El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24

liccman's arm. His horse was quIeJIy
watching the proceedings with mild,
! steady eyes. He had seen so many
similar accidents that it was really
quite 4 bore TO him.
John drew Midnight up and tried to
get a look at the person they seemed
to be bending over. As he pushed his
way into the crowd he caught a
glimpse of the face and uttered an eX-
clamation of surprise and horror when
he saw it was Miss Il
do you know this young lady?'
asked the policeman.
Yes said John. she is Miss Grace
Bennett and lives at -. Is she hurt!'
Tina we cant tell for sure till the
ambulance and the come. But
we don't think so. They always faint.
She is a long time coming to, though"
The rubber tired ambulance came
silently W, and the rye was be-
side the girl before the vehicle stop
ped. He made a superficial eNamina-
ton with professional deXterity and
said: This is not the ordinary faint
from terror. She must be taken to her
home at once or the hospital
Tenderly she was lifted in, and John
gave the address. He rode on before
to let her aunt know of the mishap.
Running up the steps, he asked for
Mrs. Peters. the girls aunt.
Miss Bennett was thrown from her
horse, and they are bringing her here
in an ambulance. 1t is nothing serious,
l am sure"
Miss Bennett, Miss Bennett" said
the lady. Il don't-or, yes, of course.
And are you Mr.. Asley?" In the eX-
element it didn't seem strange to him
tina she knew who he was at once
They carried the girl to her room,
and inside of half an hour two sur
geOnS and Il trained nurse were by her
side. The surgeons shook their heads
and looked very grave. All attempts
to arouse her had failed. She lay in
a stupor, and her soft breathing was
the only sign of life.
When the surgeons said an operation
was necessary. Johns hopes fell. Soon
another surgeon and another nurse and
some suggestive looking boxes and
cases arrived. Then John tramped the
long dra wing room waiting for the doc
tors to come down and tell him if she
lived or not. The Sickly sweet smell
of ether came floating down stairs a.
the door of the chamber was opened,
and he heard 4 singsong voice that he
knew uttering meaningless words
Then the door shut. and as one of the
nurses came down he waylaid her. Be
fore he had Il chance to ask she told
him the young lady was coming out of
the ether nicely, and the doctors had
found Il tiny piece of bone pressing on
the brain. But they felt sure she would
be all right with care.
All that long afternoon he S{aid at
the house and hoped he might be Of
some service. Finally he fell asleep,
worn out with all the anxiety and mis-
cry. He was awakened by a touch on
his shoulder and found his father
standing over him Here was more
mystery.
"How's Grace?" he asked.
"Alice is better and will be all right
soon. The girl up stairs is Alice Coop
er. She was Miss Bennett in Europe
to protect herself against n lot of for
tune hunters. l knew her when she
came to the dinner party and have seen
her frequently since her father moved
from our town. But l thought |
would let you find out for yourself. L
haven't any further objections, and
after the wedding we will talk bust
ness |
John demanded entrance to the sick /,
room at once. There was really no pro-
posal, only "Oh, JohnI' and "Oh, AL
ice!"-Hartford Times.