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n n m i i' i « i m -H-H \ Perhaps no other career tests the quality of womanhood 09 re-, > lentleeely aa trained nuralng. It cilia for many qualities, spiritual and ) physical. The reward la not large, and while many oeek them, but few • » are able to win the blfl prizes the eervice offers. Sidney Page, age ] ia taken In at the hoapital aa a probation nurae through tha « Influence of young Dr. Max Wileon. The Pagee—Sidney, her semi ! ! invalid mother and her Aunt Hanlet—had taken In K. LeMoyne, a 4 | strange young man, as a roomer In older to help meet expenses. He'a . very mysterious but charming, and Joe Orummond, Sidney's high* ] | school sweetheart, becomes violently Jealous. Immediately Bidney • > enters hospital service her threads of life begin to tangle. You get [ | flret sfght of thla in the Installment printed here. CHAPTER Vl.—Continued. "Tlml?" He adopted the gentle, al most tender tone that made most wom en his Hlaves. "A little. It Is warm." "What are you going to do thin eve ning? Any lectures?" "Lectures are over for the summer. 1 I *hall go to prayers, and after that to the roof for nlr." "Can't you take a little ride tonight And cool off? I'll have the car wherever you say A ride and some supper— how does It sound? You could get away at seven—" Gregg Is coming!" With un Impassive face, the girl turned away. The workers of the op erating room surged between them. But he was clever with the guile of the pursuing male. Eyes of all OH hlui, he turned at the door of the wardrobe room and spoke to her over the heads of a dozen nurses. "That patient'* address that I had forgotten. Miss Harrison, Is the cor ner of the Park and Kill tig ton avenue." "Thank you." She played the game well, was quite ;Kiin. He admired her coolness. Cer tainly sh Has pretty, and certainly, too. she was Interested 111 him. lie went whistling Into the wardrobe room. As he turned he caught the In terne's eye, and there passed between them a glance itt complete couiprehen • lon. The Interne grinned. The room was not empty. His broth er w as there, listening to the comments '•f O'Hara, his friendly rival. "Good work, boy!" said O'Hara, and ••tupped a hairy hand on his shoulder. 'That last case wus a wonder. I'm proud of you, and your brother here Is indecently exalted. It was the Ed wardes method, wasn't It? I saw It done at his clinic In New Vork." "Glad you liked It. Yes. Kdwardes was a pal of mine In Berlin. A great surgeon, too, poor old chap!" "There aren't three men In the coun try with the nerve and the hand (or It." o llara went out. glowing with his >wn magnanimity. 1 »octor lid stood by •mil waited while his brother got Into Ins clothes. He was rather silent. There were many times when he wished that their mother could have lived to see how he had carried out hie promise to "make a man of Max." Sometimes he wondered what she "Can't You Take a Little Rido To night?" would think of his own untidy methods compared with Max's extravagant or der—of the bag, for Instance, with the dog's collar in it, and other things. On these occasions he always determined to clear out the bag. M I guess HI be getting along," he said. "Will you be botae for dinner?" "I think not. Til —I'm going to run out of town, and eat where It's cool.'* The Street waa notoriously hot In tiimmer, "There's a roaat of beef. It's a pit/ 1 ro cook a roast for one." Wasteful, too, thla cooking of. food for two and only one to eat It. A roaat ►f beef meant • visit, in Doctor Ed's modest-paying clientele. Ha still paid A thrilling mystery story about a man who lost his courage and the girl who helped him the expenses of the house on the .Street. "Horry, old man; I've made another arrangement." They left the hospital together. Everywhere the younger tuan received the homnge of success. The elevator man bowed and flung the doors open, with a smile; the pharmacy clerk, the doorkeeper, even the, convalescent pa tient who was iMillshlng the great brass iloorplate, tendered their tribute.Doc tor Kd looked neither to right nor lefL '••••• • • Sidney, after her Involuntary hath In the river, had gone Ipto temporary eclipse at the While Springs hotel. In the oven of the kitchen stove sal her two small white shoes, stuffed with pa per so that-they might ilry In shape. Mack In a detached laundry, a sympa thetic maid was Ironing various soft white gurmeuts, and singing as aba worked. Slduey sat In a rocking chnlr In a hot bedroom. She was carefully swathed In a short from neck to toes, except for her arms, and she was being as philosophic as possible. Sotueohe tapped lightly at the door. "It's Le Moyuc. Are you all right?" How stupid It must be for you'" "I'm doing very well. The maid will soon be ready. What shall I order for supper?" "Anything. I'm starving." "I think your shoes have shrunk." "Flatterer!" She laughed. "Goaway and order supper. And 1 can see fresh lettuce. Shall we have a salad?" K. Le Mo.vne stood for a moment In front of the closed door, for the mere sound of her moving, beyond It. Things lind gone very far with the Pages' nier that day In the country; not so far as they were to go, but far enough to let him see on the brink of what misery he stood. He could not go away. He had prom ised Iter to stay: he was needed. He thought he could have endured seeing her marry Joe, had she cared for the hoy. 'ltnit way, at least, lay safety for her. The boy had fidelity and devotion wiltteft huge over him. -But this now complication—her romantic Interest in Wilson, the surgeon s reciprocal Inter est In her, with what he knew of fhe man—made him quail*, From the top of the narrow stair case to the foot, and he lind lived a year's torment! At the foot, however, lie was startled out of his reverie. Joe Druiuinoml stood there waiting for him. Ills blue eyes recklessly alight. "You—you dog!" said Joe. There were people in the hotel par lor. Le Mo.vne took the frenzied boy by the elbow and led fcltu past the door to the empty porch. "Now," he said, "If you will keep your voicedown, I'll listen to what you have to say." "You know what I've got to say." This failing to draw from K. Le Moyue anything but Ills steady glance, .Toe jerked his arm free and clenched his list. "What did you bring her out here for?" "I do not know that I, owe you any explanation, but I am willing to give you one. 1 brought her out here for a trolley ride and a picnic luncheon." He was sorry for the boy. Life not having been till beer aud skittles to him, he knew that Joe was suffering, and was marvetously patient with hlui. "Where is she now?" "She had the misfortuue to fall In the river. She Is upstairs." And, see ing the light of unbelief In Joe's eyes: "If you care to make a tour of investi gation. you will tlnd that I am entire ly truthful. In the lauudry a maid—" "She Is engaged to me"— doggedly. "Everybody In the neighborhood knows It, ai I yet you bring her out here for a picnic! It's—it's damned rotten treat ment." His tlst had unclenched. Before K. Le Moyne's eyes his own {ell. He felt suddenly young and futile; his Just rage turned to blustering in his ears. don't know where you came Iroin," he said, "but around here de cent men cut out when a girl's eo guged." "I see!" "Wbat'a more, what do we know about you? You may be all light, but how do I know It? You get her luto trouble aud I'll kill you!" It took courage, thai speech, with K. Le Moyne towering five Inches above him aud gmwing a little white about lips. "Are you going to say all theae thing* to Sidney?" "t am. And lam going to find out I why you were np-ta'r* Just BOW." THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA Perhaps never In hla "twenty-two years had young Drummo»id been so near n thrashing. Fury that be was a shamed •of shook Le Moyne. For very fear of himself, be thrust his hand* in the -Rickets of hi* Norfolk coat "Very well," he said. "You go to her with Just one of these ugly Insinua tions, and I'll tuke mighty good care that you are sorry for it. If you are going to behave like a bad child, you deserve a licking, and I'll give It to you." An overflow from the parlor poured out on the porch. l*e Moyne had got himself In hand somewhat. He was still angry, but the look In Joe's eye startled him. He put * hand on the boy's shoulder. "You're wrong, old man," be said "You're Insulting the girl you care for by the things you are thinking. And, If It's any comfort to yon, I have no intention of interfering In auy way. You can count me out It'* between you und her." Joe picked his straw bat from a chair and stood turning It In bis hands. "liven if you don't care for her, how do I know she Isn't crazy about you?" "My word of honor, ahe Isn't." "She seuds you notes to McKees'." "Just to clear the air, I'll show it to you. It's no breach of confidence. It's übout the hospital." > Into the breast |M>cket of hla coat he dived and brought up a wallet. The wallet had had a name on It in gilt let ters that had been carefully scraped off. But Joe did not wait to see tin* note. 'Oh, damn Ihe hospital!" he said ami went swiftly down the steps and Into the gathering twilight of the June night | CHAPTER VII. Sidney and K. Le Moyne were din ing together at the White Springs ho tel. The novelty of the experience had made her eyes shine like stars. She saw only the magnolia tree shai»cd like a heart, the terrace edged with low shrubbery, and beyond the falht gleam that was the river. The unshaded glare of the lights behl;id her in the house was eclipsed by the crescent edge of the rising moon. Dinner was over. Sid ney was experiencing the rare treat of after-dinner coffee. Le Moyne, grave and -outalued, sat across from her. To give no much pleasure, und so easily! How young she was. and radiant! No wouder the boy was mad about her. She fairly held out her arms to life. Ah, that was too bad! Another table was being brought; they were not lo be alone. But what roused In him violent resentment only appealed to Sidney's curiosity^ Oarlotta Harrison came out alone. Although the tupping of her heela MIIS dulled by the grass, although she had exchanged her cap for the black hat, Sidney knew her at once. A sort of thrill rnu oyer her. It was the pretty nurse from Doctor Wilson's office. Was it possible—but of course not! The hook of rules stated explicitly that such things were forbidden. "Don't turn around," she said swift ly. "It is the Miss Harrison I told you about. She is looking at us." C'ariot la's eyes were blinded for a moment by the glare of the house lights. Tltcu she sat tip, her eyes 011 Le Moyne's grave profile turned t»>- ward the valley. Lucky for her that Wilson had stopped In the bar, that Sidney's Instinctive good manners for bade her staring, that only the edge of the summer moon shone through the trees. She went white and clutched the edge of the table, with her eyes closed. That gave her quick brain n chance. It was madness, June Mad ness. She was alwaya seeing him, even in her dreams. This man was older, much older. She looked again. She had not been mistaken. Here, and after Mil these month*! K. Le Moyue, qulTe unconscious of her pres ence, looked down into the valley. Wilson appeured ou the wooden porch above the terrace, and stood, his eyes searching the half-light for her, If he came flown to her, the man at the next table might turn, would see her— She rose and went swiftly back to ward the hotel. All the gayety was gone out of the evening for her, but she forced a lightness she did not feel: "It Is *0 dark snd depressing out there—lt makes me sad." "Surely you do not want to dine In the house?" "Do you mind?" "Your wish Is my law—tonight," he said softly. After all, the evening wa* a disap pointment to him. The spontaneity had gone out of It, for some reason. The girl who had thrilled to his glance those two mornings In his office, whofee somber eyes had met his, lire for lire, across the operating room, was not playing up. She sat back In her chair, eating little, starting at every step. Her eye*, which by every rule of the game should have been gating Into hi*,.were fixed on the oilcloth-covered passage outside the door. M I think, after all, yoo are fright seed!" By MART ROBERTS RINEHART "Terribly." "A little danger adds to the rwt of things. You know wbat Nletzsch • say* about that." "I am not fond of Nietzsche." Then, with an efTort: "WL-at d«*»s he say?" "Two thing* are wanted Lf the true man—danger and pla.v. Therefore he seeketh woman a* the moat dan gerous of toy*.'" "Women are dangerous only when you think of them u* t".v*. When a man find* tlint a woman ran reason— do anything hut feel— he* regard* her as a menace. But the reasoning wont* ..n la really less dunjjcrou* than the other aort." This wa* mo* • like the real thlnf. To talk careful t >stractlons like thla, with beneath ear. abstraction Ita con cealed peraom.l application, to talk of woman and look In her eye*, to dtaeuM new philosophies with their freedom*, 8h« Want Whit* and Clutched th* Edge of the Table. to discard old creens and old morali ties —that wan his game. WllamS he came content,lnterested again. The girl was nimble-minded. She challenged Ida philosophy ami gave him li chance to defend It. Willi the conviction, a* their meal went on, that I.«> Moyne ami hi* companion must surely, have gone, she gained case. It was only t>y wild driving that aha got hack t> the hospital by ten o'clock. Wilson left her nt the corner, well content with himself. As ho drove up the Street he glanced across at the I'age house. Sidney wa* there on the doorstep, talking to a tall man who stood below and looked up at her. Wilson settled his tie, In the darkness. Sidney was a mighty pretty girl. The Juue night was In hi* blood. He was sorry he had not kissed Carlotta good night. He rather thought, now be looked back, she bad expected It. A* he got out of lil* car at the curb, a young man who had been standing In the shallow of the treebox moved quickly away. Wilson smiled after htm In the dark ness. "That you, Joe?" he called. But the boy went on. • •»•••• Sidney entered the hospital a* a pro bationer early In August. Christine was to be married In September to Palmer Howe, and, with Harriet and K. In the house, she felt that she could safely leave her mother. The balcony outside the parlor wa* already under way. On the night be fore she went away Sidney took chair* out there and *at with her mother un til the dew drove Anna to the lamp In the sewing room and her "Dally Thoughts" reading. Sidney sat alone and viewed bet world from this new and pleasant angle. She could see the garden and the whitewashed fence with it* morn* ing glories, and at the same time, bj turning her head, view the Wllsoa house acrosa the Street. She looked mostly at the Wilson house. K. Le Moyue was upstairs In hi* room. She could hear him tramping up and down, and catch, occasionally the bitter-sweet odor of hi* old briei pipe > I1IIH1HI1HIIIHHHW» I » I J What sort of dlsgrac* I* K. ' ■ ! teMoyn* trying to llv* down? 1 J | A theftf Wife desortlon? A ) ■ • betrayal? Or would you say h* J ) has b«*n disappointed in l*vo? | ' ininmnu iiiiiiiihh (TO BK CONTINUED.) A new method of cold storage Uft sulatlon, Invented in England, is to oaa slsbs of cork cxparded to OTer trie* their normal sis*. MtENAnONAL SUNMrSffIOOL LESSON i (By E. O; SELLERS, Acting Dlrecto Of I the Sunday School Course In the Mi xly Bible Institute of Chicago * | fCopyrtght. 1»1T. Western N«w»paper I'Tion.j Lesson for January 21 1 FIRST DISCIPLE OF THE LORD JESUS. _ ! I.EBSO.V TEXT-John l:S-4». I' OOL.L>EN TEXT-Jesus salth unto him, follow me.—John 1143 The word* "I aee" or "behold" occur fifteen times In this first chapter. John was a witueas to the Hon of Man. This term, "Son of Man." occurs eighty times in the gospel. The words "Cotue arid aee," or their equivalents, occur nine times In this lesson. This ia a great imitation lesson. It would be Interesting If the scholars would tell what the ,voice* are which say* "Come," and those which are urging them to "stay" away from iod. Beth abara was probably two miles from the fords of the Jordan, where John baptized. Jesus was thirty years old. Just entering upon his ministry. Ti berius Caesar was the. emperor and Pontius Pilate the governor of Judea. I. The Son of Man Attracts Men. (vv. 8.V;») not by his ethical teachings nor aloue by his works and his charac ter, but what he was and inspired in others attracted men to Jesus (John 10: 41). Crowds still gathered around the baptlzer who "changed the hearts of men as by a spell." John, the Ba|>- tizer, brought terror to men. He broke through the crust of sell righteousness and Indifference, ami compelled men to see their need of forgiveness and of a new life, but the time had cotue when John must step aside, aud Jesus "to Increase," to begin hi* ministry. Four successive dnys are noticed In this chapter. Andrew (v. 40), and doubtless the a post I•» John, who wrote this account, were the two disciples (v. 3.1) to whom John. tlu> Baptlzer, speaks. It Is Interesting to note the different kinds of men who were at tracted to Jesus: the aggressive Peter, the reflective Thomas, the practical Judas, lie had what the souls of men needed, and they followed hlin. Aware of their questioning, Jesus turns to them with the question: "What think ye?" the first recorded words of his public ministry. This Is a great testing question of every man's life. What Is the aim and purpose of your life? Jesus, the kingdom of giMslness. righteousness, usefulness or on the other hand selfishness, worldll ness, success, ambition, money, pleas ure? These disciples who had listened to this testimony of the huptiier, re plied that they wanted to know where he dwelt. Implying that they would like to tnlk with him and discuss the problems which were arising In their minds. Inree steps of expe rt enc are here suggested. These two disciples heard, they looked and they followed. Other steps must cotue shortly, but we must first look at Jesus as the Lamb, If we are to follow lilni as our example. We must believe what he has done (Rom, :'J."») before we con ask what would Jesus do or try to Imitate him. It is by following that we demonstrate that we have real ly looked unto him and been saved. 11. The Son of Man Cares for Hla Own. (vv. .'KI-4-). The instruction which they received from abiding with him lmj>elled them, as we have already Indicated, to go out and spread the good news. The greatest act In the life of Andrew was the bringing of his brother Peter to Jesus. Jesus changed Peter's name, ami gave him a proph ecy of his future life anil career. He saw the possl bill ties within him, though It took much Instruction, bitter experiences, prayer ami long abiding with .Testis before he attained to those possibilities. It Is this passage which gave rise to the organization of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, which has adopted, first, the "Rule of Prayer." that of dally prayer for the spread of Christ's kingdom among young men; second. "The Rule of Service," to make an earnest effort each week to bring at least one young man within the hearing of the gospel of Jesus Christ, On the morrow Jesus would go forth to Galilee, that Is to the East side, across the Jordan river, and on the way he found Philip. It was Philip who asked the queation. "Show us the Father," and of whom the question was asked as to the resources suffi cient to feed the hungering multitude (John 6:5). John, the Evangelist, alone tells us about Philip. Philip saw not only the resources of Jesus, but he saw a union of the law of the prophets (▼. 45) In this Jesus, and therefore could and did Invite his brother to Jesus. Christianity would soon fill the earth If Christians would put forth the per sonal effort here suggested. . Nathaniel (v. 46) repeated a proverb ef the country, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip's reply was: "Come and see," and to hla amazement Jesus reveals not only hla character but his supernatural power; whereupon Nathaniel's reply waa: "Thou art the Son of God, the King of Israel" (v. 48). Jesus, seeing his faith, promised that he should see still greater things (vv. 50. 51*. Everybody In this lesson who found Jesus seemed to go at once for some one else, and though some were scep tical. yet their scepticism ended, even as Nathaniel's. In Mtowtug hla. When Vorkls Hard That kidney troubles are so common la due to the strain put upon the kid neys tn so many occupations, such aa: Jarring and Jolting on railroad*, etc. Cramp and atrain aa in bar be ring, moulding, heavy lifting, etc. Exposure to changes of temperature la iron furnace*, refrigerators, etc. Dampness aa In tanneries, quarries, mines, etc. > , Inhaling poisonous fumes in paint ing. printing and chemical shops Roan's Kidney Fills are Ana for strengthening weak kidneys. A North Carolina Cam William A. 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In the American Magazine a writer says: , "Here's a funny tiling, liy the way, ilint I've noticed about hotel guests: You have a soiled towel in a room, and the guest will probably complain Hut you cau leave a bucket of paint ami u paperhanger's scaffold in the hallway, and compel the'- guest ta crawl under a stepladder to get to hla room, and he will put up with It cheerfully—because lie knows yoa are painting or pilperiug byway of making an improvement, ami lie is la sympathy with that. It doesn't cost much to make over a carpet so that a bare si*>t in front of the dresser will be eliminated. Ivit such little de» tails are a vast h«ip in making a hotel prosper." Applying Physics in a Street Car. one of the fundamental theories yoa were tanglit iu your high school phyn> ics will save you a lot of trouble ery day if you apply it. Struphungeqp tn the street cars lurch forward when the car stops and back ward when it starts. It's inconvenient, especially if a 'JttO-pounder hits you. Remember that place in the physlca text —"To every action there is aa opposite-and equal reaction." Well, apply It. When the car stop* lean toward the rear. When it start* lean toward the front. You lurch because you're the opp»> site reaction to the car's movement, Simple and practical. Isn't It? Before Drinking Coffee, . You Should Consider Whether Or Not It Is Harmful "There's a Reason" for POSTUM