The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
September 1906.

storm that had been on the point of
bursting, had found their way to her
cheeks, and she wiped them off. The
attack was averted in mid-career, and
she stood silent moment, still hearing
the e.V {sxerbeIation Of his clapped hands:
you very much. ~
Sir James waited moment till he
felt certain of her. Then he took one
OF her hands and kissed it.
You dear, brave woman,'' he said.
She was quiet again now, and sat
down In the chair from which she had
jumped up. .
"Never mind me,o she said. ct
can manage my own private Affairs.
On, there are some: But give you my
word can do it.
"Of course, you can. I only warned
you that some management was neces-
He paused moment.
NOW about this man in Caithness,''
he said 81 understand that Lord
Thurso was there this summer, and
Lady Maud was with him. am not
bigoted. These Christian Scientists
have got hold of big truth, only they
mix lot of nonsense up with tat
least some Of them do. They tell me
that if you have compound fracture
and only say to yourself that compound
fractures don It really exist, the bones
will come together, like the bones in
Ezekiel. That is silly. But about this
Lady Thurso got up again. quietly
this time:
there in the summer. Mr.. Cochran is
believed by her to have cured one or
two cases. In fact, she believes more
than that
She rang the bell, and in the interval
before it was answered only two words
were spoken.
Mspare yourself said Sir James.
Maud had come in half an hour ago,
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 Sander
son. she said. che wants to talk to
you. Good-by, Sir James, I 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, wondering why Lily had gone,
Then he told her. g. .-.~.- r =.
"Lady Maud" he sale, 1T want to
hear about Caithness and the typhoid.
and Mr.. Cochran .zEz. ..eeE..l 4
1At10 Wd0 tAc OlIcCkuESS O1 Gu6 e. q
o. captain again. It was exactly as il:
he had given orders to the engine room.
"What forq' she asked very simply.
taking off her gloves. - :.
fYour brother,v said he. zseas
Maud told him as simply as Lily had
told him, Of the course of Thurso's dis
ease, what had happened, as far as she
knew, in Caithness. She did not preach
about it, she drew no moral from it:
she merely said what had happened to
Dunean's wife, what had happened to
Sandy Mckenzie, what had happened
to the whole outbreak Of typhoid.
Then she asked one question.
"Do you believe it was the direct
|. power of God, - he said, Gin whose
presence all sickness and illness and
pain cannot exist"
IT think I believe it, said she.
tsBut you are not sure7"
"Not quite.''
He thought in silence over this for
some time.
quainted with it, - he said, sscan do
nothing for Lord Thurso. IF there was
man outside in the street there with
barrel organ and a monkey, who said
that he could cure the opium habit, I
should welcome him in. I don t believe
in Christian Science for cases of COM
pound fracture OF for cases Of complete
to let anything be tried. And now.
since I have admitted that, wish to
+ consult you. You care one doctor in
consultation with me, another doctor.
over your poor brothers. case. /"
Maud gave sudden little startled gasp
ssBut I can It" she said. ct know
nothing" ..5
Nor do L At least I only know
(and Mr.. Triton, whom had in con-
sultatiOn with me this morning
agrees with me) that it is mere waste
Of time to try to treat this case med
ieally: There are certain things-ean-
Ger is one, the opium habit is another.
Addison disease, tho you mayn't
know what it is, is a third, and there
are many more-where doctors are per-
fectly useless They have been trained
also to say, This is incurable, and
that, added to their experience that
they have never cured it, makes them,
if they are honest, not take fees in
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