Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL. SATURDAY DECEMBER 49, 1897

injured legAand . woman, with AN opel
case Of polished instruments g 'leamin
in the yellow light, was deftly tslittinl
up his trousersswith crookede pair O
scissors.
cts all right, DOCTOR" lsaid she
soothingly. :" am SO sorry) about it
You can have >Dr. Horton tomorrow
but am sure youNwill allow me to hell
you tonight. I h.hardly believe m,
eyes when saw youaby the. roadside. :
''The groom has gone for help.f'
groaned the suffererA
when it comes, I'VE lean move 70,
into the gig. A little more light, John
So! All, dear, dear, wesnall have lac era
ton unless we reduce THIS before W,
move you. Allow me to give you Whit
of chloroform, and have<no doubt tina
can secure it sufficiently to-
DR.. Ripley never heard. the end o.
that sentence. He tried to- raise hant
and to murmur something in protest,
but sweet smell was I'M his nostrils
and sense of rich peace,and lethargy
stole over his tangled nerves. Down hi
sank, through clear, COOL water, eve,
down and down into the green shadows
beneath. gently, without effort. while
the pleasant Ginning of u great belfry
rose and fell in his ears. Then he rose
again, up and up, and ever up, with a
terrible tightness about his,temples, un-
til at last he shot out Of those green
shadows and was out in the light once
more. Two bright shining golden: spots
cleaned before his dazed eyes. He
blinked and blinked before he could give
name to them. They were only the
two brass balls at the end posts of his
bed, and he was lying in his own little
room, with head like a cannon ball
and leg like an iron bar. Turning his
eyes, he saw the calm face of DR.. Yer
rinder Smith looking down at him.
"Ah. at 1aStP' said she st kant Won
under I'll the way home, for I knew
how painful the jolting would be. 1t is
in good position now, with stromg side
splint. have ordered a morphia draft
for you. Shall I tell your groom to ride
for DR.. Horton n,the morning."
II should prefer that you should con-
tinue the case" said DR.. Ripley .feebiy,
and then, with half bysterical laugh,
"You have all the rest of the parish as
patients. you know, SO you may as we'll
make the thing complete by having me
also" Itwas not very gracious speech,
but it was look of pity, and not of
anger, which shone in her eyes as she
turned away from his bedside.
DR.. Ripley had brother William,
who was assistant surgeon at London
hospital, and who was down in Hamp-
shire within few hours of his hearing
Of the accident. He raised his brows
when he heard the details.
What! You are pestered with one
Of those"' he cried.
II don't know. what.I should have,
done without her. p"
i've no doubt she's an excellent
nurse"
-."She knows her work as we'll a. J on
or II x
"Speak for yourself, James, said(the
London man, with sniff. But apart
from that, you know that the pgjkciple
of the thing is all wrong.
"You think there is nothinFta1 said
Oh the sther side:"
Good heavens. do your"
"Wel, don't know. It struck me
during che night that'we may havebeen
q little narrow in our views"
Nonsense, James! It's all very fine
for women to win prizes in the lecture
room, but you know as well as do that
they are no use i'll an emergency. Now
l warrant that this woman was all
nerves when she was setting your leg.
That reminds me that had better just
take a look at it and see thatfi is all
right.
II would rather that you did not un-
do it, )" said the patient. 81 have her as
surance that it is all right"
Brother William was deeply shocked.
"Of course, if woman's assurance
is of more value than the opinion OF the
assistant surgeon of London hospital,
there is nothing more to be said" he
remarked.
suouiu pIeleI tIdU yOu'ulu HUI
touch it., said the patient firmly, and
DR.. William went back to London that
evening in huff. The lady, who had
heard of his coming, was much surprised
Oh learning of his departure.
"We had difference upon point of
professional etiquette, said DR.. James,
and it was all the explanation he would
vouchsafe.
For two months DR.. Ripley was
brought in contact with his rival every
day, and he learned many things which
he had not known before. She was a
charming companion as we'll as most
assiduous doctor. Her short presence
during the long weary day was like
flower in sand waste. What interested
him was precisely what interested her,
and she could meet him at every point
upon equal terms, and yet under all her
learning and her tirmness ran sweet,
womanly nature, peeping out in her
talk. shining in her greenish eyes,
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