Show A professional visit BY FRANK FRANIC 11 copyright 1901 by dally daily story pub co it was waa bitterly cul col I 1 slid and the two figures threading their way down tho the mountain side aide bint to avoid the slanting particles of 0 ice that stung their ta faces con yet only the day before the sun bad shone and muy hail had opened their petals to a soft bilac bi I 1 aurryl hurry doctor for mercy a sake aake hurry 1 oue one of 0 the fig ures urea shouting shooting tit hi order to be heard above the wind and the other figure strong and athletic though it 11 was ana threw itself forward still more fiercely in vain endeavor to overtake the old man who WM wim plunging on alken I 1 hurry hur ry hurry came cama back to him as aa part of the wind its ten 11 at yd an she he may bo be ayin lor sake finke hurry only a few houis before jut just no aa the torm storm was bullit lag the old ninn man had appeared at the door of a small lao iso dottl in tl it a mountains an and 1 demanded a doctori and when assured there was not one within althin twenty miles malca he hod had thrown throan up hla his hands handa with a despairing art an she may be adyln I 1 she may be ayin I 1 then suddenly straightening himself he hat ha I 1 asked haral harshly kly to be shown the road to the nearest doctor at that moment the young man mail had al ai feared I 1 am not a doctor lie he but I 1 medicine two tao years yeara before deciding upon the ministry I 1 have only luat just arrived so BO I 1 know nothing about the lont lonrlon lon of doctors here As an you are in ili a bairy I 1 may I 1 ie to better than none and sm am at your service hardly a word ord had I 1 leen cen brohen 13 since ince then except the intermittent hurry I 1 down doan slopes they had pion plunged ged dodging trees and bo boulders bowl ders slipping and stumbling an I 1 up tip slopes they had climbed and scrambled amblod clinging by sheer force of 0 fingers theio A hei a they would often have fallen back their one thought to cover distance ais aa r rapidly as possible mile after mile fell away behind them and still they bent their facts facia to the slanting particles pai of ice the young met man I 1 unable to see where he wits was go going ing bit but t following 1 t ing lite lila companion compaction foi who all 0 won was ap apparently a bently oblivious of fatigue or pain but su sullenly sul denly re they hurt 1 id 4 on the old man a toot foot caught in sonic some probel tion and he anti thrown forward almost instantly ho how aver iRver he was as upon hla his fitt td t aiala and plunging on but only fr fir a steps then lie he tottered find and tell fell hurry hurry lie he ballel I 1 ve broke my ankle and lan an t keep up I 1 ollir the adie I 1 till a 0 come coma to a g gu it ley with plus pine trees on oil one bide aide keep through it and then turn to the right my aly cabin a in the oak ectus beyond but you protested the young man anxiously I 1 cannot leme leae you like this thin lot iet me attend to houi ankle first no no not no screamed the old roan man hat billy ably go on I 1 tell ye there a no time for or me I 1 ni nil all I 1 light ight an know every foot 0 these mountains it my ankle Is broke I 1 can hobble along an will get most moat as soon as ou go Q I 1 3 hurry hurry lie ho called on I 1 tell tall yet ye hurry hurry burry for mercy a sake bake hurry blie bhe may bo be d aln in I 1 I 1 the oung min sprang away ube obe along the I 1 idge and do down 11 tile the gulley lie he huram dodging the tres trees a and a d rocks when hen he be coul I 1 see gee them and bruising himself against them when hen he be could not the still beating in his face but the tha bitter col coll I 1 unnoticed in hla his haste at the tha en I 1 of the gully he be heard board the rush rubb an I 1 roar of 0 turbulent waters aters anti and presently pre Bently came to the bank 0 ot f a stream thirty or forty feet wide ade I 1 whose bose current was into white lc 10 es e I 1 1 ltd its folce against the th rough nes ries of 1 the arher bl bid the old man bad not spoken of this doubtless he ha knew of a fording place and had ex ported himself to lend lead the way across there was wag no time to look for a ford now and without hoAl tallon the yo young king man flung himself into the icy w water a ter lie ha was a strong swimmer swim nier but when he be drew himself laboriously up the opposite bank he wits was breathing heavily another ten feet of the whirling icy current he felt would have been more than he could have overcome for a moment lie he lay panting and trembling then rose rosa stiffly to hla his feet in hla his wet garments he would soon goon freeze unless he kept moving par far up the slope lie he could see the scrub oaks and among them was waa doubtless the cabin it was still miles away and would require hard climbing to reach it but the very exertion of such a climb would be the befit beat means of keeping him from freezing up up he be climbed and cradled craw led all the time more slowly and painfully his garments soon freezing stiff na its boards and his fingers becoming led and blood ile he fell fall there after he saw me a stained but at jut he reached the scrub and soon after saw the cabin in n which as the life he was to save it was late the next day when the old id man followed him up tip the slope even more slowly and painfully it several hours to hobble to the scrub and several more to reach the a bin when he pushed open the door with an all improvised crutch he saw a g girl r lying y ng on a couch her face pale and frightened but her eyes clear and bright for the first time tears began to fall from the old man a eyes for or the brightness of 0 the girl a face ace told him that she was saved upon the floor lay the young man breathing heavily lie he fell there after he saved aved me the girl fald eald hurriedly I 1 but first he took some of his own medaine ile he said lie ho would try to get to the fire I 1 could boniv lie he hero here and watt nit and w watch I 1 itch it II a been awful tor for maybe henry Is dying doing lou iou must hurry for a doctor uncle yes yes I 1 II 11 hurry for one right off sal I 1 thi old man thankfully he has s earned that out but first git him on the bed an give gha him something hot to ill dilak ink I 1 reckon debbe he a got chilled and used up tip but as he bert over him the young roan man opt ne chis 1 ilia eyes at first blankly then with A ith growing intelligence in them its mole exhaustion than anything else ho he that and the cold be all right in a lay day or two to don t go foi a do tor 3 ou re riot not able lou ou might ban I 1 me my box of 0 ni edlIne it tell fell on the bloor and an I 1 the old man bent lower la Is la 18 FI olsle ale loing wel celii IOU oi might gle give her another spoonful from the glass the old man folded a look coming to ills his face but the oung man mail hid fallen buck back unton union three days dayo later the two oneie outside the cabin the old man tida as sitting on a bench his ankle bandaged lour OM niece la is all right now the young man was saying it if she has another attack give her the medicine as I 1 have directed and ou oil must be very careful of your ankle tor for a week or two to though for or that matter I 1 shall be bark back again soon 1 I aou ou see bee I 1 used to know your niece ne e attended schools in the same anie town then she disappeared and I 1 could not obtain her address I 1 es ca said gald the old man an you youve a found her here herec alve 1 ve found her here simply and and she says saya I 1 may call again but good b I 1 hi he old man ma reached into his hi pocket 1 11 I wish I 1 could give you something like ike what you vo ve done don for or me ra a worth doctor he be said bald wistfully but I 1 tant cant flute elate a paw wait waa rich but b he died an elsie elate came to live with me I 1 get my livin huntin this Is all the money I 1 yo TC got but you must teas taice it and he be held out a silver dollar the fhe young man glanced at it smilingly with refusal on bt his lips but something in the old ninn man a eyes made him change chance his mind lie ile took the dollar and slipped it into lie his pocket I 1 chank I 1 hank sou ou he said now I 1 must be going when he came to the crowing to which the old man had directed him a tree fallen across the river he paused and took some borne letters from hla his pocket one of them he opened and read thoughtfully dear jack allow me to cong ratu late you in advance upon our success irk in the suit all that was needed was the evidence which ou alte aalto have seemed secured the money la is ungues tlona tion bly ably bours ours and even the tha other side eado tacitly admits this while counting tor for success upon quibble of 0 the law but bat you roust must be careful to have hane your evl evi dence in court on the tha or the case will go by default five thousand dollars dollan la is not much but it may be of great use to a young fellow like illie you who to lie just starting out in life yours youra as aa ever the young roan man toro tore the tha letter into strips and dropped them into the swirling current of river it la Is now the twenty t enty second be said contentedly I 1 and the case hns has al ready gone gona by default but what of att it I 1 have found disio dale |