The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-08-24


ran depend upon me. 70 ebow you that
7 Am sincere. win DO an In my powor
20 aid you ia any undertaking you
may engage IN. no show the people
whom I come In contact with that !
VIII do rlght BY them; II human hands
a save your comrade | Will put him
en- his feet againi'
I'VE win soon be at the rendezvous
and can shon be convinced OF the sin.
certify Of your resolve" said Pearson,
They walked on 10 silence the bal.
ance OF the Journey. At last the party
came upon a little clearing. by aid
OF the moon, which was shining now,
a mans form shown up In the dis.
lance. Halt Who comes thereG"
was the challenge.
"Citizens, friend sentinel. who have
with them a doctor" was Pearson's re-
ply. and az the same time he made a
mystic sign with his fingers.
The trio travelled a short distance
further and were again halted. Again
they passed a sentinel and at last
stopped before the door OF a dugout,
situated in a ravine.
The door stood partly ajar. through
which came the giimmer Of a light
created by the burning OF a pine knot
suspended from the ceiling Of the
which was about eight feet square.
a sentinel. armed to the teeth. guard
ed the door. but upon receiving the
password. allowed the party TO pass.
Hewed logs at the rear Of the room
formed a blind door" which led into
another room twenty feet long and six
teen feet wide, along n side OF
which hunks were arranged after the
fashion Of berths on a steamboat. and
from the number OF these at least
thirty persons were finding sleeping
accommodations In the abode. In one
corner OF the room. on q lower berth
lay the wounded man.
Up to this point the doctor had not
been relieved OF the bandage from
his eyes. This was now taken on,
together with the handouts. The
room was dimly lighted by a candle
stuck In the neck Of a bottle. The doc
tor first rubbed his eyes, then his
wrists. while he accustomed himself
TO his surroundings. A groan from the
direction OF the corner berth made
him look toward II. There we're two
villainous looking men sitting at the
side Of the bunk. holding the hands OF
a wounded man.
The doctor threw of the covering
which was over the man. who lay
stretched upon a rude mattress, a
bandage roughly tied around his
waist and over n limb. He was
soaked in blood.
"A basin OF warm water said Schil-
Ter to Pearson. Hand me my instFu.
ment case. he said TO Sharkey. With
one hand on the wounded mans wrist
he was counting the number OF heart
beats to the minute. This being done,
the doctor opened his case and laid
out a package Of clean bandages. and
selected several instruments 10 have
them handy. After the water arrived
he bathed the hurt with a sponge. and
examined the wound made by the bui
let.
VIC Will AAiAAAAnANA . nAhfN NAttiR-
FORM said the doctor, al he sstu'
rated HIS handkerchief with the fluid
taken from HIS case.
When the man was thoroughly
under the influence OF the drug. he
was lifted upon the table. The doctor
then began probing FOR the bullet and
succeeded In locating II almost imme-
diately. II was but the work Of a mo-
ment 10 remove Il. and to thoroughly
cleanse the wound with a preparation
taken from his case. The flow OF
blood was stopped as well as possible.
aud the wound bound up. The patient
RAJ placed upon the bunk again. be.
fore the ~chloroform was taken from
him.
ITO be conunued.l