The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-24
CHAPTER w vi.

GlaFeu guilty. was DelnS feaQ ana re-
peated, as it would be read and re-
peated for many days TO come.
through Great Britain and wherever
news had alrea y Travelled of the mys-
FERROUS murder OF David Dumbartcn.
The excitement aroused by the crime
in the public mind was greater than
t.. caused by the occurrence of any
t,..sedy for many previous years, the
unusual circumstances of the ease, to-
geiher with the actors who totk part in
H. lending the deed intense interest
and raising it To the ranks OF romance
Already portraits of Mrs Dumbarton.
more or less distorted and unlike her,
had appeared in innumelable papers,
While the smallest details of her pJi-
Vate life from Girlhood upward had
become the common property of n NOR
bid pubic. Now ii was the publ shers
turn to furnish fresh morsels of ges-
sip to the Unsuitable appetite of The
curious.
Photographs Of Ecstock were sought
for from every London photogIa pher-
that they might be Reproduced in
journals and neWspapc rs without de-
lay; his houselleeper ana his servant.
the hall porter OF Herschel Mansions
his business manager. clerks and mes
senger boy We're interviewed, solicited.
and bribed TO give some details, true
or false, conce nine his habits. man
ners, circumstances, or way of life:
while the hall of University hospital
was besieged by an army of
reporters anxious 10 record any de-
tails regarding The scene of his con-
fession which could be gained from
those who had been present. eager to
announce every change in his condition
and betting among themselves as 10
who should first have the luck OF re-
cording his death.
Now, on the morning succeeding his
confession George Bostcok was once.
iSsttn cd Nv. ,,yt. Nts,f..
had been much Interested from the
first In his pati mt. Since he had Last
seen the publisher the famous sur
geon had pondered over the case. when
it occurred to him that the dangerous
symptoms which had unexpectedly set
in We're due to compression OF the iAain
by clot of blood which probably ot:-
cupied the site of the removed bone
and extended beneath the skull for
some way. The removal of This ciot~
which doubtless had set into a stir
mass and adhered to surrounding
structures, would prove a delis ate and
critical operation, net without imIne-
date danger, but yet attended by The
possibility Of the patients recovery.
Left alone. George Bostock must in
all probability die in few days. this
operation would neither hasten ihas
death or prolCng his life. The aues-
ton as to whether it would be wise
that his life should hs saved, now that
by his confession he had endangered
| it's liberty or limited its dur, ION. Was
not one into which the surgeon EN-
| tered. 1t was his duty to ignore the
problem, and If possible to save his
| patient from DEATH
The pride he justly felt in the skilled
| practice of a great science urged him
! forward to Trial OF the experiment..
and eventually he decided to undertake
the operation.
Therefore, early In the morning SIr
| Pugin Tate once more stood beside
George Bostock, who was quite unton-
scious, the loss of power in his left side
complete, his temperature reaching
to 107, his pulse to seventy. And
again did the famous surgeon examine
the wound and its bearings, Il resoiute
expression in his massively moulded
face. Then cling himself he pre-
pared for the life and death of one
who must remain unconscious OF the
struggle.
An hour later he left the hospital.
satisfied with the work he had so skill
fully performed. though, AS yet unable
10 gauge its results Early in the af-
ternoon he was back again by the bed
side of the publisher. in whom there
was outwardly little apparent change
Sir Pugin, however. WAS hopeful.
Ellis temperature has become nor
NAL" he remarked to the house sur
geon.
Has he shown any sings OF con-
seriousness in my ABSENCE"
None whatever
Il expect he will before tomorrow
said Sir Pugin. II will come again ana
see him tonight Have him carefully
watched meanwhile"
And when the next day came the
great surgeon was able TO assure him
self that his hopes were realized, that
his operation had been beyond ala
doubt successful For early that morn
ing the publisher had shown signs OF
returning consciousness. and NOT only
did his temperature continue normal
but his left hand had given Indications
of returning power, from which il was
argued his recovery would be but Is
question of time
News of the operation and its con-
; seqrc,ces spread throughout tie
lengtn and Dlcan,h Of the iand. Had
+ George Bosiork been a royal patient
l the public could not have been better
! informed of his condition: and now
l that mis- life had been prolonged, specu-
lation arose as 10 his future fate. IL
: was believed abroad hat the convic-
$ ton of his approaching death alone
e had forced him to confess his crime.
and now that he had made known his
: guilt and that s recovery was as
su:ed, the world gloaIed over the idea
that he had been trapped and dectared
the punishment which awaited hins
was richly deserved.
The news of his convaiescence
stirred Olive Dumharton with strong
FEELINGS and her JOY was great lh4.t
this friend was spared 10 her Whelh-
er he lived or died, she would have IN
sisted on an Investigation being made
which she felt ceria1n would establish
his innocence, even though such a pro-
ceedng might result in a belief in The
eyes of the law of her own gilt Foe
she would not aCcept Il SacIince that
would cost him his good name, be the.
consequences What they might 10 her
self.
AS he lived the task would be rem
dered less difficult; and, moreover, he
would learn that she, on her part. could
be generous as he had wished to be-
Meanwhile he whose name Was
echoed near and fa-, whose past life
was scrutiniZed. whose tastes, habits
and abilities We're made the subject OF
innumerable paragraphs, whose future
was the topic OF common discussion
lay on the borderland OF the world hi
had well nigh entered; now and then
as one who dreams, dimly conscio,i.
of that around, fighting has way toll
fully and tediousiy back 10 existence
10 back to the ranks of men who in jadg.
ment already had cast him from thei
-, midst as one who. having shed h.lfYla.