The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
the first time.

day afternoons or" persisted Mrs. Long
wan little smile crept 10 the girls
lips The doctor chartered for some time u
Mrs. Long. and then beckoned 20 Cecilia
10 follow him out Of the room He had
. taken the precaution 20 write down the
minutest Instructions IN regard 10 disin-
fectants and the proper sanitary precau-
tons
There are more directions FOR me than
for my patient"
Just make her as comfortable as yOu
can. and carry out the orders concerning
her. There is no cure for her. poor soul,
I shall come in as often as I can, and
help you all l can. Be careful, but dom
be afraid
Many times during that long morning
the thought Of his sympathy confronted
her. She remembered how one Of the
doctors, a Kentuckian whom she had
known at home, had characterized sta
pies:
He's the hundredth man. a man OF his
own peculiar kind Professionally. ] don [
know a man Of his years who has done
such brilliant work. though there are
men here whose names are known
throughout the country. in a few years
Staples will rank an easy first. Most men
have two sides, I have known squares
and even OCtagons; but Staples has just
one side-the professional. He's machine
all the way through I've watched the
man with beautiful women, clever wom-
en-. magnetic women. and they're all
one to him, and the whole bunch less
interesting than a hobo with complicated
symptoms That's why women are apt
to be foolish about him. Let man be
impersonaL and the whole Of woman
kind rises as unit and resents L! A
very charming women told me that Just
after her operation, Staples was so gentle
in his manner. so exquisitely cOnsiderate
OF her comfort, so watchful by night and
by day. that she thought cOmplacently
that If he liked her 80 much when she
was az her worst. how eaptivated he
would be when she again had the advan-
tage Of her pretty gowns and her artis-
tic maid. But dear meH she said. when
| was out Of danger, and convalescing
in becoming negligees. that abominable
man turned me over to a bald-headed
doctor who squinted The first time I
met him after I left the hospital be bowed
vaguely. and had forgotten me utterly
He would make an attentive husband
70 a chronic invalid-her name might
escape him now and then. but he would
always remember her temperature
do you like music?~ asked Mrs. Long
opening her trunk. I think you'd ad-
mire to hear my hand organ"
II played only three tunes. but how
Cecilia blessed il, When the nervous ten
sion seemed unbearable. there was al
WAYS the organ 20 fall back upon, as
Mrs. Long never tired of it,
Seems to me tunes is like friends. you
like the same ones and the old ones and
the more you know EN-, the more com
pany you find 'emt''
Cecilia repeated this to the doctor. and
nothing flattered the sick woman more
than TO have him ask for the organs en-
tire repertory
Very delicately Staples had made her
understand the contagious nature Of her
disease and il was touching 20 see how
sOlicitous she was for Cecilia. She bathed
herself and carefully avoided ali personal
contact, so far as It was possible. She
began to fret for her husband and TO
beg Cecilia 20 send Tor him. The nurse
tried in vain TO comfort her and she
felt relieved when the doctor came in.
She had learned that his coming always
seemed to make the rough places plain.
but she feared that he made a mistake
when he told Mrs. Long in plain words
that she was a leper, and that the hos
pital would not allow her husband 70
some 10 her. Instead OF the outburst
that Cecilia dreaded. the wonlan's face
was relievd and actually smiling.
Doctor, what lead you've taken of
me, Course he can't come. poor sam,
was 'fraid il was whisky. To think
after all the care I've taken Of him All
these years (he's a right delicate man
for ali he looks so hearty and has such
a steddy appetite). 10 think I'd be riskin'
him with leprOsy. But I didn't know 1