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Show IN A CHILD'S LOVE t LONELY COUPLE FOUND HAPPINESS HAPPI-NESS IN LIFE. Advent of Llljle Nellie Filled Void of Which Phytlclan and His Wife Were Scarcely Conscious. Con-scious. Mrs I)a lun entered her hujjbund's sliidy nnd sunk Into u chair. "You look hot Klcanor," said Dr Dayton, KlnnclnB up from a scientific journal. "Have you lon out In tho sun?" "Yes, I walked over to thn fresh-air fresh-air camp lo set) tho children who wurc brought from the city this morn Ing" "I wUh )oii wouldn't go there bo often, Klonnor," ho snld, a trlllo Impatiently. Im-patiently. "A visit to tho fresh nlr enmp seems to exhaust you more than mi) thing elsn " "Hut, Harry, I lovo to s'i tho chll dren One such durlliiK llttlo girl ennio this morning. She has yellow curls nnd big blown even, nnd her nmno Is Nellie 1 used I" he culled Nellie when I wns her hro She's from the fnuiidlliiKH 11111111'. nnd I couldn't help wIhIiIiik, lliiri), that we " "Now, denr, don't hilng up that sub Ject iiKiiln You know I doubt tho wisdom wis-dom of iiiloptlng ehlldn'11. nnd you nio nut stiong enough to iixsumo tho care of a youngster" The doctor smiled tendeily nt .Mis Da.vton. "Haven t )ou tiouhle enough looking after me without tbliiK to Ills )ou know not of?" As lie censed speaking the telephone tel-ephone hell i nng. "I'm wiinted nt the cniiip," he ex plained, hanging up the lecelver and reaching for his medicine cuso. "A child lirteil the lop'of beehive nml tins been bndlv stung" An hour inter Mis Da) ton lose from hei portli hammock nt tho sound of her husband's voice "Here's a llttlo vlsltlor, Hlennoi'" he culled. She run out to the motor car and took lu hei nuns u limp little Imbv gill "Wh). It's .Willi-'" she said "Is It Nellie'' I wasn't thinking iilintit tin) thing but hei stings, which weio piett) severe Tnlk about grnterul patients, Klennor' When I managed to iellco tho llttlo things surfctlugs site clung to me, mid I Mlmpl) couhlult get awa) Trom her So I told the illation we'd keep her over nlRht. You see her face and anus mo b.idlv swollen, nnd she may need moio cine Hum they'd hnve time to glvo her ut the camp" "I like the do toi ninn, ' lisped Ncl He "I want to nl.i with him." Mis Da) ton kissed the )cllow curls nnd laid the child lu the hummock, and the doctor dlsiippraied Into the house, nim nun lim something about pie; mlng a sonthtui; lotion. One morning two weeks later 'the nuition of the fieshulr camp telephoned tele-phoned Di Da) ton that tho children with whom Nellie hud coino were to be leturned to the city Hint dny She requested him to bring Nellie to 'the camp In time fur the afternoon trnln 'Today' Why, Is tho tlmo up nl ready? Why well, )ou see. I think my wife wished to keep her that is, 1 hung It all I beg your pardon, I mean that wo both want her" Hu tinned fiom the teclphouo nnd saw Mrs. Dayton listening In tho doorway. Her eyes wero blight nnd lior cheeks wore nn unwonted glow of health Shu was u winsome pic-tuie pic-tuie with Nellie bunging to tier sklrtB nnd tho chain of (lowers In her linnda that she was weaving for tho baby's cm Is. "Oh. Horry!" was all she said, but the look of love and grntltudu In her eyes filled his own with happy tears Youth's Companion |