The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-30

Is the leg badly broken said.
well, NO; not what you'd call badly
broken
Couldn't you set itT
set itls said the vet, contemptuous,
"; who ever heard Of setting : horses
leg?n
4 have, said, sharply, for his tone
annoyed me.
Then you'd better set IT, he said.
with sneer-
Il will, > said.
sswhatgv
ssDoes your master set much store by
this horse?7 said.
-sssssassa hs esiexs, she kassas::
"why, Miss Lydia viii break her heart
about it. His Lordship wouldn't lose him
for hundred pound
stShall try and set the Lego said.
.sShall you try, sir? VIII your
For answer took of my coat, and the
veterinary surgeon laughed.
need not tell you how we did it.
Suffice it that did set that horses leg
that night. The poor animal seemed to
understand what was going ~on, and
rubbed his muzzle against my hand as
/ ratted and talked to him after he was
hoisted up and slung from the stable
rafters.
As went home at about eleventh was
stopped half way an excited group,
who hurried me No one Of the farms,
where found another patient awaiting
me, lying groaning on mattress.
GLOW did this happen?" l said.
"We were just leaving the ice,n said
one of the party, when Mark slipped
and fell
Mark involuntarily exclaimed.
Eyes, sir, Mark Winsey."
Imeditated for few moments as I re-
called the bailiff's words, and then took
off my coat once more, and with great
box on the farm kitchen table.
CAN leave the ROOM" i said, ''but
three"
l was unwillingly obeyed and then
knelt down and examined the injured
man.
LEG fractured" l said, ''just below
the knee. Hail bad case.
+ There was faint groan from my
patient
- ff5ucky for you, Mr. Mark Winsey," /
said, that I've been In practice to-
night
There was another groan, and the
young man looked ad me wildly.
I've set lord Johns leg, sir, and I've
followed out your advice to the letter. /
did bring my instruments-luck for
YOU"
"What?" he groaned. "Doctorl doc
tori you're not going to take off my Leg"
Surely ought to know best what to
de in a case like yours, sir. There, I
shall not hurt you much. You are too
young and stout-hearted to need chloro-
form. Your friends will hold you. Be
kind enough to pass me that case"
doctor, moment!' he whispered,
hoarsely, as he chung to my hand, which
had laid upon his wrist II won't
finch. I'll be man, but-but-it was
beastly contemplate thing to do, and
and | beg you pardon"
- And II beg yours, my lad. am
to try and brighten you in revenge for
your practical joke. y
81 swear-I,ll H er-- --,n..----
sNo, no, don't swear it," / said
There, lie still; will not hurt you
much. 1t is a simple fracture, ap51 soon
you shall be quite we'll"
"Thank God!v I heard him whisper
to himself, ..for my mothers sake!'
kept my word, and believe he kept
his; and we two became the best Of
friends.
AS for Lord John, to the disgust of
old Morton, the veterinary surgeon, and
the delight of Miss Lydia, the human
Lord Johns daughter, the horses leg
bone knit together, and he lived for fiva
years longer, with only slight limp.
Somehow that frosty day always
seemed to be the turning point in my
career, for the unlooked-for results of
Marks practical joke made me good
friends at the Hall, and within few
months was the possessor of respect
able practice, which with the succeeding
years has steadily increased. = George
Manville Fem, in Youths Companion.