The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-02-07

| Man" she moaned and then, reallzing
that she must make him hear now or
never. she gathered all her strength
and screamed.
She heard quic! steps coming from
the craal. a laundering on her door
and Il N his voice. "Am to come inf'
81, tried TO cry out. again and could
mo- tears poured down her checks.
| / It the white man did not wait; an
] u.her moment and he was standing
over her twisted body. She looked up.
| The stricken look In her frightened
eyes was az nothing TO the sudden
terror that mad come into his own. He
sank To his knees. ''You are ill?' he
breathed
lie passed his cool hand across her
forehead. held his fingers 10 the pulse
In her throat grnspcd her wrists and
| found them burning-all burning.
Last night he sald,."whcn you were.
in here, you didn't use your curtan2
You left the light 6n?"
She did not answer beyond stare
from CLASSY eyes. Her face was white,
her lips straight purple line Her
shoulders We're ri5id. but beneath them
her body was twisting and turning AS
though in desperate effort to tear
itself away from the sentlent seat OF
pain.
rs II as bad as thaif' said Msungo.
Into his voice had already come. the
calm of man accustomed to the face
of danger. I'm going to leave YOU
for n moment" he continued when
l come Ill take the pnln away
! He stepped toward the barred door
and tried 10 open it. So intent was lie
ON getting TO his room that he glanced
at the cord and saw only that il was
hindering him. He drew out his knife
cut the bar free and hurried on. The
three minutes he was gone seemed ain
eternity 20 Andrea. When he came
back he carried In one hand niedf-
/ cine case and In. the other a hypo-
dermic syringe already flied. lie set
/ the case down carefully. grasped and
barred Andrea's forearm. rubbed Il with
alcohol and quickly gave her an in
! lection. "Skip the next five minutes"
The said. "Faston your mind to five
minutes from now" She only moaned
/ to show that she heard him.
But even before the five minutes
we've up s'o cot'A feel pehcc coming
TO her body slowly and from far away
as though 1t feared to pounce upon her
suddenly. When 1t settled upon her it
brought with II Il drowsy and lnclruble
relief. Her eyes could move once more
in their sockets. They followed the
white man as he made his rapid prep
aralion for n long siege. She heard
! him call Bathtub ana issue a string
Of orders; then he brought chair
close TO the cot and sat down.
Andrea" he said quietly, "wc're up
against Il, you and /. | can't say just
what II is. It may he p;omane, you
may have been sickcnug for appen-
dicitis, but I'm almost afraid it isn't
either of those If It's fever, it is per
nicious.' Her eyes stared at him,
hung upon his face.
He took one OF her hands in his.
'I'm breaking all the rules by fright
ening YOU" he went on ";nd | DO it
purposely I do IL because I've learned
that You and are brothers in one
thing. We're fighters. All the blood
I'm our veins flows one way--up hill TO
battle. We don't know when to ouit.
No d. fever can show us where 10
get of. It's going to he shoulder 10
shoulder. and II YOU go back on me
III go back on God. for trust you MS
I've never trusted any living thing"
Her hands twist ed in his and gripped
his fingers "Ym,'re great white
Man." she said softly. You're like
that--n fighler--nnd It's sweet Of you
to ring me In. No d. fever can
show yo,i---no d." She crumpled
up and cried - ~.
"Good for you," said M'sungo
promptly, ''cry now. It can't do you "
bit OF harm and II win probably put
you to sleep. But when you wake, II
you want 10 cry then, please come up
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