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THE DOCTOR.
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tions. Her tears dried in the discussion of decorations, dresses and details of the dinner.
Left alone, Alice sat for awhile, gazing into the fire.
"I wonder," she remarked, presently, to the Persian kitten, "if 1 shall be a good wife? I wish my father had lived, kitten. I needed discipline — and I didn't get it.'"
The kitten, Alice's chosen confidante and mentor, blinked wisely.
Mrs. Deane's pretty home was rosy with lights. In the dining-room Alice lingered over the beautifully decorated table, touching the pink petals of the roses delicately. In her .shimmering gown of softest pink, her cheeks flushed with excitement, she looked the embodiment of youth and happiness.
It was a family party. Cousins, aunts and uncles assembled with the gaiety and familiar chaffing of thoroly congenial relatives. Alice, the merriest of the party, took a seat near a window, glancing frequently down the street.
"Cheer up, Alice/' cried Bob, the youngest cousin; "the dinner hour approaches. He will soon be here."
"Wouldn't it be terrible if something kept him away ?" suggested Mrs. Deane. "That's the dreadful thing about doctors, they are never to be depended upon."
"Doctor Gray will be here," said Alice, lifting her head proudly, "nothing could keep him away tonight."
"If anything should, I pity him," said Bob, under his breath ; ''when Alice looks like that, it's all up with the fellow that crosses her."
Meanwhile Doctor Gray was dressing for dinner. He had finished his calls early and now, in the dressing room off his office, was slowly drawing on his gloves.
"For once I'll be on time," he thought, glancing at his watch; "I'm lucky."
In the office voices arose. The doctor heard a man's tones, loud, insistent, arguing with his servant.
"Let me see him a minute, only one minute."
"I'll have to get out the side door,"
DOCTOR WILL BE HERE; NOTHING COULD KEEP HIM AWAY TONIGHT," SAID
ALICE.