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I"IV * JI-- 4 C '_Y O "a 1 -cQ4& In order to piece out finanelh and her Aunt Harriet take K. Le roomer., Sidney, aged eighteen, an childh4 sweethearts, have agree( but the girl's promise wavers on b and after Aunt Harriet opens a decides to become a trained nurl Wilson, across the street, for intim surgeon, to get her into the hospiel the plot .to unroll; the mystery to d CHAPTER li.-(.ontinued. -3 Only a week-and love was one of the things he had to give up, with -others. Not, of course, that he was in love with Sidney then. But he had been desperately lonely, and, for all ilier practical clearheadedness, she was softly and appealingly feminine. By 'way of keeping his head, he talked sud -denly and earnestly of Mrs. McKee, 4and food, and Tillie, and of Mr. Wag ner and the pencil pad. "It's like a game," he said. "We -disagree on everything, especially Mex *ico. If you ever tried to spell those Mexican names-" "Why did you think I was en gaged ?" she insisted. Now, in K.'s walk of life-that walk -of life where there are no toothpicks young girls did not receive the atten tion of one young man to the exclusion -of others unless they were engaged. But lie could hardly say that. "Oh, I don't know. Those things get in the air." "It's Johnny Rosenfeld," said Sid aiey, with deelslon. "It's horrible, the way things get about. Because Joe sent me a box of roses- As a matter -of fact, I'm not engaged, or going to be, Mr. Le Moyne. I'm going into a hospital to be a nurse." Le Moyne said nothing. For just a momnent he closed his eyes. A man is In rather a bad way when, every time lie closes his eyes, he sees the same thing, especially if it is rather terrible. Wh'ien it gets to a point where he lies awake at night and reads, for fear of -closing them "You're too young, aren't you?" "Doctor 10d-one of the Wilsons across the Street-is going to help me about that. His brother Max is a big surgeon there. I expect you've heard of hini. We're very proud of him in the Street." * * * * . * . Lucky for K. Le Moyne that the moon no longer shone on the low, gray <doorstep, that Sidney's mind had trav eled far away to shining floorg and rows of white beds. "Life-in the raw," Doctor Id had said that other afternioon. Closer to her thanii the lhos jpital was life in the raw that night. So, even here, on this quiet street in this distant ci- v, there was to be no peace. Max \Vilson just across the wvay ! It-it was ironic. WVas there no place where a nman could lose hinmself? ie wouldl have to move on again, of course. But that, it seemed, was just what hie ('(ubll not do. For: "I want to ask you something, and I hope you'll be qluite frank," saidl SId necy. "Anything that I can do-" "it's t his. If you are comfortable, amd-and like the room and ali that, I " Why , DiIo hn a nae? She nsited *WhDepedae Yo Thnkt sngag ? "B S-orhe mynsing;'re.l itstea you'dsa. Sher manage? Y oul eethpatilythno money din penurbi eronin." u nth oue Itv woul ughl be hasie. Afiedo Dene, ahrbtle Lorena, stuong tb marr-forgie mypl akng I'marelyu -Ih'lv ntersedc ne our mher man.g.. EWMY VAM MA ,1 RPTeI AT if needs, Sidney Page, her mother Ioyne, a strange young man, as a d Joe Drunnond, aged twenty-one, I to marry "ifter years and years," otter acquaintance with the roomer Iressmaking shop downtown. She e and goes to her friend, Dr. E d nee with his brother Max, brilliant al. Things noiv begin to happen eepen. makes. She'd like to have the parlor and sitting room behind. They wouldn't interfere with you at all," she added hastily. "Christine's father would build a little balcony on the side for them, a sort of porch, and they'd sit there in the evenings." Behind Sidney's carefully practical tone the man read appeal. Never be fore had he realized how narroNi the girl's world had been. The Street, with but one dimension bounded it! In her perplexity she was appealing to him who was practically a stranger. And he knew then that he must do the thing she asked. le, who had fled so long, could roam no more. Here on the Street, with its menace just across, he must live, that she might work. In his world men had worked that women might live in certain places, certain ways. This girl was going out to earn her living, and he would stay to make it possible. But no hint of all this was in his voice. "I shall stay, of course," he said gravely. "I-this is the nearest thing to home that I've known for a long time. I want you to know that." "You are very good to me," said Sid ne0y. When she rose, K. Le Moyne sprang to his feet. Anna had noticed that he always rose when she entered his 'oom--with fresh towels on Katie's day out, for in) stance-and she liked him for it. Years ago the amen she had known had shown this courtesy to their women ; but the Street regarded such things as affecta tion. "I wonder if you would do me an other favor? I'm afraid you'll take to avoiding me, if I keep on." "I don't think you need fear that.' "This stupid story about Joe Drum mond-I'm not saying I'll never marry him, but I'm certAinly not engaged. Now and then, when you are taking your evening walks, if you would ask me to walk with you--" K. looked rather dazed. "I can't.imagine anything pleasant or; but I wish you'd explain just how--" Sidney snmileLd at him. As he stood ani the lowest step their eyes wiere almost level. "If I walk with you they'll knowv I'm not engagedl to Joe," she saidl, with en gaging directness. T1he house was quiet, Hie waited in (lhe lower ball until she had reachiedl the toip of the staircase. For sonme curl ouis reason, in the timue to come, thait was the way Sidney always remem. l'ered K. Le Moyne-staniding in thme little hail, one ha~nd upsretchledi to s!it off the gas overhead, and his eyes on hers above. "Good night," said K. Le' Moymne. And all the things he hadL~ put out of his life were in his voice. CHAPTER IV. On the morning after Sidney had in vited K. Le Moyne to take her to walk, Max Wilson came down to breakfast rather late. Doctor Ed had breakfast ed( an hour before, and hmad already attendled, with much profanity on the part of the patient, to a boil on the b~ack of Mr. Rosenfeld's neck. "Better change your laundry," cheer fully advised Doctor Ed, cuttin1g a strip of adhelIsive plaster. "Your neck's I rri tat Ied fromm your wvhite collars." RosenZfeldi eyed hlim sus'ciouly, but,1 pmossssing a sense of humuar also, lie grinnaed. "It ain't my everyday things that bmother' tme," hc replie~d. "It's may bhmkmiety-lnk dIress suilt. But if a man1 wan~t's to be tony--" Mr. Rosenfelid buttoned up the bmlue lhtnnel shirt whuich, with a pair of D)oe Ior' Ed's cast -oft' trousers, was his only wear!, anid fished ini hs pocket. "How mouch, D)oc?" "Twuuo dollar1s," said Doctor Ed brisk ly. "11oly cats I For one Jab of a knife I My old woman works a day and1( a half' for two dollars." "I guess it's worth twvo dlilars to you to b~e able to sleep on your' ba k." lie was imperturbably straigtenin g hIs small glass table, lie kniew Rtosen feld. "if you don't like imy price, I'll lend you the knife next time, and you cani let your wife attend to you." Rosenfeld drew out a silver dlollar, and followedl it reluctantly with a limp and dejected dollar bill. "There's times," he said, "when, if you'd put me and the missus and a knife in the same room, you wvouldn't have much left but the knife." Doctor Ed waited until he had made his stiff-necked exit. Then he took the two dollars, and. putting the moonev Into an envelope, indorsed it in lis illegible hand. He heard his brother's step on the stairs, and Doctor Ed made l'aste to put away the last vestige of his little operation. Ed's lapses frc a surgical cleanliness were a sore trial to the younger man, fresh from the clinics of Europe. In his downtown of flce, to which he would presently make his leisurely progress, he wore a white coat, and sterilized things of which Doctor Ed did not even know the names. Max paused at the ofllce door. "At it already," he said. "Or have you been to bed?" "It's after nine," protested Ed mild ly. "If I don't start early, I never get through." Alax yawne-1. "Better come with me," he said. "If things go on as they've been doing, I'll have to have an assistant. I'd rather have . you than anybody, of course." He put his lithe surgeon's hand on his brother's shoulder. "Where would I be if it hadn't been for you? All the fellows know what you've done." In spite of himself, Ed winced. It was one thing to work hard that there might be one success instead of two half successes. It was a different thing to advertise one's inferiority to the world. His sphere of the Street and the neighborhood was his own. To give it all up and become his younger brother's assistant-even if it meant, as it would, better hours and inore money-would be to sum1)Ierge his ideutity. He could not bring himself to do it. "I guess I'll stay where I am," he said. "They know ine around here, and I know them. By the way, will you leave this envelope at Mrs. Mc Kee's? Maggie Rosenfeld is froning there today. It's for her." Max took the envelope absently. "You'll go on here to the end of your days, working for a pittance," he ob lected. "Inside of ten years there'll be no general practitioners; then where will you be?" "I'll manage somehow," said the brother placidly. "I guess there will always be a few that can pay my prlces better than what you speelallsts ask." Max laughed with genuine amuse ment. "I dare say, if this is the way you let them'pay your prices." le held out the envelope, and the older man colored. * * * * * * * Very proud of Doctor Max was his brother, unselfishly proud, of his skill, of his handsome person, of his easy good manners; very humble, too, of his own knowledge and exp)erience. If he ever suspected any lack of finer fiber inl Max, lie put the thought away. Probably lie wis too rigid himself. Max was young, a hard worker. He had a right to play hard. He prepared his black bag for the day'S Cal is--Stethoscopie, th erIometer, eye-cup, bandages, case of small vials, a luinu of absorbent cotton in a not everfresh towel; in the bottom, a het erogeneous collection of instruments, a roll of adhesive plaster, a bottle or two of sugar-of-milk tablets for the children, a dog collar that had be longed to a dead collie, and had got in the bag in some curious fashion and there renained(l. He preparedl the bag a little nerv' ously, while Max ate. He felt that miodern methods and the best usage might not have approvedl of the bag. On his way out he Ipaused at the din ing-rooma door. "Are you going to the hospital?" "Opera ting at four--wish you could coil in." "I'm afraid not, Maix. I've promuised Sid~ney I'age to spetak about her to you. She wants to cnter t he training school." "Ti(oo young," sid 'Max brietly. "Whiy, she can't he o'er sixteen." "WVell, even eight e'en. Do you think any girl of that age is respon~sibule enioughi to have life and (death put la her haniids? Besides, althbough I hav'en't noticed heir lately, she used to be a pretty little thing. There is no use filling up the wards with a lot of ornaments; it keeps the iuternes all stewed up." "Since when," asked Doctor Ed mild 13', "have you found good looks in a girl a handieap?" In the end they compromised. Max wo'uld see Sidlney at is ufilce. It woiuld. be bett er t ham having heri run ac(ro'ss the Street-would put things on the right footinag. l-'or, If he diI havt' her admilitte'rl, she wouild have to le'ia at once that he was no longer "D~octor Max ;" tlhat, as a matter of' fact, lie was now staff, and entit ledi to mut'h dlignity, to speech withouit con l'.adi('tionl or ar'gumienit, to cleYian toJw ela, anid a dleftrential interne at his elb ow. * * * * * * * Down te cle'an s teps) went Doctor Max that muorninug, a big man, aluost ais tall as K. Le' Moiyne, eager of life, st rong andit a bit reckless, not fine,;pri hapsa, but not evil. lie hadi fte sao zest of living as Sidney, b~ut with this diiference-the, girl stoodl ready to give herself to lift: lhe knew taint life would comae to hima. All-dcomi ntting mtale was Doctor Max, as lie steppetd inito lis car' and made his waiy to his omlie. Ihere were people who b~elleve'd in himn, fi'om the middle-aged nurse in her prim uni form to flhe row of patients sitting stifily around the walls of theo waiting room. Doctor Max drew a long bre'athI. This was the real thiing--wor'k and plenty of it, a chance to show the other men what lhe couldi do, a battle to win! No hiumanitarian was hit, but a fighter-each tiay lhe came to his oflice with the same battle lust. Tfhe ofice nurse had her back to him. WVhen shet turned, lie faced ain agree able ilnrise. lined of Miss Mimn. son, he faced a young o. id attra,.tiv girl, faintly familiar. "We tried to get you by telephone," she explained. "I am from the hos Pital. Miss Simpson's father died this morning, and site knew you would have to have someone. I was Just starting for my vacation, so they sent me." "Itather a poor substitute for a va vation." he conmiented. She was a very pretty girl. le had seen her before in the hospital, but lie had never really noticed how attrac tive she was. Rather stunning she was, ie thought. The combination of yellow hair and (lark eyes wais unusual. Ile remembered, just in time, to ex press regret at Miss Simpson's be reaveinent. "I am Miss Harrisoa," explained the substitute, anli held out his long white coat. The ceremony, purely perfunc tory wil h Miss Simpson on duty, proved interesting, Miss Harrison, in spite of her high heels, being small and the young surgeon tall. When he was final ly in tl'e coat, she was rather flushed and palpitating. "But I knew your name, of course," lied Doctor Max. "And-PIm sorry about the vacation." After that came work. Miss lar rison was nimble and alert, but the sur geon worked quickly and with few words, was impatient when she could el-e He Faced a Young and Attractive Girl, not find the things he called for, even1 broke Into i'estrained profanity now and then. Shte went at little pale over hler mistakes, but preserved her dig. nity and her wits. Now and then hie found hier dark eyes fixed on himi, with somnething Inscrutable but pleasing in their depthis. The situation wa-is rather piquant. Once, during the cleaning up be tween cases, hie dropped to at person aly. e ws ryig hs hnd, whil she placed ~~~~f.hyseiie ntu e F ae a bYondg antriv Grl. anokd tien Shyou." ltte u o "Mty mot(1her wits No Sandard." She doid hot dook eysfxep.hiwt ther hTe M situaon was rnathe Onbe, dfcumringth thheann mornbng twn ces, heav doed to Haprsons aly h1els bwa drin lusy aon the sted floor. it frsthe stilin othr starhtd onreglss tae.udwsesn "all aorie almost frinte Mien hehad ime 1t noie t, i amused~~ bhil lta he did a0 flonde Stanoyingir.h Once,(' like paseo hmu."souy "Myr ther ges a Smaied" nohe dids not look up.a o i;iihee SidneyeMs po was In therom There hadf been noiai tedoum I' teiorn-ti i' ait-ing Lik lls isagiatiepe' le sheor had the t f draatzing her sea(lf (Shewssen theselfd int white1 Itom hl ie to nooi t, It tselItent tittueng i wmno came nw atllynd the Oncetah e waitig-ro d dioor. itor ovSher foner Msalsaison into the eyns.utngs poln. Door ax--itolighte Siey no'-so in ths wit oic. There dkee, drohaedi thmeetit, hldg' ouatng ik log linmauite peo gen'sh hind the gmif downhr atin her self.oShe as foreeing efiwto keawyfrom D f oliethis eMax--n yongL Mvond slae tow youd the tot u atof hea Queti. Daddy-"Jeilant, wif Ie ylo no." Shepont bo~ ecom Msa so-in-latto tdo counsuting heO ill boto wilato orkIli glvnndpottedou?" o Jeaxtte--"Oh, dadv, but. can htewhe hsemot ha d m nevei todno-ting but thinkWi o me ll gHub-Thet~ atdoctor ays othatt if a' keepao reakn doyo thinkac afte moey IMshyne ha foreekn atfory fep a W fe"Nr Doctor dearb dot ie Le Moynlbeabm to y or t.-B soe Trnfe rook? REGIMENT PAID OFF AND MUSTERED OUT COMPANIES DEPART FROM CAMP MOORE FOR THEIR HOME STATIONS. ARE WELCOMED AT HOMES Celebrations Were Held in Many Towns When Boys Reached Home. -MaJ. Watson and Capt. Workman Resign First Regiment. More than $42,000 was disbursed in the process of paying off the First South Carolina infantry, preliminary to its muster out of the federal ser vice and the departure of the several companies for their home stations; but not one cent did any of the cap tains draw, because the company com nanders are liable on their bonds for every item of government property issued to their men and as yet no ae counting has been had in respect of this liability. 1Nvery officer and man with the exception of the captains was paid for :16 days of service, the individ ual payments ranging upward from the $18 allowed a private. Some of the men had deductions for flnes. It was 5 o'clock in the morning when the pay squad left Columbia for Cam p Moore, bearing the currency. and by 11 o'clock the regiment had been paid off. The strength was 1.068 officers and men. The paying off was done by a party composed of Maj. Glen. the canip oun rterm aster; Capt. Seybt, commanding the supply company; Licut. Watson, U. S. A., of Fort Ogle thorpe and Hal Kohn of Columbia, first sergeant, quartermaster corps. Near-Spanish Acquired. "Bearded like the pard." the men wore not. for the face foliage many -f #hn"% - , eted during the training period had in most cases been shaved tway; but numbers of them did re turn from the border "full or strange oaths." mostly of near-Snanvith and in nocuous though mouth-filling and "-onorous. They were happy at reepiv. ing their "dinero" and many coIn mented on the fact that it came most lv in hills, whereas at the frontier they were paid in gold and silver. After a training period at Camp 'Moore and three months' horder duty, the First regiment was mustered out of the federal service. The companie* left by special trains for their hom( stations. Are Welcomed at Homes. Celebrations for the returning troops were held in several towns of the state. The movement of the troops was handled by R. B. Pegram of Charles ton, genera-l agent of the Southern railway. who was designated for duty at Camp Moore by the war depart men t when the National Guard was called out last June. No information has been received at the governuor's office as to wheni the Second regiment will lbe returnedl from 1El Paso. The farewvell addresses were de livered b~y the officials from the stand '-ear Ih F' lirst regiment camp. Ccl. Plythe introduced Sinyor Grif fit h .of (o' bi :1li . Min'or Cr1i I praised -the men for t hcir' excellent record on thle bordeo- anud said that it was a pleasure for the citizens of Co inn'hin tn entertain them. Cov. Manning was tnt roduced by I(col. 11kthe as "the man responsible for bringing you back to South ('arc lina." Gov. Manning said that the spilendid record made by the regiment en the Mexican border would live long in the memory of South Carolinians. ConservIng Their Jobs. "Your state." said Gov. Mlanning, recognizes your worth and welcomes you back within her borders wilth wideC open arms. I hope that every man in the regiment wvihi find his old pcsit ion openl to him when lhe returns home. If you find that you have lost ycur- positions, any of you. I want you to communicate willh me as sooni as possible and I will use every power of my office to help y'ou. "As I look into your' faces, bronzedl and hardened by the sun. and as I cnze on yourii physical pnrfeet ness, I ami const ra inied to iniik th at yourI ex per-ienc(e, although th ere wvas much ha rdshi Ip to- lie borne. has be'en thle means of broadening you and that you will be better- equipped b)y the exper lence. When you go~ to your homes you will lie better men, you will have a broader vision of the meaninag of Americenn i tizenship, you will be bet ter eqluipped to follow the daily lines of your avc-nt ions and you wviil e of more value to your- employers. And you should feel as much pride in CHAPLAIN EXPIRES iN BASE HOSPITAL. Capt. Jeter of First South Carolina Infantry Dies at San Antonio. Capt. 11. C. Jeter, chaplain of the First South Carolina infantry, (lied Nov. 30 in the base hospital at San Antonio, according to advices received by Col. 10. M. Blythe at Camp Moore, near Columbia. Capt. Joter had been ill for some weeks and the regiment most regretfully left him behind when it returned from the border. The In terment wim ba e atFlre..- Aa. yourselves as South Carolina feelh $t you.## Gov. Manning described his efforts to secure an order for early- removal to the border. The troops were called to -the colors, lie said, in Jtne and there seemed to be some delay about an order for the movement -to the border. Gov. Manning said that he sent a personal representative to Washington to secure the movement of the troops. The, representative came back -to Columbia akid the order was issued in a very few days. Other Units Come Soon. The governor intimated that the Second regiment, the Charleston Light Dragoons, the field hospital and the company of engineers would be or dere dback to the state before very long. Col. Blythe told his men good-bye and praised them for their devotion to their country and their state. "I am proud of you," he said, "It was loy alty, not given because of money, but because of your patriotism..' Col. Blythe. reviewing his associatiomb, with the men and officers aa their commanding officer, said that he had always tried to "give every man a square deal." The men gave three cheers for Col. Blythe at the conclu sion of his address. Two Quit First Regimentt. Major Richard P. Watson, con nianding the First batallion. First in fantry, and Capt. W. D. Workman, commanding Company A of the same regiment, have resigned their com missions, pleading pressure of private Concerns. Both served with signal credit to themPelves in the recent tour Of duty at Camp Moore and on the border. The resignations were indorsed by the adjutant general through the gov. ernor to the war department. Several other officers, it is said, may quit the service. in order to make up lost time in their personal businesses. Many suffered considerab!e hardships by reason of being so long away from their private interests, which in sev eral cases were of such a nature as not to be susceptible of efficient hasndling by substitutes. Alajor Watson had been 16 vears in the service, (apt. Workman 11 years. Both are members of the Greenville bar and both are married men. CaPt. W. L. Hart, U. S. A., medical department, who has been assisting in the mustering out of the First South Carolina infantry, has been or dered to Blanco, Texas. He entered Mexico with the punitive expe(ition commandcledi by Gen. Pershing and was until recently stationed at Nami quipa, about 160 miles below the Rio (rande, with Field Hospital No. 17. Capt. liart is a son of C. W. S. lhart of York. 0. Frank Hart of Co. lumbia is his brother. Another brother is Lieut. Joseph Hart of' the First regiment 11supply company. Capt. Hart has had several tours of serv. ice abroad, Including a long period in the Philippines. The supply company, commanded by Capt. Wyatt E. Sebyt of Greenville, Inished picking up loose ends at Camn Moore, who was mustered out of the federal service and departed for its home station. Greenville. No units of the First regiment remain at the camp. L-ight Dragoons Patrol Border. ~ The Charleston Light Dragoons, of whommorethan a dozen are Com - 'ians, spent Thanksgiving (day patrol ing the international boundary in the v'iciniity of Anapra, N. M., and though the troops wvas under order to return Rn 10l Paso D~ecemnber I, none of the South Carolina cavalrymien know as yet. wh~ether- they will spend Christ muas at home or at the frontier. Re-b "ently the patrol duty has beeni light eRned, butt this relief was c'ompensatedl by ani incr'ease in guard duty about ampnil. Several times the sentiesc: have iiredl upon prowlers, probaliy smug gler's. "When we first came here," a member of the troo) writes, "we were content to waste our' ammunition on jack rabbits, cotton tails and Califor nia quail. As the (lays rolled by sev eral .22 rifles and a shot-gun or so were acquired and our hopes strentch ed out until some of us brought in~ ducks and cloves; finally, one dlay, lDens Boykcin and Mc(1owan Holmes killed a coyote and now wve are hunt ing for miountain lions and wildcats." "Today is the rawest day we have had, thle t hermonmterx now registering below freezinig 1)1oit. It turned cold after~ a drizzling rain last night when I was on guard ; t he mountains around us-thie Franklin range to the eat the Sierra Madre to the south and thie Organ mountains to the north -are covered wvith snow; the Rilo (rande between 11 us ad the Franklins is fringed wvith ice. We also had a cold snapil ablout a w"eek ago, but it was . nothing to what we are going through' now. Luckily we have small stoves in our tents and by bearding a slow freight that passes each mnorniing shortly after reveille, we manage to pitch off some coal ; our woodh is sent to us from 101l Paso, as there is noth ng here easily available except a dis carded crosstie from lime to time. When the mobilization order of June 19 was pubihlishe~d, Mr. Jeter resigned his Aiken pastorate, sent his wife to the old home in Alabama and reported for service. ie worked hard during the period of preparation at Camp Moore and afterward at the frontier, buit recently his health broke clown fr'om a c'omplication of troubles and for some weeks preceding his death ho was in the hospital. Ills is the only death in the commissioned personnel since the regiment was mobilized. One of Capt. Jeter's four children Is In the United States Navy, h