Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-09

Somewhere l have read that when
IL goes through a great crisis, it
marks the end of one part of life
and the beginning of another.
That is how 1 felt when l opened
my eyes. with my mind clear at last
and saw yellow blotches of bright
sunlight on the floor, and felt a
breeze that was deliciously cool play
across my forehead. That was all
I was conscious of for a while, and
L was very vaguely conscious Of
that.
Presently 1 knew that l was beau
tifully, tranquil tired. 1t was such
a delicious tiredness. a languor that
rested me somehow, that made me
delightfully."- comfortable. l felt that
| never wanted to move. Then L
discovered l was lying OH my back
and that l was entirely surrounded
by white sheets, a smooth white
cover, an of white bed.
For a time | did not even try to
look beyond the bed. l was waking
up very gradually into a new world,
All l knew of it was that 1t seemed
completely white except for the yell
low light that lay upon the floor of
it. For a time l did not want to
know more. Probably l was so
tired / did not care. [ closed my
eyes again, feeling perfectly at
peace and happy. y
Somewhere back in thai other
world-which was not cool and
white, but somehow feverish n
multi-colored - somewhere back
there l had been wretched, and most
terribly tired, and hurt too. /
couldn't remember how.
| decided that l was done for
ever with that old world, and lay
perfectly still for what seemed a
long time.
Then a voice came out of the old
world to me-a very familiar voice.
[ should recognize it. but l didn't.
"Well then, I'll simply leave ev-
erything to your care. You seem
most competent here. Do you think
my train will be on timer
Trains. L hated trains. They
made such t confusing noise-whose
voice was that?
"Of course | would like to stay.
Poor deari It's been a hard struggle
[ certainly must compliment you
Doctor. I've rarely met a man witt
more intelligence
Doctor. That was familia"-sem'
thing to grasp at. A mans voice
came to me more fsintly-waseit 9
doctor speaking? OF courses! Tha
Accounted for the immense amour
of white that I vas conscious of.
/ opened my eyes. l was in 6
large room with yellow walls anc
white curtains that blew gentl,
back from two open windows. TIT
yellow sun was pouring in. [ wa
in the centre of the room, In a nos
pital bed of white iron, with {
smooth white %coverlet drawn III
over it. All the furniture was whit
except a screen in n corner, tina
was covered with some sort of flow
cred chintz. My eyes fastened OF
this one note of color, and l forgo
everything trying lazliy to make GU
. the pattern.
That familiar voice came again
"Oh yes, it will grow! They sa
, it does it a lot of good. Too bas
. OF c~ourse--her hair was one of he
1 greatest beauties. ] had my mai
!. fix it when she was n child and Wis
: tied me. The motor wont be lat
will it, doctor?"
I wanted to remember the nam
that went with this voice. l did no
like the voice, | wasn't sure l Woui
like the name when I remembers
it. 1t was like the memory Of al
unpleasant taste.
Indeed! Well that's better thai
we hoped. OF course we did no
know such a serious case was goinl
to develop. It's very good / got he
here when I did. Another days de