The advocate., 1894-01-17

fearful cost of agony to the unfortu-
nate victim, the limb acted as sort OF
brake which prevented the wheel from
revolving and made it merely drag.
The old mans arms were thrown out as
if clutching for support, but in reality
he had already been rendered uncon-
scious. Almost directly in front OF the
Darlington residence, the horses, with
the buggypole and the traces, became
disengaged from the vehicle, leav-
ing it standing there, while the fright
ened animals kept up their mad career
till they reached the door of the livery
stable where they belonged. Imme-
diately a crowd gathered about the
PROSTATE form of the old man, who
seemed to be dead His head and n is
hands were bloody, and his face had
been terribly lacerated and bruised.
Kate hastily called DR.. Darlington, who
ran out. The crowd made way for him,
and he was speedily at the side OF the
old man, who had been laid on his back
by kind hands.
"Is he dead?' asked one in a low tone
when the Doctor had concluded a hasty
examination.
"Not yet. He mag live" was the
rather hopeless but professionally eau
tiOus answer.
Another doctor arrived in breathless
haste, but as the patient was then being
borne into the Darlington residence,
the later professional Good Samaritan
only glOwered, and with great dignity,
passed on without st0pping-as If he
had been going that way by mere acci-
dent. Strong arms, not hired for the
purpose, but nerved by that instinct
one sees active on occasions when sud-
den calamity silences the logic Of poll
tical economy and the impulse Of hu-
man brotherhood has play, bore the old
man to a room kept for occasional pa
tients. A more thorough examination
showed that the only serious external
injuries were bad fractures OF the limb
which had been caught in the wheel.
Vigorous work revived the patient
after awhile, the broken limb was set,
and properly cared for, and the In
jured mans torture was relieved by a
hypnotic. In the absence OF anybody
else, "Slick" Blackburn was installed
as temporary nurse, and Kate was in
structed to "take turns" though OF
course, she was neither to be relieved
of her usual work nor to receive in
creased compensation. But Kate's
sympathies were aroused, and she
thought nothing Of this. In the pres
ence of human suffering it did not
occur to her to exact all the traffic would
bear, but she just went right on caring
for the gray haired stranger because
her heart told her to, and in utter dis
regard of the beneficent law of supply
and demand as applied to the COM
modify labor. 1t was quite otherwise
with "Slick." Not half an hour had
passed until he had "made bargain"
with the Doctor for extra pay, which
pay he meant to increase as soon as the
patient could talk. For "Slick"
had already learned what was to be
known about the stranger-that he had
been stopping for some days at the
Commercial hotel, and seemed to be a
man of means. The landlord had so
stated to the anxious liveryman, who,
in turn, had informed "Slick." The
latter had communicated the intelli-
gence to the Doctor, who had informed
his wife, and thencef0rth the patient
received every attention the Darlington
household could beStOw.
With his head and face bandaged
and plastered, little notion could be
formed of the injured mans features,
and as, by the generous arrangements
of "Slick," Kates turn" came at
night, and, as the light had to be kept
turned low, she had no conception at
all of her charges physical appearance.
But frequently during the nights of
late he had talked with her, and his
voice was pleasant and gentle, his man.
ner quiet and fatherly. AS she became
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