Contents
| 1. | Illness Strikes! | [9] |
| 2. | A Villain Unmasked | [21] |
| 3. | Fresh As Paint! | [30] |
| 4. | Emergency Operation | [42] |
| 5. | April Wedding | [52] |
| 6. | Dr. Benson Confesses | [62] |
| 7. | Ralph Returns from Europe | [73] |
| 8. | Jean and Ralph Discuss Their Future | [80] |
| 9. | Polio Claims a Victim | [89] |
| 10. | Kit at the Capital | [99] |
| 11. | Kit and Frank | [113] |
| 12. | An All Night Vigil | [122] |
| 13. | The Doctor’s Dilemma | [133] |
| 14. | Mercyville | [145] |
| 15. | Graduation! | [158] |
| 16. | Double Triumph | [166] |
| 17. | Judge Ellis Is Trapped | [174] |
| 18. | Just Among Girls | [184] |
| 19. | Elmhurst vs. Mercyville | [194] |
| 20. | Sweethearts’ Dance | [205] |
| 21. | Summer’s End | [212] |
JEAN CRAIG,
GRADUATE NURSE
1. Illness Strikes!
The small village of Elmhurst, Connecticut, was enjoying a balmy early spring. The March winds were soft breezes coaxing the New England earth to life again.
Night had settled after a long twilight, and gay sounds could be heard coming from the nurses’ quarters at the Gallup Memorial Clinic. The clinic, now almost two years old, was the pride of the community. Before it was built, Dr. Gallup, gentle, wise and able physician, had tended the sick, brought babies into the world and guarded the health of the community with constant vigilance.
Like the noble man he was, Dr. Gallup refused to retire from active practice until he had helped to provide for the future medical care of his beloved patients. And because the town loved and respected him, they backed him solidly. Together the people of Elmhurst created the Gallup Memorial Clinic. And now, the white clapboard house which had once belonged to a wealthy native was a small but efficient combination hospital and clinic for the community.
Dr. Edward Barsch, eminent surgeon, had come down from Boston to serve as head of the clinic. His staff was small but competent, and he had managed to open an accredited nursing course.
It wouldn’t be long before the first class of nurses would graduate. Standing high in the class, Jean Craig, one of the very first girls interested in the clinic, was looking eagerly toward the summer day when she would win her cap.