The Huttig news., 1914-12-05

l creek water, wading pcreistently up and down. Her shyness was forgotten. The grean was groan of human i creature in distress, and she must ind and succor the person from whom it came.
 Certain sounds are baf1ing as to di- rection. A voice from overhead or i broken by echoing obstacles does not readily betray it's source. Finally she stood up and listened once more in- tently-her attitude full of tense ear nestness.
 I'm shore fool" she announced, half aloud. "I'm shore a plumb fool" Then she turned and disappeared in the deep cleft between the gigantic powder upon which she had been sit ting and another-small only by com parison. There, ten feet down, in narrow alley filtered with ragged stones. lay the crumpled body of man. It lay with the left arm doubled under it. and from gash in the fore ! head triekled thin stream of blood. Also, it was the body of such a man dS Stte Hdu utt Sttl Deltl
 Although from the man came low groan mingled with his breathing, it { was not such sound as comes from fully conscious lips, but rather that of brain dulled into coma
 Freed from her lettering excess of shyness by his condition, the girl stepped surely from foothold to foot hold until she reached his side. She stood for a moment with one hand on the dripping walls of rock. looking down while her hair fell about her face. Then, dropping tQ her knees, she shifted the doubled body into a leaning posture, strengthened the limbs, and began exploring with eff eient fingers for broken bones.
 She had found the left arm limp above the wrist, and her fingers had diagnosed broken bone. But uneon- seiousness must have come from the blow on the head, where bruise was already blackening, and gash still trickled blood.
 She lifted her skirt and tore long strip of cotton from her single petit. coat. Then she picked her bare-footad nay swiftly to the creek bed, where she drenehed the cloth for bathing and bandaging the wound. When she had done what she could by way of first aid she sat supporting the mans shoulders and shook her head dubi. ously.
 Finally the mans lids futtered and his lips moved Then he opened his eyes.
 "Helloi" said the stranger, vaguely 'I seem to have" He broke off, and his lips smiled. It was friendly, un. deratanding smile, and the girl, fight ing hard the shy impulse to drop his shoulders and fee into the kind mask ing of the bushes, was in measure treasured.
 You must hev fell offen the rock, she enlightened.
 q think I might have fallen into worse circumstances. replied the un known.
 "IN reckon you kin set up after a little"
 "Yes, of course" The man suddenly realized that although he was quite comfortable as he was he could scarcely expect to remain permanently in the support of her bent arm. He attempted to prop himself on his hurt hand and relaxed with twinge of ex- treme pain. The color, which had be gun to creep back into his cheeks, left them again, and his lips compressed themselves tightly to bite off an ex- clamation of suffering.
 "Thet air left arm air burted," an. nounced the young woman, quietly. We've got ter be heedful." Had one of her own men hurt him. self and behaved stoically it would have been mere matter of course; but her eyes mirrored a pleased surprise at the strangers good-natured nod and his quiet refusal to give expression to pain. It relieved her of the neces- sity for contempt.
 I'm afraid" apologized the painter, that I've been great deal of trouble to you"
 Her lips and eyes were sober as she replied
 "I reckon thet's all right"
 And what's worse, I've got to be more trouble. Did you see anything of brown mule?"
 She shook her head.
 He must have wandered off May I ask to whom I am indebted for this first aid to the injured %
 q don't know what ye means" 1 She had propped him against the rocks and sat near by, looking into his face with almost diseoncerting steadi- 1 ness; her solemn-pupiled eyes were unblnking, unsmiling.
 Why. I mean who are you?" he laughed.
 q hain't nobody much. I jest lives over yon"
 'But." insisted the man. "surely you have q name"
 She nodded.
 Pits Sally"
 Then, Miss Sally, want to thank you"
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