The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

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: and, as the silver wire jerked her eve
: so slightly higher, flung it from he
with n hand, and with her free arr
tossed her silver wreath downward t.
ward the figure beside the wind ms
chine, and a little trill of laughter wen
= with it.
Both hands there-cut that-wait
Al-wait-good Godw
On that outward swing of the ira
peZe Mr.. Al Delano leaped from hi
spring-board with the grace Of a wilC
thing, turned his double somersaul
mid-stage, in mid-air, and reached out
for the iower-twined horizontal bar
1t swung back, but too slowly to meet
his straining clutch. Too late to gather
his strength against a fall, he gyrated
for a second in a CHASTITY stimulation of
an acrobat, and then with the direct
ness of a fowl shot on swift wing, hur-
tied downward, his legs doubled up
under him and his neck strained back
ward.
"Ugh-h-l"
A moment of indecision. A woman
in the balcony shrieked and hid her
face. Another. The West Wind faint
ed back against an iridescent pillar.
The directors baton futtered, then
waved onward, the music Gathering
manfully after it. A gnome fell weak
kneed in her tracks. The curtain slith-
cred downward.
AT three o'clock, with the immense
quiet of dead O. night thick as a
shroud around them, the watchers be-
side a property couch moved stimuli
~taneously. A doctor rose from his stiff
knees, his lips pursed and perplexed
beneath his messy beard. Charley Lee
lifted a basin and towel from the floor
and placed them noiselessly ON the
gold property table. Miss Lolo Lala-
day, her silver skirts crushed to her
figure, rose from her crouching attitude
at the base of the couch, and beneath
the mask of rouge her little face
seemed suddenly as f1eshless as the feet
of a bird and slashed with tears, as if
rain had beat against it.
Doc! My God, Doc, don't you
know yet? You want us to die wait
ing, do you? Don't you know nothing
YETI"
'"We gotta latch that fourteen train,
Doc, and she feels like before we go
we oughta-"
Cant you tell a girl, Doc? Amt he
ever coming to again? Amt he, Doc?
oh, my God, amt hep"
The doctor snapped his spectacles
into a case and regarded her above a
remaining pair that ~straddled his nose
halfway down. His voice was DELHI
crate and as slow as treacle in the
I'VE are going to move him now,
young lady, just as soon as the hospital
wagon arrives. Then we can tell
more"
Fear lay on her face like a death
mask.
rs he"
Il have set three fractures, but /
look at that back until we get
him to the hospital, little lady,"
ooh, my God! His back!"
Mr.. Charley Lee smoothed a
hand up and down the back of his
hair.
What she's trying to get at is this,
Doc. We gotta get that fourteen train
tut and"
Don't listen to him, Doc, we"
1--WE gotta get that train out and
T he amt done for she wants to know
{ he'll come around all right. He will,
Won't he. Doc?"
He will, Doc, won't he? He will, ,
Doc, for Gods sake tell me he surely
u won't know how much, little lady, ,
ntil we get him to the hospital, but it {
right" -.
See. Lo; 0 go get your buds" |
"Oh, my God, Doc" She caught at !
is hands in a frenzy of suppliance and
ell on her knees a huddle at his feet. :
Just pull him around, Doc. That's all
ask. Pull him around, Doc, and I'll
it up to you. I'll work my fingers y
the bone for you. I'll black your :
hoes and walk on my knees for you. n
My don't let him die, Doc. For Gods =
don't let him die" The incoher- h
nee of frenzy muddled her tones. q
"Aw, cut it, Lo. Don't you see that +
'oc's doing all he can. Go get your
uds on, Lo. You see, Doc, it's this q
'ay. She kinda feels like it was her h
ault, but there's nothing to that. It's A
ist like he got dizzy all of a sudden f
lie way he missed that bar. I've seen a
happen a dozen times. She flung it II
j right enough, but she kinda feels to
anne about 1t. It's dead sure that he'll v
around all right, amt it, Doc?
ell her"
II done it! I done it, Doc, but l d
dn't think it would swerve. 1 lone Il
. Oh, my God, Doc. 1 done It'll" Ii
He stopped and drew her gently "
her crouching attitude at his feet
I'D, as if anticipating that she would W
way like a silver reed, placed a firm