The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-18
COME SSIONS OF A
WAR BRIDE

puzzle which fraxzied my nerves.
Certeis certainly had made no be.
'traying gestures. lie had merely
left our oulJa circle as soon as he
had heard the message" requesting
CO. not 10 intrigue against the
French. But this was exactly what
any bored man OF science would do
Probably Certeis also had hoped to
break up the seanee by leaving. Had
he suspected any dramatic roycla.
lions about his ancestry he would
have remained. II only TO ridicule us
into disbelief.
The one detail In all tho possible
accusations against Certels which
could no, explain away was his In.
tercst in the suuken treasure. How I
hated TO think that his interest was
eonnected with the loss OF tho chart
from my rinr' However. regard.
ed Certeis. whether as Daddy Lor.
liners physician. as a government
secret service man. as a grundce OF
spaln-~or as an international spy.
he seemed 10 the n figure TT for ro-
nance. He fascinated me.
But I knew very well that 1, was
high time had done with mysticism
and romance. For them had wob-
bled like a toy dancer on slack
rope. and. as usual. Il was Mar.
tina Palmer who restored my
equilibrium.
Martha had been East. not on law
business. as We supposed. but on a
, holy mission. She told me the story
In order 10 explain what a typical
case OF the flu IL like at its worst.
not to prove herself a heroine
Martha has second cousin. a
trained nurse, who was employed at
Hog Island. and who came down
with the epidemic there. This young
woman hasn't a relative in the world
except Martha. when she seemed
About 10 die. the doctor wired and
Martha hurried to the hospital Doc.
tors and nurses insisted that tho
case was hopeless. the patient had
I the dreadful bubonl@ ryrnptnrne
bloated abdomen and spotted skin.
The girl wanted 10 die--everybody
gave her up-exceptlng Martha.
May take care OF herr" Mar.
y httt@ "tN6'A AAAt vi t1HINF Nns
oouid-Hog Island hospital. like all
others. was laufntably short Of
nurses. SO Martha put on a white
cap and-gingham gown. she encour-
/ aged her patient until the will 10
I live came back TO the nurnbed brain;
I she nursed thru dreadful days and
worse nights until the miracle was
accomplished and the girl entered
the convalescent stage. TO the as.
| constituent OF ti~ hospital staff.
I 1t makes such a little story In the
telling. this true tale OF one won.
I ans heroism. but like to think that
| II compares well with stories Of
brave deeds performed b. soldiers
| overseas.
| Martha's only comment Is a gen
eral one. She says that few per.
sons realize that we are living thru
/ one Of the most frightfm p!agues
| ever visited on humanity: that WON.
/ en- ought to think OF this because
the plague will come back in recur-
ring waves. and It's toll may be cut
down II women will only think as
much about the family health record
as they do about their spring bon.
nets. Martha Is bitter. sometimes.
/ set her story down here to re-
mind myself OF the contrast between
/ Nartha's deed and the startling ad.
ventures / have lived thru and
I thought so wonderful. aitho their
product was nothing better than a
I few thrills
/ Thousands OF girls would envy
me rather than Martha. but they
know, as / do, that | should stand
"at attention whenever Martha
passes By. And 1 know. too, that
Bob would deride my adventures
I but how he would approve OF Mar.
/ tina! Except when he is stubborn,
I Bob Is always so sanoi
TO BE Continued