The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-18
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Miss Kent stood in the hospital door
way and repented or her folly.
Six months before she had resigne,
d position Ms under nurse In a New
York hospital for that OF superintend
ent or head nurse IN Q hospital in tn
heart OF West virginla's mining dis
trict. Her predecessor had left th,
star well organized. and there was n,
special work to counteract the home
sckness which naturally followed hel
arrival The biggest ward In the hos
pital was given over to typhoid pa
tients. and. In truth, they overnowed
this ward and took possession Of three
Others. Nearly every new man at the
mines yielded to typhoid sooner OF
later. II was part Of the process of &C.
ciimation. The. cases were rarely seri'
ous. the patients uniformly stolid. The
fever ran It's course, the Grimm Coal
and Coke company paid the hospital
charges. and the patients as stolidly
returned to the mines to have part of
their wages deducted each month and
applied on this hospital account.
The deadly monotony was getting on
Marion Kent's nerves. At st. Pauls
there had been no monotony. The OPP
Grating room had been the workshop
Of some Of the most marvellous sur
geons In America. There had been
fights for lives In which house doctors
and nurses had Joined hands and fal.
tered not day or night.
The surest cure for Miss Kents pres
ent mental condition was work, activ-
ity and patient who was at least In
teresting. She felt a wild inclination
to 60 into the convalescent ward and
stir up the men. stolidly sleeping even
before the night
At this same moment she glanced
down the road which led from the
railway station and saw that the su-
perintendent's special car, attached to
the construction train engine, was slow
ing up by the water tank. A cot was
carried out Of the car, and four bear
ers brought out limp figure swathed
In a blanket. Another typhoid patient
no doubt, probably little worse than
or the special would not have
been called into service.
She was further surprised a few mo- |
nents later to find herself greeting !
he superintendent OF the mining com. |
,any. Na# 8& Z ~
Il want you TO give this case par
ocular care. He is young Jack stan
on, nephew Of Mr.. Grimm, president |
Il our company. 1t is the same old
tory Of typhoid, and. though 4 warn.
d Mr.. Grimm that 1t would come, / |
EEL responsible for the boy. Give
Tim the best nurse you have and as
much Of your own time as you can
pare"
you call him a boyY' said Miss
Tent.
Yes: he is only eighteen. Between
Grimm claims the young.
ter has made him a lot Of trouble.
Ie didn't like school, and 80 Grimm
ent him down here to learn the coal
nd coke business from the beginning.
'ou'll find him rather decent sort Of
atient, and for heavens sake don't
It anything happen to him. Grimm
eemed glad enough to ship the boy
n to me; but, just the same, I don't
nagine he viii be any too gentle with
le If anything goes wrong"
Ten minutes later Marion Kent was
the private ward in which young
tanton had been placed. He had Just
eceived cooling sponge bath, and he
'oked at her with eyes that shone with
beside fever. my, but that
1T good, and it is awfully jolly, don't
gu know, to see a womans face
gainn
Miss Kent turned up the lamp
life and bent over her new patient.
seemed to her that she had never (
oked into such marvellous brown
that could twinkle and dance |
ID hide the deepest and tenderest Of
cling. She glanced from them to the
,yish features. Stanton lifted bis
Ind weakly and felt Of his chin.
4 wanted 'em to give me a shave be-
re they brought me down. knewIl
ould give you women an awful start.
look so like tramp"
Here was novelty with vengeance, J
patient who cared how he looked in J
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