Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-16
By JOSEPH G. LINCOLN

questions | amt hurt but John BaS
ter.s had a stroke or sonethil ! can.
tell you II" more DOW Hurry And
say. don't You mention to II SOU what
tic matter *
y sex ring life has its advantage,
1t teaches prompt obedience. for on"
thing The tw, mariners did no, hes
iiate an instant, bat boted in oppo
site directions. Captain Fri watched
thein g. and fE"n set off III another
Iie was stopped every few moments
and All sorts Of questions and com
mpnts cone rining HE lire and its "a'lSr|
were fired at him. but be pat off some
inquiries with Il curt don't know"
and others with mods or negatives. and
threaded Ills Way from one cluGp Of
townSprople to another. As he came
close to the blackened and smoking
billiard saloon Ralph Hazeltine caugEt
him by the arm.
Hello" sa id the electrician. "Havent
you gone home yet?'
NO, not yit. Say, I'll ask you.
cause l callate you can keep your
mouth shut if it's necessary. have you
seen the doctor anywheres round late
~? He was here, cause l saw him
when l fust come
who? Dr. Palmer? No. l haven't
seen him. Is any one hurt? Can !
help!"
Il guess not. John BaXter's sick.
but there's ;le whistle. Come on. Mr..
EaZeltiie. if you amt i'll spec;.,i
hurry. Mu%be we Will need you.
They reac;.ea The corner by the POS
office 70 fnd Hi. Palmer. Who |
l.r.cilccu li3..i.c.i4e in Orham since
r2ct led us .ioi)a. waiting for ;hs
c.. ga. crtZ. WHO llad ,isicoNerel |.
9a.,si.ri,,u on &c Ne: tr;on r:a2::
W. .5;t.i.t,,.i....t &c Y ".tit Is fig
IL is ~. ,Iti4. Visiting with the 7.
i;rity OF .:horn.
- 1T il sn irt. Hc""z,' commando
l,ri. ''NIr'r' Iere now.
-. ; i: .;ci.ry :; nj - and the whis
t.lii:- h"=.:N &g...4
i =. - " To Ia. $ >ak" D'Ho9
We. - fritll the who1e ta.oo ho"c<
Ii4e IS terry. NOW. Come on. doctor.
john BAKER was lying inst as IT,"
cnp1:3 II h ID left HIM. and t.c Others
watched anXiously as the doctor is
tened al tie parted lips and thrust I.,S
hand inSi;,e tile faded blue waistcoat.
"Io's a!iye. he said. after Il l.. oment.
"bHt unconscious. We must get him
home at oF.e.'
He heard the bell and WAS runnE'
to siie ,irp ahen he WIS took. S;td
CaHt#in Jerry. .'RUn oGt in bis shit
slet. YES and was took when he got as
fur rs here"
"Tha:'s the way l fggcr it." said Fri
unhlusllingly. Lift him carefully. Won
j fellcrs Now them!
Il warned him against overexertion
or excitement months ago" said the
doctor, as they bore the senseless bHr-
den toward the big house, now as
black as the grave that was so near
it's owner. I'VE must find some one to
take care Of him at once. don't be-
lievo the old man has relation within
hundred miles"
"Why don't we take him to our
; house," suggested Captain Jerry.
"'Twouldn't seem so plaguy lone
some. anyhow"
by mighty" calculated Captain Fri
, in establishment well, Jerry. I'll be
switched if you amt right down bril-
liant once in awhile. or course we
will He can have the spare room.
Why didn't l think OF that, wonder"
And so Iohn Baxter. who had not
paid visit in his native village since
his wife died. came at last to his
friends home to pay what seemed Ike
ly TO hp /; final one. They carried HIM
MP the stairs 10 the spare room, rs dis
i n.a! and chpe!,ess as spare rooms in
the country generally are. uI,'lrrsSed
him as tenderly us their rough hands
would allow. ROBBED him in one Of Cav.
tain Ierrys nightshfts the bnttans
| that Fastened il ha'l been sew"d on liN
the captain himself and were all sizes
abl co!orS ard lHil him in llr hig
cor(,rd be,lsteaT The doctor liaSleHea1
away II procure his mehirin" case.
Ralph Ilazeliine having been prufnse
ly thanked for his services and prom
isng TO cal! the next day. Went hack
! to he station. and the three captains
| sat down by the bedside to watch and
wait
Captain Fri was too much perturbed
| to talk, but the other two. although
, sympathetically sorry for the sufferer
were bursting with excitement and cu
| riosity.
well, If this amt been a night!
: exclaimed Captain Jerry. Seems if
J everything happened at once. Fust
that larky and then the fire and then
| this Don't it beat all?"
Fri" said Captain Perez anxiously,
was John layin' jest the same way
when you found him as he was when
we Gomez"
Right in the same place." was the
answer.
II didn't say in the same place.
| asked II he was layin' the same way"