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rap. mm tilled his ripe with e neat: mixture and etered enri-

w'euldn't '11:? to-um lo-"

-nu ring of the telephone wee strident. '

He cked it up too quickly in his re er. Janet could not relp but ovcheer the warm appealing voice or Neunl riueuher. Dr. lam”! words confirmed her eueviclolh

"I-iello Neoml . . . He That would be splendid - - - '1'”-

nizht? For dinner? . . . Will'- time? line, I'll be there . . . Goodbye."

looking exultsnt he replaced the receiver. For several minutes he uemed Lheorbed in his thoughll. then he turned to nice Janet. I091!!- lng almost surprised at llndiru her Iilll there.

"What was it you were eeylnl. Dr. Eynonr" she promoted-

"whgm oh, oh nothing-noth- mg of importance."

she rose to go. feeling elmoet angry and annoyed. "Then that will be all?" y

He stu-ed up at her curiously. "Yes, thst will be all. Mill Her- mu

out in the corridor ehe stood before the elevators watching the bi; dial over one or them. It had halted at tour, then slowly it be- you to move so the elevstor dee- conded without further stops.

The doors slid apart and one oi the hospital stewards wheeled out an oxygen tank. Janet felt a sharp premoniiory twinge . . .

"Someone on the fourth floor taking oxygen. Prank?"

"They ordered it for old Mr. I-lnrtizan."

"He's had another stuck?”

"He's gone, Miss Harrie -. Iiipped away in his sleep, they: said, It was too late for the oxy- gen when they round him."

In spite or hersell, Janet's eyes filled with tears.

Two weeks later Janet etood be- fore the lull-length mirror or her room in the nurses' reaidence and nervo iy put the finishing touch- es to er hair and unilorm.

What could this summmona lrom Dr. Ferquhar, the head of Conno- poiltan Hospital mean? She ran rapidly over her conduct or the past month and could think oi no infringement of the rules. Beeides, reprlmands always came from the head senior nurse unless they verxed on dismissal which was a very rare occurence. I

The corridor to Dr. Farquhnrsi otlicos seemed very long. In answer, to her knock his bluli heartyrvoice eked her to come in.

He was a. big, jovial man with a face almost dangerously red Strangers expected him in keel over with apopiexy but he had been that way all his lilo and well- earned vacailona spent hunting and fishing merely heightened his color. S

"Come in. come in, Miss Harris." he said cordially, "I believe you've nlrendy met Mr. Prentice?"

Janet murmured n greeting. What was J. D. Prentice, Mr. Har- iiun's lrrnscible lawyer, doing here? Probably wanted to question her ehout the will. He tilted his heed hack and peered down his long nose through the upper hail of his bl-local pince-nes.

To be continued.

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