The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-27

fore this lady comes, and so prevent The
fearful shock Of seeing you a. yon lie mp
here"
mo- my rood friend. no. I had rather
Meanwhile on the frnsty might we could
OF bors4. and the sound of wheels like the
i nsrt n. snsrs and q n !. IRE ": 4E:s p s5R-a" .n.
however before arriving at thc scene Of
accident and came quietly and cautiously
confcss in all this sad scene I was c,s-
riously anxios,s 20 catch = glimpse of the
the rather masculine specimen of womal-
kind l had imagined, with iaervcs of steel
and arms of strength. there ran orwar u
or nineteen years. dressed without com
fusion or apparent haste i'm a waterproof
She had procured from ~ neiRhborinR
upholstersra light covered spring van, on
tile floor Of which she had placed a
Her force OF asssstants WINS four"two
elderly women and two men, With u plen-
silal supply OF LANTERNS. She ran for
to find him by instinct.
"Oh, Nellie, DEAR" he said, 81 knew
yc,id come quickly"
brink thisR glass OF water. dear"
"Ils. very thing, Nellie! Oh, ] have
snow, dear old Ned, we are going to
move you. But I see Mr.. Eilis0n's car
"Not Mr.. Ellison, my dear, hat DIR. Per-
cival, who 10y u most fortunate accident
was attending my patient and had come
"And the doctor will help us, will he
not"
HE will certainly: IL YOU will allow
ance." said j.
"S;r. I thank you.' replied Nellie. ave
XIhS.rS. r NSssn 1llIrf fls.AR f1Anf u.x puNnv
not hurt you more
"All over, Nellie, all over. I know you
And well she marshaled her forces.
There were altogether seven of us. Ono
stood at the horses heads to prevent a
movement. one lighted the way, and the
rest of Us gently lifted Poor Ned ON to the
mattress. He bore the operation without
"a Rroan, although IL must. indeed, have
been u further dose of agony. / imploretl
him to allow me To gO home with him and
see to his injuries, but he would not hear
"Come tn me aa sonn as You have fin
ishtd with the dear girl whOse life il prec-
iOsis to so many. do not neglect her For u
single moment. i place her i'm your
OH, sir, this very moncnt. Nellie is u
nurse and doctor all la one. and l shall Ike
safe with her till you come"
The wise Nellie said: "Oh, doctor! il
does seem selfish, hut come as SOON as
you can do come! for I feel myself thor
oiiglily helpless i'm such q sad case"
What could I do? I was divided he
tween the two, and I felt that Effie Ellison
had the prior right to my poor services.
Nevertheless, as we went rapidly back to
the Cctlars my heart and thoughts ws.r.
with Nellie and her brother.
On reaching the Ellisons l found the
son had returned 10y u hired conveyance
He had found wilioughby's man pacing
up and down i'm great DISTRESS at having
lost me, and had ''gus.ssed the nature. of
the joke" as he said. and had sent Reeve
home. AT which ] was heartily glad.
found poor Ellie in u very bad state.
The. limb was much swollen and discol-
oreG, and the necessary operation was
tiresonIs, and most painful. would fain
have waited for further assistance, but
the urgent nature of the case admitted of
mo delay.
In u very short space of time the skill of
the most eminent surgeon i'm the country
was secured. and together with the family
we watched through hours of great anx-
icty. In the advanced morning, however.
we resolved to snatch "a flying visit to
Romsry. We found him fearfully i'm
jured fractured arm, n fractured rib
and internal injuries.
I was glad of the very able assistance
that was now at hand. His case. appeared
Desperate, and when we had done all, we
could only shake our heads i'm ominous
silence.
We returned tn the etla Our pa
ticnts life here hung upon "a very thread;
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