Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-07-15

can depend upon me. To show you THAI
am sincere, will do all In my power
to aid you In any undertaking you
may engage in. To show the people
whom I come in contact with that
will do right by them; If human hands
can save your comrade I will put him
on his feet again!"
1--WE will soon be at the rendezvous
and can then be convinced of the sim
certify Of your resolve" said Pearson.
They walked on in 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,
mans form shown up in the dis
lance. Halt! Who comes there"
was the challenge.
"Citizens, friend sentinel, who have
with them DOCTOR" was Pearson's re-
ply, and at the same time he made
mystic sign with his fingers.
The trio travelled 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 glimmer of a light
created by the burning of pine knot
suspended from the ceiling of the room
which was about eight feet square.
A sentinel, armed to the teeth, guard
ed the door, but upon receiving the
password, allowed the party tc 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 one side OF
which hunks were arranged after the
fashion of berths on 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 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 off,
together with the handouts. The
room was dimly lighted by 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 it. There were two
villainous looking men sitting at the
side of the bunk, holding the hands OF
wounded man.
The doctor threw off the covering
which was over the man, who lay
stretched upon rude mattress
bandage roughly tied around his
waist and over one limb. He was
soaked in blood.
"A basin of warm water" said Schil'
Ter to Pearson. Hand me my instru.
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 to have
them handy. After the water arrived
he bathed the hurt with sponge, and
examined the wound made by the bull
let.
1--WE will administer a little chloro.
FORM" said the doctor, as he satu
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 it almost imme-
diately. 1t was but the work of mo-
ment to remove it, and to thoroughly
cleanse the wound with a preparation
taken from his case. The flow of
blood was stopped as we'll as possible,
and the wound bound up. The patient
was placed upon the bunk again, be-
fore the chloroform was taken from
him.
Ito be continued)