| Show i I 1 I 1 I 1 j i I 1 A HARD SENTENCE I 1 was converting not long iong ion lon since with a returned volunteer 1 I was waa in the hospital ag as nurse for a iong long lon ion time said he be rand and land assisted in taking off limbs and dressed all sorts of wounds but the hardest thing I 1 ever did was waa to talle take my thumb OT off a mans leg sahl sahi I aai ani ahl aal said eald 1 how how bow was that thai then ilea he be told HI me f jt t wab waa a young man who had bad a severe wound in in the tha th thigh the ball passed completely through and amputation was necessary the ile limb was waa cut off close up to the bokiy loody the arteries art arl eries erieg taken up aad abd he h seemed to be doin doln doing well weli subsequently one of the amail smail arteries sloughed oft off an in incision clion was made and it wab waa again taken up it is well it was not the main artery said the burgeon a as be performed the operation be he in giat glat hae hav has e bid ald bl go to death before we could bave hare tak taken on it i up but charley got on finely and was a favorite mith with ith us all ail I 1 I 1 was passing through the ward one night about mi midnight night when sud sui suddenly denly denis as I 1 was passing charleys bed he spoke to t me ili ill H 1 my leg la Is b jediny again I 1 threw back the bed clothes ond and the blood skirted in the air the main artery had siou sloughed ghei off fortunately I 1 knew just what to do and in an in in jerant stant I 1 had pressed my place and stopped the blee bleeding efing lhing it waa so close to the body that there was barely room for my thumb but I 1 succeeded in keeping it here abd ana arousing one of the he convalescents sent him bia for the burgeon surgeon burgeon J who came cams ia in on orf the run 1 I am arri so thankful if said heas keas he as he saw baw me ine I 1 that you were up and knew what to do for be must have bled to death before I 1 could have got here but on examining the cabe ease he be looked exceedingly 7 and sent out for other surgeon all came cams who were with 1 in reach and a consultation was held over the poor fellow one conclusion was reached r e i by all there was no place to wark eave the spot where my rny thumb was paced p they could hot not sot work under my thumb and it I 1 moved it he would bleed to death before the artery i i could be 1 alien aken up there was vas no way to i save his life t poor charley lie ile was very cain raia when they told him and requested that his brother I 1 i vyto wo was in the sama same hospital might be call ed up ile he came and set by the bedside and for three hours I 1 stood and by the be pre pressure siire tf f j my thumb kept up the life of charley while f ibe the brothers had hail thoi thui last conversation on earth it was a at strange rainge place for me to be la im to feel fiel that an act of mine munt cause that life to depart loving lovins the poor fellow as I 1 didat was a bard thought but there was no tite tiye the last words were spoken charley haa baa 4 g all hua hia business affairs and I 1 sert bert tender message a to 0 o abbl abst aust onte onto wout x a tit lit te tie dreamed how near their loved one stood to th tee e grave the tears filled my eyes more than once as I 1 listened to those parting erdy all were safa bata and anil he turned to me now II 11 iguess I 1 kuess guess you iou fou had kad better take off your thumb 10 0 how can ap I 1 I 1 spid sid bid but it must be tit you know lie he re plied ly 1 I thank you for your kind hess ness and now good bye ile he tur turned ne awa away hs ba head bead I 1 raised my thumb once more rl the thy life current gushed forth and in three minutes peer peor charley was dead cor |
