Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-04
into Marks arm.

nypOuGfm1c into MARKS arm.
"Not after that" said Mark, vino
ing. Besides, I'm thinking of adopt
Ing her myself"
And he wondered what had made
him say that when the thought had
hardly reached his own conscious
ness.
"See here, young man! Let me look
at that arm Of yours before you talk
that way. Hum You'll be running
round in a couple of weeks, as well as
ever
THANK heaven for that!" calculated.
Mark fervently. "Then I'll be in at
the DEATH"
II doubt it. I won't pass you for
duty for six months to come" said the
doctor, grinning. Then, seeing Marks
Ousiy:
ssYou may thanh the modern high.
power bullet that you are going to keep
your arm, my boy. It's drilled Il nice
little pencilhole clean through the
joint, instead of SCATTERING it, and
that's got to be filed in with new
growth. Even I can't grow bones in
q week. I wish I could. Ten years
ago your arm would have had to come
off. There's nothing more can do for
you, my son. he added, as he smeared
some sticky stuff over the wound and
began adjusting bandage, except tie
you up and put you in the hospital to-
night,$and send you down to- the base
in the morning.
1.-THE devil you will I guess I'm
well enough to stay on the job as 1
am"
"Here, I haven't any more time to
waste on you'll" said the doctor.
s'Pounce will make you a sling and
you'll go into that tent and stay there
or I'll cashier you. You won't be feel
ing SO spry tomorrow morning. Get
out! !"
He strobe away, leaving Mark look
ing into the grinning black face of
Johnson.
After the sling had been adjusted
he discovered that the sense of we'll
being, due to. the hypodermic, was al
ready beginning to leave him. His
servant helped him into the tent and
Major Howard brought in the little
girl, who at once coiled herself up to
sleep at Wallace's side.
"What are you going to do about
herr" inquired the major, standing be-
side the camp bed and looking down
at Wallace uneasily.
'Boil some canned COW and see if it
Will dissolve the cellulose out Of an
army biscuit
''It shall be done. guess that'll stay
her till morning. But seriously, Wal
lace?"
81 suppose I'll have to assume the
responsibility for her. I'll take her
down to the base with me tomorrow
and ship her home to my people in
charge of one of the stewardesses on
some liner"
1--WE got "a better scheme" said the
major. LET me have her, Wallace.
My wife will go crazy over her. You
know she's always talking of adopting
little girl. She's got her ideal type
in mind, and that's 1t. / was to look
round for one like that if ever the
chance came along"
"Well, you'd better go on looking
round, Major" said Wallace, irritably.
"See here, my boy, you don't really
want that kid, do your
II do. I'll think over your PROPOSE
ton, Major, of course, but my sister
would give her home and"
'Let me send her to my wife. You
can claim her after the war, il you
want to. Suppose you got killed; we'd
neither of us have her. If you don't
let me take her I'll make you pay for
It,"
'sHow?'
"I'il order her a bath, under the
sanitary code. And you'll have to give
it. And scraped beef-our beef y
sect out, Major, and give me
chance to yell when my wound hurts.
Listen! I tell you what I'm ready to
do. I'll let the regiment adopt her,
with myself as godfather"