Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-06-18


used. But there's 10 question here"
Let Us send TO Bassctville for Fow-
Ter. I've heard he's clever operator"
He Is: the idea had already sug-
gested itself 10 me. But it VIII mean
four or five hours-perhaps more And
whom shall we send? I'm too crippled
70 be of any use, and you ought to stay
he g..
My Lo.sa is ready" said l. Now
for messeng,..
why not let me go?' susz sted Doro-
thy Gray. She had been standing behind
uS so quietly that we had forgotten her
presence. Il know the road, she went
on, land l think l can manage the horse
without trouble"
The very person" cried Banks. be-
fore I could utter an objection. Miss
Gray understands the circumstances
better than any OF us. If we send a
boy he'll muddle the story so that
Fowler won't be able to make head or
tail OF 1t"
But" l began.
Now. DR.. Morris, please don't OBJ
ject," she broke in. There is not the
ghost of reason why should not go.
I realize what Dir. Fowler is TO do, the
operation he will have to perform. I'm
not bit efraId of the horse. Besides,
as DR.. Banks says, there must be no
delay; every moment is precious.
Please let me start at once"
Il don't Ike the idea l protested,
- IN, f,.. g.. r.Eh
treaty. 1t had come, by this time, TO
be hard 10 deny her any thing.
After his timely assistance TO me, -
she went on, lit is only fair that
should be allowed to reciprocate. TO do
some little thing TO prove my graft
tude.''
Very well, go, then" said I, shortly;
but in the heart of me there was n
vague feeling of relief that she should
so soon repay her obligations to the
man from whom / certainly had no
good to expect: it was better for them
to be quits as speedily as possible.
"She will round out q useful day by
bringing Fowler here" said DR.. Banks.
as we stood watching her hurry off her
hat and gloves. Did you know that 1t
was she who found him?"
NO" answered. How did 1t hap
pen?"
Her aunt, it seems, must have been
Il good deal worried about the mans
failure to return with his team, and
to ease her mind Miss Gray promised to
keep q lookout for him. At last Mrs.
7 L 4 l..
meantime Miss Gray had caught some
of her aunt's fears, and, as soon as she
was free, off she started on hunt of
her own. She followed the wagon
tracks almost 20 the house of that lone
some patient of yours, Morris. Then
the trail turned TO the southwark, al
most sllirting the edge of the bog. 1t
was u queer route to pick out for haul
ing heavy load, and soon she had cause
to believe that Jones had found the
road rough, for in one place she saw Ia
heap of gravel which undoubtedly had
been dumped out of the wagon in some
way. The ground thereabouts is very
Iowa sort of hollow, in fact-and in
the depression she found herself out of
sight of this house. In the other di-
rection she could get q glimpse of your
patients dwell. but nobody seemed
to be stirring auout the place. Not
many yards beyond che gravel she dis
covered Jones, lying unconscious on
the ground. with the ruts showing
where the wheels of the wagon had
passed over his leg. He came to n bit,
after she reached him, and she was able
to make out that he had slipped under
the wheels, and had been SO badly hurt
that he was unable to move, and was
forced TO lie there and watch his horses
wander away from him, and finally,
striking the path in this direction. turn
into it and trot off homeward
Miss Gray tried to get assistance
from your patients; but. though she
beat with all her might upon the door.
no answer came from the house Then
In despair, she came here. Luckily, l
happened along just then. We got out
a spring wagon and brought Jones in
Miss Gray accompanying us and help
ing like the true woman she is, hardly
faltering once, though you can i'm
agine the job it was to lift him Off the
ground and into the wagon. Well, he's
been in your Office for the last half
hour, and what little can be done for
him has been done. It's fearful injury
he has. l never saw such a mass of
fractured bones and torn flesh. Ampu-
tation is the only hope to save his life"
"What do you consider his chance
Is? 2" asked.
The old doctor shook his head doubt
fully.
Hes young, and ought 10 have
fine constitution" he said, "but it will
be a close thing for him, n very close
thing, I'm afraid"
Dorothy came running up TO us. L
assisted her into the buggy.
Don't use the whip; he'll go well
enough without It," / counseled her.
Remember, he's hard-mouthed, and