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Then I wet the bandage on his head an' arm, puttin' in plenty of turpentine on the arm to prevent poisonin'. The turpentine made him twist an' grunt, but when it stopped burnin' his face cleared up. "My leg's a heap easier," he sez. I only nodded. I knew he had a lot more steam on his mind. Presently he said, "But we might as well settle things now as any time. Who are you workin' for?"
"Kin you hold back when the brichin' breaks? Kin you stop fer orders when your nigh hind leg's over your trace an' ye feel good of a frosty mornin'?" said Nip, who had only learned that trick last winter, and thought it was the crown of horsely knowledge. "What's the use o' talk in'?" said Tedda Gabler, scornfully. "What kin ye do?"
"Don't be a fool," I yelled at him. "They'll be after us directly. There, some of them are firing already. Get up, or you'll lose my poor old horse." He turned upon me in a rage, with his revolver raised. "Bah!" he cried. Then a change came over him, and he turned to look back at the enemy. "Can you run?" he said. "I can't; my right leg's cut."
Of yore, such a grip as he now secured would have ham strung or otherwise maimed its victim and left her wallowing helpless. But the dull teeth merely barked the leg's tough skin. And a spasmodic jerk ripped it loose from the dog's hold. Lad barely had time to spring aside, to dodge the wheeling sow. He was panting heavily. His wounds were hurting and weakening him. His wind was gone.
Andy blushed again six weeks indoors had lightened the tan on his face so that his blushes showed very plainly and made desperate denial. "I'm only going up to Butte. But a fellow can't have any kind of a time there without a fair-sized roll, and I'll be back in two or three weeks soon as my leg's mended thorough. "Get along with yuh!" growled the Old Man, though his eyes twinkled.
"You're right, Billy; the leg's broken," he reported. Then he went to work to improvise splints and bind up the leg; and this done, he took Will on his back and bore him to the dugout. Here the leg was stripped, and set in carefully prepared splints, and the whole bound up securely. The outlook was unpleasant, cheerfully as one might regard it.
No, thank you, my lady; now that I have at least a firm footing in this house as that blessed parson said I am not going to risk it by filling it with every bothering child I possess. Bob departs as soon as his leg's well. Why what's this?" She had come upon a concluding line as she was returning the letter to the envelope.
There's one joist pinnin' my left shoulder, and my leg's jammed under another; and stir I cannot." Sam lit another match. "I was fearin' " he began, but broke off. "If you could manage, ma'am, to draw up your knee an inch or so or if you wouldn' mind my takin' a pull " "Not at all," said Mrs. Lobb. "I'm used to bein' pinched." Sam gripped the knee-pan firmly, and hauled. "O-ow!" cried Mrs. Lobb.
Janice could have overlooked the shaky chair, the toppling bureau, and the scratched washstand; but the bed with only three legs, and a soap-box under the fourth corner, did bring a question to the guest's lips: "Where is the other leg, Aunty?" "Now, I declare for't!" exclaimed Mrs. Day. "That is too bad! The leg's up on the closet shelf here.
"Hows'ever," he added cheerfully, "I've had a rare good holiday, an' the leg's all but right again, so, Molly, let's have an early tea; I'll give it a good rest for another half-hour and then be ready for the 6:30 p.m-ers. Cut off your steam, will you?"
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