New Britain herald., 1923-06-23
Inc Satisfying Answer Katherine
Gave 20 Nadge
''pr BFaithwaits -

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''pF, Braithwaits 90
! repeated the name Of the famr
N1s surgeon who is DiekYs brother
lnslaW, with an involuntary question:
nag glance al Katherine Beckett, who
had Just uttered IL in So impeTsoRal
q manner that I wondered al her
pelse,
had she no remembrance, ! asked
myself, OF the near approach to tFag'
edy which that name had brought
herr II was very clearly etched In
my mind - that ihrebhing episode
which had nearly disrupted one home
already built, and Threatened another
not yet completed, Only the uneemz
mon sense and real courage of one
Wamah=my sisleF-in-laW, HaTTll
hFaithWalte-had ayeFted a dehaele at
the happiness Of four people,
True, there had been no possible
hint Of blame or even indiseretien on
katheFine's part in the episode which,
u u had concerned some lesser womr
an than Harriet Braithwaite. might
easily have brought anger and heart
break 10 four people. In France. dur.
ing the war. she had been my fam
Gus hrother-in-law's most valued as
sstant In the hospital unit OF which
he was the head, Like many men OF
genius Edwin 10 utterly helpless in
details, and Katherine in the hospital
was able 10 shield him from petty
worries IN the same quiet, effective
manner that invested his wife's SINH
lar service TO him in their home.
Then Harriet Braithwaite fell des-
nerately III, and during her long III
ness, and that of her husband. which
followed. Katherine nursed them
both and became almost n daughter
10 the ehildless. middle-aged couple.
That brilliant. temperamental. depen-
dent Edwin Braithwaite fancied for
time that the paternal feeling
which was the emotion he really felt
for Kntherine-was In reality some
thing deeper. was not surprising to
those who knew him.
Looking Backward
II was a situation which meant
shipwreck In the hands of the ordin-
airy wife. But Harriet Braithwaite
realized in this hour that she had
made bitter mistake in sacrificing
motherhood to the career of her hus-
band. She also recognized only de-
MED fatherhood in the emotion he
felt for Katherine. And she met the
crisis Of her life with such nobility
Of spirit, such craftsmanship and
such dizziness Of management, that
her husband returned to the alle-
glance from which he had never
swered before. with no Idea that he
had ever strayed, and with Kather-
mes daughterly relation to himself a
liked notion.
She did something else also. equal
y praiseworthy. By means of a long
nd high-minded girl who was her
husbands chief aid. she bound Kath-
rine to her in lasting friendship.
Knowing that no shadow Of fault was
he little nurses. she not only con-
ded freely and frankly in Katherine.
ut asked her advice as to what was
est to do, and 1t was through a clev- >,
r arrangement planned by both :.
'omen that Katherine was able to h.
cave the hospital service without DIR. y,
raithwaite's guessing the reason for X
err going. cs
'Tell Me I'm Doing Right" N
Had Katherine forgotten all these FL
lings, asked myself again. Had I'll
le forgotten also the Jealous fury
it'll which her husband of today IN
er fiance Of that time had re- la
lrded the famous surgeon? But I tn
1swered my own question decidedly he
the negative, when looked into
Or eyes after my repetition of DR.. Sc
name, and saw mirrored to
ere distress which contradicted 20
Q calmness Of her face and voice.
II have forgotten nothing, Madge," TT
e replied in answer to my un. mi
orded question, land will tell you gu
ankly that only in an emergency Xix
Re this would willingly work on a hit
Sc with DR.. Braithwaite again.
Don't misunderstood me-" quickly,
tn hand outf1ung in protest. IT sh'
We no fear of DR.. Braithwaite's be.
r-mistaking - for sh'
And Mrs. Braithwaite is Gre
. trump she always is. I shall be
glad to see her again, and him al
have no qualms of my own &C
Int. But-Jack-you-kno