Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-21
The Daily Story
SINGULAR UNION-BY SADIE OLCoTT.
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great comfort to him. When h.
much cast down. instead OF .-...s ~
words of encouragement which -
not feel she wept with him rtss y
him more good than telling hin, "
be knew was false, and he vos,s 'as
to himself: Poor little girl, 60
fers for me more than 7 snss- y.
must brace up for her sake"
Georges condition grew Grad.
worse. He would not have doc,o.-
visit him, because he had boo, -.
that they could do him no good 4
Franklin came to see him occas,n..sa
and was now and then called =
effect some temporary relief. c..
asked him one day to tell him tbs !
ture of his disease, but the doc,or :.
WINGED him that it was better for n
to remain in ignorance Of II.
One day Mrs. UnderhiII receiv.s
note from DR.. Franklin asking ha-
bring her husband to his Office ~.
cures were being announced for de-.
ent diseases by investigators, bur n.-
Of them excited wild hopes ONLY u
crushed. A cure for her husband. a.
ease had been discovered whicb-s,,,.
rate, in certain cases-gave temno-,z
relief. She might tell this to the
valid, giving him to understand ~
the relief was expected to be on,
temporary. Any relief was accsns.
bic, and, ordering a car. George ",
carried TO the physicians Office.
DR.. Franklin covered his neck Win
sheet lead with hole in II lar,
enough to admit the swelling VII,
else he did George could not see Ana
as for Lucy, she did not understaps
what it meant. The doctor was brDx
ing to bear upon the swelling some Il.
visible current, but what 1t was sh.
could not know without an altoceths
uncommon scientific knowledge
Several visits were made to N
Franklin's Office, and the swelling N |
the patients neck began to recede and
after awhile it became diminutiyp
Then one day Lucy took up morpir,
newspaper and read to her husband Al
item of news. 1t was an annoupcemeu.
that the radium rays had been brougb,
to bear on cancer and that the disess. /
had been in certain cases undoubtedr
Interrupted. Whether or not radium
would permanently cure it the open.
tors had not considered themselves )
prepared to announce.
Lucy" said George. looking at his /
wife with hope lighting his eye q
shouldn't wonder If that's what nv
trouble is, and DR.. Franklin is apply. /
ing radium in my case"
I'm sure it isr' cried the wife with /
that impulsive embrace which was her 4
treatment for both good and bad con +
ditions
George was to visit the doctor tina.
When he and his wifereached
the Office Lucy said to the physician:
Doctor, my husband has cancer, and
a cure has been found"
who told you that?"
The newspapers"
WELL" replied the doctor thought
fully, I'VE are not yet ready to an
lounce that we have found cure, but
we feel very hopeful"
y
won't say SO for fear of raising false
We're pretty well satisfied that n
1ium is death to the cancer scourge
The Underhi.ls left the doctors Of
ice a happy couple. Their visits
he doctor were continued. and VIII
he continuance of the treatment the
welling returned to its original size
When it had almost entirely disappear
d Lucy said to her husband one Day
George, don't you think it time We
we're beginning to get rid Of some Oh
his property that I married you 70
elp spend? We haven't used halfthe
ncome."
That's just what l was thinking
bout 1 fancy l can keep up Tue
reatment as we'll in one city as an
Their. Suppose we so abroad:'
It's just the time of year to 60 es
ecially TO Italy"
Wen do it. BY the bye. sweetheaf.
lis discovery of radium as a cure i~
" trouble just came in time to PIE
ent you having to spend our fortune
lone"
at wouldn't have been half the luz
ould it?"
81 don't suppose it would"
She gave him a kiss. after WIKI
, wrote a note 10 a steamship con'
my asking for room on the vessei y
Ill that day two weeks and to W
mixer for letter of credit.
They sailed in February for Wy
Naples and other Italian cities an
fore their departure so great hao
me the confidence by the meoiVa
ofession that efforts were being 9'se.
preserve the radium proooc.a.
ounds in the United States ior
nefit of the sufferers of the dresoa
Sc. which has always been one o.
ourges of humanity. an
And now George and Lucy Chuelp
e touring i'm Europe. but the uoys
ey We're married purposely to dew
keeping up the husbands splns
t needed. They have all tue -
It's and luxuries they require 4
encroaching on their capital
Doasn't Feed Them.