Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-16
A 'WOMAN'S
HERO~
By WILLIAM HOLLOWAY

GOlu
She stood in the doorway. looking
into the narrow study where her nus
band sat i'm the midst OF oottles'
clinical thermometers, and odd-shapeo
little knives i'm glass cases on the
wall
IT thought that Italian woman
would never CO." she added
John dear was one of those quiet
men. often bald. always preoccupied'
who are encountered in public places
carrying black satchels. and are care
fully avoided until the baby swallows
it's lucky penny, or some similar 40
mestic tragedy occurs.
THAT Italian woman is going TO
help me a lot. even if she is charity
patient." said John Twining thought
fully. II couldn't have found such
a tough test for the discovery if / had
searched the hospitals with fine
tooth comb. When l finished with
her-which will be tomorrow shall
get to work on my paper for the medi-
cal society"
And then you'll be famous" re-
joiced his wife, giving his arm a
squeeze. And We'll move to new
fiat where the children will have plen-
ty of room to grow, and you Will get
on speaking terms with good tailor.
She gave his arm another squeeze
"Oh, I'm so glad. dear"
John Twining ruffied his sparse
brown hair with his hand, and STOOD
regarding his wife rather anxiously'
The commercial side of his discoV-
ery had not yet occurred to him. and
now it startled him to find that his
wife had not been so altruistic.
ITO tell the truth. Maria, l never
thought about it that way" said he
He frowned thoughtfully as he enter
ed the narrow dining-room, wnere
table, four chairs. a small sideooard'
and a miniature glass-closet jostled
one another.
Medical men don't make much out
of their discoveries he went on.
THAT is, except those chaps who get
up patent medicines"
Mrs. Twining took her seat at the
small table and the room Immediately
became full to bursting. A larger
woman would have been obliged to
take refuge on the sideboard.
But I thought it was your discoV-
ery. dear" said she. And l thought
every one would have to come to you'
and that your hats would no longer
survive to a green and fringy old age.
And, John. dear. 1 am afraid that
blue of mine isn't going to make over
for the fall"
Isn't it?" asked her husband alb
sently. You see. dear he went on
that discovery is something l hold
in trust for the world. And all the
world must have the benefit of it"
Mrs. Twinings face clouded. When
a woman's love of the beautiful mas
TO be satisfied with the various shades
her dress develops with the passing
wears. she may be pardoned If she Is
tempted to rail at Fate.
"Oh, course l don't count" she said
coldly.
John Twining stirred his tea with
the uncomfortable feeling that deep
down he must be villain. He
changed the subject rather abruptly.
Did you get your money" he
asked.
Mrs. Twinings "meney"-a small
legacy left by her father. which she
had increased by judicious investment
was the sacred subject in the
Twining home Dresses might have
10 be turned thousand times, but
the money was never touched. For
some day it would serve to send the
children to college.
Mrs. Twining nodded. Il sold out
NV steel last week. and brother Rob
ert brought me the check today. Rob
ert has wonderful knowledge OF
Wall Street"
Il was so busy, dear" said her hus-
band after a pause. that l clean for
got 10 ask what you did with your
check"
Mrs. Twining'S brown eyes-she had
soft brown eyes set in an oval. visit
full face on which time had already
begun to engrave its lines-lit up
with pride.
II invested it," she declared. Il
intended it as surprise for you.
1T is a surprise" her husband ad-
mitted. He broke the shell of an
egg with deliberation. Good invest
ment?" he asked.
The very best! Robert told me
about it, You see, Kingsley, the big
railroad man, is going TO die, and the
stock market is bound to go down.
Robert explained it all to me very
clearly. SO l gave him the money
again. And when the market goes
down | will have a great deal of
money It's what they call margin.
And if the market goes up?'
Mrs. Twining gave little shudder
of dismay. Her face grew suddenly
red and then pale again. "Oh, but
il must go down." she cried. What
ever would I do if it didn't"
The papers all say it's going down,
he declared reassuringly. Il wouldn't
worry"
Later in the afternoon, however,
when he had returned to MS once
he was seized with a vague uneaSineSS.
What would Maria do if the market
should go down? And he found him
self smiling at the thought that he,
whose work it was to save life. should
now be indirectly interested in mans $
death. Nevertheless. he stole out
secretly to the corner to buy the az
ternoon papers, and was relieved to
find that the market had held steady,
although with a panicky undertone.
In the morning he would have Maria
close up her account, he decided. as
the first of his patients appeared.
The afternoon was unusually
crowded. The janitor's boy. with an
Interesting case of fishhOok in the
finger. which had to be attended to
free of charge. made the earliest de-
mand on his attention. Then came
a German with sprained ankle. fol-
lowed by a little girl with spinal
trouble. one of his regular patients,
These three were all charity patients.
Next arrived a red-nOsed individual,
minus purse. to be treated for the
morning after feeling, succeeded by
an asthmatic person with charge
account that seemed likely t" remain