Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-03-14
TIE PASSING or J.uNV
Before the End Came.


= cr'S gloomy shop. IN spite OF It's
H. e. and dust. Jimmy preferred the
~ tbe tiny back room. because
azA- customers spoke kindly to her and
L aue her forget the ache in her back
when they gave her candy enough to
.<-art make believe shop on the mar
~ window ledge she sold it for pins
y the children ia the dinsy court just
gie,e7use she loved to watch these
..s--aight limbed. bright eyed children
,s-:.r..r about as she knew she never
o.sslid.
sVhen the big doctor brought her to
~ hospital he said to Nurse Powell;
'-}ll leave jimmy under your special
sfzra., Miss Powell. am greatly inter.
ol<sssd in her case The expense is be
s1- met by one perfectly able to do it.
sszE,S she is to wait for nothing"
And thus were the gates of an
sEzr9 hly paradise opened to Jimmy OF
K2Arien's court First there was the
es5Uuning little room all her own. With
E5t-1Ures on the wall and the whitest
q, rucr and a bright red wrapper, wool
~ and soft. with knit slippers to
zs1a tch. Then came the pretty young
s.ssl.es Of the Flower mission. with
z iscir nodGiL, sons and occasional
sGSasses Of qUlycrng jelly Sometimes
r. he big Doctors nieces brought their
als7ils and spent an hour at .Jinny's
Ill nd
nad 10 hold as long as she liked the
fMarvelous Floretle, who could walk
= nd talk like a real baby and whose
@l-csses really and truly came from
5,ar.s.
Cut in Jnny's mind all these things
E'ale1 into insignihcance when com
gsreI with the big doctor and Nurse
z'ovell These two formed Il joint di
z-inity before which jimmy burned the
s.Veat Incense OF childish devotion
1,.arse Powell had obeyed the physi-
a. l1I's generous Instructions to the let
: ~ 1T FIRST from a sense Of duty and
r-es~ because she learned to love the
r.S ent little sufferer.
,,rd tie big doctor? Even Nurse
Ia..ol. who knew his deep interest
t. = $ N0.'!s.. wondered ut the attention
y wished on this denzen of the
.sl....S Ottel when his rounds in the
" ,,li were over and he had time to
-sj.!r r would come back to Jinny'S
rUuld iuI a chat #ud jimmy. her great
1i!cE e., set in a f;irp of ivory white'
mess. W,rr' smile halnlily from enc to
Ehp OF a,.t the BIZ 4" tor who ordered
cAcdicine that easpd the pain III her
s3ack and the nurse whose gentle hand
could smooth away wrinkles in her
Forehead when thr pain YVES at its
worst
Sometimes when they sat tins jimmy
was vaguely conscious that the big
eioctor was talking to her. but looking
at Nurse Powell. But jimmy did not
know how, years before, when the big
.loctor, fresh from the medical school.
bad been house physician in the city
hospital. be had Let sweet faced
probe" doing her hrst night duty in
Glis ward. The head nurse had looked
:scprufuily At The slender figure and the
rramJliug haTds. but the yolng house
physician had said: Give her time,
Sshe'il get bur beaii. IS after Il bit"
Nurse Powell had been grateful for
Mis- cheerful encourage cement and the
nlay kiuluesSes which lghtened her
llurdcu during that first awful year in
the big wards. but when he asked for
something more than gratitude she
could not give it, Now head of the
E.DYscs' staff at d sani11riuu, she some
times grew a-Weary and wished she
nod learned to love the big doctor
q i30so brown eyes seemed still to fol
FsJvv her at be- duties Then her heart
Mould say: no, no! His work would
always come first, and would be Sec
.x4pi Besides, / wonder if he has a
h2=l-rt! when see him undertaking
tig9se horrible operations without the
{,ly74r Of al eyelash think he has no
r.5s.21g."
AID so this nurse who could I'M
Hracningly assist at the same opera
t.lono waited Inconsistency for love to
a=2nlc iuto her life, love that would
g. nh torCcrlcss and thoughtfulness.
- hing apart from the scenes of suf-
a.erjng in which she moved.
Ill N1S one AFTERNOON Wncn jimmy
5,Ga1 been almost year at the hospi-
gs.J. IN the morning the biz doctor
1,4xJ said: rive changed the medicine
ss.gaip, Miss Powell. | don't like that
R.isse n temperature. If you note a
EssNGeucy toward coma during the aft
eaZ-noon send for me ut once"
-Siut Nurse Powell did not have to
sz+2n Cor him. lie came of his own ac-
zero gust rs the afternoon drew to a
e.&2,e. -Jinny had been sleeping rest
" sesiy, a11 when She opened her eyes
~ .lh an expression of WEAKNESS that
t2sad no haan there since she came to
- hospital the bis; doctor and Nurse
orwell were sitting on either side of
My little bed At the foot lay gayly
FiIrstrated copy Of Mother Gooses
H-tYmcs. which Nurse Powell had been
II sa1ing aloud before kindly sleep came
- 1le small sufferer. Now jimmy
R-,,inlad to it with swan smile.
I've bad the funniest dream.
'C7snt TO Mother Go0se's land. way