Lady Victoria Campbell

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hard for, being realised. A telegraph cable was laid
to the islands of Coll and Tiree. The postal arrange-
ments were greatly improved. The mode of travelling
to and from the islands was rendered more comfort-
able, and this year, before taking her last farewell of
Tiree, she had the pleasure of seeing the pier stretching
well out into Gott Bay, and about half finished."
The nursing of the poor and sick was the thing
that she had from the beginning most on her heart.
Poverty that could not command good nursing,
and disease and weakness which could be relieved
by trained and tender skill, engrossed her attention
at once. She had an almost pathetic belief in the
healing art, and no scepticism ever tinged her faith
in the medical profession.
That the islands should have good doctors and
highly trained nurses was to her a simple necessity.
Unfortunately she could not see eye to eye always
with those who managed these affairs, and one of
the sharpest and most wearing controversies through
which she ever passed was on the question of whether
the islands should have the nurses whose skilled
training meant heavy expenses, or the less highly
trained, which meant economy.
She had no sympathy with " the penny-wise and
pound-foolish " economy where the poor were con-
cerned. Lady Victoria won and kept for Tiree the
boon which ought to be appreciated by the people,
the presence in the island of a fully trained nurse.
To achieve this, it was necessary to break off from the