The Detroit times., 1916-05-09

bound. A moment later he was II
the street. kaeeling in the snoy
sionsside the Imply huddled fgur'
Of the child.
~She Is DIR. Clarke's daughter h'
eaid &c the chauffeur who jumpe<
down from the wheel and ran, asher
faced. to where his victim lay. "Yot
know where he lives. Good Drive
there rs fast as you can. II he ISM
at home. find him. Tell him what
has happened and bring him here, tc
my house. Quick,
While he Was speaking. he gather
ed the senseless child into his arms
and hurried into the house with her
Laying the pitifully helpless BODY on
his operating table. he bent above IL
bis deft fingers searching for tae In
jerry: while Esther stood Al his side
shaking with terror.
THE skulls fractured" he said
presently Il must operate without
q minutes delay. II her life 10 to b.
saved There's no tir,e to wait FOR
Q nurse. You'll have 10 help me
Steady your nerves. IL you can. It's
matter OF life or death"
Swiftly. with a sure skill. he sci
TO work. Al his curt orders Esther
brought him the instruments and
ether requisites he needed. In his
brilliant work, he was no longer the
boyish Young lover-husband but q
grim and splendidly enicient general
ccnductins a winning battle against
death itself.
Esther had never before seen him
like this. And her usually reserved
nature thrilled with admiration 81
his remarkable ability.
| After a battle that seemed to the
watching woman 10 last for hours
he stepped back and drew a Ions
sigh Of relief.
ITS over" he said. "NcBurney
or Colfax couldn't have done II bet
ter. She will live You're q brick
Esther. No trained nurse could have
he'll ed me more skiIfully Sit down
you look MI In. I wonder -
The frort coor ourst open and
three people came tun,blins into the
hallway. One was \ silyer-haired
man: the two others were ~omer.
Bullard recognized the man as his
professional rival. DR.. CLARKE. The
-nx1.~ - 49, $3.50 ~rrv-oo he luAw, for
Clxrke's wife. The second woman
a stately and handsome brunette
ne had never before seen- He hast
ened out irto the hallu ay to nee,
his unbidden srests-
-She is alive sasped DIR. Clarke,
his throat sanded dry with terror.
"She Il alive."
'She will get well. calmly replied
Billiard. Come IN and see for your.
self Esther. ~sll you try to reas
sure Mrs. Clarke while we're gone?
The two men passed into the
once. closing the door behind them
and leaving Esther Billiard 10 sc0the
hystericzl Mrs. Clarke as best she
could Presen .ly. the weeping moth
or was made to understand that her
child vas CIT 81 danger, and she
strove to steady herself
I'VE we're at home all the time
she told Esther. "All the time. And
that stupid chauffeur Eaistook cur
house: and he drove al around town
for full hour before he could find
H. Sylvia was spendias the LAY with
us ana--cn. forgot to introduce
you. Mrs. Billiard. this Is Mrs.
Sands"
The two women shook hands, Syl-
via Sands with easy cordially. Es-
Their With some reserve. Esther had
heard much OF this wealthy young
widow who Was the suburbs adored
social leader.
On Ter dead husbands money,
Mrs. Sapds- was even now building
an emo, NOUS hospital on the out
skirts VI the town. Puilard had ap-
piled. through friends. for position
rs house-surgeon in II: ana his ap-
plication had been refused
This alone would have set Esther
against Sylvia Sands. And now tina:
she met her for the frat time. face
10 lace. she dislike1 her ~ . type.
Still a. hostess, she was trying 10
think Of somcs hing civil to say,
when Bullari and DIR. Clarke came
out Of the tfice into the hall. As
they appeared, tine women heard
Clarke saying IN q very evident re-
spect and gratitude:
Il rever cav q finer bit Of emer-
geney work in all my experience,
DR., Billiard IL you will allow me 10
say 80. Ny little girl owes her life
TO you. shall never forget this"
George Bullard. embarrassed IT
such praise from an older practi.
TONER, thanked his rival. briefly
making light Of his own service
Then, to relieve the situation, he
turned 10 greet Mrs. Clarke whom he
had met but once before. She intro
duced him to Mrs. Sands. And Bul.
lard found himself face to face. for
the first time, with the widow whose
will was TO be Law In the new hos
pftsl.
His glance. ~ their eyes met, was
fill Of appreciation, not for her own
beauty and naughty charm Of man
ner: but for the good she Was 6oins
, TO humanity. by the building Of the