Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-17
Surgeons
Story
He Saw the First Part Of a Drama
and Was all Actor In the
Second Part.
By BEVERLY WORTHlNGTON.
Copyright. 1910, by American Press
Association.

Sluuleu Ut u ColleSc u puy SlC4duS uuu
surgeons in my native country. Amer
lea, but, possessing taste for art.
concluded to change my profession.
Coming here to Florence. l studied art
for awhile. but soon saw that did
not possess the talent necessary to
make an artist. Having fallen in love
with this delightful city, l remained.
hanging out my single as surgeon.
One night l attended ball at the
Pitt palace. 1t was my first appear
ance among the aristocracy Of Flor
ence, and l was much interested in
watching the people there, few Of
whom ! had ever seen. A young girl
with gentleman attendant on each
side Of her walked by me. The APP
pearance of the three told Il story.
The man on her left was young, hand
some, in every way attractive. He on
her right was past middle age and
disagrecab!e looking us The other was
engaging. AS they passed ME he gave
the younger man Il malignant look.
The girl appeared to he much troubled.
1t was plain that her heart was With
the man on her left, that she was con
strained to choose the man OH her
right and that the two men hated each
other OH her account.
Everywhere" l remarked to my
self, the stream of life is troubled.
To be rich, to be prominent does not
render one immune from that which is
Gisagrecablc. Happy love has evident
ly come to this young girl, to be inter-
fered with by one who. judging from
her EXPRESSION has some claim upon
her. How | should like to know the
story"
AS thought the last words little
dreamed that within few hours a
climax would come in the drama be-
ing enacted by these three persons
and that ! would come upon the stage
for minor part When left the
palace l went directly to my rooms
and to bed An hour later l was
awakened from Il sound sleep by a
violent knocking. l arose, slipped on
gown and opened the door. Two
gentlemen in evening dress stepped
into the room.
"You are the American surgeon. /
believer" said one.
"At your service" | replied.
"You are wanted to attend man
dangerously wounded" said the other
"You are chosen partly on account OF
your standing in your profession. but
principally because you are not one OF
our circle. We do not like our affairs
to be known. l must ask you to per
NIT me to blindfold you"
objected to this. but one of the
men put his hand to his hip pocket and
drew forth small pistol with mother
of-pearl mountings. while the Other
produced stiletto. picked up my
bag of instruments and suffered them
to tie handkerchief about my eyes
They led NE out to the sidewalk. told
me to raise my foot. and stepped into
carriage.
"Drive roundabout way" | heard
one of the gentlemen say.
"No," interposed the other. "I1e may
bleed to death. We must go as quick
" as possible"
There was no need to make turns
for had no idea where they were
taking me. In what l supposed to bt
ten minutes the carriage stopped.
was helped out and soon by the in
creased warmth Of the air felt myself
to he in n building Then l mounted
steps. and at last the bandage wa:
taken off my eyes. was standing
beside bed on which lay-mirabil'
dictu-the young man had seen walk
ing on the left of the girl at the Pitt.
knew too we'll the danger of show
ing any sign Of recognition.
"Senore Dottori." lie said with fee
BILE voice. II have been stabbed on thu
left side-hpre." umcovering. ut is nea
the heart"
1t was near the heart. but had for
tunately just escaped that organ. Afte
an examination ! assured the patien
that if lie kept perfectly quiet till tn
wound should heal he would recover
But | thought that. considering it.
close proximity to a vital organ. sur
geon should remain with him until :
healing should be established.
"Thcn." said one of the men who ha.
brought me. you must remain W.
do not care that two surgeons SHOULD
be introduced here just now
"But my practice-my patients?"
"All damages to your practice shall
be literally paid for"
l made Il virtue Of necessity and as
scented.
Meanwhile ! had bandaged the Gu
and when had finished turned ant
looked about me. was in one o
those old palaces. as they are calico
in Florence. belonging to some intlu
entail family. The furniture. at leas
. some Of it. must have been severa
hundred years old. The bed on whicl
the wounded man lay was canopted
On the walls We're paintings. some o
: which | recognized as masterpieces o
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
There was no one III the room eXcep
the two men who brought me and TIL
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