“THEN HELP ME!” SYNOPSIS, — Nurses in the Southern hospital at Avonmouth are angered by the insolent treatment accorded them by Dr. John Lancaster, head of the in stitution, and there is a general feeling of unrest, into which Joan Wentworth, probationary nurse, is drawn. Doctor Lan- caster is performing a difficult operation, for which he has won fame. Joan, with other nurses, is In attendance. She is upset, through no famlt of her own, and makes a trivial blunder at a crit- fecal moment. The patient dies and Doctor Lancaster accuses her of clumsiness. is sus- pended, the action meaning the end of her hope of a career as A nurse. Without relatives or friends, and desperate, joan, urged by her landlady, goes to Doctor Lancaster's « ¢ to ask him to overlook her lunde r and reinstate her. She rhears a violent altercation ty n De tor Lancaster and ot see Joan is change She ove does not the favorable pearan and doct calling that 1 he has been aghtiul and at othe and on He tells her he ¢ do n the hospital, but sition in a nurs! ution the country, telling her she be of “great assistance A man named Myers she tell him what the do said to her. She denies information, and he threatens her At nstity- tion, which is owned by Doctor Lancaster, Joan finds Myers He ells her he is the secretary. She instinctively dislikes and only patier & Mrs Da harmless uneasy, feell me my the and percil tho rs su Sous an in can him smands tor had iim the overtly 1 el nstit to the 1 fears at the na, de an is that the stery CHAPTER V—Continued — hit I heard ar stitut inst n - i pect i thought Millville?” Jenkins, aster. i imered the girl, “I must isunderstood, t then. I hope Doe- tor Lancaster 1s not {1l. He was ing u when him the before lay.” “That's just what you might hs told me when | asked you about him. sald Myers triumphantly, “Well, Miss Wentworth, If you to ask me questions | su ask you questions.” “If | ean “Precisely,” Doe Jenkins Miss Wentworth, " look- I saw yvester ive " are going can wse | answer them.” said the other if you can answer them. let's he frank What do you about all this? “1 hez declining “T want Now know to Know Joan to seat your pardon?” inquired, witation im. his self hegide hb *About all this,” “Cone, now, you know what I me as | do. How did engage repeated Myers, Doctor 1 you?" wel caster come to “If vou have really a right to know, Mr. Myers,” sald Joan, “you had bet ter ask Doctor Lancaster himself.” “ey. huffily, “Only the wish you'd we put right,” said Myers time will comme when been frank with our cards on all me, all Hon - ‘Really, Mr. Myers, I had no said Joan, nettied by larity of his tone than by “Il have no cards at all, I min simply an employee Lancaster, and If that Is not satisfac. tory to you | must refer you to him." Myers grew red. His short figure with the wide shoulders looked abominuhly mean as he planted self upon the porch and surveyed Joan with a furtive, sneering He was not in any sense a gentleman, Just a low class of bully, as could pininly see from his gestures, more the the famil- this plain, “So that's your attitude, is it?" he said, jerking out the words between his teeth. “All right, Miss Wentworth, you and | will play our hands sepa- rately. Don't come to me afterward, though, und say 1 didn't warn you, And If you don't like my ways and speech, and think I'm too ordinary for your taste—here comes the doctor) Go and make a complaint about me!” Joan, turning from the man in dis gust, saw Lancaster standing at the door. She went toward him, and then ghe looked at him in consternation. For Lancaster was undeniably (i, His face was a dead whi‘e, was leaning on a stick, as if to sup port himself, “Doctor Langaster—" Joan began. He straightenpgd himself with an ef. fort. held out Lis hand and took her own. *“l am very glad you came, Wentworth,” he sald. “I hope you like the institute?” Myers, who had come up and plant- ed himself between them, flung out his challenge, “She likes the doctor,” he said, right, laugh, Bad say, Institute gli with a short call it. What do you There was an Indescribable Insolence the man's tone. Joan looked But He to her amazement seemed struggling to He flushed and looked ie other, Myers," hes! things will turn out all Miss Wentworth and won't You mustn't quar- want all my en other,” he ended wrath, ame, from one to t! “Well, well, hint think he sald, right. yon conflict in any rel, know. 1 to way. you — ' like each he gave Joan potence, gecoret ary's power Southern nug b the operating Joan in Myers other laugh, went into tl “1 think breakfast | sady, Miss ‘entworth,” offer flash o with them and, left mph an and nt, ng the is arm. girl bh hers instead, ar the 4 t Joan gave him vent together Into room She was gi not WAR, ad to see that Myers was them. Hungry uld not have in the man's to eat with ne she she taken break OreKEen ee * pt ence nanage 1o ent, i { HITT vy WE ug r— EC d — , ——— o 3 the Doctor, her, swallowing gulps of hot and making pretense of eating strips of toast. His de- was that of a very (Il man. the transformation terrified her. All her preconceived |deas of him had vanished. She could make nothing him. She felt a sense when the meal ended. Then Lancaster looked at her with the same furtive expression that she read in the face of everybody there. “I thought I would run up and see how the Institute was getting along, Miss Wentworth,” he said. They had risen from the thin whole ’ Ol deep of relief table. Joan “Doctor Lan. caster “you spend a good deal of your time here. There was nothing unexpected about your visit Inst night You knew that you would " she said, She must have spoken more angrily for the web of decep- tion was smothering her, and she felt For an Instant a glimmer of over the doctor's durable. amusement passed face, “Why, Miss Wentworth, you are a regular spitfire,” he said, “It Is true, then?” “Well-—yes, It Is true. My work at Avonmouth Is not too exacting for me to come here frequently.” “You knew you were coming, and you did not tell me. And you hinted at a patient requiring care. There is no patient, unless It Is yourself, Doe. tor Lancaster, you engaged me for cer tain work here, and 1 am ready to ful. fill it. It Is not requisite that you should explain anything to me. Rut me to do, and do not try to decelve me." . Lancaster, who had been regarding her intently as she spoke, glanced hue riedly into the hall before replying, A look had come Into Lis Joan knew that it wus he feared, There dreadful In seeing this man cringe be fore the bully, this man had, In turn, made others cringe before him, “Miss Wentworth,” sald Lancaster In a low tone, “believe me, 1 have no Intention of deceiving you. On the coptrary, it Is my wish te confide you. and permit me to smoke?" She bowed, and they out to gether. They took thelr upon two chairs at the end of the verandah, Joan purposely tween her She knew toward it, “Miss Wentworth,” Lancaster hegan, “we of the If you saw a human being of his making, would impulse to help him, or to ight his battle alone?" “I should help him if 1 could.” Joan, “Then help me,” sald Lan was myself of whom 1 Will help me with sympathy, and refuse aged? The girl obviously of fear oyvea Myers whom was something who went sents herself be the glane seating companion and why kept door he spoke loyalty other nig! In trouble it be your leave own nid aster. "It to you loyalty and discour- spoke you to be toward he sincere, and ‘Gladly, Doctor she answered. “1 thought that I could when I saw face, an talked cannot tru 181 softened him: Was ahvious y distressed, Liancas trust your you And 1 no opportunity—" irresolutely and then went had ity of tu: matter wit} board jel, ' Joan knew that he was not frankly now; but his next in the same “Miss n nnorta no onport Wentworth ough ight be the fancie today. } and nember it. 1 course in we'll ive talking non meant a ur and a bout Jou must case any patients come, see what we can do the expression And, as Myers came up to them. hopeless, cringing | | | The secretary Ignored Joan “Well, doctor,” he sald, “1 quarterly you Won't it? 1 must and you know how hard you down.” “Yes, gi) said Lancaster, The two men went together. Joan heard behind She the statement ady for ook come, certainly, rising into the house the door I eft to ponder clase them was over that interview, She was conscious of two conf flicting apulses : to leave, and to Lancaster's sake. There about the man's pitiable . condi tion that arouséd all her sy: thi But there something abut whole place repulsive in the She must get allies In fight against the secretary mained. Whom? Mrs, was Impossible ag yet, At that moment she saw Doctor Jen kins driving up the path, and went to meet him. The Loy sprang to the ground and raised his hat. morning, Wentworth, How the day?’ he asked. “Doctor Lancaster she answered. I want to ask you" “Pardon me, Miss Wentworth. I see him?” “He is with Mr. Myers.” Jenkins’ face assumed an aspect of profound discouragement. “Then I'll come back this afternoon.” he sald, preparing to enter the buggy again. But he found Joan intercepting his passage. She had noted the look on his face, and she felt that he under stood much which could be explained, “Doctor Jenkins,” she sald quietly, “Doctor Lancaster Is unwell and 1 am his nurse. Will you not tell me what Is the matter with him?” “Why, Miss Wentworth" mered the doctor, remain for Was some 108 the extreme, this blind if she re Fraser? That was “Good is Miss doctor to looks very {I1,' stam- 80 Doctor Lancaster himself is the sick man! And Joan says she'll help him. What ails the doctor? — vr (TO BE CONTINUED.) There are nine different grades of admirals In the British navy, Accessories Are in Great Variety Glittering Trinkets Are of Attractive Materials and Gay Colors. 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