The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
An INVISIBLE WOUND.

fA'N AAAFAA
cr> of PrSih. DIR. X. WAS called upon
one mornin" Ia receive al IN early hour
a visitor in great haste, who, while wait
i'm" in the anic-chamhrr. sent in word
bN ia" footman that DELAY for him WAS
danger. lie must bc received iImmc-
diatcly.
The Doctor threw on his dressing
Gown hastily and had his patient shown
in. He found himself in the presence of
II man utterly unknown Ia him, hut who.-
Ia judge 10y hi~ dress aud manners, cyi-
,lcuily belonged la TIA" best society. His
pale face bore traces of great physical
and moral suffering. He carried his
right hand in a sling. and in spite of his
efforts (" restrain himself. from time to
iimc Il -tiilrd Si"h escaped him. Seeing
ia" poor man ~ta%"cr the Doctor invited
him To- Iii down.
= ann tired. | have not slept for a
week. There i ~omcihin" the matter
with my rich; hand / do not know
what. l. IL Il carbunclr? l. IL caucrr2
At first the Suffrrin" WAS slight, hut now
IL * a burning. horrible. continual pain.
increasing in intensity day 10y day. |
can bear it u" longer. | jumped into
my carriage and here | am. | have
come To- Ice" You (" cautcriZe it. or Ia
cut out the painful part, for one more
hour of this dreadful torture would drive
mc la prrdition.'
The Doctor asked To see the hand.
which the patient put int" his, crashing
hi~ teeth meanwhile from the intensity
nf pain. while the physician proceeded
To- undo the banda"cS with every posi-
blr prccaution.
- Above all. Doctor. | bee of Won not
tn attach any Importance Ia what you
will sec. Nv complaint j. :" strange
thai o will he surprised. but | heSerch
IF Nou Ia take no notice of it
Where i the painful spot? Ii il
surprising. | Sc" nothing
Nor | either; and Vet the pain there
i - dreadful that | feel tempted {"
knock my head against the wall"
The Doctor took Il ma"nifyin@-gla>>.
examined. and shook his head.
The skin i full of life. The blood
circulatrS very regularly. Underneath
there i neither inflammation nor can
Ger. II l. a. healthy a> any other part of
Your body"
" And Vet il seems la me that ii i
rather more red there than elsewhere"
W mere
The strange took 4 pencil from his
pockct-book and traced ON his hand Il
circle aS LARGE as Il tcn-cent hit, with the
remark. just here
The Doctor looked. lie began Ia
think that his patient was crazy. Re
main here" he said. In a few days
viii cure YOU. The Doctor SAW To his
establishment that his strange visitor
spoke seriously. He took off his coat.
turned up his Shirt->lccveS and took a
hi>tourv in his left hand. 4 second
morSsnd The steel would nave made a
deep inci>ion i'm the flesh.
stop" cried the Doctor. who was
afraid that his patient through unSkill-
fulnrS~ might open some important vein.
..Since you Judge the operation indis-
p~en~able. 50 he it,"
lie took the biStoury. and holding i'm
his left hand the right hand of the pa
tipnt hr begged him 10 turn away his
head. some people not hein" able Ia bear
the Simht of their own blood.
lit i unnecessary On the contrary.
il i | who will Indicate how deep down
. YOU must cut"
In fact. he watched the operation Il
the end with the greatest possible com.
poSure. indicating how far il was To 90
The open hand did not even tremble in
the Doctors hand. and when the littl,
piece IF round flesh was cut ont he hear.
cd a deep sigh. like one who experience,
a feeling of immense relief.
The burning pain has ceased?"
lit has quite gone" said the strange
with a smile. The pain has %entirel,
ceased. AZ if it had been taken away witt
the part cut out. The slight pain occa
. stoned by the bleeding *. rs compared
with the other. like a refreshing breez'
after an Internal heat. IT does me real
IN good 10 see my blood flow. Only lie
II fiow, ii does me so much good"
The n looked with delight a
the streaming blood. The Doctor wa
obliged 10 insist upon dressing tn
wound.
While he was binding ii mp the ia
TENTS face changed completely. Tn
expression of pain passed away. h
smiled on the Doctor with a look full o
good-humor. and there was no longe
anv contraction of the features, any lool
of despair. He seemed to have taken
new lease of life. His brow cleared: tn
color returned to his face: his Who'll
person underwent a NlslpIe Nfaii>ioIni'
ton.
When his hand was replaced in tn
sling he made use of the one that re
manned free TO shake the Doctors ham
warmly, saving I him with cordiality
Accept my most sincere thanks. Yo
have positively cured mi. The sma
remuneration that | offer you is in n
wise proportional to the service Won hav
rendered me. During the rest of IN
life / will try by what means / can di:
charge my obligation"
The Doctor. however, would not col
sent to accept the thousand florins place
on the table. The stranger on his sid
refused to take them back: but seein
that the Doctor was beginning TO gro
angrv he begged that he would besto