The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03

thing passed IA his eyes. like a gun
nosc-diyinF uo seized my hands and
crushed them. AZ n he hated me-,
wanted 10 hurt inc. lie looked mad
So I told myself. 1t is ] who am
driving him mad, and an immensely
soft, warm feeling of power filled me.
half wished he would so mad Then
ono can't analyro beyond a GER
tain point, hia passion and that
glimpsed despair. the powerful oS-
cltement OF the timca. thiH sudden
sense OF my mastery blended with nay
wcaknesa was afraid Of this world
around me, auivcring like the ia OF
kettle that bolls Oswald looked
strong and permanent; l wanted the
shelter OF his arms ] found myself
there without knowing how. nearly
crying with excitement And when
he lifted my head 20 klss me. 10 Eiye
me the flrst kiss % the lips OF truo
lover. l had n sense OF ease. lake
discovering the solution OF problom.
AZ last l kissed his slightly rough
cheek IN abandonment. and that mo-
ment was overlooked by the soythe
OF time.
I went into q hospital at Working.
After the early rebellion agihnHt
rcruhhing and wishwashinE. came the
Gustaye bore hell Think Of u; In
my whole life ia seen nothing worse
than a cut finger and when at
last l was qualified. my rrst opera
ton was a leg amputAtion. laugh
az myself now ~ ! remember the
beads Of cold sweat upon my fore
head a. l listened 10 tho grating Of
tho saw on the bone. and Doctor
Chorley's voice coming tonne thru a
pale yellow mist. III you're going "a
BE- sick. go outside" suppose that
within year / could have seen men
fried alive while ] ate chocolate one
might think-at least, people say u
that this sort OF thing must harder
a girl. Wen. i don't know. II take
lot 90 harden or 20 soften people
for good People who never hay'
done Il got a fanciful idea OF nurses
They seem 10 think that We are swcei
angels. like Florence Nightingale
smoothing the fovercd brow Of th'
wounded hero. and that In our othel
hand wo hold a lamp, They forge
that most lamps are difficult q
stcrillEe, RadiatinK sweet woman
hood indeed We never radiatcG any
thing but lysol think lynol Is M
most permanent impression OF III
war never quite got used 10 II
II chung even 70 tho soup. And bis
muth was worse. II was bismuth,
think. that brought about my friend
chip with private whom knsS
only as Tim. who remarked 20 mo
smells like a fairy bower. don't u
nursa7 which shows that there's pro
and cons In this war. It's smelly ou
there. but there's some variety
Nurse oarthorpc hated the pa
tiontA Yet sho hated mo bocalr
they liked me can s,ill feel he
| very nght-blue eyes watching IN
thru her pale eyclashcs. and SEQ he
long upper lip with an air Of con
tempt She hated me 10 much tbs
AZ FIRST abe tried 20 savo me and I
taleo me 10 church. After her fail
| urn. think / can conclude from Ger
tain Of her expressions. the cheerft
| ones. that shc rejoiccd IN the ide
that I would be damned Wen. II
am. hope shell be there 70 see me
Il win ease her own palma.
| Already the others are dim. o1eer
Doctor Choylcy. converted from
| man into machine that aaid thlng
like. '~rhatn do. nurse. don't fuss.
| or. Il asked you for a sponge, nc
| for your opinion But young Dos
tor upnor passes for momer
across The screen. a more interesiin
figure. Ho was very dark. about u
and he hadn't tho RACES OF Docto
| chorioy. The old man was furiou
| because his violent patriotism and hl
| equally violent emotions had COR
PEELED him TO leave his praetico poC
tor Upnor Was a ship'H doctor an
| Just before the war had come AshoI
| 10 marry. Ills marriage did not pre-
| vent his seeking my company an
| giving mo unnecessary trouble wit
| charts. or sending for me 10 bring u
! tho medical aheots Of casca eutiroi
devoid Of interest. At the end.
was even 10 clurnsy that he inaistc
on examining my right hand for
faucied deviation Of the netHcRrp.
was not my fault. for ot courBc
wasn't allowed 10 wear my engage
mcnt ring. Also. he Interested M
lie was no, a rigid socialist. but rath
er a man who had picked up idea
In the wnrdroou. n place whore on
must discuss life and things whe
ones at sea and the newspapers Rr
a week old. But | didn't think {
him much until later. for. In Decem
Der. fourteen. While on night patro
Oswald was killed. We we're TO hav
| iileerl married AZ the end Of January
when he expected to get leave. II
was killed just rs ! was about TO pu
IN for leave to buy my trousscar
SO Mt first nobody knew nj the hos
pitai. and this helped me. for ha
no time to absorb myself In WIN
would have been an immense grie
No time for grief that's almos
H. a. n