Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-25
sidney kept asking herself. .Wh,


: to sleep. People were kind-men wer,
kind, really-and yet, for some reason
or other, those things had to be
! Why?
Carlotta Harrison went on nigh,
duty at the same time-her last nigh,
D service, as 1t was Sidneys first. She
accepted 1t stoically. She had charge
Of the three wards on the floor Just
below Sidney, and Of the ward into
Z which all emergency cases were taken.
1t was difficult service, perhaps the
most difficult In the house. Carlotta
merely shrugged her shoulders.
"rve always had things pretty hard
here" she commented briefly. "When
60 out, I'll either be competent
enough to run whole hospital single
handed, or I'll be carried out feet
first"
Sidney was glad to have her so near.
She knew her better than she knew
the other nurses. Small emergencies
were constantly arising and finding her
at less Once at least every night
Miss Harrison would hear soft hiss
FROM the back staircase that connect
ed the two floors, and, going out, would
see Sidney's flushed face and slightly
crooked cap bending over the stair
rail.
I'm dreadfully sorry to bother you,"
she would say, "but So-and-So won't
have fever bath" or, "Tve woman
here who refuses her medicine" Then
would follow rapid questions and
equally rapid answers. Much as Car
lotta disliked and feared the girl over.
head, 1t never occurred to her to re-
fuse her assistance. Perhaps the an
gels who keep the great record will
put that to her credit.
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Sidney saw her first death shortly
after she went on night duty. 1t was
the most terrible experience of all her
life-it seemed to her that she could
new problems of living was this one
of dying.
She made mistakes, of course, which
the kindly nurses forgot to report
basins left about, errors on her rec
0rds. She rinsed her thermometer in
hot water one night, and startled an
inferno by sending him word that Mary
McGuire's temperature was 40 de-
grees. She let dellrlous patient escape
from the ward another night and 20
airily down the fire escape before she
discovered what had happened Then
she distinguished herself by flying
down the iron staircase and bringing
the runaway back slngle-handed.
For Chrlstine's wedding the Street
threw of Its drab attire and assumed
a wedding garment. In the beginning
1t was incredulous about some Of the
details. The wedding was to be ut
five o'clock. This, In itself, defied all
traditions Of the Street, which was
either married In the very early morn
Ing at the Catholic church or ut eight |
o'clock In the evening at the Presbyte-
rian. There was something reckless
about five o'clock. The Street felt the |
dash Of 1t. 1t had queer feeling that
perhaps such marriage was not quite
legal.
The younger Wilson was to be one
Of the ushers. When the newspapers
came out with the published list and
this was discovered. as well as that
Sidney was the maid OF honor. there
was distinct culver through the hos
pltal training school. A probatloner
was authorized to find out particulars.
II was the day Of the wedding then,
and Sidney. who had not been to bed
at all, was sitting In a sunny window
In the dormItory annex, drying her
hair.
The probatloner was distinctly un.
easy.
81 just wonder" she said, III you
would let some OF the girls come In
to see you when you're dressedf"
NHss VI tuuISf u Will
Its awfully thrilling. isn't III And
isn't Doctor Wilson golng to be an
usherf"
Sidney colorcd. II believe So"
The probatloncr had bccl instructed
to find out other things; so she set to-
work with n fan ut Sldncy's hair.
"You'vc known Doctor Wilson n long
time. haven't youi"
ages"
"Ilc's awfully good.lookIng, isn't
hcf"
Sidney considered. She was not *.
norant NJ the methods II the school.
II this girl was pumping her
an have to think that over" she
snld with n glint Of mischief In her
eyes. "whcn you know n person ter.
rihly well, you hardly know whether
he's good.looklng or not" !,
II suppose" said the probatloncr.
running the long strands II Slipcy's
hair through her fingers, that when
you are ut horne you see him often"
Sidney got OF the window sill, and.
taking the prohationcr slilingly by the
shoulders, faced her toward the door.
"You so back to the girls" she sail.
"nnd tell them T. cone In ari see mc
when am dressed. aud tell them this:
I don't know whether nn to walk
down the aisle with Doctor Wilson.
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