The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-28

"crankiest'' women I ever knew l believe she was
actually glad TO Miles come home hurt. Just to
show how she could pun him through.
The doctor found that Miles had an ankle out of
joint; the little toe badly crushed: there 3
bad in the leg that had bled profusely there
black bruise the short ribs on the right side
and there buttchhoie in the scalp that needed
about four stitches The little vas cut OF with
out ceremony. the ankle replaced and hot bandages
most of the afternoon.
When the doctor got through he called Mrs. Bailey
and myself out into the parlor and said that
not let people crowd in 10 the patient that his
wounds not dangerous but very painfur that
Miles weak from loss of blood and that his con-
sttuton was not in particularly good condition The
doctor in fact thought that Hes would be in great
luck he got out of the scrape without fever
Thereafter Mrs Bailey referred all visitors to me.
talked with the doctor and. the nurse and we all
agreed that il would stop most nqusitive people to
simply say that the patient had suffered amputa-
ton.
That evening, when went home, there we're two
anxious women to receive me, and the younger of
them lookd suspieiousy If she had been crying.
told them something of the accident how it all hap
pened, andlabout Miles injuries. Both Of them want
ed TO go rightdown and help do something" but
told them of the doctors order and of his fears.
BY this time the reporters came. and called them
into the paTlor and then let them pump me- | de-
tailed the accident in fil but declined to tell any
thing about Miles his history THE fact is" said
I, that you people won't give an engineer his Just
dues. Now. if Miles DistOn had been a fireman and
had climbed down ladder with child you would
have his picture in the paper and call him hero and
all that sort Of thing; but here is crushed and
bleeding. with broken bones. and a crippled engine
who stands on one foot dashed to his reverse lever
for forty miles, and making the fastest time
made over the road because he knew others were
suffering for the relief he brought"
That's nerve said one Of the young men
Nerve" said l. Nerve, Why, that man knows
more about fear than lion. And think of the
sand Of the man! This afternoon he sat up and
watched the doctor perform that amputation without
a culver; he wouldn't take chIoroform; he wouldn't
even lie down"
Was the amputation above OF below the kneeeH
asked reporter.
Below" didn't state how farg
Which foot?"
Left"
He is in great danger?"
yes The doctor says he will be very sick man
for some time-if he RECEIVERS at all Boys" added
there's one thing you might mention, and I think
YOU ought toand that is that such heroes this
who give road its reputation; people feel though
they were safe behind such men,"
If Miles Diston had read the papers the next morn
themselves proud, and they made whole column of
"amputation without ether"
Marie Venot full of sympathy for Miles; she
wanted to see him, but Mrs. Bailey referred her to
me, and she finally went home still inquiring every
day about him. / don't think she had much other
feeling for him than pity She was down again a
week later. and talked freely of going to pick out
wooden foot for Miles, who improving right
along.