An Unmarried Father by Floyd Dell

THE taxi brought him to the hospital a few minutes after eleven. He went up to Obstetrical Ward B. To a nurse who sat at a desk in the corridor he gave his name. "I would like to see Miss Drury in room thirty-seven."

"Just a minute," said the nurse, and pressed a button on her desk. Presently another uniformed young woman appeared. "Take this visitor to room thirty-seven, Miss Paget."