Show A love story it i I 1 I 1 mrs airs marietta johnson Jolius oa was admitted to bellevue ff hospital 03 i tal new york on june 19 lastant la stanl 21 at assigned signed to ward 16 ta be t treated eked r for hip trouble she was mas a bright little woman sparkling black eyes aud was always gay aud cheerful hi ill dofher of her infirmity which compelled her to move on crutches whenever she cou could ld button hole a doctor she would discuss her pros r 0 I 1 peels with him and when no pd doci lur tor was around she would sit by miss Itel remsen w who 11 0 presides ovier the ward and talk with hershe was always occupied and always confident that she would leave the tile hospital cured but her wilde dreams never led her to hope that she would leave the bos hospital p ital to be married 1 henry a very jolly german painter who entered ward ja in iu to be treated for spinal di disease stase never dreamed that late meant to marry him out of the hos pital either but all seemed to conspire to that end wards I 1 15 5 and 16 arc are next to each other and on warm autumn days dayl while sitting by an open window windo iv mrs johnson could smile on mr who sat bolt upright in ft a plaster achet built around him lobrace to brace his spine apine mrs johns johnsons 0 us spine was all right and she could 1 d sit straight without a plaster jac jacket ke t wherefore she pitied mr who he lie on me tile other band could walk on his legs all right and the pity which he lie left for mrs airs johnson when lie saw her hobbling around on crutches ripened into something stronger when he lie noticed how brave and cheerful she was in spite of it mrs johnsons pity mathied very rapidly vaso and aria it was not long wag beal before ure the tile nurses ilot noticed iced that two of their patients were enjoying hospital life very much c the rules of the hospital do not allow a patient to enter any ward but his own so that mr a courtship lived most odthe of the time tha e on oil p kiy ity and silent U but there were ocea occasional foual breaks in ill monotony on very fine days ahn th patients were allowed to go down into the yard for exercise on ouch lucky occasions occa rions mr was on the lookout for mra mrs john dont jon and when she appeared at t the licak of the staircase ho substituted hi hia ami arm for one of her crutches helped her down into the yard and spent a happy hour planning for the tile time when they would be well enough to leave the hosli hospital ital then too there was chapel every sunday which included a ride with mrs johnson up and down in the elevator the elevator was very slow and bill farrell the elevator man was obligingly deaf after winter act tiet in the elevator was their oni only y solace bill farrell says no b body y would ever believe bow much mra johnson and AlrA mr lundt could say oily in in one ride aud that the bulk ot of the letters which they edcha exchanged aged was enough to stagger a postman at last toward the end of janu ary mrs johnson was almost well and find able to leave the ho hospital mr Alund thad had not improved quite so ra rapidly illy but he lie was much better an and d dec declared de area cared that a d little sickness sick ners jaes or even a plaster jacket should not stand in the way of his happiness hap bap pine pines s his fir first firt t idea was wits to be married in in the ward an and on with the tile treatment but warden objected I 1 he ile kaid ht lit wished the co couple pie all kida of luck but it would nC do to establish I 1 the precedent of patients marrying each other dr matthias E willing iho tile chaplain of the institution had halt taken a great interest in the courtship and he be told mr that if ho lie would leave the lj hospital lit should be married in a jiffy that wag was all wanted to know he ile got a pass entitling entitling 9 him bim to an in absence of forty eight hours I 1 and mrs johnson got an absolute du dis charge on ou feb 2 they left belly vuc vue hospital and thu the crutches be hind and with dr willing blackd M for the home ol 01 MM lister ister in there till were married aed with plenty offrice of friends a L for witnesses and fettled docu dawni jo enjoy the honeymoon ahen when hh hii leave was up the groom went ba back ek to the hospital stayed for a ath littly while but now ho lie has bas left it for rood good he and arid his ilia wife with his 1113 two children by a former marr marriage i aage arc tire now keeping house in bi brooklyn mrs is entirely recover recovered egi and mr is well enough t to parn earn a good living at his trade everything looks encouraging aud the happy couple eay my they dij will never forget the el elevator ivator or elevator 0 r man as long aa as they live |