The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-19
COrfRIGAr. 1888,
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Stlumeut table and the service
room. Tran heard Miss Miller say,
CONGRATULATIONS, Doctor. No one
but you could have done that.
! He'll live, don't you think"
She heard Top Sarge reply a
| little YEARLY, "And what. in Gods
I name, has the poor devil to live
( for This is the kind of case
that makes a surgeon feel like a
criminal"
But the operation was success
full" -,
The operation? Is that all
YOU ever think Of, katherine!
After all, patients arc human be-
ingS, YOU know"
Tran didn't mean to listen, but
they seemed to have forgotten
her. They were standing together
bv a window, against stormy
background Of wind-Swaycd trees
and daShing rain-Standing with
the look Of two who inStinctivcly
drew together. yet in the final
resolution were left always apart.
Miss Millcr'S low, even voice
said something else that Tran did
not catch. and DR.. Sargent an
severed almost bitterly, "lcS, and
even surgeons arc sometimes hu-
man beings. Katherine. . . You
wouldn't like that, would you?
You like flesh and blood ma
chimes. always turned to III" high
est efficiency. | often wonder
1t was then that tn" rcnding
crash came. \ Splintcrcd bulk OF
tree trunk and wet leaves hurtlcd
through the heavy window pane.
and shattered glass fell in every
/ direction.
Miss Miller cried out in voice
not her own. "Stcphcn--y"ur
arm"
DR.. Sargent just stood. his left
hand claSpcd above his right ell
bow. while blood spurtcd from a
/ deep cut below.
After that first shocked outcry,
/ Miss Miller went into action with
! her usual swift, sure polSc, her
voice low and even in command,
her face smooth mask of quiet,
self-asSurcd competence, her slim
| hands working faultlcSSly as she
applied tourniquCt and dis
patched Tran to summon a doctor.
Meantime, Stephen Sargent sat
with a face like granite. his eyes
! on the fingers Of that right hand
which had performed so many
/ daring miraclCS-fingcrS that now
hung lax and helpless, and would
not move. no matter how hard he
, tried to flick them.
When Miss Miller said in her
clear. even voice. AS soon as the
shock wears off. the nerve will
come To life" he only lifted bleak
eyes and said with bitter amuse-
mcnt. "Your bedside technique is
as perfect as ever, Miss Miller"
Just then DR.. Bcnchlcy hurried
i'm with a fresh nurse; and Miss
Miller turned and walked with her
erect. light step out Of the room.
| II was moment before Tran fol-
, lowed.
When she did go into the Srrv-
ice room beyond, Katherine Mil
Ter. the icicle," stood, leaning
against cupboard door, her face
buried against her bent arm, her
body wrcnchcd with SobS.
His arm" she was moaning.
"Oh, no! couldn't bear that
In another year he would
have been famous. People would
have been coming to Saint Vim
cents from all over the coun-
| try"
Famous, Saint Vinccnt'S, .
You can't bear it," Tran snapped
before she could remember to bite
her cheeks. "And what about
him? If he can't operate any
/ more. it will kill him-or worse.
Why don't you try thinking
about him for a change
Miss Miller whirlcd upon her,
her blue eyes blazing through
tears.
You little fool" she cried
What else would | be thinking
about
Then for heavens sake Tran
said hardly, go and do some
thing about it, Let him see how
YOU feel. You're the only ono
who can do him any good now.
Put Il can't" Amazingly
the correct Miss Miller was crying
out i'm the thin. high voice Of a
! frightened child Hes so-lm
afraid. You know what he
| like"
why should you be afraid Of
him if I'm not" Tran demanded,
Hes crazy about you. And one
with eyes can see that. II nc
hasn't told YOU. it's probably be.
cause he thinks-likc a lot OF
other people around hcrc-that
you're we'll, not quite human
You can't blame him. you
know. the way you go around act
ing like frozen plaster saint. =.
For heavens sake. if you really
want him to know that you're ac'
tuallv alive. with feelings like
the rest Of us. go and tell him sc
now. while you look like it 70,
the first time in your life"
L lpIA