciraors and "Tell hint" exclaimed the senior toon. Mis Nelke, h ud pervoonly. it her Uttl dressingbandage went and (arcopri Everything want iff wonderfully. seem like I had to come, even fa I out. surgical Interne, land be called, before the executive oommitta and fired"' Th musical event of th evening was couldnt get In. Ive been waiting The flrat amistaat took a step after waa out on Jane Drown who Twenty-twplaying. Bbe played around moat U afternoon. How m her, but stopped. Thera were tram SobtAiert without any notes, because be crutches that day for the first tlm in bra eyes looked back from the elevator shaft she had been taught to play Schibtkt "Hs to routing oulettr, mid Jan Things moved very rapidly in Hi . . and scowled. - And the senior surgi- that way Brown, holding herself very tens, that day, while flan (Brown hospital And when they'called her back, she cal interns went down to the phareh wanted to saroana m He alon la her room.macy and thereby altered a number played httle folk songs of" the far isnt suffering at alL" sUi the staff met and sumFirst of of things Could you tell me which window moned Twenty-twplaces of Europe, b Landing around He went down in wheeled ubaira. on hes near, Miss NeAlef" walls, "Hollo," Mid the pharmacy clerk. tp tn th elevator h had tost Elija"Shut th door." Fh pointed out th crutches, these aliens in their eddy few a hs th and and was using window, before, days Th senior surgical Intern abut the listened and thrtded, Johnny Fraeera mother stood, hold- a can ready tor trouble. He bod aldoor, and sniffed. At th end sb played th Minuet, ing to tbs bare, peering up at K. Her ways met SmgU like a barmore a than half fight room be commented. with a sort of flaming loo In ber lips moved and Jane Brown knew way. It wa the 'same- - instinct that clerk turned a found. eyra that puzaied Twenty-twHe that ah waa prAytng. bad token trim to to fire And at Lit tie experiment of mine.' he ex- could not know, tbat h was plavlng be turned her eyes away. But no one wonted- - te fight Th aloo-b. K. to Johnny Fraser, lying with closed Wimple syrup, graln "Folks have raid a lot about plained. staff was not angry. On the contrary, and some flavoring extract Its eye in the ward upstairs. He did nut. she Hid, tnrt he wa always ahim, good It we trying It extremely Intelligent an Imitation cordial. Try It realize that there wa a passion on to ma If hed only had a chance best to ee thing from a nw angik The senior surgical Interne, wa not of sacrifice throbbing behind the digI d be right worried, Ml , we The senior surgical interna NeHie, if a drinker, but he wa willing to try nity of the rmialc. he didn't have Doctor TVeUd fcrokiDf waiting out side, A unhappy aaaa inonce. So a secured WUUe be "bad over him. Doctor sieved for anything after terne can be. medKiue glens, and filled It th concert.. He rat, beaming . Jan Brown went Into th What the devil maul you. publish AVer he had .finished it he felt in' the front row, and toward Johnny Fraser must hav hi bunding. he demanded. chanoe, about seven feet tall and very impo- th end h got up and toid s on somehow. Twenty-tw- o smiled. rtant Ha had a strong Inclination to stories. After aB, It we Doctor WilIn the meantime, at aeoond case, "Becaura." he said, I hare always go up to H and tell Jana Brown tha li who wa the real bit of the eve- although roiki, had extended the quar. had a sneaking desire to pubkah. a truth about Johnny Fraser which he ning. Th convakacent rocked with antine. Iksoontent grew, and threatwhere public question can be Jov in thUr roller chair discussed. ened to develop into mutiny. yielded to. If this isitt a pttoUe ques"Tour man's wrong, that's an there The first assistant called to the And all the timey fighting his battle tion, I dont know one when I see iL m. But he meant nothing to her. It wm In voice. Tent hoar brier Doctor trolls ana "Ton, did. ha said. - And triad to He hod brought wool flolrer for th smile childrens wont and his arms were Then f I may have It- 1 wish to heaven you could have bulging. He was Invited to the suUf I dont he Mid, very rapidly, It, rontn.i To th eternal credit of th staff want It, Its darned mlsorahla" en Brown Jan "It'e whar that painful half part hour was never known. Th staff waa "It s an ache, he went on. A Palm careful, too, of Doctor Wikia, particu- A ifhieary. Then, oeelng her beginlarly elnca, after the ftret two- - min- ning to put on a professional look: ute. every one of them liked Doctor "No, not that. Its a feeling. Book He took it an awfully well. hen." he said, do you mind coming 'Millie, He faced Chir d ataff, and In and closing the door (There a aid that he hoped be wa man enough man across who s always listening." to acknowledge a n1 stake, and act She went ltwibut sbe did sot doe w 1 -- white-floate- opinions against on left him nothing b door. else to do. The senior eurgicai inWhat I sent for vou. for to this.'" terne, who had been haring him ft aid Twenty-tw"are you going him a cigar. week,heoffered away" iF only one He mefltw. rra tent to away as oon as tha being requeel There wo a tittle girl in Tbs training quarantine 1 over. It tt perfeot- o, yamtl0bh&"WdoawmI the order for th operation brnwetf Which he did. Hut Jane Brown was not there. Late that evening the flrat aastot-anpassing along the rorrtdor in th dormitory, wa accosted by a quiet figure --in a bin tuuiortm without a cap Hbw Is be" The ftret serierant chewful than usual "Of course, it la very soon, but be etod it well," aha said. "Bun up to the cpeTating-roosad help to clear away." She waa very wine, the flrat aralst-an- t. for Jaji Brown went, and washed away ome'of th ache with the stains of Johnny a opraaaan. Here, oil about her, were the tangible evidences of her triumph, which was ajao a defnai. A Uttl glow of service revived Ih her. If Johnny lived. It was a smaU pries to pav for a Ufa If hs died, she had given him his ohaooa. It wa the night norm who told Twenty-tw- o that Jan Brown was in He waa stF up the operating-rooat midnight, but the sheets of tomorrow's editorial toy blank on bis , table Thraeg a rumor going about." rh said, htAat the quarantines to bs lifted tomorrow. "Tomorrow," reid Twenty --two. In L m a startled 1 voice. suppose yen'll be going out at once There wa a wistful not In her voice. He had been am oasis of cheer in tha dreary rounds of the night. "I wonder," said Twenty-twin a cartons ton, tf you will give ma my cane?" He was clod In a hideons bath nobe, purchased by the orderly, over his clothes, and he had tbs expression of a perron who Intends to take no chances a "Thanks." raid Twenty-tw"And will you fici th slight wotdunan here?" Some time later Jan Brown stood In th doorway of the cpraatlng-rooand gave it a farewell took. Over ail brooded the peace of order, the quiet of the nighL Outside the operating-roodoer sh drew a long breath, and faced the night watchman. She had left some-- 1 'Would she go thl ntnitf Twenty-twand get it "It very late. said Jan Brown, "And It Isnt allowed, Fm sure. However, what wa one mot rule to her wtio'hadi defied them oil? A spirit of recklessness seised her. After an. why not She would never ee him again. Uke the operating-rooshe would stand In th doorway and little farewell. ray a mute Twenty-tw- o door waa wMa . and he was standing In th center of the room, looking out He was horribly excited. Thors was a wort of dreadful calnf tr. however, about Jana Brown. Tbe watchman ray I have Wt something here It jgaa clear to him at once that he ufyraWrffmpSriSSeT the rooms and elammed tha door Then he turned, hi back shut. V th door against Im going when you do" h raid. In a terrible votes "Jnr going when you go, and wherever you go. Iv stood all the waiting around hare for a gllmpc of you that I'm going to stand. Ha glared at her. "Fter week, he said, 1'vs sat her in thl room and listened for you, and hated to go to lep tot fear you would paM and t armildn't bo looking through that door. And now Ivo reached th HmIL And 1 want to say this. went en 1 don t oars whether Twenty-twyou .want tn or not, you've got to hav m. Im so much-i-n lore with you that It hurtof1 Jans Brown faqsd Twenty two with brave a Tb gentleman aoroo th hart, sitting up In bed with an angry thumb on th trail, wa electrified to . en th glass doer acroa. -th sHhouett of a young lady without- a cap go into the arms of a very larg maoouUna silbooett in a dreralng-gnwLate that night Jane Brown mad her way bath to H ward. Johnny wa thara. ,a trank Johnny, with a bandaged head, but with open Ta At dawn, th dawn of th day when Jan Brown was to lrare th hospital, the night nurse found ber there, asleep, her fingers sot on Johnny thin wrist. 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