The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
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FROM THE DOCTORS DIARY.

at all nice to me. Is it true that you
intend to become a Catholic num-"
Eyes, Doctor, that is true" said
Miss Carmichael quietly, us there
anything so very remarkable in that?"
There is-something mighty re-
markable! What business have you
to throw away your life?"
Miss Carmichael laughed; it was a
good, round, musical laugh at that.
Don't be silly, DR.. Farraday."
Don't you be silly, young woman"
pounded the table vigorously with
my middle finger. "You have no right
to shut yourself up in cloister. You
owe the world the best that is in you.
It's bad enough'-here l discreetly
lowered my voice and glanced appre-
hensively over my shoulder-"th you
should go in for nursing at all; but
you can get out of that, | fancy,
whenever you want to, simply by
crooking your little finger at-well,
at anybody standing around who hap
pens to take your eye. So we wont
bother about that. But this Sister
of Charity business is quite another
matter"
"That is the first sensible thing
you've said for some time, Doctor. "
Though her eyes danced, her voice
grew grave. ct is, indeed, quite an
other matter"
eco on, go on!" I snapped. eek.
plain what you mean by that"
"That is what | mean, Doctor, since
you are so good as to wish to know.
You said few moments ago that /
owe the best that l have to me to
the world Now, l dispute that state.
ment. l maintain that l owe the best
that is in me to Cod
That came on me like a blow be.
tween the eyes, This girl and I were
talking two different languages!
God? She meant the Unknowable
And how can we owe
Look here" l insisted, tersely. 81
know what's the matter with you
You've fallen in love with an idea
This thing
Spiritual ideas, DR.. Farraday, are
not bad things to fall in love with.
Spiritual grandmothers! Let me
tell you something, young woman,
even if you do think that I'm an old
fogy who ought to be taken out and
Oslerized. I'm a specialist on the
insides of the human animal. I've
cut up more men, women and children
than you could stack in this room
I've found a lot of strange things in
them, from gall stones to live rats;
but I've never seen any spiritual
ideas"
THAT is doubtless because your
eyesight is not sufficiently keen, Doc
tor" she said softly.
l gasped; had to. The audacity oil
it!
II don't mean to be offensive, DR.
Farraday," she continued, "but it is
so difficult for you to appreciate my
point of view. You argue, do you not
that because l appear to possess
we'll, the promise of worldly success
should strive in some way or othel
to make myself shining mark il
/ the world?"
-emphatically. Shining
mark-that golden hair-phew!
| IF I were to tell you that l decided
. to take up nursing because / wish tt
be of service to humanity, you prob
: ably would understand me-
I'D understand that you're lying,
: snapped, holly. THAT humanitari
anism is all bunk"
J l thought that would rile her; blu
) she just beamed.
; Il could just love you for sayins
) that" she exclaimed. $50 very few
of us have the courage to acknowl
i edge it. Why, even during the tim
: I've been here in the sanitarium Pv
r seen enough of humanity to sickel
] me with it all. I'm sure I'd be an out
: and-out pessimist-"
Like me"
r "Only for one thing"
: A burst of applause brought u
, both to a realization of the fact tina
we had talked right on during TIL
oratorical effort of the senior surgeol
f l-hang him! Miss Carmichael, blush
E ling guiltily, began vigorously to ella