The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-14


I'm hitch up and take you down
10 the doctor az the big dam. Is
miles below. He's taking care Of all
the laborers down there they'r. al.
ways getting into accidents. dyna.
mite. you know. He's got 20 be "A
good doctor. III take you down"
Wild" said Sim. II wisht you
would. don't believe III 20 back
homo first. Shell be all right there
alone. won't she7"
Wild Atill smiled ht him underNta nd.
ingly. ''Jealousest man l ever did
sec' Well. have II your own way.
TN take just no much time any.
way-lf wc get back By . or 10
O'Clock tonight wen be lucky. She'll
have TO begin sometime to get used
10 things"
The Two Forks. below their juno.
tion, make n mighty stream which
has burst thru IA mountain range.
Across this narrow gorge which II
has rent for itself In time immemo.
rial. the insect. Man. Industrious and
persevcring. has cast great pile Of
rock and concrete. n hundred feet
high, for that good folk some hun.
dr~sis OF miles away one day may
bless The company for electric light.
ing. In this labor ,olied many man.
insects of divers breeds and races,
many OF them returned soldiers,
much an did the slaves OF Pharaoh
In earlier times Tho work was on
one OF the new government projects
revived after the war. In large part
10 offer employment 10 the return.
ing men OF the late army.
But Pharaoh had not dynamite or
rack rock or TINT. 70 that In the To.
tai v were safer for an insect To
have iabored IN Phsraoh's time. The
company doctor-hlmself a returned
ma jor- stationed there by reason Of
tho cccentricitieA OF dynamite, rack.
rock and other high explosives. was
given to the sport Of the angler, and
disposed To be irritable when called
from the nllurrmcntS OF the stream
to attend some laboring man who
had undertaken 10 attach fuse by
means Of his teeth. or some such
simple process. That iE TO shy. Doc.
tor Allen barnes was irritable unin
he had rcelcd up his line and climbed
the bank below the dam site. and be-.
taken himself 10 the side Of the Last
hospital cot where lay the las, victim
OF dynamic and dynaml;icai Industry
After that he was ap, TO forget nnK
linz and become an absorbed sur.
gcon. and n very able one.
But on this particular day. when
word came 10 him nj the stream side
that n stranger no, Of the force had
arrived In town with n bum leg
50 reported the messenger. Foreman
flaherty-Doctor Barnes was wroth
exceedingly. for at that momen, he
was fast In a noble tron; tina, was
far out In the white water. and civ.
Ing him. an he himself would have
phrased Il. the time OF his life.
That's the way IL goes" said the
Doctor. Get fast TO cir. pound
brown trout and along comes a man
with leg that's got TO be cut off.
Dang such job anyhow will Gu,
his leg Off. too. Just for thisr'
Crumblingly Or. Allen Barnes
passed on up the road 20 the wagon
where two passengers awaited his
coming.
Are you the man that wants me7''
he asked. looking up AZ Sim Gage.
why. yes" said sim Gage. his
face puckerod VI into his usual
frown OF pcrpiexiiy. Il reckon 40.
Doc. got my lex hurt"
Well. come on over TO the hos.
pitaI"
Hospital can't go 10 no hos.
pltal. | can't afford Il. Doc"
We'll. can't cut your leg off right
out here In the street. can I. man.
I'm offering you the hospital free
the company takes care OF those
things. Not that I've got any bust.
ness taking care OF you. but will. &"
why. this amt nothing" said
sim Gage. pointing n finger towards
his swollen knee. ''just lcctlc kick
Of bronc. that's all. got TO be
getting right back. Doc--f amt got
much time"
1T don't take much time 20 cut off
n leg" said Dr. Barnes. do II in
three minutes" His face. profess
sionally grim. showed no token OF a
smile.
We'll. lcf, my folks all alone up
there" began sim.
lyon did ch7 We'll ,b.vu he
there when Won &c, back won,
thew.
81 dunno poo-
",yen don, know ,r,,htrr
about !, ~ Won don't I'm, ton me
hox's tho fishing nm In ,bcrc7 Ar
crawling"
IAN vou wants .aia s,u ca,o
"copo along IN INV tim. ara ~,
,ako vo, on, I,,, no ,,,,os, ,,,,,,
he"