Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-02-08

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into her ,ow bed q nine Saeleek b d
mssning. those days. nth her Rles
did hair neatly braided DOWN hee cae
and her prayers said. and immediatei
her active young mind filed witl
! imasesNChristineS wedding. Docto
Max passing the door Of the old var
and she not there. Joe-and she puz
zled over Grace and her kind.
On her first night on duty . gir
had been brought in from the Avenue
She had taken poison-nobOdy knew
just what. When the internes ha,
tried to find out. she had only said
whats the use."
And she had died.
Sidney kept asking herself. "Why?'
those mornings when she could not &c
to sleep. People were kind-men wers
kind. really-and yet. for some reason
or other. those things had to be
Whyi
Carl0tta Harrison went on night
duty at the same time-hcr last night
service. as 1t was Sidney's first. She
accepted It stoically. She had charge
OF the three wards on the floor just
below Sidney, and Of the ward into
which all emergency cases were taken.
II was . difficult service. perhaps the
most difficult In the house. Carlotta
merely shrugged her shoulders.
1--we always had things pretty hard
here" she commented briefly. "When
60 out, I'll either be competent
enough to run q 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
ut a loss. Once at least every night
Miss Harrison would hear a 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 n fever bath" or, "rve a woman
here who refuses her medicine" Then
would follow rapid questions and
equally rapid answers. Much MS Car.
lotta dis!iked 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.
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
not stand it. Added to all her other
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
ords. She rinsed her thermometer In
water n night, and startled an
by sending him word that Mary
McGuire's temperature was ITO de-
grces. She let Il delirious patient escape
from the ward another night and 80
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 single-handed.
For Christine's wedding the Street
threw Off its drab attire and assumed
a wedding garment. In the beginning
1t was tn%credulous about some of the
The wedding was to be at
five o'clock. This, in itself, defied all
traditions Of the Street, which was
married In the very early morn
Ing at the Catholic church or at eight
In the evening at the Presbyte.
rian. There was something reckless
about five o'clock. The Street felt the
dash of 1t. 1t had a queer feeling that
perhaps such q marriage was not quite
legal.
The younger Wilson was to be one
of the ushers. When the newspapers
oat with the published list and
this was discovered, as well as that
was the maid Of honor, there
was u distinct culver through the hos
pital training school. A probationer
was authorized to find out particulars.
1t was the day of the wedding then,
and Sidney, who had not been to bed
all, was sitting In a sunny window
In the dormitory annex, drying her
hair.
The %probationer was distinctly I'm.
easy.
IL just wonder" she said, IF you
would let some Of the girls come In
to see you when you're dressed?"
why, Of course l will"
ITS awfully thrilling, isn't It? And
Isn't Doctor Wilson going to be an
usherY
Sidney colored. II believe so.'
The probationer had been instructed
to find out other things; so she set to
work with n fan at Sidney's hair.
"YOu've known Doctor Wilson a lony |
time, haven't your"
ages"
Hes awfully %goodIooking, isn't
Sidney considered. She was not IT,
norant OF the methods Of the school. |
If this girl was pumping her.
I'll have to think that over" she
with a CLINT Of mischief In her