Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-05-28
CO HE doctor looked into the wom-

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CO 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"
''Or what?"
ut may be too late to operate at ALL
And will get through it safely? p
81 hope So"
"You are not sure. You think there
is a rlsk?"
There is always 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. 1 will tell
you the truth This operation will be
very serious one-in fact, there is
only chance that you will survive it.
But there is chance, and for the sake
of 1t you must not lose heart"
Couldn't L, wait till next month
Just for few weeks longer2 1t surely
would not make any difference If it
was postponed till then"
my child" the doctor answered. sif
we postponed it 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 it
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
tening in dazed. half-stupid fashion,
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 so unsparingly
dealt her this blow. Had she deserved
ttf 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 it because
she. like fool, had thrust away with
laughing eyes the happiness that had
been held out to her. and the gods had
guessed it was only freak, and were
Furnishing her because she insolently
played with the best thing they had to
give? Six months ago, when David
Moore had started to tell her how dear
she was to him, she had stopped him
with 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 it; why. when her heart was
craving for his love, she had coquetted
and warded him off. But right deep
down she knew that it was for his own
sake, to give him a fair chance of see
Ing other younger, more beautiful
women, before she let him tell her that
she was the best of ALL
"Ill be back in six months, Eliza
BETH" he said, holding her hands, tight
ly, and looking into the sweet gray
eyes. ''I'll come straight to you. You
will listen to me then; you will then
believe that 1 am in earnest" And so
he 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
land, and to expect to see him tonight.
She had lived every hour of her life
I'm 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 a few hours, she must gather
up her strength and send him away
word of love, without sign
Of regret.
1t was because the pain had waged
80 fiercely through the night that she
determined to go to a doctor to beg
Tor something to give her relief, for
he time at least. She had gone, and
lad had her sentence pronounced.
Although he had not actually said SO,
elizabeth guessed that even If she did |
Iurvive the operation she would al |