The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-29

IN PAIN. AS H1aA NN tAAo t"N" A~+" 4'-"
session Of my weakened mind. my
courage returned All my nurae-like
instincts came TO my aid.
The thought that a living human be-
ing was near. much more a fellow
creature who needed help filed me
with new energy. and 1 rose and took
uD my lantern. What I expected 70
find 1 hardly know; perhaps some
workman who had been assisting with
the new building had fallen asleep. or
been overcome with drink. and shut in,
ike myself, through misadYenture.
How improbable a theory this was did
not fortunately. occur to me till long
afterward. and / opened the door and
looked into the dark interior. At the
sound Of the opening door the groan-
ing ceased. and for awhile stood un-
certain which direction to take.
Presently a movement at the farther
end decided me, and I made M Ney
slowly round the stone lodges, casting
the light Of the lantern on the ground
as / went. No sign Of human figure
could ] see No British workman's re-
eumbent form gladdened my eyes.
stood still, in perplenty. Oh heayens'
what was that? Close beside me. not
yet placed in a shell, but lying on the
stone slab lay a long. still figure.
stint Oh. horrori AS ! looked, un-
able to stir, I saw the white sheet that
covered It move-a long. thin hand
pushed itself from beneath and almost
touched me. All my former experience
was nothing to this In a moment the
fingers had pulled the sheet from the
face. and a pair Of dark eyes gazed into
minel
How long I stood this shall never
know. At length, a long, quiyering
sigh from the white lips called me to
myself, and I gathered courage to bend
over and touch the PROSTATE form
Enough! The spell was broken
knew then that this was no time to
hesilate--no time to give way to
womanish fears. took the cold hand
in mine.
do not fear" said. in as calm
voice as could command, Il will do
all I can for you" and taking the
shawl from my shoulders I folded i
round the shivering form. Instructive
ly 1 remembered the bottles in my
pocket, and, drawing them forth,
dropped a little brandy between the
chattering teeth. After awhile the re-
turning color in the lips, the increas-
ing warmth OF the limbs, told that my
efforts had not been In vain. oh, II |
could only summon aid; but that was
impossiblel II / could keep life in my
companion, my patient. until help ar
rived. Fortunately my shawl was a
large. warm one; fortunately, old NO.
20 had not got his brandy, but ! had It
safely here.
where am I27 asked the man, as ne
looked round the dim place, his face
fun of surprise-and no ~onder, for
his surroundings had, to say the least
an unusual appearance. / did not
think it wise or necessary to explain
matters more than to tell him he was
/ in St. Adams Hospital, and would
soon doubtless be well. He told me
what I had already guessed, that in
travelling on foot through the snow he
had been overtaken by intense fatigue,
end being unable to overcome the
drowsiness he knew well might be ia
tai he had fallen asleep. ITS a won
der I'm not dead, he concluded, and l
made no answer
had been so absorbed In my work
that / had taken no account Of the
hours as they went by, until now
heard the clock ring out SKI On, the
Joy Of that sound
We kept early hours at st. Alban s.
and at six o'clock we were expected to
rise. | should 80 missed, sought for,
and found
was shivering and sick. The man
had fallen into a doze, from which I
could not ind it in my heart to rouse
him. lonely and miserable as l felt.
Oh. how cold it was! My thin cotton
dress was scanty covering from the
icy air. How long would it be before
they found me
Would they seek long before they
thought of the mortuary? Would they
think Of the mortuary a. an? How
all these thoughts tormented me, chas-
ing each other through my aching
brain until at last, sound Of a key
turning in the lock-the voice Of my
dear nurse companion saying In be-
wildered tones: "she cannot be here,
porter" Then the whole place spun
around aud / saw and heard no more.
It was long before I returned to my
work. Pneumonia set in, end for
weeks was too IN to leave M bed,
Tenderly was I nursed, and much
was I praised for what they were
pleased to call my bravery. Ny pa
tient. learned. had recovered and
was full Of gratitude for his strange
rescue from an untimely end The
case Of suspended animation was
much talked Of among the doctors.
and the medical papers took it up with
interest you saved his life. You
know, said the nurse 10 me. apparent