Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-07-30

wagon and its steeds. The convey
anee was loaded to perhaps a quarter of
its capacity. One of the movable side
boards was gone, but that was the Iir,.it
Of damage
Its all plain enough" said I. .sIbe
horses became homesick and trotted
of. very possibly while Jones. not sat
isiied with the gravel he had found.
was prospecting for better. He'll be
here in time for supper. with a splendid
appetite from his tramp
Il guess that's about it." said Mrs.
Weston, with a sigh of relief. eBut it's
queer, must say. Might as well count
it day wasted"
(which is a SHIN New England. =
/ whispered to Miss Gray. Come,
now, cant you change your mind ?"
She smiled and shook her head.
Climbing into the buggy, drove off,
wishing her aunt's teas and social OBJ
servances in Tophet,an trying to resign
myself to a duh afternoon. The bay
appeared to be unusually slothful, but
let him choose his own pace, and away
we dawdled toward our destination.
!. The sufferer proved to be convalescing
satisfactorily, but the doctors visit
was an event of Importance, and half
an hour passed before could get away
from the sick room. Then came a slow
progress back to the Weston residence.
As | drove up to it, Miss Gray emerged
from my office, caught sight of me, and
called to some one within. A moment
later DIR. Banks followed her, and hur-
ried out to the road.
For Gods sake, Morris, come in as
quick as you cam" he cried. There's
been terrible piece of business"
Treasured as to Dorothy Gray's safety
by the sight of her, and therefore ready
to deal courageously with the misfor-
tune of anybody else, 1 sprang to the
ground and followed Banks into the Of
flee. There on a lounge lay Jones,
his face ashen pale, his eyes closed, and
great beads of sweat on his forehead;
his breathing was heavy and sterto-
rous, and broken by low means. His
right boot and the leg of his trousers
had been cut away, revealing the limb
crushed from the knee down into a
terrible wreck of bone and muscle,
with a jagged fragment of the tibia pro-
truding from the skin.
Banks eyes caught mine for an in
slant; both of us read the meaning of
the look we exchanged. "
NO alternative" said he.
"The sooner the better" / added
The senior glanced at his disabled
arm.
This puts me out of it," said he,
except as may manage to administer
the anaesthetic. Have you ever con-
Quoted such an operation?"
Never. | saw plenty of the sort in
my student days, but since then-well,
I've never pretended to be surgeon,
you understand"
Nor, to tell the truth, have I. In
fact, I've always hated to see the knife
used. But there's no question here"
'Let us send to BASKERVILLE for Fow-
Ter. I've heard he's clever operator"
HE is: the idea had already sug-
gested itself to me. But it will mean
four or five hours-perhaps more. And
whom shall we send? I'm too crippled
TO be of any use, and you ought to stay
here"
MY horse is ready" said 1. snow |
for messenger
why not let me go?'ssuggested Doro-
thy Gray. She had been standing behind |
Us so quietly that we had forgotten her
presence. II know the road" she went |
on. "and think j can manage the horse |
troubIe.r
"The very person." cried Banks, be-
fore / 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 it,
But" | began.
Now, DR.. Morris, please don't OBJ
ject," she broke in. There is not the /
ghost of reason why should not go.
realize what DIR. Fowler is to do, the
operation he will have TO perform. I'm
not bit afraid of the horse. Besides, |
as DIR. Banks says. there must be no
delay; every moment is precious.
Please let me start at once
Il don't like the idea protested.
but rather feebly in the face of her en-
treaty. 1t had come, by this time, to
be hard to deny her anything.
After his timely assistance to me-"
she Went on, 1T is only fair that I
should be allowed TO reciprocate, to do /
some little thing to prove my graft
tude''
Very well go, then" said 1, shortly; |
but in the heart of me there was q
vague feeling of relief that she should |
so soon repay her obligations to the +
man from whom 1 certainly had no
good TO expect: it was better for them /
TO be quits as speedily as possible.
''She viii round out useful day by |
bringing Fowler here said Dr. Banks. |
as we stood watching her hurry off her
hat and gloves. Did you know that it |
WAS she who found him?"
No" answered. How did it hap
pen?"
Her aunt. il seems must have been