The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-07

1t was critical moment Tor DotE OF
them. He was acutely afraid Of ridl.
cu!e; she, fer some reason she could
not have explained, did not know
whether to laugh or cry.
She laid the flowers on the table by
her bedside, and then turnel to her
husband, the better to express her
thanks.
"BilI," shc said softly. "you vas
allns good chap to mel
Nay, nay, ny lass, you mustn't
say thai. You don't kuoT 'ow no
misses yer out yonder; things aiu't the
same At al without YOU. Make 'Aste
an get we'll an come back to the kills
an me, an let's get ont Of this ere
town"
"Bill! / shan't De"
s.Shan't be what, lass?'
He looked rather anxiously down at
ier.
81 shau't be- The weak voice
paused as if to think Of word, then
she seemed to choke, anl sitter that
painful silence ensued.
Finally she said:
IL shan't be long
Bill gave sigh Of r2jie; and con.
t;nued:
"I'm 'avin' new tires put on tnt
forewheels, an we've got the new Pair
o steers in place O. BiilaboAg an'
Blossom that were too oil for work.
We've got full loadir' ont to tha Din
mantina an back, an when the trips
done there'll perhaps be q matter O
go to put in the stocking tor the
kids. Get well, my lass, an come
back to yer place on the ioa1; the
Bush wind, an the blue sky, an tue
sight O. them wild fowarsII sooa set
yer right. Yer amt fealin' any worse,
ere YER"
ssNo. old man; the doctor says I'll
be out this side O. Sunday
ssThat's the talk! Were camped
down yonler on the creek, an the day
we're out I'll come yp and fetch yer
meself. The tearn'lI be all fresh, the
loadin' u! be aboard, an the very
next mornin' we'll have the yo,es on,
an be where mans got room to
breathei"
"Why, Bill, ] never earl yer talk
so before! It's like what the parson,
who comes here every Monday, calls
poetryi"
There was an ocean Of pathos in the
msn's reply:
eyer see, old girl, must talk r bit
different, for yer amt never been i'll
like this afore!'
Another long silence fell upon the
pair. Then be rose to say Soolby,
and his wife's face grew, ii possible,
paler than before.
eBill!" she began falterin;ly, "iTe
been a-tryin' all tae time Ecr've been
here to tell yer somsthin'. ba5 ! dun
no how to begin. Its this way"
"Out vi it, my lass. What's wrong?
Amt they been a-treatin' yer we'll in
'orserital?"
s:It's not that, Bill" she answered,
"But there-I can't tell you. Flesh
and blood couldn't, let alone yer wife.
You must just ask the doctor, when
7er get outside, if 'e's got anythin' to
2ey aein' me waikin' with the team,
will yer?'
*If yer says so, in course. But.
Daphne, there amt nothin' sgln II,
is there?"
"You Ak him; ell tell yer, Bill.
But 'eres the matron comm; / guess
yer'd better be goin'. Tell them kid
dies their mother amt forgot 'em!'
Raising herself with an effort, she
pulled the big mans tangled hee.l
down to her, and kissed him on the
forehead with gentleness that would
have been srotesque, if the sentiment
that prompted it had not been so
grewsomely pathetic. Then, us the
matron approached the bed, he went
down the corridor to find the house
surgeon.
The latter, I may tell you, was
rough man, embittered by hard work
and insufficient returns tho position
Of house surgeon in a Bush hospital
being but little sought after by the
shining lights of the profession.
When Daphne's husband entered be
was engaged writing to The Board, de-
manding for the sixth time, an in
crease in his meagre SALARY.
He looked up, and, seeing the man
before him, said roughly:
"WelI, what do vou waut?'
The carrier shuf1el from one foot
to the other with evident uneasiness.
BEG yer pardin, SIT, an sorry for
interruptin' but tie missus azed me
to Ak YOU if it were likely yer'd have
eu7 objection to 'er walkin' alongside
the team when sne comes out?"
"Whose 1nissus?-Oh! under
stand; the woman in the ward there.
Walk beside the team? Good heaV-
eus, man! What are you talking
about? Are you mad? How On earth
can she walk beside the team?"
81 mean, in course, sir. when she's
we'll enough to come out.
"Well enough to come out? Why,
man alive she's as we'll now as ever
she will be. It was compound frac-
!,,re Of both femur, and O double
smputation. She hasn't leg to stand
on, much less to walk with! No!
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