The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-24

Z ere remote from the noiS" OF the
street. He c;iEHoS receive: Eere.'
on. then. you stick to h:s being Your
patient. do you:'' rather sneering!y
from the landlord.
-! certainly co. WAS the answer. in
i tone so firm. and accompanied by a
! look so determined that no ordinary
man would dare To c;i!li>ay either.
AS might have been expected. ''the
doctor" had her own Way. retaining
Ter position as physician and blending
it with that of Il very attentive nurse.
The days went hy with Il scarcely
pcrceptible change in the consuming
fever so loath to re:aX its ho:d on an
attractive victim. but in spite of the
croakingS, the iEGignations and ILL.,
concealed contempt. the change did
come 1T last which promised and was
followed by convaleScence.
Then her patient became eXactinG OF
attention to such degree as almost 70
St.:indaliZe some of tho lady guests,
who envied the doctor in her privilege
of ministering TO such fine specimen
OF young manhood as the sick stranger
appeared to be. during the brief space
OF time he had spent among them pre-
v!ous TO his sudden prostration by an
almost fatal illness.
After envy came SurmiSe, and there
we're whispers of 4 real romance
somewhere in tie past of those two
lives now so harmoniously mingllng.
Fer once surmise was correct, and the
romance eliminated very unexpectedly
to those who had watched and Won
Gered.
For days kilograms had been speed
ing back and forth. to and from some
unnamed place, the full tenor of which
could not be quite ascertained by the
most careful scrutiny of the lady who
leaned over the banisters whenever she
dispatched messenger, to see that lie
hurriedly went on his way.
The kilograms were followed by the
presence of Papa Badenheimer. a stout
looking, evidently well to do" and
very jolly old farmer. whose hearty
laugh and merry jokes enlightened the
inQuisitive as to the post Of doctor and
patient.
"Anna,'' the old gentleman explained,
was determined to be doctor. arguing
always that was her sphere" and
that ':she should never marry any
one" Her lover bitterly opposed her
professional ambition, until. at last,
argument gave place to anger, and they
parted. the one to seek the long-craved
knowledge within the walls Of a re-
nowned medical school, where she won
the first honors OF her class, as we'll as
her coveted diploma. The other went
out from home with bitter thoughts
and exaggerated ideas of his wrongs.
He was fast becoming cynical man
of the world when the fever, which
was to him Z good angel, came with
such conGuering power rs even his
vigorous frame could not withstand.
Fate. or fortune. or special providence
call it what you will-had brought
those two together again. the one help
less and suffering, the other strong and
brave
When the doctors battle with dis
ease had ended. and the trophy was
fairly Won. she. too, struck her colors
70 another victor, whose warfare is not
always so open as was hers. Against
the wary warrior and time honored
strategist. love. she was not proof,
more than are any Of her sex.
When her patient was able to travel
the Office lost its tenant, the modest
signs and pretty furniture We're packed,
and sent away for the adorning of an
other home. the cornerstone Of which
would lie laid in the farmhouse where
her ambitious wings first tried their
strength.
D.. BaGenheimer maintained always
that she had proved her fitness for her
profession. yet iaughingly acknowle-
edged that mans will. backed by his
love and a woman's tender heart, in
conspiracy. are certain some time to
overcome the highest ambition an ag-
cressive woman can holG.-New York