The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1897-06-23
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"After his timely assistance TO me-"
she went on, lit is only fair that I
should be allowed to reciprocate, 20 do
some little thing to prove my graft
tude."
"yery well, go, then" said !, shortly;
but in the heart of me there was =
vague feeling of relief that she should
30 soon repay her obligations to the
man from whom I certainly had no
good to expect: it was better for them
TO he quits as speedily as possible.
''She will round out a useful day by
bringing Fowler here" said DR.. Banks.
rs 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, 1t seems, must have been
q good deal worried about the man's
failure to return with his team, and
10 case her mind Miss Gray promised tc
keep q lookout for him. At last Mrs.
Loring had to start for the village, bu,
meantime Miss Gray had caught some
Of her aunt's fears, and, rs soon as she
was free, OF she started on q hunt of
her own. She followed the wagon
tracks almost to the house of that lone
some patient of yours, Morris. Then
the trail turned to the southwark, al
most skirting the edge of the bog. 1t
was d 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
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 dwelling, but nobody seemed
to be stirring about the place. Not
many yards beyond the 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 bit,
after she reached him, and she was able
to make out that he had slipped under
the wheels, and had been 30 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 on homeward.
''Niss 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.
happened along just then. We got out
q 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 of 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 a fearful injury
~ has. / never saw such u mass of
fractured bones and torn flesh. Ampu-
tation is the only hope to save his life"
what do you consider his chance
is r. asked.
The old doctor shook his head doubt
fully.
Hes young, and ought to have a
fine constitution" he said, "but IL will
be . close thing for him, q very close
thing, I'm afraid"
Dorothy came running up to US.
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