Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-10-21

there on tho spot. and willing iu jump
in and take hold the way he did. why
be mOpped his brow shskily. the poor
little Md might have bled 90 death by
the time "a. got her To the hospital!
Yes" Esther nodded. Doctor bLI-
lard is tine in al emergency.
You're just moving 10 Nort,HtoVh'
aren't YOU The man turned So her as
it struck 10y d sudden idea. Has your
husband prseticed anywhere else?
lr baltimore" she responded, and
hoped mat she vas not stretching the
truth 900 fa- George had done some
outside charity work while serving as
AL intern, ~ the hospital Why
We'll } was jus; thinking of some
thing %. man hcsitatcd I'm the
superintendent OF the gas company,
YOU know and We have physician 10
looA after our men The old fellow
Who got Oh, job has kind of run 10
seed. and I've been wondering Tor
some time. u couldn't find a young
chap 20 act 49, his assistant. and really
run tho show. 4 live wire lik" vour
husband. especially with his city eN-
pcri,uce. would just about on the bill
Do you suppose. Mrs. Rullard. that the
doctor would consider al offer oI that
kind"
Esther dropped her eyes 10 conceal
the CLEAN OF eagerness il them.
- really don't know" She plated
her skirt thoughtfully between her
fingers How much would the posi-
ton be worth"
I'm afraid not more than twenty
apologeticaily. never dreaming how
narrowly he escaped an ecstatic hug
from the demure young woman beside
! him. George had told her that they
would be extraordinarily lucky il he
took in 81 600 on his first year.
She succeeded in cOncealing her feel
ings. however.
That seems rather small. don't you
think" she murmured. and the upshot
OF it was that she came into the house
with cheeks flushed and eyes dancing
with excitement.
oh, George, George" she eX-
claimed. Was there ever such a
stroke OF good fortune? You're going
/ to be offered the post OF surgeon for
/ the gas company at a salary OF three
! thousand dollars a year"
Esther was q proud and happy V,py~
an. and proud and happy wo'iNt'' IN
remained throughout tS,r" 'uidn sN'
five years of their - .~-he
The doctors ar"lhnarried life.
No Aasb in - .uspicious start proved
soi,,+;,t-,3 me pan, but the firing o
in,. o..,I.ating train which went leap
S<, from success to success.
" Billiard had commenced 10 special
, ize as a surgeon. Even at medica
school he had been noted for tn
/ steadiness of his hand. and the skill
s with which he handled the knife. Yc
no one at the old L and S-neither hi
preceptors nor fellow students-woult
Z ever have dreamed of predicting an e.
pecially brilliant career for hin
Steady, dependable, conscientious
= those were the terms they would hav
4 applied TO him. How was il then, tina
7 at twenty-eight he became known d
T. the author OF the celebrated Bullar
y operation. and chosen as the directin
head OF the great memorial hospitj
10 which Mrs. Sylvia Sands was propo
Is ing TO erect to her deceased husband
u Again. as the French proverb has
r "Cherchez la femme" In this cas-
"Cherchez IEsther'
1t Ever she was on the lookout f.
p" some way to further his fortunes ar
Ii. advance his standing; so, when 81
'u saw In the paper that the great no
" pitai for which James L. Sands ia
left by will portion OF his million
nj was TO be erected at his birthplace
20 Nortentown, the suggestion at ont
ls came 10 her that no one was so fit,
n' to take charge Of the institution
'e' her doctor"
Esther had met Mrs. Sands duriI
one of the latter's more or less mfr
quent visits TO MOrtentown; for Il
| | junior of her late husband by MAJ
Il years, the restless young woman h;
7 in his lifetime hardly given the pc
old millionaire a chance to draw a loI
= breath, so perpetually did she Ike,
him on the go. Now, her brief peri,
of mourning over. Mrs. Sands frank
81 ragged at the harsh necessity viii
kept her in staid quiet Mortentow
She was compelled to remain here (
a year or more, and muddle her brai
over a dreary old hospital
She was dolefully bewailing the u
u welcome prospect one afternoon VIII
Mrs Billiard was announced. al
snatching at any diversion. order
Il her caller 10 be Immediately shown
Esther made no secret of her m
sion but went directly TO the poll
Mrs Sands" she said with a char
ing naivete. Il have the most wOnd
full husband in the world. and the We
man you need to take charge of Il
D., new hospital of yours and make il
w. tremendous success. He can relic
1g. you of all the bother in connecti
od with the plans, and will give you
thousand valuable ideas and sugg
nd lions which nobody else would eN
or think Of
W. Ms. Sands stirred TO a show of
es. terest Hitherto she had never thous
ia Of anyone for the vacant post |
re- some eminent gray-beaTd from @
ar Of the eastern colleges.