Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-14
u ans brave eyes and slowly pro-
u nounced her sentence.

CO HE doctor looked into the wom-
ans brave eyes and slowly pro-
- nounced her sentence.
1.-THE operation must take place with
h few days Or"
"Or whatT
at may be too late to operate at all"
"And-I will get through 1t safely 7"
ri hope So"
you are not sure. You think there
b riskT'
There is always a risk in every
operation" he 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
very serious one-in fact, there Is
emily q chance that you will survive 1t.
But there Is a chance, and for the sake
Of 1t you must not lose heart"
Couldn't l wait till next month
just for few weeks longerI 1t surely
was postponed till then"
MY child" the doctor answered, "1f
We postponed 1t for a few weeks, for
even one week, you will lose your one
chance Of recovery. Besides, you will
suffer such agony that your life win
be unbearable. 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
be would make for her, and after lis
Elizabeth said "good-by" to him, and
YEARLY went out In the cold and dark
ness Of the December evening
She drove alone In a hanson with
tears running down her white cheeks,
and her heart rebelling at the cruel
hand of Fate that had 80 unsparingly
Dealt her this blow. Had she deserved
It? Was this trial sent to her because
she had set one man upon a pedestal
and WorShiped him to the exclusion of
the whole world? Or was 1t because
she, like fool, had thrust away with
laughing eyes the happiness that had
Deen held out to her, and the gods had
guessed 1t was only freak, and were
furnishing her because she insolently
played with the best thing they had to
pTe1 Six months ago, when David
moore had started to tell her how dear
sne was to him, she had stopped him
win laugh, and had warned him that
1t would be wiser to wait till he re-
turned from abroad before he decided
that she was the only woman in the
world" She did not know why she
had done 1t; why, when her heart was
craving for his love, she had coquetted
ana warded him Off. But right deep
aown she knew that 1t was for his own
SAKE to give him fair chance of see
ing other younger, more beautiful
women, before she let him tell her that
sne was the best Of all.
III be back In six months, Eliza
oem' he said, holding her hands, tight
~ and looking into the sweet gray
eyes. "Pll come straight to you. You
"ni listen to me then; you will then
oeheVe that am In earnest" And 30
he left her.
ana now the six months were at an
snu' lor that morning telegram had
,one telling her Of his arrival in Eng
"nu' and to expect to see him tonight.
one had lived every hour of her life
hese months for David; everything
sns did was for his sake-was to
\ S.ease him. And now, when the time
aad really come, and he would be with
' III few hours, she must gather
~ ner strength and send him away
=, lnout word Of love, without sign
IT was because the pain had waged
nercely through the night that she
sefhined to go to a doctor to beg
~ something to give her relief, for
he uine at least. She had gone, and
nau her sentence pronounced.
N, A.ithough he had not actually said 30,
.-~ aoeth guessed that even If she did
'ise the operation she would al