Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-06-27

"Ah-h-h!"
Sheila opened one eye. A rush of
vertigo overwhelmed her. Pain
flashed over her head like the
strands of a net. She saw big dim
figures, black against the sunshine,
and shut her eyes again.
| Presently she said, Frank"
Fright here, Sheila!" he said.
"How-how are your"
| 81 wouldn't try to move if I were
you," voice said respectfully. 'The
ambulance'u be here in a couple of
minutes"
"Give me hand there, will your"
Frank had somehow dragged him
self next to her. They were in a
sort of park, on snow; green benches
were within her line of vision.
With a desperate effort Sheila
opened both eyes and Immediately
began to laugh and cry, to hiccup
and strangle all at once. She strug-
| gled toward something like a sitting
posture.
Get a priest!" someone whis-
pered.
''I'm all right, Frank" Sheila
said, carefully, because her mouth
was stiff, Except that think had
a nosebleed, and got knocked out"
'.Sheila, Sheila-you're not seri-
ously hurt?"
IT don't think 500
"But tell mech, God, my arm!"
There was agony in his voice. "You
you're all right, dear!" Frank said
shakily.
"We've sent for an ambulance,
sir
"My shoulder hurts, but I can
move it," Sheila said.
"My dear, my dear, your face is
all blood" Frank told her. He
laughed brokenly. ''Look at us!"
he faltered.
He fshed out a handkerchief; his
handsome, fine handkerchief, beauti-
fully monogrammed. Sheila moved
cramped arm; one of the women
gently began to wipe her face.
"Could you wet that somewhere?"
the woman said. "Poor girl, she's
as conscious as I am myself"
The cold water felt delicious on
Sheila's hot face.
"Oh, thank you," she said, as
eyes and mouth and nostrils were
freed. "That's so much better. We
well, we came down, didn't WEI"
"I'll tell the world" the woman
who was bending over her said SOL
EMMY. "You had a mighty mar
row escape"
1.-THE man-that nice-looking avi-
ator-?"
She looked from the woman's face
to Franks. Frank nodded gravely.
His rich black hair was uncovered
and tumbled, his face streaked with
grease and dirt.
Couldn't we-couldn't the young
lady and be driven straight home?
1t would be great accommodation
to me-" Frank was saying.
keep those people back there!"
one of the policemen ordered.
"Ah-h-h!" murmured the crowd.
Something was being carried away,
some motor engine was starting.
81 think your arm is broken, sir"
the sergeant said.
IT know darned we'll it's broken"
Frank agreed ruefully, with the
laugh of a person in pain.
1T would take you another hour.
You wouldn't rather 60 to the emer-
gency hospital in Newark, and then
go on, sir?"
'I'd much rather get home.
don't want my mother alarmed, or
the young lady's mother alarmed"
"There may be internal injuries,
sir"
"You mean-the young lady?"
"Well, either of you"
II think she may feel the shock.
She'll be much-much better at
home," Frank said. "The newspa-
pers will get this-we want to make
as little of it as possible"
''The pilot was killed, sir.'
"Oh, that part. No, we can't hush
that up. But the less excitement,
the fewer reporters"
''This was a very nice fellow that
was here now. Potter, of the Lead
er. I know him we'll. He's New
ark man." the officer said.
wouldn't you much rather 20
home, Sheila?"
ooh, so much rather, Frank! If
Ma saw it in the papers she'd die
of the shock"
"Here's the ambulance now, Mr..
Nc Cam"
''I'll fix it,"
Evidently Frank did fix it, for i'm
mediately it appeared that they
were to be driven straight into the
city.
Frank limped toward the big gray
car, leaning heavily on the police Of
ficer; Sheila found herself strange
ly shaky, too, and was grateful for
the quick, kindly support Of the am
bulance nurse.
81 wouldn't look over there,
dear!" the nurse said, as Sheila's
eyes went toward the collapsed plan
that lay like great crippled bird
on the soot-speckled. snow.
1T makes me feel sick" Sheila
liz