The Coolidge examiner., 1934-05-04

A hAAA y ~ AAA s4Atst sNAH3H#aat y NAs-s-t-s
crying here 10 n camp.
So the Indian girl came upon Kate
Flynn. kncclinE at steve's side. beg
glnE him 20 speak. 10 make some
sign that he vas aware Of her be
lux there.
Her words covered the small
sounds % Mary's approach through
the rushes and Il vas not until the
nsw arrivals shadow fell across
Steve's figure that Kate started up.
alarm and relief mingled Ia her
heart.
~oh :" she cried "oh. you've
comel Look This man Is
terribly hurtl lie was stabbed and
has blcd most 81 his life ou, ="
Mary appeared 10 give no heed
She stood bent over. hands crossed
on her breast. eyes fast on brakes
drawn face.
Her own counteunnce was In
shadow and Kate. distracted as she
vas. did not observe her garments.
dld not recognize her as an Indian
until she turned and asked:
lie bleed nowT'
NO. oh. you're You
should know what 10 do Your peo-
pie know how 20 treat wounds; oh.
can't we % somethinEF~
she was almost hysterieal In her
relief al having aid In carrying this
grca, burden % responsibility.
where he hurtY' Mary asked. and
Kate drew back the blankets TO re-
veal the ugly patch on brakes
barred body
"Seel II doesn't bleed any more.
/ held Il tight for hours until Il
stopped. oh. what else can be
doneY'
The Indian girl then DID a strange
thing. She knclt quickly and took
one of brakes hands In both hers.
Yong JIM" she called softly.
Yong Jim - Her voice husked.
Yong Jim. you all righiY'
she held her breath for answer
but none came. no indicating move
ment or change of expression. even.
she turned a tragic face 10 the
white girl who swayei away from
her wlgh something Ike shock as
FranE's lying words came back 10
Der. A squaw man. be had said
this man Was. and here was
young squaw. a stricken expression
In her eyes The thought that
this man. who had worked for her.
perhaps was now dying for her and
who. only q few hours ago. had
kissed her. Nigh, be the lover OF
this dusky girl wrenched and tugged
at something deep IN her heart.
~He say nothing" Mary whls-
pered ~iie won't say nothing I"
She bent her body low. cheek close
10 brakes face and Kate started
10 turn her head away bat when
she saw that the movement was not
In earess but In query she checked
the gesture OF aversion. "He breath
Ing." Mary said "He not hot May
be You got whisky T'-almosi
sharply.
NO: there's DO whisky. You i.
must 20 FOR help. now: right away /;
We can't watt"
"No." Mary's word was adamant.
"He die. maybe. l 20 away. You
do something By him. Ne. ! do
something too"
She turned TO the scattered packs
beyond the Ere. dumping their con.
tents 10 the ground. opened q grub
sack. exploring its contents.
Yes she muttered and poured
coffee into a kettle. running into
the reeds Tor clean water.
Deity she raked the Goals from
the FIRE and put the kettle on 10 boil
Then. without a word Of explana-
tlon. disappeared into the timber. In
a few moments she returned with a
wad OF pitch on a curl OF birch bark.
This she put 10 heat on a pan cover.
went 10 her own canoe and returned
with a bundle from which she ex-
tracted a piece Of white cloth. tore
the cloth into ribbons and then.
testing the consistency OF the soften
Ing pitch with great care, brought
her materials into the tent and
drawing back the blankets set TO
work 10 bind the clotted gauze firm
ly into place.
She smeared the pitch on the
flesh. pressing an end OF cloth into
Il. carried the cloth over the ban
dage and pitched 1t down on the
other side. over and over. first this
way. then that. she drew the adher-
Ing cloth fragments until the chance
OF breaking the clot by movement
was slight.
BY then the coffee had boiled. She
fetched the kettle within and. a
spoonful at a time. dropped the hot
fluid into brakes mouth, persisting
until he had swallowed several
times.
Coffee. No whisky" she said
briefly and sat back on one hip. "He
not bleed now. Coffee make him
. strong"
But he must have help. Some
one who knows about injured people
must be brought here or he may