Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-14
The alley!"
"ShoW me! "-tstill akkptitAl..

a !" Show me! ''-+still sA4ptieal.
she turned and raced to the corner, tho
officer hard upon her heels, his automatic
In hand. Ninth street was empty.
We'll" he said. slowing Up. !" where's this
war O. yours? / don't see anything"
But she new on ahead. When she reached:
the alley she dropped to her knees. Tie
policeman, reconaiderins his fippant dag.
1t0sis, scattered up Just as Nancy raised
Jeretniah's bloody head in her arms.
20, Jerry, Jerryl" she cried. breaking into
hysterical ,sobs: which it was now chrome.
logically proper that she should.
The policeman opened the bloody shirt.
front and felt Of the victims heart.
I" Four of 'ern, huh! Just my da1nn luck
to be a few minutes late"
rs he dead?
Not yet. His hearth going. I'm sorry,
miss, I didn't dope it right; but even then
ia a. been too late. Why didn't you yell?"
"I{..z. didn't think OF it. 1 tried to
help him. but / wasn't OF any USE" !,
"You waded INF"
And one Of the beatts struck me on the
mouth. The poor boy! to defend
mel" What's the odds, SO long as she never
learned the truth?--that she rhistook Ajax
for Menelaus! w.t. NJ
s The policeman searched the victim. but
his practiced hand found nothing but a key.
ring. The crooks mad cleaned the boy thor
ouehly. blackjacked, too. Waded in. eh?
Wonnen-lf they were worth anything-gen.
orally waded In for those they loved. They
might ,pommel their lords and masters, but
they would not permit anybody else.
Ibid he carry any valuables?"
Il don't know" she answered, rocking
slightly.
"Well, stay with him Until I send in d
call for the ambulance"
mo, no! We both tive in that house
there, with the marble, steps. III help you.
A surgeon lives next door, and he'll be home
now" -
The policeman thought it over. Probably
the chap would get proper care more quickly
II the girl had her way. "All right. I can
handle him alone. II you'll give he a boost
when l,aay SO. There's his hat. You take
it," Presently he swung Jereniah's dead
weight llIO d s6CAcIG4AC lAA6 oho" iHC SAS
way. miss. How many hights?"
"One flight up"
"Fine!" I'LL ~
wen put him in my room until the
doctor decides. But, oh, hurry! If he should
die! ''' ~ aHa, s 49,.
saw, he'll be all right for the wedding.
MISS said the policeman cheerfully.
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I was q task, that required all the policeman's
!: strength. On the level he could have car.
ried his burden a mile or more; but eighteen
\ steps was like pushing the sky back"
"Now I'll get the doc, miss. Gee!-if
you'd only hollered at the start. I might "a
plugged a couple Of them. # I can't get
the doc, I'll COLL the ambulance. Wash HE
face, but don't bother about his head; that
blood is from his nose. The blackjack
doesn't do much outside damage. If it's
real concussion. why, he'll have to 60 to the
hospital; if it amt, he'll be around in an
hour or two. I've seen 'em dead to the world
for three or four hours, then get up and hoof
It home. You look kind O. bnnsed up your
self" He went out and down the stairs.
heavily.
AS Nancy moved about. getting first aid
necessities, Ling Foo galloped and cavorted,
tried totcatch her skirt, enacted all his little
love.tricks-to no avail; his mistress ignored
him utte0y. Neither did the man on the
lounge pay any attention to him. At length
the puppy went into a corner to grieve. This
world was full Of surprises, and most Of them
hurt; for dogs, being closest to human beings.
discover similar facts about life.
The neighborly surgeon came quickly, and
diagnosed Jerry's case as q slight conclusion.
The patient, when his brain began to stir to-
ward its normal functionins, would probably
be out of his head for a while, but In a few
hours he'd come to his proper senses. No: 1t
wasn't necessary to send him to a hospital
but he ought not to be moved until morning
The blow had fallen upon the toughest par,
Of the skull, fortunately; the same force
above the ear, and the consequences would
have been serious.
I'll call. early in the morning"
Nancy's relief filled her throat with hys
terra; and she was glad when the door closed
upon the two men. She drew a chair to tht
side of the lounge and sat down, to watch
her, fingers tightly laced. she could no.
hold her thoughts very well; they were %
Of hand: and raced about considerably. bu
always touched Terry, the background on
Of which he had come and the salients; o
his character Els utter fearlessness in tn.
fight, in which he had scorned to call To-
help forced her to speculate upon him from
q new angle. It amazed her ts well as CAV
her secret satisfaction) to learn that unde
the kindly manner. behind those gentle gra!
eyes. that general air Of boyishness, Their
was a lion, vigorous and headstrong N
healthy young woman can ignore such
CHARACTERISTIC aespeciallyfin . man she knows
when, a q matter Of fact, the lionlike 4
= man Y q much . quest to her as the Grai
was 10 Sir Galahad,
From time 10 time Jerry's chest move
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