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Show ®lb llose anb $fillet down. Allison's eager eyes did not swerve from his face. "Mind you," he went on, "I don't promise anything-! can't, conscientiously. In getting a carriage out of the mud, more depends upon the horse than on the driver. Nature will have to do the work-! can't. All I can do is to guide her gently. If she's pushed, she gets balky. Maybe there 's something ahead of her that I don't see, and there's no use spurring her ahead when she's got to stop and get her breath before she can go up hill. "That hand can't heal itself without good blood to draw upon, and good material to make bone and nerve of, so we'll begin to stoke up, gradually, and meanwhile, I 'II camp right here and see what's doing. And if you can bring yourself to sort of-well, sing at your work, you know, it's going to make the job a lot easier." Allison drew a long breath of relief. "You give me hope," he said. "Sure," returned the young man, with" an infectious laugh. "A young surgeon never has much else when he starts, nor for some time to come. Want to sit up?" _.Why.'' AJiison breathed, in astonishment, "I can't." "Who said so?'' "Everybody. They all said I must lie perfectly still." ®llet tbe llar '1 1 "Of course," mused the young man, aloud, •orw•rb "blood may move around all right of itself, and marcbl then again, it may not. Would n't do any harm to stir it up a bit and remind the red corpuscles not to loaf on the job." The nurse came back, to say that the trunk would be up immediately. "Good. Can I have a bunk in the next room?" Without waiting for her answer, he requested raw eggs and milk, beaten up with a little cream and sherry. While Allison was drinking it, he moved a big easy chair up near the window, opened every shutter wide, and let the hot sun stream into the room. He expeditiously made a sling for the injured hand, slipped it painlessly into place, put a strong arm under Allison's shoulders, and lifted him to a sitting posture on the edge of the bed. "Now then, forward, march ! Just lean on me." Muscles long unused trembled under the strain but finally he made the harbour of the easy chair, gasping for breath. "Good," said the young man. "At this rate, we 'II soon have clothes on us and be outdoors." "Really?" asked Allison, scarcely daring to believe his ears. "Sure," replied the marvellous young man, confidently. "What's the use of keeping a whole body in the house on account of one hand? I 'm going to tell you just one thing |