The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-02-03

with the intention CT placing him in
cah.
N%aclSworth assisted, saying:
i Know him; III drive with YOU t'
the hospital
\ few minutes later and the pub
fisher was laid upon a bed in 4 priVat,
ward CT the University hospital. while
The wound ne had received CT t:a ifcat
from The roof OF Il dIay horse was be-
ing examined by the house surgeon, 1T
the absence Of the Visiting surgeon
who had been sent FOR; medical stu
dents and nursing sisters in attend
nanoe, the Inspector standing apart
~aaNiously awaiting the report he might
hear.
Occasionally sounds eaue to him OF
The sharp noise of scissors clipping hair
iroln the PATIENTS head. of the rinsing
pt q sponge in water. and the means OF
The stricken man as the wound was
touched. The surgeon nuttering somc
oroers, a Student went hastily out of
the room. one OF the sisters advanced
10 The bed. |liniuent was passed from
hard 10 han4, the silence often in
t~crrIpted BY words OF direction.
AIrncst htlf an hour passed before
Sir Pugin Tate, the visiting surgeon an
rived, WhelS in a prompt Il business
like manner he carefully examined
George Bostoels'9 head and listened TO
What the house surgeon said iii an un-
dertQae, made inquiries, II after 4
Wi1ile remarked:
Nothing more can be done until
morning. You viii see tina every thing
is ready. | shall be here about To-"
Ard he hurrleaiy lef. The room.
Then Mackworth advancing from his
corper aske3 the house surgeon if the
wound was geally dangerous.
Dangerous came the reply. u
should tninllit was
NSha is its natiirenn
"A compound fracture of the skull"
TO THE best OF YOU opinion is it
likely 10 prove fatat?'
1t may or it may not. There's no
knowing hoN such cases viii turn out,
this looks rather bad. l shall be better
able TO tell You after the operation has
taken piece in the morning"
i suppose the patient IS uneon-
~scious?"
quite answered the house surgeon
as he moved toward the door.
MaclWorth saw there was nothing
10 gain by remaining, and having
looked at the patient lying there pale
ana m~otionless, as the dead. the i'm
spector left likewise. He had taken
upon hinself the task of Informing
BostoCl's friends of the accident. and
his first step VAS 10 drive TO Herschel
Chambers and ring At the fiat he had
quilted but q couple of hours before.
III . few words he made known to
the staid. elderly housekeeper. who pre-
sided over the publishers home. the ac-
cidellt Which had befallen her master:
and when she mad recovered from til.
first shock OF the intelligence. and he
had answered her numerous inquiries,
he sought 10 obtain from her the nanles
and addresses of George Bostocki kim
bred and friends. Put in this She wa,
! unable to HELM him. Tor so far as she
knew he haa no relations. nor was sh.
aware that he had any intimate.
friends
His life Was quiet and lonely, she
| said. already sreatdpg OF 1t i'm the past
tense, tears standing in her eyes. Il
often wondered WHY he led So solitary
IA life, for he was one of the kindest
and best of gentleman. lust the one
to make people like him
But IL he has relatives they must
be communicate with. Who do Won
think viii best be able TO give me their
addresseso' NIackworth asked.
Il should say his Mr.. Head
wick: he will know il any one does"
And Mackworth having ohtainhd This
individuals address, FASTENED 10 find
him.
Richard Headwick on leaving oxford
had devoted himself TO literature, and
failin. to acquire fame or fortune had
then turned critic and publishers read.
er, and finally became manage of Bos-
tock's business.
The publishers natural eravity re-
serve and self-suppression at first UNI
favorably Impressed Headwick; but
gradually recognizing his employer's
mental strength, deep feelings and SEN
sitive disposition. he saw Bostock was
not an ordinary type of man, hut that
he held within himself emotional forces
which under certain c~ireunostance
might become strong factors for good
or evil in his own life or in that OF