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OF BRIGHTNESS GONE
BY HOLLY WATTERSON
VANISHED DREAM
CHAPTER XXI
f ANDACE wai lucky enough to
And Dr. Patterson In his office.
He piahed forward a chair for
her. "How are you. Miss BechT
What can I do for you?"
She said directly, unwilling to
waste any of Ms time, "Dr. Pat
terson, I've come to ask you plesse
to take me off the Harper case.'
He groaned. "Not you too, Miss
Bech," he tagged ruefully. "I
trusted you to see me through this,
even though all the others fell by
the wayside. You've managed
wofte patients for me before. You
really mean you're giving up on
this one?"
Candace said, "Yes," Brmly.
"I'm sorry, Doctor."
Dr. Patterson sighed. "You
mean It, I see. Whatever Is the
matter with all you big strong
girls that you can't manage a frail
old woman?"
She saw that his eyes were
twinkling. She said, "I can man
age her all right, but there's
there's a complication, Dr. Pat
terson. That grandson of Mrs.
Harper's. He's he's " Indig
nation choked her. "He's been
sending me things right along
to the place where I live, though
I dont know how ever he learned
where it Is boxes of flowers that
I. threw out until I decided that
was just wasteful since he
wouldn't know whether I'd
thrown them out or not, tons of
candy; and, lately, clothes. , Inti
mate things. I've had the nuisance
of sending them back"
'"His approach is pretty bad,
eh?" Dr. Patterson asked gravely.
But he was amused, she saw.
r. It wasn't funny. She said with
; distaste, "Yesterday afternoon
: when I went off duty the Harper
chauffeur was waiting for me.
Mrs. Harper sometimes sends me
on errands in the car and I
thought It was , something like
that, something she'd forgotten to
mention to me. I started to get
In the car. TVhere to?' I asked
Jackson. He was grinning. That's
up to you, Miss, this yere is your
can.' I noticed the initials on the
car then, 'C. B.' . Jackson didn't
teem to see anything odd about
the affair; Mr. Duffy had sent
him, he said, and I gathered that
sort of thing happens quite often."
JJR. PATTERSON threw back
his head and laughed. A great
hearty bellow that threatened to
choice him.
. "It's not amusing to me, Dr.
Patterson," she protested stiffly.
He sobered gradually. "No, I
know it isn't," he admitted con
tritely. "But I've seen the boy;
and the thought cf that pin
feathered youth, with the ap
proach of an old, roue!" .He
threatened to go off again. "You'll
admit that part of it's funny, won't
your"
Candace felt herself relaxing a
bit. "I suppose it is, sir." She
held out the box to him." "He
supped this in my pocket just now.
I left word at the house that all
packages are to be refused so now
he's doing It this way. I wish
you'd open it, Dr. Patterson, and
then return It to him for me."
It was from a jeweler, all right
The Jeweled clip winking up at
nun from its box made Dr. Pat
terson whistle.
"You see what I mean," Can
dace said.
' "I do indeed."
; "If he'd only use some sense,"
Candace said, exasperated. "If
only he'd pick on a different type
oi, gin. ur a younger girl '
"You're how old now?" Dr. Pat
terson asked.
"Almost 24, sir." 1
Dr. Patterson nodded gravely.
"Elderly. Very elderly." He sat
back in his chair to consider her,
"Man trouble," he said, "the min
ute you get out from under the
wing of that big cousin of yours.
The minute he lets you out of his
sight." He chuckled. "He doesn't
get much time these days to check
on you, docs he? Between his
work, and making plans to get
Married! Peter planning to be
marrled7 Shock and surprise
made her feel stupid. She said
after a minute, lamely, "I don't
see Feter very often. As you say,
he's pretty busy." ...
' Dr. Patterson felt from her ex
pression that he had unwittingly
betrayed a secret. He said, em
barrassed, ' "That's right, you
wouldn't see hlra often, would
you? . Most of the patients he has
cun t afford specials. He has a
lot of the people from down in
the Hollow, I hear. He's a fool.
But, a glorious fool. The world
would be a finer place if there
were more like him."
He rose briskly. "I'll talk to
tills other young msn. I'll tako
care of him. I'll see about taking
you off the raso, too. Just ss soon
as I cnn find someone to replace
you"
CHE came away from there
" thoughtfully. So Peter was
going to be married! She won
dered where, in his frantic rush
, ing between Clinic and the Hol
low, he could have found time to
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wouldn't have sense enough to
marry a girl whb would help him
with money or connections, he'd
love some hard-working nurse
probably, someone as poor as him
self. What was It Dr. Patterson had
called him? "A glorious fool."
That described him exactly.
They'd marry, her thoughts ran
on, and his wife would scrimp and
scrape while Peter slaved down
in the Hollow and oilier less able
men walked off with the plums
of easy, well-paying cases; but
they'd be happy working together,
they'd be in love
She felt suddenly hollow, with
a sick, empty loneliness. She felt
a wistful jealousy of the Unknown
who would live out with Peter
the lovely dream she had once
dreamed with someone else.
Her footsteps grew hurried, as
though she were trying to keep
ahead of her own thoughts.
When she went back into the
room after Duffy finally had left,
she found Mrs. Harper looking
smug. "So I was right," she said.
"So Duffy has been making a bit
of a nuisance of himself. Why
didn't you tell me?"
"You were supposed to be sick,"
Candace said lightly, "remember?
And we spare our patients all
bother whenever possible."
Mrs. Harper said surprisingly,
"'I'm rather pleased, on the whole.
This is the first time the boy has
shown a glimmering of sense
about the sort of girl he falls in
love with. She saw Candace s
eyebrows climb. "Oh, I'll concede
he's been in and out of love fairly
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She looked thoughtful. "Of
course your background would
have to be looked into and so on,
but I must admit 1 wouldn't be
too displeased if this proved to
be the real thing with Duffy"
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speechless with annoyance. Then
she sHid deliberately, "My dear
Mrs. Harper, it's you who are
really impertinent Our only pos
sible interest in each other can
be as hetween patient and nurse;
and even that won't be for much
longer, since IVe already asked to
be taken off the case."
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