Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
A REAL HERO.

colored boy handed him a telegram, the
envelope of which was marked Rush"
Come Immediately; dangerous opera
ton; cannot spare you" was what the
doctor read.
1t was no pleasant surprise. Exhaust
ed as he was. he would now have to
undertake a trip of twenty miles, and at
the end of that perform a difficult oper-
alton.
The devil take the whole business"
he growled "A man cannot even take a
Icouple of weeks vacation to shoot ducks
and try to forget a girl" he groaned at
the thought or ner IF / We're a coward,
as she said it would be easy enough to
find some excuse | could say that / had
not received the telegram, and Merle
would readily shoulder the blame, but
am no coward
He looked at his watch A train was
due to leave in twelve minutes. Merle,
bring me telegraph blank and send for
a carriage, few sandwiches, a bottle of
clarent-no, don't bring any clarent. |
have to operate, SO l should not drink
/ any Wine"
An hour later when DR.. Miller entered
the operating room of the Trail hospital,
in full hunting costume, with revolver
and hunting knife i'll his belt, he caused
considerable CONSERVATION among the
nurses, who were not informed of the
situation.
Where is Benedict ?" asked Dr. Miller,
turning to Miss Willet and looking at
her with his piercing commanding eyes.
Hello, doctor" voice replied from
the disinfecting room. Il am Just wash
ing myself and / cannot tell you how
glad l am that you are here. Hurry up.
Wash yourself Immediately"
Miller went in to him.
What is the natter" he asked.
Enough the matter. The patient has
just been placed under chloroform.
Never in my life have | been so happy
as when / received your telegram saying
that you would be here OF course,
everything is just right and ready, so
that even if you had not come"
but what is it, What is t." asked
Miller, slipping his operating coat on top
of his hunting costume.
ooh, a young woman about IS Gears
old" Benedict replied; Il didn't quite
catch the name. / believe she comes
from Hillingdon but it does not matter;
she is a stranger"
! w eli. WHAT II liit iIldLltl WIFI HGI
Miller asked somewhat inpatient, for the
word Hillingdon reminded him of the girl
he loved. of the bitter quarrel and the
smartng words she had spoken to him,
of the whole miserable affair which he
> had not been able to forget even while
: crowded with the hardest kind of work.
= oh it is an ancurism of the left
9 jugular vein"
HIM"
Something extraordinary, isn't it -
why, certainly. Is it very bad
casc?'
so bad that death may come any mo-
ment. She has been here a patient in a
private house for some time. and was
sent to the hospital by her physician as
5 suffering from neuralgia. | don't see
. how the fool could make such a mistake
in diagnosing"
why didn't you send for Ferrel or
= perform the operation yourself?"
p No, no." Benedict replied 1T was
r far safer to send for you. don't want
, to flattcr you. but YOU"
Enough Please save your compli-
ments,' growled Miller who had never
been able to bear fattery. EVERYTHING
r. is ready, you say? Hemostates, scalpels,
: silver wire-it must be very fine-I can
r not tie up the iugular vein with a cable"
a You will find everything ready" Ben
/ edict assured him. There she is Just be-
/ ing brought in now
The opening of a door, the sound of
4 the rubber tires ON the tiled floor an
4 nounced the arrival of the patient in the
operating room. The nurses placed her
on the table and laid out the instru-
ments. Benedict went to take his posi-
ton on the left side of the patient. while
Miller was still busy disinfectinp his
T. hands The face of the patient was still
I covered, but as Miller entered the oper-
$ ating room Miss Willet pulled away the
D handkerchief and the sight of the face
+ under it almost caused his heart to stop
t beating. His face turned as pale as a
i sheet, his knees trembled and his hand
T. that so often had guided the knife with
unering skill seemed absolutely dead
He went back into the sterilizing room
: and trembled like a scared child.
"Oh, God he groaned "You, Isa-
bella Benedict he called in trembling
voice, come here"
b, The young physician came
T. Say. Benedict Il" he suffered.
e Say. what does this mean? How came
e Isa- this-patient here?"
{ But what in the world is the matter
$ with you." asked Benedict, quite shocked
@ ut the sight of his superior
I Never mind what is the matter with
\ me Just tell me all about her"
, There is very little to tell about her
/ Late last night | received MESA oe
y from a Mrs. Dill in Berton avenue asI-
n ing me to come to her house Immediate.
ly. / went ami found this woman and
saw Immediately that she must be ona nor.
ated ON without delay, | decided to tela.
i graph you, trusting to my luck of reach.
u ing you at the club-and that is all
But it is necessary to hurry now or we
; run the risk that She will recover con-
: seriousness too soon" N0'
Setting his teeth firmly. Dr.. Miller 20.
d gained control OF himself. and os he a &c
4 tered the operating room nothing b,,t 81,