Evening star., 1921-01-17
Bennie Breaks His Leg.

Gae ministers wife was having a
tsa party for the heathen- So her
small son said. when he met the
school teacher on the street one
afternoon And he couldn't quite un-
derstand when the teacher, who was
ON her way to the party. tried to ex-
plain to him that the party was for
the benefit Of the heather, not ac-
tuany an entertainment for them
But father said it was for the
Disappointed. because it was only an
ordinary tea" after all that his
mother was giving. he left the teach
or at the front door. went around to
the back door and trailed up the
back stairs Bennie hated afternoon
teas.
But presently the lure of ice cream.
Tor he had seen the freezer on the
back porch. and the thoughts of
chocolate cake, and sandwiches that
wero full of tomatoes and lettuce,
sent him half way down tho front
Gt2tEA
Boy Falls Downstairs.
Descending slowly with his tum-
cieo hair in his eyes. and a great
desire to see as much as he Could
see without being seen, and incident
ally locate the chocolate cake and
me zee cream. Bennie stumbled Be
1ofe ne knew what had happened TO
nm ne had hurtled down the stairs
and lay in an insensible heap almost
x ms mothers feet, with one leg
0ouoleo under him in a way which
niAnched her face as she bent over
In the CONSERVATION that fo1,oI.d
Bennie's father arrived from the
etuoy. calm and unruf1ed, though his
hAnds shook and his voice was husky
a1 he spoke.
Its break. think" he said. Per
n4po the dining room table would be the
best place to put him." And the teacher
new to help half the women Of the vii
aa8e remove the roses and the tea urn.
the china and the silver from the big
round table
Bennie began to moan as his father
paced him gently on the bare table and
with careful hands Strengthened the leg
that was SO strangely limp and twisted.
some one brought the scissors, and the
minister cut the boys trouser leg and
stocking. and said thankfully:
ITS fracture. but a simple one"
isn't IT bleedingr' murmured Ben
mes mother. uncovering her eyes. for
she shrank from the sight of blood and
oao pictured her child in a welter OF II.
"A simple fracture. my dear. means
that the bone alone is broken. You are
thinking of a compound fracture. when
tno HeSn is injured as WELL" Silence
lay on the roomful of women, and wher
the doctors step was heard on the porch
at least ten women went to open the
door for him
"Poor Bennie. Well! Well, A
broken leg. Ell? Wen soon have tha,
fixed up" Cheerily taking of his coat
the doctor examined the leg, reassurcG
BenEie. who had opened his eyes and
was clinging to his fathers hand In ter.
ror. and said:
We'll put on a temporary splint hero
9here Is considerable swelling and I,
viii be Just as well to wait a little
ghfle before reducing tho fracture"
The minister brought some shingles
NTH cotton. one either side Of the leg
Making Bennie Comfortable.
Keeps the broken bones In apposftion
md prevents pain from sDasmodif
eWttchtng of the muscles" no explained
Nov an ice cap. II you please. or colo
oompresses wrung out OF ice and water
70 control this swelling
An hour LATER Bennies father. upor
0e suggestion Of the doctor. placed q
t2ble-board across tho springs OF Ben.
niefs little bed upstairs, between tho mat
tres1 and the wire.
1t prevents motion At fiae point O,
&he fracture By tho sinking OF tho maj
6ecss EWlatpe6 fha doctor.