New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
In the Valley of the Shadow
a By WALTER HAcKETT
. AC K E T T

@ nogrs IN the hope of hearing the sound Of her voice
anu edger Tor some news of her condition ~
-Aas! II was seldom good news that I brouob+ -
F. % ne kept his lonely vigil outside her door
~ gay every hour, she grew palcr and weaker.
ner shght vitality was no match for the feve ~
cue IaGed away while stood watching PerhsTs
she mad wanted to live, it would have been IL
ierent. Who knows? But she law there I;4li+ IN
resisting and slowly but surely death came cIoser
There was, too, another cause for her cond;+;o,,
II was the doctor who attended her He Tna1srad
totally to misunderstood her case. He could ro+
OF OF would not see that every day she was fai1ng'
ne could not see, even that she did not wish 70
i've l gave him hints but he would not 1is+ 80 ~ ~
me- He contented himself with vague rronbc;
9L IL a most optimistic nature and the regulation
drugs Ali that is the fault of SO MANY doct6 I
know SO much about drugs and 50 I;tt1a ab;t tlIey
human nature "''ie ABOUT
One day. after he had been more blind even than
usual Ieu TO wishing that Doctor Sidney Wel1n1an
mad charge of the case He was man Of dfere+
cahoer; he was young and strong with a brain of
ice, @ heart OF re. and passionate relentlessness
ne very sight of him in a sick-rOOn insured CO..,
ndence Everywhere he was hailed as A cor1ino man
some OF ms cures were marvellous and he had made
an especial study of the fever that was sappng
away Alice Montgomery's life. All dav long kenf
tnking OF niT, longing for him, for as have told
you, loved her. This is nv excuse for what 7
TTIIaly dld, although know it was unprofessional
mat evening, when she had fallen asleep I souqht
out her husband He was sitting in his library
hStleSSly gazing at the fire with drearv ewes
w nat IS It, Miss Grayson?" he asked in a dull
it-"more bad news?' -
Well l burted out the truth or. rather. what
believed to be the truth. l was nervous and dis
connected, suppose, but he understood what | was
trying to explain. When l was done he said to me.
But If DR.. Patton (that was the attending
physician s name) does not understand the case
who wil?' '
Sidney Wellman" " I replied quickly
Ihe change IN his manner when he heard me utter
the name was dreadful. His face grew as white as
chalk and his whole frame shook with what passion
did not know. That man shall not cross nv
threshold" he said thickly. If he can save her.
other physicians can"
That was all. Naturally there was no more that
l could do. left the room without word and
GTept back to my patient thoroughly disheartened.
W hen L saw him again, the next day, he begged
my pardon hunbly for his rudeness; but asked me
never to mention Sidney Wellman's name to him
again. He gave no reason for this strange request.
OF course observed it; but he was forced to hear
the name all the same It DR.. Patton who
mentioned It. He asked that DR.. Welnan be called
into the case.
1t was the day that expected the crisis that
this occurred. The fever had run its course and
before the sun rose again should know what its
issue would be- life or death She was bevond the
turmOl-ignorant of the bat
tie for her life. During the
early hours of the morning nSzsse
she sunk into unconscious
ness and all our efforts to