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Show 141 June 14th At Milford's desire I called upon Dr. Cleveland to consult her concerning my health. She did not feel satisfied with her own diagnosis but made an appointment to meet me next morning at the "Women's Hospital" that I might undergo some examinations by Dr. Broomall, as she is considered an adept in diagnosing heart disease (which is what I fear). Wednesday, June 15th I kept my appointment and, contrary to my expectation, both doctors advised me to return home and take a respite from my studies. Gave me medicines and told me to do all that I could to recruit my health. The three following days were passed at the Centennial and other places of interest. Sunday, June 18th Packed trunks but how different were my feelings from what I had anticipated they would be upon this occasion. In the evening called to bid Professor Bodley "good bye." I wonder if I will ever see her or College again. I had hoped to return home a "graduate" but oh, how far I feel from it now. I can see but one joy before me - my children, my precious children.4 More light is cast, in her remarks at 85, on the rationale behind her leaving school after only a year and returning to Salt Lake with Milford, following his visit to her in 1876. Before they left Philadelphia, she said, she exacted from Milford a promise that she would be allowed to return and finish her studies. Of that summer in Salt Lake: "There was no great aristocracy in those days and not many people who didn't suffer, skimp and save to 5 get along. I could see, and the situation grew on me." It would take no large stretch of imagination to understand the range of emotions Ellis experiences as she returns to Utah-what reflections upon the physical frailties which have plagued her over the past several years, upon how fragile and tenuous are our best efforts and motivations when pitted against the odds which life |
