Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-04-26
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locked r~eproachfully at him.
'SThzt is all right" he said reassur-
inRiy. Now tell me how you are hurt"
81 slipped and wrenched my foot, and
whm I tried to walk l tainted. fancy
Abone IL broken"
(which footy'
'"rhe left" With the word came an
involuntary movement and q sharp cry
Is the spasm of pain followed.
Don't move It." he said hastily. and
in q matter of fact way he raised her
skirt and looked. Feeling, not seeing.
her surprise, for his Eyes did not wander
TO her face, he said simply, II am a
physician"
Then, though he was too busy to know
1t, sex asserted itself, and IL he had look
ed at her face instead of her foot he
would have 9 a pretty picture, most
interesting TO a philosopher, though per
haps not to one Of his school. he being
profoundly m~aterialiStic.
Margaret Latimer was incapable Of
the petty trivialities of protest that a
weak woman would have made. 1t did
not occur 70 her Z make an outcry and
affect squeamishr ess. but her eyes flash
ed Sre. Fannin-. had he seen her face,
must have hui 0led himself in abject
apnloyv. brusqr and harsh as he vas,
uEt fatSgn8tel, ne was entirely ignorant
ot u.rildi-as ION, and took the swollen
a. ID L. hand without the slightest
:rtlor.
T., ...tr it Was as if the ground had
e. - 4 End,r her. To be touched and
g.aed at IL this fashion was simply in
COMPREHENSIVE. Her face, that was
marble a before, became sud
denly like a damask rose. Her eye told
her that Tanning was a gentleman, and
his touch proved that he was truthful in
claiming to be a physician, but
The ready penknife was cutting away
the substantial boot. When that was
off it passed steadily and swiftly around
above the ankle, and with one downward
sweep destroyed the stocking. Then
came again the most excruciating pains
as his skllful fingers pressed gently here
and there.
Physicians say there is an order Of high
intelligence which belongs 70 a portion
of the human race and which makes
most difficult patients. Even sickness
and pain fail to subdue it, and one gifted
with it is as recalcitrant under treat
ment as a lawyers client who has a
smattering Of legal knowledge. He will
oppose theories, question methods and
even refuse indictments that do not ap-
prove themselves to his mind. and double
the doctors task by forcing him 10 over
come mental obstinacy together with
physical ailment. The surgeon meets
with less Of this passive resistance than
the physician. since his work is not COM
monty complicated with mental process
e, but there are cases in which he must
first reduce his patient t. submission be-
fore he can proceed with treatment. such
a case, TO his great surprise, Dr. Tanning
found this 10 De.
Amazemeut kept this young woman
silent for "a few moments. The uuprece-
deuted situatiOn-at least 1t seemed 50
70 her-bewildered her, and strong As
she was it was a little time before she
could decide whether TO submit t. this
benevolent stranger or not. At length
she decided.
"Stop a moment, doctor" she said
quietly.
Fanning looked up. He turned his
face merely. The hand which still held
her ankle was as rigidly immovable as
if it were craven out of steel. Il know
that the pain is intense, he said kindly,
''but it is inevitable that you must suf-
fer it. There is a bone broken, and it
must be set"
at is not the pain that l am thinking
of" said Miss Latimer; "that Is bad
enough. but the situation is worse. i
am more than thankful for your kind
ness, but we viii suspend operations for
the present. Ny house is only half a
mile away, and / prefer to wait until
can be taken home before l am treated. Fl"
Fanning looked at her closely and
thought he understood her. The flush
had not left her face, and 1t lent unusual
beauty 70 a countenance that showed the
highest breeding as well as marked in
tSligence. As if she had spoken all her
thoughts, he knew that even in her pain
full plight she was mindful of the pro
prieties, and that the ministrations which
she would have accepted as a LIatter OF
course If her mother had been present
were simply insupportable under thecir.
cumstances. To her it seemed that virgin
pride was asserting itself. To him II
seemed that she was the slave Of a fool.
in conventionality. Heidi not hesitats
an instant.
"Boshr' he exclaimed roughly. 81
shall not allow you to be moved unit
the bone Is properly set and your ankl'
Il banAAged" And without more ads
he Turned his attention 70 his business,
WHOA. A. ~hecOoodved II was TO see thai
no further injury ASaA come 70 hs
foot
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net look It her face aezan for . TINA
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