Show AM km ZA THE DOCTORS I 1 LOVE STORY A it by na mary ary belle poole mason 0 0 0 0 0 I 1 hi lit dut du or fit in his hi office with ith t atia tie i ow ONT showing iver 1 tl ig rig herein therein etti aly fy up to date front roni the tie desk nt at his aide side to the t ny anitol of celebrated order of F ika iks on the i cl of of bis his coat I 1 era t h i t success en on orgy n eatn a of purpose tse ant anti the he strength of the be ni ann tn to ape lit forth from his surroundings I 1 ct it 0 oer or the doctor doctors 8 strong rugged face there c cinie stealing a look of tit d lie ile had worked eo so h hinl hird ird m worked without dosing with that in doral table will ill which had strung cd ed failure whenever ehe she camo came thrusting her un fenily visage upon bis his pith way N ny over 15 yeara years ago ngo ho he had nr or rived in the growing western city with tittle little else than tho the sheepskin so proud ull ly IY possessed that proclaimed hin the beardless yoth a licensed physician lahout influence or wends he bad had fought his hi way may step by step until be he was lodged to bo be the moat most successful surgeon with nerves ot at steel and anti hand and brain keenly olive alive to eiery ditale in this or any othor other city for thousands thou sandi of miles around only today to day ho he had operated upon a patient a gentle faced woman who had come miles because cf ef the faith falth she had in this doctors wonder ful skill perhaps it waa as a remark of hera hers that had caused this strange halt this vague unrest in the doctor a strenuous arduous life she had said as she held his strong brave hand the hand ebu she felt that had given her life itself back unto her ah ali doctor you only need the right kind of a wife to make you indeed the perfect man A woman who can grasp all the splendid in your deep nature somehow the words so kindly meant rankled and seared and hurt ills ilia thoughts went straying back to a little town in the far east where he ho first came cattle back from the medical rol 01 ollege a young NI D full of joyous liepe and ambition A bit raw and awkward but with the glad tingling blood of oung ambition thrilling his veins and the girl tr it beautiful girl in the pink muslin dress the belle the veritable quien of the village he hardly dared ralso raise his eyes in her direction was she not almost as far on off as the stars had she not already written a poem that had actually been published in the county paper did abe she not drees dress better look better talk bet ter than any other girl in all the surrounding country ah ali how often la in the plain little room of his fathers thora fa dwelling did he not lie awake dream ing of the time when he had won for himself honors and fame in tho the far west that he would return and claim her his by right of every noble purpose and detore hut but in the strenuousness of at gaining success ein in other environment tbt th girl in the tile pink muslin drees dress became after a while only a pleasant vision a memory yet tonight her face kept coming coining up before him just as it looked in the olden days lie ile remembered with almost a start st art of alarm that bo he had beard heard some yeara years ago that one was married and living in a large southern city then in a vague way he had heard that her husband was dead why not go now and find her bar and win ner an ne lie ban bad planned so rapturously many years ago ah all she sh a must M u t be just the same girl yet in the pink muslin darers the girl who wrote poetry and laughe and danced through life the gin girt with ilyaye a smile in her dark ey eya fie ile would send her a telegram nad noticed in the papers a fe few weeks ago and bad had hardly paused to real the notice that she was visiting a small country pi ice an ab how glad he was now for ter a anem ory as to detail and itle tile things that had painted the name of this town on his minds eye ah alif why fly had he icat her alone so long no thought of a rival caire to him so a the wae was juat just his ills girl the woman hi tit had wanted and waited bior to long all of bl chiq life the grae grase sarious tt arloua buor eolior as a idt adif us it was only a man in ill ovy ove in ill u it with a woman of the pa t ato wl u i jorj 0 ro ed the train that lor or ihk his tur for east e ast how flow long uril ord I 1 i i th journey tie lie in to ci j U ia u f her would she laugh in lit tin thi fallt act d gl isosie way it wa wait in the early vhal the train slowed up at a lilt v tut tilt in the country even as be he the th p pi or d slender lender woman in a pink n 6 it in djs an aca a big tuscan bar bat 1 I l it I 1 a s 1 4 all arlund it came forth to li ut at titi the doctor caught loth hr hor nott canue isda within his big strong ones anti au 1 down deep deep into her thell he cried out in a great joy oh 11 my girl I 1 ie e found you again at last you are net a bit changed you ary are just my gin girl my girl and hp he boman answered softly not quite the same dear there are a good many silver threads among the dark now and the rosebloom rose bloom in my cheek Is a bit fade I 1 and then abe she laughed just the old girlish gleeful lauah and as she took her seat sent in tho the buggy beside him and met his fond strong look of love the girl to whom life had been bard hard and cruel laid her head upon his shoulder and whisks whispered red I 1 in so glad you ve come to love me and take can care of me I 1 bad had grown tired of taking care a of my self |