ut the doctor
than about the lapsed insurance," said Mercy. "Of course, he's a foolish
old man without any more head than a pin! But why did she leave the
business of renewing the insurance in his charge, in the first place?"
"Oh, Mercy!" protested Ruth.
"No more head than a pin!" repeated Nettie Parsons, in horror. "Why! who
ever heard the like? He writes histories! He must be a very brainy man."
"Who ever _reads_ them?" grumbled Mercy.
"They look awfully solid," confessed Lluella Fairfax. "Did you ever look
at the whole row of them in the office bookcase?"
Jennie Stone began to giggle. "I don't care," she said, "the doctor may be
a great historian; but his memory is just as short as it can be. Do you
know what happened only last half when he and Mrs. Tellingham were invited
to the Lumberton Association Ball?"
"What was it?" asked Helen.
"I suppose it is something perfectly ridiculous, or Heavy wouldn't have
remembered it," Ruth suggested.
"Thank you!" returned the plump girl, making a face. "I have a better
memory than Dr. Tellingham, I should hope."
"Come on! tell the joke, Heavy," urged Mary Cox.
"Why, when he came into the office ready to escort Mrs. Tellingham to the
ball, Mrs. T. criticised his tie. 'Do go back, Doctor, and put on a black
tie,' she said. You know, he's the best natured old dear in the world,"
Jennie pursued, "and he went right back into his bedroom to make the
change. They waited, and they waited, and then they waited some more,"
chuckled Jennie. "The doctor did not reappear. So Mrs. Tellingham finally
went to his bedroom and opened the door. She saw that the old doctor,
having removed the tie she didn't like, had continued the process of
undressing, and just as Mrs. Tellingham looked in, he climbed placidly
into bed."
"I can believe that," said Ann Hicks, when the laughter had subsided.
"And I can believe that both he and Mrs. Tellingham are just as worried
about the destruction of the dormitory as they can be," Nettie added. "All
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