Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-21
the business inside

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surroundings and talked Of hfs prison
life or Of the long ride northward
Once he rose In his bed to beat of
the wolves which he said were attack
ing his pony.
He was a piteous figure as he strug
gled thus, and It needed neither his
relationship to Lee nor his bravery IL
caring for the Basque herder to fl
the rangers heart with a desire to re
lieve his suffering. Perhaps / should
have sent for Lie at once,' he unused
as the light brought out the red sig
natures Of the plague.
Once the old man looked up will
wide, dark, umseeing eyes and mur
INJURED, II don't seem to know you
'Tm q friend. My name is Cava
nagh."
II can't place you,v he sadly admit
ted. II feel pretty bad. If I ever gel
out OF this place I'm going back to ths
Fork. I'll get a gold mine; then II
go back and make up for what Lizt
has gone through. I'm afraid to &c
back now"
"All right" Ross s%oothingly agreed
"Hut you'll have to keep quiet till yor
get e this fever you're suffering
FROM
IF Lie weren't so far away she'd
come and nurse me. I'm pretty SICK
swenson came back to say that
probably Redfeld and the doctor
would reach the station by noon, and
thereafter, for the reason that Cava.
nagh expected their coming, the hours
dragged woefully. It was after ]
o'clock before Swenson announced
that two teams were coming with
three men and two women In them
They'll be here in half an hour"
The rangers heart leaped Two
women! Could one of them be Lee
Virginia? What folly-what sweet
desperate follyi And the other-she
could not be Lie, for Lie was toe
feeble to ride 80 far. "Stop them on
the other side of the bridge" he com
manded. Don't let them cross the
creek on any pretext,"
As he stood In the door the 1utteF
of a handkerchief, the waving of a
hand made his pulse glow and his
eyes grow dim. 1t was Virginia.
Lie did not fiutter a kerehief or
wave a hand, but when Swenson stop
ped the carriage at the bridge she said:
mo, you don'ti I'm going across. I'm
Going to see Ross, and If he needs help
I'm going to roll up my sleeves and
take hold"
Cavanagh saw her advancing, and as
she came near enough for his voice to
reach her he called out, Don't come
any closer! Stop. ] tell you'll" His
voice was stern. you must not come
a step nearer. Go back across the
dead line and stay there. No one but
the doctor shall enter this door. Now,
that's final.i'
Il want to helpt!" she protested.
81 know you do, but / won't have it.
This quarantine is real, and it goes!"
But suppose You yourself get sick ~
sWe'l cross that bridge when we
get to it. I'm all right SO far, and I'll
cali for help when / need It,"
His tone was imperative, and she
obeyed, grumbling about his youth and
the value of his life to the service.
ssThat's all very nice" he replied,
but I'm in 1t, and | don't intend to
expose you OF any one else to the con
tagion."
1--WE had 1t once" she asserted.
TTn loefyal 81 A,n,- o,aJ uvr{1oN ~ ,ao
ognition of her subterfuge.
mo matter; you're ailing and NIGH
take 1t again, so toddle back. It'll
mighty good of you and of Lee tt
come, but there isn't a thing you car
do, and here's the DOCTOR" he addet
as he recognized the young SUDDEN
who passed for a physician In tn,
Fork. He was a beardless youth o.
mail experience and no great cour
sge, and as he approached with hest
liant feet he asked;
"Are you sure it's smallpox I"
Cayanagh smiled. 1.-THE indication
Are all that way. That last importa
tion of Basqnes brought 1t probahl.
from the steerage of the ship. In
told they've had several cases oyer II
the BASIN"
"Have you been vaccinatedf'
Eyes, when / was in the army"
"Then you're all right"
II hope 3d."
There was a certain comic relief Il
this long distance diagnosing of
lease" by q boy, and yet the tragt
fact beneath 1t all was that Wethei
ford was dying, a broken and dishon
orei husband and father, and that hi
identity must be concealed from hi
wife and daughter, who were mucl
more deeply concerned oyer the ran
ger than over the desperate condition
Of his patient. "And this must con
tinue to be So" Cavanagh decided
And as he stood there looking towar,
the girls fair figure on the bridge b
rams TO the final, fixed determinatioi
never TO speak one word or make
sign that might lead to the dyin.
mans Identification. "Of what use |
it?e he asked himself. 'yvhy shout
even Lie be made to suffer2 Weahez
ford's poor misspent life 10 alread,
over for her, and for Lee he Is only
| DIM memory