Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-10-08
Go HE doctor looked into the WON
ans brave eyes and slowly pro-

90 HE doctor looked Into the WON
ans brave eyes and slowly pro
nounced her sentence.
The operation must take place with
In few days Or"
4Or whatr
ut may be too late to operate at ALL"
"And-I will get through 1t safely r.
Il hope so"
You are not sure. You think there
b a riskr'
There Is always a risk In every
operation" no answered evasively.
Tell me the truth, doctor; can bear
IT,
The old man looked into the desper-
ate eyes and put his hand gently on
the woman's shoulder
"You are brave woman. l will tell
you the truth. This operation will be
a very serious one-in fact, there Is
only chance that you will survive it.
But there is a chance. and for the sake
OF II you must not lose heart"
Couldn't l wait till next month
Just for a few weeks longerr It surely
would not make any difference II It
was postponed till then"
my child" the doctor answered, III
we postponed 1t for a few weeks, for
oven one week. you will lose your one
chance OF recovery. Besides, you will
suffer such agony that your life win
be unbeatable. Let me advise you. and
make up your mind to go through 1t
Immediately"
Immediately
~within the next few days You
must go into the hospital tomorrow to
be prepared for It."
Then he explained the arrangements
he would make for her, and after lis
eening In a dazed. half-stupid fashion,
Elizabeth said "good-by" to him, and
wcarily went out In the cold and dark
meas Of the December evening.
She drove alone In a hanson with
eoars running down her white cheeks.
and her heart rebslling at the cruel
hand of Fate that had 50 unsparfngly
dealt her this blow. Had she deserved
ut Was this trial sent to her because
shs had set one man upon a pedestal
the whole world7 Or was 1t because
she, like fool, had thrust away with
laughing eyes the happiness that had
been held out to her, and the gods had
guessed 1t was only a freak, and were
Furnishing her because she insolently
played with the best thing they had to
givsf Blk months ago. when David
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she was to him. she had stopped him
with laugh. and had warned him that
It would be wiser to wait till he re-
turned from abroad before he decided
that she was the only woman In tho
world" She did not know why she
had done it; why. when her heart was
craving for his love, she had coQuetted
and warded him on. But right deep
down she knew that 1t was for his own
sake, to give him a fair chance of see
tng other younger. more beautiful
women. before she let him tell her that
she was the best Of ALL
"I'll be back In six months, Eliza
BETH" he said. holding her hands, tight
U, and looking into the sweet gray
eysa. "Tll come straight to you. You
viii listen to me then; you will then
believe that am In earnest" And 30
be left her.
And now the six months were At an
end; for that morning a telegram had
come telling her of his arrival In Eng
hand, and to expect TO see him tonight.
She had lived every hour of her life
In these months for David; everything
she did was for his sake-was to
please him. And now. when the time
had really come. and he would be with
her In few hours, she must gather
up her strength and send him away
without word Of love, without a sign
of regret
1t was because the pain had waged
70 fiercely through the night that she
determined to go to doctor to beg
for something to give her relief, for
the time at least She had gone, and
had had her sentence pronounced.
Although he had not actually said 20,
Elizabeth guessed that even II she did
survive the operation she would al