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called, and our NJ. ID. was informed
that it would be necessary to blind
fold him, as his companions had no
idea of allowing him the faintest con-
ception of the direction in which the
trio were travelling. The doctor, of
course objected to this kind of treat
ment, but he was quickly voted down
and compelled to submit himself to
the inevitable. A sack, which one Of
the party carried, was quickly drawn
over his head, and they were then
ready to advance again.
Imagine, if you can, the feelings
of this follower of Esculapius in the
company of two men, neither of whom
he had ever seen before, riding he
knew not whittier, seated upon thor
ough-bred stallion, and this all hap
pening at the dead of night on the
sandy mesas of Arizona.
The horees were given the spur
with the admonition to the doctor to
"give him free rein, and away the
band dashed. On they rode, hour
after hour, up hill, down hill, now
crossing narrow stream, now a
broader one, into and across the ar
royas, through what seemed to be
dense forests and out again on the
sandy plains, never once stopping,
not even speaking loud word, the
whole idea being bent on the early
arrival at some specified point. Night
began to break into morning and
morning into broader day, and the
sun come up in all it's Western splen-
dor, and yet our travellers never
spoke of stopping. 1t must have been
eight o'clock when all at once the
reins of the chestnut stallion was
grasped and halt called. And now
for the first time since midnight DR..
Bishop was allowed to look around
him, his forced blindness having been
removed by one Of his guides.
They seemed to be in beautiful
valley down which trickled
A STREAM OF CLEAR, SPARKLING WATER
and all around them the earth was
covered with garment of gramma
grass. They had halted Immediately
in front of small, but neat appear
ing log house, the door of which
stood open. Only three persons were
in sight, the two strangers, compan-
ions in the nights ride, and another
man whom the doctor had not be-
fore seen. go down to the brook,
Doctor, take a drink of water and a
refreshing bath, and by that time
breakfast will be ready"
Il did as directed" said the Doc
tor, land I don't believe there is an
other such a stream of water in Ari-
IONA. I can assure you it was to me
tee grandest bath I ever took"
And yet the surgeon had not seen
his patient, but the breakfast was
soon disposed of, the bacon and beans
being devoured with a relish, and
then the patient was disclosed, lying
upon a pile of Navajo blankets in a
corner OF the log building.
HE must have been man thirty
years of age, black eyes and fully six
feet tall and heavy in proportion, but
every pound of weight seemed to be
MUSCLE" said DR.. Bishop. II knelt
down beside him and found that the
wound was Immediately over the heart,
and had been made by large sized
revolver"
The preliminary examination and
few questions elected the fact that
although a As caiber ball was still in
side, yet it was by no means danger
Gus. The ball was probed for and
extracted, the patient never uttering
a complaint. The wound was band
aged up, an application prepared for
its dressing,and the surgeons mission
was ended.
All day and the first part of the
evening was spent in the camp, and
the horses were again saddled, and
the ride homeward was only a repeti-
ton of the night before, including the
blindfolding of the doctor.
I'VE arrived in Williams at a. m.
before anybody was moving" said DR..
Bishop, land 1 landed in my little
room none the worse for my thirty
six hours experience. The tall st-ang-
er without asking me as to my
charges Immediately counted out $50,
and handing it to me, remarked that
they were little hard up just now,
but they would pay me up fully in
short time"
The doctor went ON to state that
the strangest party of the story hap
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