Show l Ld liri w 0 c h s r rp p A i I 1 j Y i t tj hate rf 1 r rit j r e eer it W i er f ft ll It t I ls IS ISu u r t tIt ng or r It nOt bo Jr e e s II e tou S t tr aH the thel th that I l at can canice f ice Cp r to o D oI Dg Y Yg g CIt e Ise r lZ I 0 t tre ft II f re win p r re nd r rb for as b O Oft ft I IDess e d brain b ant the big orthopedic hos hospital hoser er t pita pital I was in In progress Governors trustees leri r m 1 l committees packed time the small audi auditorium I rp i t Corium to the very et doors Upon the plat platform ter r t form in front sat stiffly the entire medical Wi staff from the four famous consulting sur surgeons suresh esh geons down d own to the t I Ie junior house sur surAt surgeon I geon ceon At t a respectful f u 1 distance from C rom the time latter was seated the supervising nurse and at al a still greater t and disrespectful distance lounged defiantly John Schaeffer haeffer inventor of braces for crippled children in the words of the enthusiastic house surgeon the thc original orthopedic man of New York and the great greatest est cst crank in America I l j Two hours had already elapsed and a soft sigh of content from the audience greeted the conclusion of another report The arose glancing apprehensively at the bulky manuscript held osten ostentatiously ostentatiously in John hands Nevertheless he oro smiled deferentially And now we wc will listen to the report of he bowed courteously our Mr r John JohnJohn JohnJohn cLi John Schaeffer s chair creaked suddenly and omi ominously om i and md seemed fairly birly to oust him to the center centerI I of oC the platform He waved waed his hig manuscript excitedly y to in in the astonished surgeons face Cace k t 1 he snarled I am a t I IYah II ca f I Yah fah I I suppose I Machinist Com Corn Common Common d mon mechanic Dots what I ami am t I You ting t mg dot Bah He snapped his fingers and wheeled upon the ri medical staff c ti Fools I 1 I You mit mil your ing heads and hands who bungle all dot I do who i then cannot do what I do you ou tink I am a ea air Sol So I Den I tell you OU vot cot you are arc I and John Schaeffer ts gave gae his opinion o at length is The audience stupefied at first showed sudden i i signs of disturbance As Mrs Henry Goldfogle Chairman of oC the Committee on Linen and House Pur res s chases cluses caught the significance of oC certain German oaths the benevolent lines of oC her face stiffened into those be li of severe disapproval and with a heavy rustle rustic of silks she arose and swept from the room t Miss Sarah Sterling Watts Walts Chairman Churman of oC the Com Coni Committee Committee ners on Free Beds beat heat also a swift and mincing i tl retreat her chin pointed point cd high in the air Others not notI j I acquainted with the German tongue but realizing in ees that the lime meeting had suddenly become no t place for ladies developed expressions of mild purity p j and lOd walked out with determined tread re ott r One of oC the famous surgeons held his hand discreetly easta I over oer his mouth to hide a smile the young house ork I surgeon looked white and scared mr They all listened with rapt attention till John fer f r finished They saw him fling his manuscript to raj td the floor noor and grind it under his heel saw him kick abort his chair off the platform in token of his departure Fc forevermore from annual meetings saw his Iris huge un ungainly Ire cf gainly figure disappear violently Iy through a n side door doore e 11 The famous surgeon who smiled behind his hand recovered d carefully ully the thc crumpled manuscript This I I cr may ma prove valuable gentlemen said he and so it itI did After reading r ding it a month later Before l the thea Academy of Medicine he added emphatically Thi a remarkable treatise stamps John Schaeffer for win whit t the he is and should he be known a genius and arid skilled anat anatomist anatomist anatomist a man mm without a degree and with little recognition recognition but one nevertheless who has done more for Cor orthopedic surgery than any man living liing or dead dC d dAfter After the incident of the annual meeting John Schaeffer was rarely seen in the hospital wards When en he did appear it was to correct and md gloat over the time mistake of a surgeon sur eon con or nurse From morning until u tJI night he toiled away aa in his laboratory a weird room in the hospital basement Iri Its walls were lined with plaster casts of distorted iri legs and arms exhibiting apparently every species o of oft t human malformation With its grizzled snarling in inmate inmate inmate mate the room looked for Cor all the world declared an rd imaginative assistant like the lair of oC a i a lion Me boss he Ire averred has no heart whatever as for Cor his brain if you opened his iris skull find ta it already conforming to the shape of oC a brace ct Every evening after work John Schaeffer haeffer went to toa ton tta a n nearby German restaurant and then directly up upstairs upstairs iro stairs to a hall bedroom It contained a s a and md a large chest filled with tools and pre bits of brass steel and leather Here Flere were his means roa of relaxation and his chosen environment Vot I ikc know I 1 know it was his custom to state Dere is rs tot else elseL L And then one day there flashed upon this dark rift grim obstinate man a glaring ray ra of light Entering his Iris laboratory late one morning he seized sc zed a brown ar paper pattern from Crom his desk and eyed it fiercely Hal Ha I he exulted some fool at work again ch eh He turned to his assistant Kira Efer see sec a crooked croo ed bark like dot Do you tink link nyi dere iss its such a I crooked back Bah Bahl I Vere from dit dis come day Ward Vard Four the assistant replied laconically So Den I go and sec see Maybe I catch tome some fool ch eh chr The assistant grinned broadly and then that promptly his hig indiscretion The German turned upon him angrily u Vat Yal you doing mending braces or minding my business Den do ill he roared and with the am Jm ambiguous niti injunction he lie slammed the door and hailed an elevator Up quick he ordered oral The nurse in Number Four the ward smiled easily at the excited German Vot rot back hack fits dis he demanded Vere iss he Who Vho made it Now I catch somebody eh ch for Johnny J Conners right ri ht behind you Dont you ou know knots our Sailor Johnny JohnnyJohn John lohn Schaeffer wheeled about and faced a I little white hite bed from the pillow of which a chubby baby I face and two large brown eyes regarded him calmly Cd I us As the thc nurse swept wept down the thc covers coers she revealed a atin tiny tin form incased from chin to ankle in rigid casts and braces John Schaeffer saw only the braces Casts he did didear ear not believe in And a human body to his iris mind was tiara simply imply something that went into a brace and should fit it with mechanical precision ru ce Using only his big marled gnarled thumb he turned turne the child roughly over on its face and laid the pattern hastily along lIon the time spine apine There was a r cruel sharp hump just under the thc and as nearly F as ilS one could judge the pattern fitted it t te e s Dr Frank here he comes now he put that brace on until a new one could be made explained the nurse Oh I he did ch Veil VeU take it off off l I li i When the bare spine was IS revealed he placed the pattern over oer it and squinted along the line of union It fitted perfectly Veil said aid Schaeffer testily I hat haf ht iy never yet seen such a back He Hc ran his Iris thumb heavily down over oer the crooked bone boneA bonet t A muffled groan arose from the pillows Easy sr F match male I cautioned a faint voice It r IY f r f rV Who said dot said Schaeffer quickly quick I looking lookin at atthe atthe atthe the nurse and doctor The nurse smiled and nodded at the pillow John Schaeffer turned over the tiny tin form and looked again into two brown eyes The baby mouth pressed hard card by br the stiff brace under the chin moved mo d crookedly in one corner and the same calm voice Olce said slId resentfully That hurt So queried Schaeffer absently He still peered intently into the brown eyes as one making a re remarkable remarkable discovery They Thc had long dark darl lashes he noted which wh ch curled up tip to the eyebrows The fore forehead forehead forehead head was low lots and white and swept with golden brown hair long lon and silky silk All these things John Schaeffer noted Surely Surd there was a living form in inthis inthis in inthis this brace a l little child with a winsome patient manly face and wonderful big brown eyes Vat VIt you look at me rue so for he demanded weakly Cause you ou look so funny and mad came the quick response The doctor chuckled John Schaeffer pulled himself together sharply He was being ridiculed in the camp He had come to correct and found himself in error That Thal was humiliating now he was laughed aL He started to go and then turned back He dragged a chair to the bedside with exaggerated energy I Ivill vill viii attend to his brace you ou leaf me alone lie he added warningly turning to the bed So your our name iss Chonny Conners Veil rell Chonny here you ou go again This time lime he felt over ocr the brace with a gentleness new nos to 10 his hands A rearrangement of the straps here and there a skilful twist of oC the main joint and the brace shifted itself it easily casil A pathetic sigh of relief rewarded him and he turned t the little patient back again Johnny snug snuggled snuggled snuggled down happily in the pillow and smiled gratefully at him trim Shall I 1 sing you a song Arsons A song l I gasped Schaeffer lie hie looked about him hint uneasily but none of the nurses were paying any at attention t to him trim Sure go ahead he said Vat you got The mouth struggled bravely with the awkward Vait rait commanded the listener and reached readied along lIon the straps behind the head hea J Now sol so he commanded Hows dotA dot dotA dotA A gay gaj little treble began beS m promptly Vat r said Schaeffer A new wife wiCe he continued calmly I dont like her mean How old arc are you ou asked Schaeffer suddenly Seven years ears And so lid le M murmured Schaeffer looking at al the tiny shriveled body You got sot a fadder Dont you like him Yes said the boy bo il d t then his eye ce brightened I got sot an air Uncle Mart He brought me here Hes a great geal man lies Hes a sailor Im going to be a sailor The eyes grew very vcr solemn Easy I mate Let Iet her go Brace the halyards All 11 hands handson on deck He lIe looked earnestly to Schaeffer haeffer S for ad td admiration admiration I 1 can sing a J sailor song Schaeffer was regarding him oddly And you go going going going ing to be a sailor ch eh You going to be b a sailor and climb up lip masts and md furl Curl sail I He looked at Jt the lire crippled wasted body bod and asil apostrophized the tine wall wal Aind Rind it hard tart Aind it hard I His voice oice rose angrily Vat right have people to leaf hf kids and poi dent Aind Ain d it a shame Aind it fiercer fierce Aind it Dont DoIt lock so mad said aid the tire boy boyI I wind mad said Jid Schaeffer earnestly I vas a just inking Say I SOl got to go now non He Ile consulted his watch Dont Do oar ladder fad er or conic come to see you YOI No Veil I come I come back bade tomorrow He lie started add md turned back Say my name is Chon too loo he Ire said slid foolishly I t tink urk we get along er eh ch Chonny And the nurse rising quickly from Crom a screen the next lied bed watched the tire lumbering figure go out And end a little child shall lead lcd them she said softly John Schaeffer was in Ward Varel Four the next ne t morning morn morning morning ing and many man mornings after that as well weB as many man afternoons and evenings And the frame of the strange strang friendship became Known Inon throughout the hospital and andin andin andin in some by byways ways of oC the outside world Day by day the tire old German became more gentle and considerate toward others He was as one olle walk walking walking walking ing in nc mien fields and learning new lessons It was very crp cr marvelous and vet jet et very er simple He had redis rediscovered covered a 1 human world And while John education in the time hu Jill humanities inanities progressed the art of oC orthopedic appliances game of solitaire or fashioning wonderful ships replete re replete replete with Or perhaps he sat with rapt attention his hulking shoulders bent forward his large hands locked ecstatically while a baby voice sang Take me back lo to New York ton town New York town New York town Late Laic one afternoon after a wearisome wearisome clay day in the he hurried upstairs toward Ward Vard Four and sat down contentedly beside his iris boys bed Veil said he ire raising his iris eyes happily to the ceil ceiling ing nl lets flaw l ac dot New York town lie Ile waited dreamily but there was no response He turned sharply to lo the bed Vas los l s Vats der matter chIve ch eh chIve Ive Ie been crying said Johnny simply The long eyelashes were wet and the baby face was white and drawn d ra wn John Schaeffer looked about him him maliciously Has somebody been nut mil dot brace already alrea The nurse heard hini him and md hurried to the th bedside Oh Oh said she uneasily I 1 just went for Cor you Johnnys been suffering all day and we know it He never cries out loud Dr D Frank examined him here she site dropped her voice oice to a whisper and says he ho must have an au 11 operation No o I 1 hissed Schaeffer Sim h I cautioned the nurse Ill send for Cor the doctor Schaeffer was already examining the braces He knew their correct r position to lo the minute fraction of an ar inch They Tile were all in place he noted not d He Ile tested the joints they moved freely freel and then he looked up into the grave grac face of the surgeon Take off the brace said Dr Frank calmly and Ill show you youA youA ou ouA A large red spot showed all about the apex of the crooked spine Abscess said sid the doctor pointing his finger So gasped Schaeffer Bad Oad Very bad said the doctor You sec see he added calmly theres such a thing as a too art artful III brace br ce With a poor one we should have hae known of this earlier Now 1 fear its too late The Time old German made no reply With trembling fingers lie pulled from his iris pocket a tiny tin pair of oC nip nippers nippers nippers pers and began gently gentl to bend the steel strands all 1 i VP 1 1 1 j I c ik i I I I Ip p w kf I I i iI I ri I Q ill ii 4 I 1 a r L kI a aYOU YOU BRING DRING Dair c MY buy IY cao NY y a BACK cs HE us CHOCKED YOU DRING artIC sty HY CHONNY TACK D Cf Take lake me back to New York town New ew York town New York town John T Schaeffer c u his hands on his knees listened hun until the last piping note was sung Then he ire gave sae a vast sigh Veil rell py P golly he Ire ejaculated After a minutes silence he asked Chonny haf ha haOU you OU got a mudded The boy shook his tread head had one f I suppose J John hn Schaeffer tried to smile but the effort cost t hum him a severe seere facial Th The boy shook hook his head again My father spasm spurn has a wile WICe wile surged ahead by b leaps caps and bounds New and intricate intricate intricate cate braces were invented to rest this and that mus muscle muscle cle and straighten distorted backs and limbs They were devised and tenderly fashioned for one Johnny Conners who hoped to be a sailor but many little cripples will know and revel in in their restful and cu curative curative curative magic And so while John Schaeffer spent fewer hours in in his its laboratory importance to humanity was greatly multiplied When his services were needed inthe in inthe the it was a simple matter to find hint Him l He was at lt Johnny Conners bedside helping in a rr T Ali about the sore spot lifting l them back and relieving all pressure The little patient sank ank back restfully in |