Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-06-28

LliiG blEChuu VI DlOOu was SCCh " 'AiSIAaN'
His lips were compressed, his features
startling in their expression, wildness
and alarm. He spoke not word.
The doctors at once proceeded to ex-
anime the wound. Some one said, 1t
is quarter to nine" Mr.. Nallandig
ham had thrown off his coat and thrust
aside the remaining garments to give
the doctors free access to the wound.
DIR. Scoville produced 1 silver probe.
Mr.. VaIlandigham watched his motions
with blazing eyes.
ANY pain?'
NO, not the least
PrOJiHg.
DIR. Ecoyille approached this delicate
operation with q delieacy Of demeanOr
becoming the occasion. The bed had
been drawn out from the walls. Mr.
Val!andigham lay at the far side. He
placed his two hands upon the wounded
side, and felt around by a series OF gen
tie pressures for the lOdgment of the
ball, for it had not come through, but
this self-manipulatiOn the doctors pre-
vented, and the brObing began. The
instruments were directed inward, but
did not penetrate farther than half an
inch. All, that is good!
Then toward the right it is pointed;
no entrance. This is very hopeful. Mr..
AIcBurney, Mr.. MilIiken and Mr.. Humes
look at each other with an expression of
relief. The wounded man glanced
sharply for a moment at their faces, and
fixes his eyes again upon the doctors,
but still remains silent. What are his
thoughts?
His wife is in Maryland-no one at
home but Charley, his only son and
child and what is the use of exhibiting
emotions before room full of people?
The heroic nature of the man is under
test, and nObIy is it exhibited. His
countenance has a fixed expression, as
If the man were scared. But that is the
only index to the busy thoughts blazing
in his eyes and shooting out beams of
anxious inquiry.
No, Mr.. ValIandigham, you can not
read anything in the faces of your doc
tors; they are too prudent for that, and
their prudence and concealment are the
best treatment you can have for the
present.
But what does that little motion of
! the Doctors hand mean? \ motion
/ that Obtrudes his arm between the ea-
/ ger eyes Of the the patient and that sus-
picious little hole. tits to prevent those
eyes from seeing the probe pass Oblique-
| ly downward and inwards far enough to
satisfy the practiced eye that the abdOm-
inal cavity IS penetrated.
do you think the wound is mortal,
doctor?'
We'll, sir, we can not say that, yet
The wOnnd does not seem to be neces-
sarily fatal
All! thers's encouragement and hope
for whoever chooses to take them, but
saw the dip Of the probe, so deity con-
cealed from the patient, and I know
what it means.
The wound is dressed with plaster, and
the patient placed on his right side
the wounded side. The red flush Of
alarm now began to fade out of his face,
and twinge of pain exacts something
like groan. It is half-past TO-
Surgeons Coming.
Answers are received from Cincinnati
and from Dayton. DIR. Dawson is COM
ing as fast as horses can bring him; Dr.
Reeve and Charley will be here at mid
night
This intelligence and the noncom-
initial Of the doctors in attendance re-
vive hope, and the big crowd in the
street in front of the Lebanon House,
and the throng of visitors to the wound-
ed mans room are impressed that the
wound is serious only; that skill will
save the precious life and restore it to
usefulness. Will ii?
Everybody around recalling the force
of.the man while conducting Met Gehan's
case in court, as they encountered his
large, luminous eyes and saw his mas
sive physique felt that surely that little
pellet of lead must have glanced around
and lost itself in the adipose tissue of
that portiy figure. He only looked a
little palei thatwas all,
Have you found tire bali.,
NO. CThat was a bad sign, some
thought: as if a man could not live with
a sphere of lead in his body.l
Bat sigus may be yariously interpe-
ted, and in this case Il happened that
not finding the ball put careful Thought
upon the right track, and two hours be-
fore the doctors expressed decided
opinion about Nallandigham's condi-
ton, the lightning had heralded the It'd
ings Of his imminent death to the ooun-
try. PAS
/ Friends.
And now around the couch gather