The daily Alaskan., 1914-04-10

had been done.
 George found in Lucy Ellis just what he needed. Perhaps she was too sympathetic, but sympathy in dealing with a sufferer is a good fault, and George would have rather had her sympathetic than cold. But his swell ing grew larger and pained him, and ne needed devotion as an invalid rath- CT than spender of money. For awhile after their marriage they spent money like water. In this George found his wife all thut was to be de- sired. But his sufferings gradually in- creased, and he was obliged to give up pleasure seeking.
 We can never tell for what persons are fitted until they are tried. Lucy, of whom her husband had expected nothing as a nurse, rose to the Occa- sion. Her sunny disposition proved great comfort to him. When he was much cast down, instead of speaking words of encouragement which she did not feel she wept with him. This did him more good than telling him what he knew was false, and he would say to himself: Poor little girl! She suf- fers for me more than I suffer. l must brace up for her sake Georges condition grew gradually worse. He would not have doctors to visit him, because he had been told that they could do him no good. Dr. Franklin came to see bim occasionally and was now and then called In to effect some temporary relief. George asked him one day to Cell him the na- ture of his disease, but the doctor con- vinced him that it. was better for him to remain in ignorance of 1t.
 One day Mrs. Underhill received a note from Dr. Franklin asking her to bring her husband to his office Many cures were being announced for differ ent diseases by investigators, but most of them excited wild hopes only to be crushed. A cure for her husbands dis ease had been discovered which-at any rate, in certain cases-gave temporary relief. She might tell this to the in- valid, giving him to understand that the relief was expected to be only temporary. Any relief was accepta- bIc. and, ordering a car, George was carried to the physicians office.
 Dr. Franklin covered his neck with sheet lead with q hole in it large enough to admit the swelling. What else he did George could not see, and, as for Lucy, she did not understand what it meant. The doctor was bring ing to bear upon the swelling some in- visible current, but what it was she could not know without all altogether uncommon scientific knowledge,
 Several visits were made to Dr. Fruukliu's office, and the swelling on the patients neck began to rccede, and nfter awhile it became diminutlye. Then one day Lucy took up morning newspaper and read to her husband an item Of news. It was an announcement that the radium rays had been brought to bear on cancer and that the disease
  interrupted. Whether or not 'Tadium would permanently cure it the opera tors had not considered themselves prepared to announce.
 Lucy" said George, looking at his wife with hope lighting his eye, 'I shouldn't wonder if that's what my trouble is, and Dr. Franklin Is apply ing radiUm in my case"
 I'm sure it iS," cried the wife with that imDulsive embrace which was her treatment for both good and bad con- d.Jjous.
 George was to visit the doctor that morning. When he and his wife reached the office Lucy said to the physician:
 Doctor, my husband has cancer, and 8 cure has been found"
 "yTho told you that?'
 "The newspapers"
 "WclI," replied the doctor thought fully, we are not yet ready to an- nounce that we have found a cure, but We feel very hopeful"
 You mean you are certain. but you won't say so for fear of raising false expectations" z
 We're pretty well satisfied that ra- dium is death to the cancer scOurge."
 The UuderhiIls left the doctors of fee a happy couple, Their visits to the doctor were continued, and with the continuance of the treatment the swelling returned to Its original size. When it had almost entirely disappear cd Lucy said to her husband one day:
 George, don't you think it time we were beginning to get rid of some of this property that I married you to help spend? We haven't used half the ncome.'
 That's just what l was thinking about l fancy l can keep up the treatment as well in one city as an- other Suppose we go abrOad"
 Its just the time of year to go, es- pecially to Italy"
 Well do it. By the bye, sweetheart, this discovery of radium as a cure for my trouble just came in time to pre-