Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20

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I their surprise throughout this un-
~ paraleled experience.
''Whea is he?"
Where did he COON frae?"
'Nobbut a loony wad haze jumped off
Won crag"
He's neaked as when he was born"
At last one of them noticed his bro
ken scalp. He pointed out the wound
to his companions
THAT was never dean by fallin' T. L
waiter" he said
They agreed. The thing was mys-
terry
At last one OF them noticed his stat
ure, his delicate skin. the texture of
his hands, the cleanliness OF his teeth
and nails. were quick tokens to the
fishermen that something quite beyond
the common run of seaside accidents
had taken place. The oarsman. a man
of much intelligence, hit on an explain
alton.
HE was swarmin' doom { cliff after
t birds" he cried. "Mebbe fotygraf-
fin EN-. I've heard o sike doin's.''
Man alive" cried one Of his mates,
"he wouldn't strip to { skin for that
Job"
This was unanswerable Not one
gave a thought to the invisible Grange
House.
They held hasty consultation. One
man DOTTED his jersey for Philips bene-
fit, and then they hastily covered him
with oilskin coat and overails.
II was now nearly dark, so they ran
out a marking buoy for their net
shipped oars, and pulled Justify to their
remote fishing hamlet, three miles away
from the outlet of the river which
flowed through Scarsdale.
Arrived there, they carried Philip to
the house of one who was the proud
owner of a spare" bed,
And now a fresh difficulty arose. A
doctor, and exc policeman. should be
summoned. A messenger was dis
patched at once for the nearest medical
man-who lived a mile and half away
but the policeman, who dwelt in the
village. was a bird of another color.
These men were poachers. lawbreak-
ers. At various times they had all
been fined for Illegal fishing, The po-
liceman was of an inquiring turn Of
mind He might fail to understand the
mystery Of the cliff, but he would most
certainly appreciate every detail of their
presence in that particular part Of the
sea which Tapped it's base.
So they smoked, and talked, and tried
rough remedies until the doctor arrived,
To him they told the exact truth.
He passed no comment, examined his
| M ha
scalp wound shook his head over it.
/ bound It up, administered some stimu-
liant, and sat down to await the return
| OF consciousness.
But this was long delayed, and when.
at last, Philip opened his eyes, he only
rallied sufficiently to sleep
| The doctor promised 10 come early
] next day, and left.
Throughout Wednesday ana Thursday
| Philip was partly delirious, waking at
times to a vague consciousness of his
surroundings, but mostly asking va
cantly for evelyn
often he fought with person named
Jockey Mason and explained that
Sir Philip was not in Yorkshire at
all.
The wife OF one OF his rescuers was
! essiduous In her attentions. Most for
tunately, for these fsherfolk were very
poor, that lure spread beneath the cliff
inveigled an unprecedented number Of
salmon, so she could afford to buy eggs
and milk in abundance, and the doctor
| brought such medicines as were needed
Gradually Philip recovered. until, at .
o'clock on Thursday night he came into
sudden and full use OF his senses.
Then the doctor was sent for urgent
| ly; Philip insisted on getting up at once
| He was kept in bed almost by main
| force.
With the DOCTORS arrival there was a
| further change Here was an educated
man. who listened attentively to his pa
| tents story and did not instantly con-
clude that he was raving.
He helped, too, by his advice. 1t was
utterly impossible to send telegram to
London that night No matter what the
sufferings of anxious friends concerning
him. they could not be aSsuaged until
the morning
Yes. he would find money and clothes
accompany him, If need me on the jour
ney II he were able to travel o-mor-
row-attend to all things, in fact, in his
behalf-for millionaires are scarce birds
in secluded moorland districts But
meanwhile, he must take a drink Of
milk and beef essence, rest a little
while, take this draught in a small bot
tie indicated. and sleep.
sleep was quite essential He would
awake IN the morning very much bet
ter. The knock on the head was not
so serious as it looked at first sight
| Probably he would not even feel it gain
! If he wore "A soft cap for some days
| The broken skin was healing nicely, and
COncusSlpD OF the brain haH d. many
gradations as fever. which ranges from
slight cold to Yellow Jack
| In his case he was suffering from
| two severe shocks. but the crisis was
passed and he was able, even now, To-
get up If it could serve any possible
! purpose
All this, save the promise Of help
| the doctor said with his tongue in his
! cheek Hehad not the slightest inten-
| tion Of permitting Philip to travel next
day. It was out Of the question. Bet
| ter reason with him in the morning,
and, II needful bring his friends to
Yorkshire rather than send him to Lon
| don.