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Show man opened his eyes; at first blankly, then with growing intelligence in them, "It's more exhaustion than anything else," he whispered, "that and the colif. I'll be all right in a day or two. Don't go for a doctor; you're not able. You might hand me my box of medicine. It fell on the floor. And and-.--" The old man bent lower. "Is is El-sie doing well? Tou might give her another spoonful from the glass." The old man nodded, a surprised-look surprised-look coming to his face. But the young man had fallen back unconscious. uncon-scious. Three days later the two were outside out-side the cabin together. The old man was sitting on a bench, his ankle bandaged. "Your niece is all right now," the young man was saying. "If she has another attack, give her the medicine as I have directed. And you must be very careful of your ankle for a week or two though for that matter I shall be back again soon. I--you see I used to know your niece. We attended schools in the same town. Then she disappeared, and I could not obtain her address." "Ye3," said the oid man, "an' you've found her here?" "I've found her here," simply, "and and she says I may call again. But good-by." The old man reached into his pocket. "I wish I could give you something like what you've done for me's worth Doctor," he said, wistfully, "but can't. Kl3ie's paw was rich, but h died, an' Elsie came to live with me I git my livin' huntin'. This Is all th money I've got, but you must taite it, and he held out a silver dollar. The young man glanced at it smilingly, smil-ingly, with refusal on his lips. Bui something in the old man's eyes made A Professional Visit. BY FRANK H. SWEET. (Copyright, 1901. by Dally Story Pub. Co.) It was bitterly cold, and the two figures threading their way down the mountain side bent to avoid the slanting slant-ing particles of ice that stung their faces. Yet only the day before the sun had shone and May flowers had opened their petals to a soft breeze. "Hurry! hurry! Doctor! for mercy's alro hnrrvl" imnlnrpd nun of the fle- him change his mind. He took th dollar and slipped it into his pocket. "Thank you," he said. "Now I musl be going." j When he came to the crossing to which the old man had directed him, a tree fallen across the river, he paused and took some letters from his pocket. One of them he opened and read thoughtfully. "Dear Jack: Allow me to congratu- late you in advance upon your success in the suit All that was needed was the evidence which you write you have secured. The money is unquestionably unques-tionably yours, and even the other side tacitly admits this, while counting for success upon quibble of the law. But you must be careful to have your evidence evi-dence in court on the 20th, or the case will go by default. Five thousand dollars is not much, but It may be of "Hurry! hurry!" he called. "I've broke my ankle, and can't keep up. Foller the ridge till ye come to a gul-ley gul-ley with pine trees on one side. Keep through it, and then turn to the right. My cabin's in the oak scrub beyond." "But you," protested the young man anxiously." "I cannot leave you like this. Let me attend to your ankle first" "No, no, no!" screamed the old man harshly. "Go on, I tell ye. There's no time for me. I'm all right an' know eve y foot o' these mountains. If my ankle is broke, I can hobble along, an' will get there 'most as soon as you. Go en, I tell ye! Hurry! hurry! For mercy's mer-cy's sake, hurry! She may be dyin'!" The young man sprang away obediently. obe-diently. Along the ridge and down the gulley he hurried dodging the trees and rocVs when he could se? them, and bruising himself against them when he could not, the storm still beating in his face, but the bitter cold unnoticed in his haste. At the end of the gully he heard the rush and roar of turbulent' waters, and presently came to the bank of a stream, thirty or forty feet wide, whose current was broken into white ridges by its force against the roughness rough-ness of the river bed. The old man had not spoken of this. Doubtless he knew of a fording place, and had ex- ares, shouting in order to be heard above the wind, and the other figure, strong and athletic though it was, threw Itself forward still more fiercely in vain endeavor to overtake the old man, who was plunging on ahead. "Hurry! hurry! hur-ry! hurry!" came back to him as part of tho wind. "It's ten m!3 yet, an' she may be dyin'. For mercy's sake, hurry!" Only a few hours before, just as the storm was bursting, the old man had appeared at the door of a small isolated iso-lated hotel in hie mountains and demanded de-manded a doctor, and when assured there was not one within twenty miles he had thrown up his hands with a despairing, "An' she may be dyin'! Sh6 may be dyin'!" Then suddenly straightening himself,-he had asked I n I lll harshly to be shown the road to the nearest doctor. At that moment the young man had appeared. "I am not a doctor," he had said, "but I studied medicine two' years before deciding upon the ministry. I have only just arrived, so I know nothing about the location of doctors here. As you are in a hurry, I may be better than none, and am at your service." Hardly a word had been spoken since then, except the intermittent "Hurry! hurry!" Down slopes they had plunged, I dodging trees and bowlders, slipping I tnd stumbling, and up slopes they had j climbed and scrambled, clinging by j pectea himself to lead the way across There was no time to look for a ford ; now, and without hesitation the young j man flung himself Into the icy water He was a strong swimmer, but when he drew himself, laboriously up the opposite bank he was breathing heav-ly. heav-ly. Another ten feet of the whirling icy current he felt would have been more than he could have overcome For a moment he lay panting and trembling; then rose stiffly to his feet. In his wet garments he would soon freeze unless he kept moving. Far up the slope he could see tho scrub oaks, and among them was doubtless the cabin. It was still miles "He fell there after he saw me." great use to a young fellow like you, who is just starting out in life. Yours as ever, The young man tore the letter into strips and dropped them into the swirling current of river. 'It is now the twenty-second," he said contentedly, "and the case has already al-ready gone by default. But what of it? t. have found Elsie." away, ana would require hard climbing to reach it. But the very exertion of such a climb would be the best means of keeping him from freezing. Up up he climbed and crawled, all the time more slowly and painfully, his garments gar-ments soon freezing stiff as boards and his fingers becoming red and blood- stainea. But at last he reached the scrub and soon after saw the cabin in which was the life he was to save JaS lan thS next day wen the old man followed him up the slope even more slowly and painfully n required several hours to hobble to the scrub, and several more to reach the cabin. When he pushed open the door with, an improvised crutch, he saw a girl lying; 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 .nan's eyes, forlne brightness of the girl's face told him' that, she was saved. Upon the floor lay the young man breathing heavily He fell there after he saved me-the me-the girl said hurriedly, "but first he took some of his own medicine He said he would try to get to the fire I could only lie here and wait and watch. It's been awful, for mo" "Hurry! Hurry!" he called. sheer force of fingers where they would often have fallen 'back, their one thought to cover distance, as rapidly as possible! Mile after miie fell away behind them and still they bent their faces to the slanting particles of ice, the young man unable to see where he was going, but following his companion, compan-ion, who was apparently oblivious of fatigue or pain. But suddenly as they hurried on the 1 old man's foot caught in some projec- j tion and he was thrown violently for- I ward. Almost instantly, however, he ; was upon his feet again and plunging ' on. But only for a few steps; then he tottered and fell. j watch. It's been awful, for maybe-! Henry Is dying. You must hurry for a doctor, uncle." "Yes, yes; I'll hurry for one right off, said the old man thankfully "ha' earned that. But first I'll git him on the bed an' give him something hot to drink. I reckon mebbe he's got chilled and used up." 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