'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands

"A MAN AND A WOMAN—AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING" (See Page 374) “SMILES” A ROSE OF THE CUMBERLANDS BY ELIOT H. ROBINSON Author of "Man Proposes" ILLUSTRATED BY H. WESTON TAYLOR THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1919, by The Page Company Entered at Stationers' Hall, London All rights reserved First Impression, May, 1919 Second Impression, June, 1919 Third Impression, July, 1919 Fourth Impression, August, 1919 Fifth Impression, September, 1919 Sixth Impression, October, 1919 Seventh Impression, December, 1919 Eighth Impression, February, 1920 Ninth Impression, September, 1920 Tenth Impression, August, 1921 TO MY BOYS THIS STORY OF A GIRL WHO LOVED CHILDREN IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED The Keynote of Life is Love— Lacking it, naught is worth while— The Symbol of Service, the Cross And the Sign of Courage, A Smile. AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT I wish to acknowledge, most gratefully, the valuable assistance rendered to me, in the preparation of the chapters dealing with the medical and hospital incidents, by Robert W. Guiler, M.D.; by Alonzo J. Shadman, M.D., to whom I am indebted for my description of the unusual operation in Chapter XXI; and by Miss Elizabeth E. Sullivan, Superintendent of Nurses at the Boston Children's Hospital. And, above all, I desire to make acknowledgment of the debt of gratitude that I owe to Mr. Henry Wightman Packer for his helpful criticism throughout the writing of this story. Eliot Harlow Robinson . Contents PAGE I. Donald MacDonald, M.D. 1 II. Enter Big Jerry 12 III. An Innocent Serpent in Eden 25 IV. "Smiles" 34 V. Giving and Receiving 46 VI. An Unaccepted Challenge 57 VII. "Smiles'" Gift: and the "Writing" 66 VIII. Some of Several Epistles 77 IX. The High Hills, and "God's Man" 91 X. "Smiles'" Consecration 101 XI. Adoption by Blood 113 XII. The Three of Hearts 121 XIII. Gathering Clouds 129 XIV. Sowing the Wind 142 XV. Reaping the Whirlwind 153 XVI. The Aftermath 164 XVII. The Parting Pledge and Passing Days 171 XVIII. The Added Burden 179 XIX. "Smiles'" Appeal 190 XX. The Answer 200 XXI. A Modern Miracle 216 XXII. Vicarious Atonement 225 XXIII. Two Letters 235 XXIV. New Scenes, New Friends 241 XXV. The First Milestone 256 XXVI. The Call of the Red Cross 264 XXVII. The Goal 277 XXVIII. "But a Rose Has Thorns" 294 XXIX. An Interlude 309 XXX. Donald's Homecoming 316 XXXI. The Valley of Indecision 329 XXXII. The Storm and the…