jump out, and tell the blame policemen to get at their
job. The party they are hired to find is right under their noses."

The Harvester began to perspire. "Doc, don't you think you should tell
me? Maybe she is in some store. Maybe I could do better on foot."

"Shut up!" growled the doctor. "I am doing the best I know."

He hurried up the street for blocks and back again, and at last stopped
before a large store and went in. When he returned he drove to the
hospital and together they entered the office. There he turned to the
Harvester.

"It isn't so hard to understand you now, my boy," he said. "Shades of
Diana, but she'll be a beauty when she gets a little more flesh and
colour. She came out of Whitlaw's and walked right to the crossing. I
almost could have touched her, but I didn't notice. Two girls passed
before me, and in hurrying, a tall, dark one knocked off one of your
bunches of yellow violets. She glanced at it and laughed, but let
it lay. Then your girl hesitated stooped and picked it up. The crazy
policeman yelled at me to clear the crossing and it didn't hit me for a
half block how tall and white she was and how dark her eyes were. I was
just thinking about her picking up the flowers, and that it was queer
for her to do it, when like a brick it hit me, THAT'S DAVID'S GIRL! I
tried to turn around, but you know what Main Street is in the middle
of the day. And those idiots of policemen! They ordered me on, and I
couldn't turn for a street car coming, so I called to one of them that
the girl we wanted was down the street, and he looked at me like an
addle-pate and said, 'What girl? Move on or you'll get in a jam here.'
You can use me for a football if I don't go back and smash him. Paid him
five dollars myself less than two weeks ago to keep his eyes open. 'TO
KEEP HIS EYES OPEN!'" panted the doctor, shaking his fist at David. "Yes
sir! 'To keep his eyes open!' And he motioned for things to come along,
and so I lost her too."

"I think we had better go back to the street," said the Harvester.

"Oh, I'd been back and forth along that street for nearly an hour before
I gave up and came here to see if I could find you, and we've hunted it
an hour more! What's the use? She's gone for this time, but by gum, I
saw her! And she was worth seeing!"

"Did she appear ill to you?"

The doctor dropped on a chair and threw out his hands hopelessly.

"This was awful sudden, David," he said. "I was going along as I t