Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-29

have laid there above a minute or two when
we came up"
Ruth was brought in. Mrs. Powlett had
not yet returned from Dareport, but a neigh
Dor was soon fetched in by one of the men
while another went for the doctor, and in q
few minutes Ruth opened her eyes.
Don't talk. DEAR" her father said, 'slie
quiet for few minutes and you will soon
be better; you slipped down in the road, you
know, and gave yourself shake, but it will
be all right now"
Ruth closed her eyes again and lay quiet
for short time, then she looked up again
and tried to sit up.
81 am better now, father"
''Thank God for that, Ruth. It gave me
turn when I saw you carried in here, I
can tell you; but lie still little time
longer, the doctor will be here in q few min
utes."
! III don't want him, father"
"Yes, you do, my dear; and anyhow, as
| he has been sent for, he must come and see
| you. You need not trouble about going up
to The Hold; it was three Of the men there
that found you and brought you down. L
will sent q note by them to Miss Carne,
telling her that you had bad fall, and that
we will keep you here until tomorrow
morning. am sure you will not be fit to
walk up that hill again to-day. Anyhow,
we will wait until the doctor comes and hear
what he says"
Ten minutes later the doctor arrived,
and after hearing Hiram's account Of what
had happened felt Ruth's pulse and then
examined her head.
''Ah, here is where you fell, !" he said; s's
good deal of swelling. and it has cut the
skin. However, little bathing with warm
water is all that is wanted. There, now,
stand up If you can and walk step or two,
and tell me if you feel any pain anywhere
else.",
"Ah, nowhere except in the shoulder.
Move your arm. All, that is all right,
nothing broken. You will find you are
bruised good deal, have no doubt. Well,
you must keep on the sofa all day and not
do any talking. You have had severe
shake, that's evident, and must take care Of
yourself for day or two. You have lost
all your color, and your pulse is unsteady
and your heart beating anyhow. You must
keep her quite quiet, Hiram. If were
you would get her up to bed. OF course
you must not let her talk, and don't want
any talking going on around her, you un-
derstand?'
Hiram did understand. and, before Mrs.
Powlett returned from chapel Ruth, with
the assistance Of the woman who had come
in, was in bed.
81 look upon it as a Judgment" Mrs.
Powlett said upon her return, when she
heard the particulars; 'if she had been with
me at chapel this never would have hap
pened. It's message to her that no good
can come of her sitting under that blind
guide, the parson. hope it will open her
eyes, and that she will be led to join the
fold"
81 don't think it is likely, Hesba,"
Hiram said quietly, "and you will find IL
hard to persuade her that loose stone sup
pose she trod on was dropped special into
the road to trip her up in coming from
church. Anyhow, you can't talk about It
to-day; the doctors orders are that she is to
be kept perfectly quiet; that she is not to
talk herself, and that there's to be no talk
ing in the room. He says she can have
cup Of tea If shecan take it, but doubt at
present whether she can take even that; the
poor child looks as IL she could scarce open
her eyes for anything, and no wonder, for
the doctor says she must have fallen tre-
mendously heavy"
Mrs. Powlett made the tea and took il up
stairs. Any ideas she may have had Of i'm