Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-23
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My attendant gave me soothing 10
ton, and 1 soon sank into refreshing
| slumber, which lasted until the follow
, ing morning.
By that time / was astonished at my
, own condition. The physician made an
other examination and pronounced me
free from serious injury.
II was afraid Of fracture Of your
left leg, but I find it all right You
have been pretty well bruised and will
! be stiff and sore for several days, but
!. there Is nothing beyond that. By the
way, are you the possessor Of remark
, able degree Of strength"
flushed, but answered.:
, Eyes; I am said to be unusually
} strong. Why do you ask?"
"Your muscles are not abnormally
; large, but there is something very Pc
, culiar about them. They are literally as
hard as iron. I never saw anything like
it,"
II have devoted no more Of my life to
} exercise than do many young men, but
!; nature gave me great muscular power
!; from the first.
~ heard, Mr.. Westcott, that at your
club last week you nearly killed pro-
fessional pugilist, knocking him off the
stage and half way across the room"
eyes, that was cleverly done, though
it is I who say it, but there's good
deal Of humbug about these professional
pugilists. They acquire certain degree
of skill, and their reputation is their
capital They indulge in excesses and
dissipation and 60 back as fast as they
went forward This fellow thought he
had an easy thing in me and was care
less. He gave all opening, and I took
advantage of it. That's all there was to
it."
Nevertheless it was a marvellous
performance. I should hate to run
against your fist, Mr. Westcott.
"There is no danger Of that" I re-
marked, with laugh, turning in bed
with so little Inconvenience that i'm
mediately sat upright. "But did you at
tend the ladies who were in the car
riage?"
"No, I am not their physician, but I
understand they were not injured,
though the elder would have leaped to
certain death had you not thrust her
back when she was in the act of doing
80. The ladies"-
The medical man paused, and I un-
derstood why. He did not know their
names and halted for me to prompt him.
But was silent, for I was as ignorant
as he.
"There was unexpected good fortune
all round, excepting in the case of the
driver, who seems to have been pretty
. we'll battered up"
"When can / 90 home, doctor?'
"At once if you wish, but why not
remain here for few days9 You could
not be in better hands"
II will think it over. 1"
A few minutes later he bade me good
day.
lay for some minutes in thought
Who were the ladies in the carriage!
Evidently they were old acquaintances
of Harold, for the younger addressed me
by his name The circumstances were
not favorable, and l did not get good
view of her face, though l saw enough
to show that she had an unusually at
tractive personality.
"It is odd that Harold told me moth
ing about her, but he gave little infor-
nation of his female friends. The most
particulars which received were con-
cerning Mrs. Murphy"
1t was all important that should
know something about the two whom I
had attempted to rescue, with the result
that the job was completed by the po-
liceman.
"It will be easy enough" reflected
as I began adjusting my garments,
which the attendant, with some gentle
protestations, placed within reach
!, A few minutes later I went out from
the hospital would not use car
riage, for that would have been a con-
fession of weakness, and for the same
reason refused 10 accept the cane that
was offered to me. 1t took some resolu-
ton and compression of the lips for me
. to walk with my usual gait and with
out the appearance Of suffering, but l
succeeded, and it was q good thing for
me, for the exercise did wonders in linn
bering the muscles, so that when l
reached my apartments scarce trace OF
my hurts remained.
Itwas to be expected that before Har-
old left the country he arranged mat
ters so as to prevent any letters falling
into my hands whose secrets he wished
to keep. l know that he sent out many
missives which presumably were for
!, that purpose, for it was understood that
whatever missives reached his rooms
were to be opened by me, and I was to
do with them as saw fit.
When l passed into the attractive
apartments, found two letters which
had come during my brief absence. The
writing, of course, was unfamiliar, but a
glance showed that one was from wo-
man and the other from a man.
THAT" I mused, holding off the
, delicate white envelope, with its pretty
superscription, "is from the young lady
whom I tried to help yesterday. Some
, thing tells me that it is the opening Of
all era in my life l will leave it to the
last, and meanwhile find out what this
fellow Is driving at. "
1t was an ordinary envelope, the d.
rection in an ordinary business hand,
and sat down, with my elbow leaning
on the table and my side toward the
light, crossed my legs somewhat gin