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ON a certain Saturday afternoon, Norman Overbeck called up Dr. Zerneke's office, asking if he might see her. The girl answered without hesitation, "Come right over, please!"
When he arrived, the girl gazed at him curiously. He looked quite the same as she remembered him, with his little stick, his soft hat, his light wavy hair, his polite manner -- and his courteous voice, by now familiar to her from hearing it daily over the telephone. It had been her duty during the last two weeks to send a telegram to Gilbert Rand in Vickley, saying, "Telephoned to-day as usual. " For this young man had called up every day, refusing to give any name, and imperiously demanding news of the health of Isabel Drury's baby. At first she had argued with him about it; but when she had referred the matter to Dr. Zerneke, the doctor had smiled and said: "It's all right. Tell him. He happens to be the baby's father. " This week he had shown some anxiety when he heard that the baby had been sent to a "boarding home. " She had assured him that there was nothing to worry about.