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Show Miss Morgan's Message I C.itscells stopptti untl staled In as tonlshmetit at the girl acrosb the wny. I'vcn as he looked, the gesture was repeated t'asscclls glanced up and down the street, which at this hour wus deserted and moved slowly on It seemed Impossible that n girl of such refinement could be deliberately beckoning to hint, a total stranger jet once more before he moved on the gesture had been repented Tl en someone had colno and led the girl , nwuy from the window He, detested such things and be strove to put her from his inltul, jet . his dreiiniN were all about a girl with great masses of golden hair piled upon bet shnpely head Her features bore everj Indication of gentle breed lug and, ronstnntlj In his dreams, she beckoned to him It wns the same the next daj As he came from bis ofllce the girl wns standing In the sunshine at tho win dow and again the beckoning gesture was repeated, while a merry smile displayed the full red llpn and flash Ing teeth Ho went up the street with a curl Otis, sense of disappointment. He felt an Interest In the girl that he could not explain and still less susceptible of explanation wns the fact that hu could feel an Interest In any woman who would flirt with a stranger In the street He was genuinely glad when one morning the face did not show at the window and the front stoop wns hoarded up. He told himself that now he could give his entire attention to his business again, but ho soon found out hla error, for sleeping or waking he thought only of tho girl who beckoned. beck-oned. In the end he was forced to confess to himself that he waa In love with the girl. It preyed upon hint until at last a vacation became Imperative and, turning his patients over to another practitioner, Casscells went to the mountains He arrived shortly before supper time Hiul as he passed down the broad corridor toward his ,room, he came to an abrupt halt, while heads of perspiration stood out upon bis brow. Directly before him was the girl who had beckoned and not until she came close and Casscells could see that she was actual flesh and blood did his fears subside He had thought for one horrible Instant that she was an apparition conjured up by his diseased dis-eased brain. He met her after supper and as she gave her slim, eool hand Into his fevered grasp, he breathed a prayer of thankfulness that he at last knew her ' Are you the Dr. Casscells of fior-don''" fior-don''" site asked. He bowed his affirmative af-firmative and she went on. "I re member n sign across the street from us I live In Oordo.i, too We moved there Just beforo wo came to the mountains." " think I have Been you," ho said staggered for an Instant by her frunkness. Could she hi trying to recall to his memory bur frantic i" forts to attract his attention? "I think I havo -een you once or twice," she said carelessly; "you must be moro neighborly when we re turn" Grace Morgan turned Iter attention to one of tho othe men who formed her little court und presently Cnss cells slipped away to ponder ovor the meeting If she had beckoned to him, her reference to having s en him was to recall the fact, yet even now he could not bring himself to believe that he was right In his deductions. For two weeks ho puzzled over tho situation, while ho devoted himself to Miss Morgan Mor-gan He made rapid headway In gaining her affections nnd though ho was not a vain man, he felt that ho had only to speak Yet again his dislike of n common flirtation deterred him It was near the end of his stay that the situation cleared He had been down to the postotrice In the light drUrle that kept most of the guests Indoors, und as he came across the wet grass he discerned Miss Morgan standing at one of the dining room windows and she wus making tho same gesture that Inul first attracted his attention. As sheNiauglit tils eye. sue threw up the window and called out an In vltatlon to enter Divested of his wet things he sought the dining room (! k was still making that beckon ' ,'CHture, but as he entered she guv i u little or? of triumph. I've got hlni," she called excitedly l'leaso, doctor will you raise tho cover of that box so " Shn dropped tho Imprisoned llj Into tho tiny cage and watched n chamo-leon chamo-leon ns It seized up the Insect. " in gittlng to ho quite an oxpert lly catcher." sho aid as she turned buck to tho window to lesitmo her hunt "I got this llttlo fellow when we were In Florida last winter, nnd I've dnno nothing but catch flies ever since for him " You were catching flies for hlra tho Ilrst time I over saw you," he said with a sudden lightness of tho henrt "Will jou lot me bolp now and always?" It was an nbsurd proposal, but she read hl.s moaning and placed her hands la his outstretched palms Not to catch flics for a rbamolson but becauio 1 lovo you " she said Imply |