Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22
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but hearing that her sister-in-law was
with the doctor. had not Interrupted them
And, as she entered now, Lady Thurso got
up and shook hands with Sir James.
Maud, this is Sir James Sanderson,"
she said. He wants to talk to you. Good
bye, Sir James. l shall see you, of course,
tomorrow morning.
She left the room, and Maud was alone
with the doctor. She had no idea what
he wanted to talk about. and waited. Won
derng why Lily had gone Then he told
her.
Lady Maud" he said, II want to hear
about Caithness and the typhoid, and Mr..
Cochran"
Here was the directness of the P and
O. Captain again. 1t was exactly as if he
had given orders to the engine room.
What for?'' she asked very simply, TAX
ing off her gloves.
Your BROTHER said he.
Maud told him simply as Lily had told
him of the course Of Thurso's disease,
what had happened. as far as she knew,
In Caithness She did not preach about it,
she drew moral from it; she merely
said what had happened to Duncan's wife,
what had happened to Sandy Mackenzie.
what had happened to the whole outbreak
Of typhoid. Then he asked one question.
do you believe it was the direct power
of God" he said, "in Whose presence all
sickness and illness and pain cannot ex,
ist?"
II think 1 believe it," said She.
But you are not sure?"
mot quite"
He thought in silence over this for some
time.
quainted with it," he said can do nothing
for Lord Thurso. If there a man
outside in the street there with a barrel
organ and a monkey. who said that he could
cure the opium habit, I should welcome
him in 1 don't believe in Christian Sci
ence for cases of compound fracture or
for cases Of complete atrophy of the will.
But it is my duty to let anything be tried.
An1 cf,aan how o. p,iff tod hat
wish to consult you. You are one doctor
in consultation with me, another doctor
over your poor brothers case.
Maud gave sudden little startled gasp.
but l can't" she said II know moth
ing; :
Mr.. Triton, whom 1 had in consultation
with me this morning, agrees with mel
to treat this case medically. There are
certain things-cancer Is one, the opium
habit is another, Addison's disease, though
you mayn't know what that is, is a third,
and there are many more-where doctors
are perfectly useless. They have been
trained also to say. This is incurable,' and
have never cured 1t, makes Them if they
are honest, not take fees in order to go
on visiting patient whom they know they
cannot restore to health. They may still,
then consider 1t their duty to use drugs
or treatment that may prolong life little.
With that I have no particular sympathy
They may also, and with this 1 am in COM
plete sympathy. palliate, and with all their
skill, the sufferings of any one whom they
know must soon die"
The dear old sea captain felt himself much
moved. He was spending his valuable
time, which might have been remunera-
lively occupied; but he somehow regarded
that as an offering laid on the altar, a
tribute to the glorious bravery of these
two women.
II will always do that" he said, land If
we are to leave your brother to die I
will make his days painless to him. But
the moment begin to make his days pain
less, I aggravate his disease. You, Lady
Maud, believe that he has chance. I do
not; but since all can offer to you and
him is so much less than what you offer.
/. though a professional doctor, say, DO
what you can. and God be with you! Now,
to descend to practical details. what will
you do? Where Is this Mr.. Cochran? But
suppose there are plenty of these heal
ers"
Maud strove for a moment to separate the
two strands of her desires, the one of which
was to see Thurso delivered from this
drug-possession the other to see and be
with Walter Cochran again. But her an
swer was absolutely honest
Christian Science practitioners who really
believe in,' she said, land he Is Mr.. Coch-
ran. saw him cure, with my eyes saw
him restore to life, dying man. OF the
others-there is Lady Yardly-"
Sir James laughed suddenly.
why THAR" she asked.
"She came to me few months ago for a
tonic" he said. 'She had been suffering
from general catarrh for some weeks
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