Nurse Farley's Decision — Teresa Holloway

THE PATIENT IN ROOM 212

Auburn-haired Susan Farley had brilliantly graduated from her long, difficult nurse's training. Now, at big, modern St. Patrick's she was practicing the profession she loved.

One day Susan was assigned the traction case in Room 212 in the Orthopedic wing. Oliver Cox, she saw, was a handsome older man accustomed to wealth and power. Grateful for Susan's skillful nursing, Cox offered to endow St. Patrick's with a cancer clinic. But there was a string attached to his gift -- in exchange he wanted Susan for his wife.

Susan was faced with an overwhelming decision. As Oliver Cox's wife she might be instrumental in finding the cure for the deadly killer. But -- what of the profession for which she so proudly trained and dedicated herself?