Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30

The Carnival attractions for Thurs
day night closed with whirl Of rea
fun and frolic and nearly all the mer
ry makers had found rest and slum
Der, but there were a few of those
who never 60 home until morning
lingering along cracking jokes over
the funny events when some one hol.
lored man bleeding to death" This
wall Of woe was heard by city attOr
ney Jameson, Lige Wallace and Fred
Oliver, who hurried to the rescue and
found poor fellow laying in the
street near the Corner Drug Store
A hasty inspection convinced these
angels OF mercy that prompt work
was required to save the mans life.
"A bandage, bandage," shouted
Bro. Jameson in voice Of woe, "or
the victim of some unseen foe will
soon pass over the divide'
81 guess he'll have to Co." said
Fred, "for every drug store is closed
and the doctors are all at home.'
In the name of high heaven, boys,
do something quick. Let not the
blood Of brother be upon our heads
from lack of effort. See, the red gore
runneth, yea, look, by heavens he
moves, he lives, he tries to speak
Listen.' "Water' came in a dying
Whisper
Mr.. Wallace pulled off his coat and
then his shirt, Here, take this
Shirt "No, good brother" replied
Mr. Jameson. Its an antiseptic
bandage l needeth, think of the dan
ger from lockjaw microbes.
'D-m the microbes" said Fred,
"l'm going to have central call up
Mr.. Roche. He is single and sleeps
not over sound"
"F1y, Roche, bandageS, victory"
said jamie as he and Lige picked up
the body and laid it on two panks be-
longing to the carnival people.
Mr.. Oliver did quick work-he
found found Mr.: Roche at tss!o s!home.-who-was
Mr.. Roche's great heart jumped in
sympathy. He got his pants on over
a night shirt with embroidered front,
jammed his feet into a pair of beau
tifully embroidered slippers and flew.
Fred had returned from central and
the life saver were awaiting the ar
rival of the druggist, who came and
the store was opened. The body was
brought in and laid on the floor.
"Bandages, Roche, bandages, the
man gasps; hold his head up Fred,
take his shoes off, Lige," said Jamie
like field marshal
Call up my partner, Mr.. Sher-
man." said Mr.. Roche, las he is bet
ter on bandage work than l am" and
Mr.. Sherman was summoned, and
was soon in the store. He looked the
bleeding man over carefully and de-
cided that a doctor be at once called.
CDR. Morrison being the nearest
was the first to be told over the
phone that man was bleeding to
death at the corner drug store.
Bring Instruments and fly" was the
closing words of a message that made
the genial doctor win a record race
He looked over the bloody face, picked
off the loose bandages, shook his head,
turned to Mr.. Jameson and said:
''WhO is this unfortunate? He needs
a preacher more than a doctor from
his looks, I'll do what l can, with
the Lords help, to keep his spirit on
this side of the dark river until you
summon more help"
''Who wilst thou select said ia
mie as he wiped trickling tear from
a cheek that showed anguish.
Send for Drs. Wendt, Turner, Rog
ers, Lewison, Gulbrandsen and
Smith, said Mr.. Morrison and the
wirel less singal Of distress went into
Genital. All the doctors responded
except Gulbrandsen and Smith and
they had other engagements. When
the doctors arrived DR.. Morrison
prognosticated the case from scien-
titic diagnosis and elaborated some
what upon the great loss Of blood
and an almost beatless heart and of
the g.and first and second aid work
of Wallace, Oliver and Jameson, and
sat down on soda water box filed
with sorrow and grief, feeling that
poor mortal's life was tlickering on
the edge Of the continental divide
with no help in sight but the Lord.
Drs. Wendt, Lewison, Turner and
Rogers after brief consultation over
the bloody figure lying on the boards,
suggested to Dr. Morrison that
Coroner Byrnes and Sheriff Quien be
summoned, and as the poor fellows
jaw had been broken in the terrible
accident, it was deemed best to sum-
mons DR.. Eveleth, an expert on jaw
surgery and crown plates. Dr. Rog-
ers tried to probe for the jaw fract-
ure but gave up the effort after look
ing at the suffering face Of the pa
tient.
Dan BragStad and Carl Anderson
had just returned from an auto trip
and seeing the big crowd in the cor
ner drug store at 3 a. NJ, thought