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He was on the point of repeating his sturdy call for help, when a four-wheeler swung in beside his wagon-step, and delivered itself of a square-shouldered, heavy-jawed figure, muffled to the ears in a rain-coat. The newcomer took in the situation with a rapid and comprehensive glance of relief.
"I'll give you a fiver," said Durkin thickly, "if you'll gi' me a lift!" He held the money in his hand, as he stumbled and panted to the wagon-step. That put an end to all argument. "Climb in, then quick!" cried the big driver, as he caught his passenger by a tattered coat sleeve and helped him up into the high-perched seat.
When the storm ceased Peter went to the station for his Boston newspaper, which he read to Maria, who took it afterward and read it over to herself. Brother Quakers, Peter's neighbors, who lived out of sight, dropped in from time to time to exchange a word with Maria, or hold talks outside with Peter, with one foot in the rut and the other on the wagon-step.
Ma decreed that henceforth she would chaperon Pa when he went to auctions. But this was the day of Pa's good angel. When he drove up to the door where Ma was waiting, a breathless, hatless imp of ten flew into the yard, and hurled himself between Ma and the wagon-step. "Oh, Mrs. Sloane, won't you come over to our house at once?" he gasped.
He reached the fence breathless, for he was neither so young nor so slim as the man leaning weeping against the wagon-step. "Will you go over there, Miss Combs?" he panted. "There's a poor woman in that wagon breathing her last. They were on their way from Taos to Cripple Creek been camping along the way for some time. Probably they struck bad water somewhere. She's had a low fever.
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