Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-09

and dripping with rain. her husband
staring at her as if he could not credit
his senses, the child's limp body IN
his arms, yet not quite freed from
hers. In the background were the
white.faced servants and the gray
headed doctor upon whose CONVERSE
ton the newcomers had so abruptly
broken.
We've lest brought him up from
Clark's Hills!' Rachael said.
From Clark's Hills YOU"
His look, the dear familiar look OF
solicitude and concern. tore her to the
soul.
There was nothing else to dol" she
faltered.
"But-you drove up tonight?"
Since seven
He looked II her, and Rachael Felt
the look sink into her soul like rain
into parched land.
And you came straight to me-"
His voice sank. Rachael" he said,
II will save him for o if I cant"
And instantly there began such ac-
ttivities in the old house as perhaps
even its disnified century OF living
had. never known. Rachael, hungry
through these terrible hours Of SUE
pense for just the wild rush and hur.
~, watched her husband as ii she noi
never seen him before. Presently
lights blazed from cellar to attic.
maids few in every direction, fires
were lighted, the moving Of heavy
furniture shook the floors. Derry,
the little unconscious Y Of it all,
lay quiet, with Mary watching him.
New York had been asleep; it was
awakened now~ Motor cars wheeled
into the Gregory's street; Mrs. Greg
was the nurse, efficient, yet synlpa-
and her assistants. Yes. she had been
able to get it, Doctor Gregory, Yes,
Doctor, she had that. Here was the
man from tho drug store-that Wac
all right Doctor, that was what he
expected, being walked up in the
night; thank you, Doctor. And here
was George Valentine. too much alb
sorbed in the business in hand to say
more than an affectionate Hello" t.
Rachael. But with George was Alice
white-faced but smiling, and little
sleepy Jimmy, who was to be Snug.
gled Immediately into bed.
II thought you'd rather have hin,
here said Alice.
Rachael knew why. Rachael knew
what doctors said to each other, when
they gathered, and used those quick
low monosyllables. She knew why
Miss Redding was speeding. the ar
rangements for the improvised OPP
Grating room with such desperate
hurry. She knew why n of these
assisting doctors was delegated to d.
nothing but sit beside Derry, watch.
ing the little hurt breast rise and fall
watching the bubble Sof blood form
and break on the swollen mouth. 5
Warren had told her to get into dry
clothing. and then to.take a stirnu.
liant, and have something TO eat. And
eager to save him what she could,
she was warm and dry now. She SAT
in Defry's room, and presently, wher
they came to stand beside hinn. War.
rem and George, they found her
agonized eyes,, bright with questions
facing them. But she knew better
than to speak.
Neither mar spoke for q few dread
full moments. Warren looked at the
child without flicker Of change in
his impressive look; George bit his lip
and almost intoerceptibly\ shook hls
head. And in their faces Rachael
read the death Of her last faint hope
I'VE don't dare anesthetize him un.
til we know Just the lie OF, those brok.
en- ribs, - said warren grayely to his
exhausted that the strain d trying tt
touch it may-may be too much fo1
him. There's no time for an x-ray
Some of these fellows think it is to-
great a risk. believe it may I've
done. If there are internal injuries
we can't hope to-" He paused
"But otherwise, I believe-"
Again his voice dropped. He stood
looking at the little boy with eyes
that were not a surgeons now; all u
fathers.
"Good-little chap" he said softly,
DO you remember how he used te
watch Jim, through the bars Of his
crib, when he wax about eight months
old, and laugh as If Jim was the fun.
niest thing in the world?"
Rachael looked up and nodded with
Drumming eyes. She couldenoA%speA
They carried Derry away, and Ra.
chael followed them up to the head Of
the stairway outside OF the operating
room, and sat there, her hands lock.
ed in 'her lap, her head resting against
the wall. Alice dared not join her
she kept her seat by the library fire,
and with one hand pressed tight
against her eyes, tried to pray.
Rachael did not pray. She was un
able even to think clearly. Visions
.drifted through her tired brain. the
panorama Of the long day and night
swept by unces singly. She was in
Eighth VENUE again. she was in the
hot train, with the rain beating
the windows. and tears run.
ming down hey hot cheeks. She was
entering the house-eWhere's my
boy?" And then she was driving the
car through that cruel world Of wa
ter and wind. She would have saved
hire II she could! She had done her
share. Instantly, unfinchingly, she
had torn through blackness and
storm; a battered ship beating some
how toward the familiar harbor.t Now
he must be eAved. Rachael knew
that madness would come Upon her II
thet4 hidAou9 hours we're only work.
Ing toward the moment. when she
would know that shA had been too
rlGfe. FOR tho rest 81 h4f lifi che
would only review them; the HAr.,the
wet roads, the detol1t, and the fright
tful Stt6hdS on the bridge. There had
been scratching expiAtory, something
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