The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-01-04

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i Mtrou wAs lying on rsush couch ,
e quilts thrown over tev blankets 40
@ h1eA tuppor ei hy cot ot boards. Th'
room wss hiiiously bot, the root bein
TO Tho, aud the inrasoe breath from th
% desert ssbdered through the bali tbs'ot @
< vale Of acaless.
. The surgeon vslked to The door Al,
D loakrd wesrily soross The browI vstte
Morrisy sbeuld be here 10 night, be nut
J I rcd
+ He sss tbiaking of ice. herous puIs,
wss so octave too hIgh, The fever VA
} rising. Already be VAS tossiug o1 th,
uuohsrted tides OF DE- lirum, that myster
ious ses where the landmarks ot lie sp
pear for moment, aud ther sink and are
forgotten. lie DO longer hesrl the tnklt
OF the cattle bell 10 the pioes up the CAP
you the storm day had passed 90 the dry
divide whore bis partner bad been caught
10 coudburst and swept away II was
back u the pleasant East nov. unscquaiDt.
cd With the desert, sud the time was eatly
snmmer He spoke OF woman ia bis
rawlings tos; but OF her osnnut say. The
! story belongs to Tom and the surgeon,
and they ever told il
! But this do know that after the do.
lirum the surgeon went often 10 Rancho
Bonita, and that Tom drank heavily Of
ranch coffee and watched day aud night
at the bedside Of M,ron, sleeping only
during the surgeon yislts.
Days passed on n-.uperhested, change,
less days. whore yonr chronology ools
lspsed and faculties tainted.
But they won the fever battle 10 the
face OF the desert The doctor said it was
nursipP, while Tom thought it was the
occult knowledge OF doctor who could |
wear a captains uniform.
Ore evening. when Meron WAS conl
vslesoent. be rode over With Tom TO the
gsrrieoa. They mt the surgeon at the
traders
Doctor, said Meron, Tom tells me you
are ordered East
Yes, start for b ston to mo row. and
| Wish | could take you with me, Meron
it won d do you good.
| Deyer go East, said Meron, simply,
looking at the surgeon with that far. stes.
1y gaze which sees nothing
The surgeon caught the glance, and adj
led: You will have Tom With sou now.
suppose?
| want him to stay, but be is going on
be fall round up st Psntsno. and then
Meron continued. swkwarily, as il un
certain how to say The beef cattle were 9
not sold when was taken i'll. but I've
ranged with vii Jams for the Indian
to take them on the range I
want to square up with you and Tom,
ince you are both going away. I
Oh. forgot to tell you that there was
10 bill, I'm /, lad enough 10 Lave the l
The expression on Meson's face ;
old him be had made q mistake, and be
dded, quickly; There was the ice and 9
few medicines from the government.
'ou may pay me for tbote, il convenient, n
aiming trifIng sum, which Meron hsnI h
ed hin.
Most Of your bill is due Tom, anyway,
le surgeon said, as he pocketed the
ouey. His nursing pulled you through. D
Tom would take nothing. which was
rong, for he needed money badly, and v
= bis refusal he hurt Merop's feelings.
think Toms section was half that OBJ
mae peryerslty that irrational self. n
crl6ce found irequenily among ssysges
ID children. Aud it might have been
-inciF lie his not accepting money for
ping for even q es'er peou, III
H. ended by borrowing five dollars
ON Meron bought bottle Of bad whisI
from the trader and. after treating all n
und, started for Psntsno. TheI Meron
'de the surg on good bye and rode home al
one. ... Fl