The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-03-25
Aunt Diana
The Sunshine
of the Family
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! CHAPTER KY Continued
"Oh, Mabel, my poor dear ~ And Ali
son knelt down by her She had MOI
noticed how helplessly the left arm huns
down, and how Missile would not let hel
touch it.
i 1t Is all bruised and cut" she said
| her forehead contracting heavily witt
pain. The doctor must see it presently
j when he has finished in the other room
not now.- Oh, Alison, where are you
going? You shall not disturb them. What
does it matter? If only" But here
her fast whitening lips refused to utter
her fear.
Let me go, darling returned Alison,
anxiously; Il will not disturb them, you
may quite trust me-" And without wait
ing for Mabel's answer she slipped away,
As she entered the dressing room, the
stranger, a dnrk, grave-looking young
man, came out of her fathers room. He
| listened to Alison's account, and promised
to attend to her sister as soon as posi-
Bile.
Eve must finish the examination he
said, dismissing her, 'sbut | will come
as soon as / can. 1 thought there was
something wrong, but she deceived us by
hiding her arm under her mantle. She
was bruised, that was all, she told US.
Keep her quiet, and | will be with you
! directly"
Missile was leaning back in her chair,
with her eyes closed, but as Alison en-
tered she opened them full on her sister,
/ and the blank miserable look in them con
| WINGED Alison that she was dreading the
| worst.
"Do not look SO, Mabel darling she
said, kissing her softly. Indeed we do
not know; they have told me nothing.
Dear papa is in Gods hands; we must
| leave him there, and hope for the best"
A low groan broke from MabePs lips.
''Oh, it is easy for you; even if the
worst comes, you can bear it; you have
nothing with which to reproach yourself.
If he dies, shall have killed him. How
am | to go on living, and know that?"
And here she burst out into hoarse sobs
mabel, my poor dear, oh ! how am to
comfort your exclaimed Alison, unable
to restrain her own tears at the sight of
her sisters anguish.
you can not comfort me-" returned
the unhappy girl what is the pain of
my broken arm and my bruises compared
to what | shall feel if he dies, and
am not able even to tell him that | am
sorry for my deceit and disobedience? and
| would not say so, because he was angry.
Oh, papa, papa, and l loved you so y
And the poor child hid her face on Ali
sons shoulder. 1t seemed a relief to her
to pour out her feelings. He had been
so angry, and she would not own herself
in the wrong, and then the horrible acct
dent had happened, and she thought at
first her father was killed when they
said he was alive, and they must bring
him home, and see what could be done, l
thought l would not add to the trouble
and so 1 managed to hide my broken
arm But here she broke off, as Mr.
Cameron entered the room.
'Papa?" she said, family, as he came
up to her.
His consciousness is returning; we
shall know more tomorrow. 1t is not
the head, as we feared" he said, evas-
lively; "but now l must look at your
arm please. Your friend DR.. Greenwood
will be here directly, and we will soon
put it right" But, In spite of his cheer
full words, Poor child y came pityingly
from his lips as the blackened shoulder
was revealed to his view Missile must
have suffered exquisite pain during the
drive home. The arm was broken, and
the shoulder dislocated, and the bruised
condition of the flesh filed Alison with
horror.
1t was painful ordeal for Alison.
but she bore it as bravely as she could |
Roger had remained with his father
Miss Leigh was not in condition to
render any assistance; the sudden con
fusion had brought on accession of pain, |
and she could only lay her throbbing |
head on the pillow. and lie there in ut |
ter helplessness. There was no one but |
herself to wait upon the doctors and re-
ceive their directions, the very exigency |
of the case made her helpful. Her one
thought was that she must not hinder
their work there was little for her to do |
At the first touch of her wounded arm I
Mabel had tainted again. Alison could |
not have borne to witness the poor child's |
sufferings. Perhaps DR.. Greenwood knew /
this, for he contriyed some errand that /
detained her for a few minutes out Of the |
room When she returned the worst
seemed over, but the faintness continued, |
and 1t was only slowly and by degrees
that Alison, with Sarah's help, could as
sist her to undress and lie down, after
which a sedative was to be administered,
as the pain of the bruises and the misery
of her mind would efectually hinder
sleep.
As soon as she could leave her in
Sarah's charge. Alison stole into her faith
er's dressing room. DR.. Greenwood came
to her at once.
MY dear" he said, taking her hand,
for he had known her from an infant
"this is sad business, but, thank God,
things are not so bad as they seemed at
first Your father must have received
blow he was stunned, but consciousness
mas returned, and he has spoken. What we
fear now is something different. He seems
unable to move; but this may be due
to the shock and temporary exhaustion.
There are symptoms that make us hope
full that the full extent of mischief may
not be realized. We shall know more in
1 few days; but he will require the
greatest care. Tomorrow | shall send
in nurse from the infrmary. Do you
think you and your brother can manage