Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-10-13

otueEo thiphcitiys uuu uh koiut W
make you obey me. Do you hear that,
Mr.. Ned? Here, now, II Is time for you to
take your medicine. There! he careful!
Don't spill II all over your chin. You
careless fellow! You IRE the most awlr-
ward patient ever had"
Thus she went on in mock reproof
The happy tones Of her voice and the
arch, loving smile which accompanied
her words did him more good than
could any medicine in the post dis
pensary.
'But, Alice, must talk. cannot lie
here and"
"No, you must not talk, you rebellious
darling" Then CHANGING around to see
that no one was near she implanted q
kiss on his pale lips and continued:
"Therc now, see II that will seal your
lips. You must just lie there and let
me do oil the talking. Papa says am
little nuisance of chatterbox any
how, SO guess can talk enough for
both OF u.s."
"Thcn tell me all that has happened
since I lost consciousness behind the
rocks, and will lie as quiet as mouse
and listen" he said, taking her hand In
his and pressing 1t warmly.
"All right, and don't You forget your
promise or may punish you again by
sealing your lips. You see, the people
ut the fort heard the firing when the
Indians came upon us, and just after
You tainted away troop of cavalry
came dashing up with papa at its head.
lie sprang from his horse with great
big tears in his eyes, the very first !
ever saw there in all my life. and !
thought he would hug me to death.
lie asked me II the Indians had harmed
me and told him they had not. but !
feared You were killed. lie stopped
down over you and looked at your pale
face and the blood all over your breast,
and then. o, Ned. he raved like mad
man. never saw him in such pas
sion before! lie stamped the ground
and struck the rocks with his sword
and sworc, oh. just awfully! He called
you by name, and (now. You mustn't
mind. Ned. for It was only papa's
buster and he didn't mean IT. he called
you villain and told you get up and
not lie there making fool Of yourself,
ard said II you attempted TO die he
would have you drummcd out Of the
service. lie called you n brave. noble
rascal. and said he'd rather lose every
man in the garrison than you. Then
he turned ON Capt, Colby and asked
him what in the-bad man. you know
he was standing there for like gaping
IDIOT while the Indians were escap-
ing. and ordered him to follow and
kill every one of them. The troop
dashed ahead and overlook the Indians
In the sand hills across the river and
had an awful tight with them. for
more Indians had come after the bal nd
that chased US Papa sent his orderly
flying back to the fort after the sur
geon and I'm ambulance. and then he
fused around and Rugged mt and
called you good and bad names until
the surgeon came. Then you were
lifted in the ambulance. papa scolding
the soldiers and telling them he would
snnihilate them If they hurt you. On
the way in you recovered consciousness
but were dclirious- Iou kept begging
me to lily To the fort and save myself
and leave you to your fate. ana papa
asked II you had talked that way when
you was lighting The Indians. and when
| told him those were your very words
his lips trcnhled, and he turned his
back and began 10 abuse the poor
driver for running over stones And
that's the whole story. dear. from a
To lizard"
"t;od bless him, his heart Is in the
right place, If his tongue does ily the
track occasionally Oh. ny darling!
l."
Her plump little hand was gently
pressed over his mouth, and with a
warning shake Of the head she said:
There. there, there. Did ! not for
bid you talking? You will find me a
hard master. old fellow, for will en-
force obedience to my orders. Lis.cn!
hear papa's voice in the surgeons Of
lice"
Game to his senses. ch? Concluded
he'd made IN internal fool OF himself
long enough That's right. That's
right. That's scniblc, and now you
want to get him onto his feet again and
do IL quick. or, ,lamme. I'll shut up
your drug shop ard drum you out of
the garrison. low would you like
that, you old pill mixer? Eth, Doc?"
,sIl tn ftrn L
marched to, colonel II the band wop.d
play: ''Scc the corn-curing hero
comes or some other air Mandatory Of
my profession. | don't think ! would
mind 1t much brown has certainly
safely passed the crisis. and II nothing
unforeseen occurs will rapidly recover.
But it was close call, colonel. That
shot would prove fatal in ninety-nine
cases out Of n hundred. ! can't see
where his heart could have been for that
ball TO miss it,"
"In his mouth, no doubt, or Well,
no matter. think II was not In his
possession ut the time. But, pshaw! You
can't kill an Internal rascal like him,
Doc, a-a-a-a lion that masqueradcs
In the skin of dun jnclsass. I'll make
him shed that donkey skin when he
gets on his feet again. Yes, damme,
I'll make him wear his own colors. I'll
go in and take look ut him."
The old man entered the ward and
walked up to the wounded mans cot.
There was look Of uRmistakablc ten
derneSS In his face rs he pnZed on the
pale features of the wounded man, and
then on his daughter
slow is your patient. Sunshinc?" he
asked in the mildcst tone Of voice she
had ever heard him use outside Of his
own home.
20. he is doing real nicely. papa, and
We now feel sure he will recover from
hiscrucl wound. Tn, surgeon gave me
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