Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-12-30
By ANNIE EiiNps

III Portuguese uANAAhf 'A-A
u - I'D and untidy with the aecu-
z pulated soil OF all his seasons. He
lived with his father and mother and
numerous brothers and sisters in d.
lapidated cabin In the outskirts Of the
city.
Their nelghbors were fellow expa-
trlates speaking their own tongue and
continuing their own customs, and
Joe's only knowledge of the world that
lay beyond the truck farms had been
gained when he went with his father
10 rsddle vegetables in the city.
A bullet Intended for rabbit enter
cd Joe's leg. and be was brought to the
hospital
Miss Merton, a senior nurse, was his
lady She was with him through the
days when all his world was full OF
horrors.
She was his first nurse and the one
he first felt was bis friend.
In a hospital living and dying move
according to certain laws. The prog
ress Of a case is routine to the expert
enced ones. Dissolution takes place in
certain known steps.
But one element Of which no account
is taken, for which no calculation is
made, is the love OF man and wo-
man.
In the hospital life there is no place
for it. A nurses time and thoughts
are devoted to her work. Her love
ard sympathy belong to her patients.
Concerning the relations OF doctors
and nurses hospital etiquette is strict
1t demands hat these relations be ab-
soIutely professional The reputation
of a hospital depends on the discipline
maintained within its walls. and the
laws of St. Anne's were enforced with
severity.
When interests quite unprofessional
drew together a senior nurse and one
Of the young physicians OF the hospital
staff there appeared difficulties and
ein1,.tFas 7laenis' ana the eonrtship' IN
der the adverse circumstances Of dis
appreciation, conscience aud lack OF
lme, pace and opportunity, made
slow and Aalting progress. with fre
quent backward steps
"Wnl you 60 for a walk tonishtY
asked Dr. Knight one norning ,ybe
vim ,fiss lIavfo,.s assis.a,oa !, -.
d,ars,n,, ,,.,.s ,.ornd -
,.r,.,,1s 80 -, Ds
IN sous
eeltaihiy'
And meet all the heads and few
dOetvrs ami nursesF
There are places where heads and
doctors ana nurses don't go.n
"Yes. ON hack streats hate that
sere os thing4going ort olo,o ond
,os.,,,r -, =, - -
-.'''is' ~ - : ,eA4si anu s'ie''A .
a4ons OsieA st'ees
Ahefe Is no other way we can see
each other. You will come tonight
! won't you?"
| She SHOOK ner mead. Il graduate
next spr,ne.s she said. a little wist-
fullv Can't We wait till then 10 he
fr,an,is. ~
,.y,bat,s tho usa of wa,ting3 No ono
,,.,,i ,-no,,. p,,t ~ ,a,, ara fo,,,,d M
,.o',, rra,,a,,,, sood raoora Nh, 60
yo,,r
Tho ,,o-,l. o,d ,on., .,ora h,,,n. and
a.r'ass
nfiss Morton did NOT answer She
fastened Toe,s handa@a and Ieft tbe
room
As sbe nsssed him nr Kni,bt so a.
her fare bnrt nroud and angry au H.
sweetness cone
For many davs Mr. KNIGHT saw Miss
Merton oniv n tho presence og others
She avoided him in the corridors and
met MIN only Ia the rooms of patients
= There ere was VAS nothing M he could ~ saw to
her
A man cannot anolorIze with words
for wordless Insult and ho cannot
bv anneallng nenitance eynraseing .
looks affect a moving marble statue
49, ,s,-a,. '.,,,,,, ~,
Cbr;stnas was near and tba r,,rsos
were preparing for II .Joe was no.
litely Interested in the decorations of
the ward ant he seemed pnconscious
If tbe reasons for tbem
aThose are Ciristnas oraeps loo y
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