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f-aintlv. She was beginning to be frig'ht- 

 ene.d. now, at what she had done. 



John looked the man over. 



''I guess he'll jduII thro-ugh,'' he de- 

 cdded. "You hit him in the leg, an' 

 he-"s bleedin' a good Val, but I don't Vleeve 

 he's dangerous." 



''Do look for Mary.,"' groaned Miss 

 Betty. "T shouldn't w^onder ef she was 

 jest seairt to de'th." 



But just then the woodshed door opened 

 a little way. and a white, frightened fa,cG 

 peered into the room. 



"Here- she is," cried Johm "She's 

 scar't, but she ain't scar't to de'th by any 

 mea.ns. Don't be afeard to come in, lit- 

 tle gal — its safe enough now." 



Thus encouraged, Mary ventured into 

 the rQom. 



"I wish y'd git some, water," said Miss 

 Bettv to her. "I guess I'm faint. I feel 

 dretful queer, someway." 



Mar\^ brought her the water she asked 

 for, casting fearful glances toward the 

 window where the woumled man lay groan- 

 ing. Miss Betty drank some. For a mo- 

 ment it made her feel better, then the 

 deathly feeling she had complained of 

 came over her again. 



"Bring — the — ^^camphire," she gasped. 

 John was frightened at her appearance, 

 and stood looking on helplessly, but Mary 

 found the camphor, and bathed her aunt's 

 face in it, and poured some on her apron 

 and held it to her nostrils. 



"That helps me," said Miss Betty. Then, 

 as she attempted to' move, she gave n 

 groan, and sank back upon the lounge, 

 where shp lay shivering as if with an ague- 

 chill, between the feeling of faintness that 

 had possession of her and the pain which 

 prevented her, from its sharpness, from 

 becoming unconscious. 



"I guess I'd better do somethin' with 

 the pris'ners we've took, 'n' then run over 

 after Susan," said John, becoming more 

 and more frightened at Miss Betty's ap- 

 pearance and actions. 



"I think vou hack"' responded Mary, as 



she bathed her aunt's face in cold water. 

 "I'm afraid she got hurt by the fall into 

 the cellar." 



John managed to get the wounded man 

 out of the room and into the -granary. 

 Thdn he came back and succeeded in get- 

 ting the other out cf the cellar. He vvas 

 still dazed by his fall, and John had but 

 little difficulty in getting him to accom- 

 pany him to the place where both could be 

 k.ept in safety, with Towser on guard, 

 until they could be turned over to the 

 proper authorities. With the hands of 

 one securely bound, and the other unable 

 to walk alone, there was but little danger 

 of their attempting to make escape. 



When J ohn's wife came, .Miss Betty had 

 fainted away, and she found Mary almost 

 beside hercelf with fright. She was sure 

 her aunt was dying. 



They got her into the bedroom, and 

 laid he-r down on the bed, and then tried 

 to revive her.. By and by, she began to 

 show signs of returning consciousness, and 

 p-resently she opened her eyes. 



"Undress me, 'n' put me to bed, 'n' hev 

 John go fer the doctor," she said, faintly. 

 "I'm hurt. Hurt bad, I guess." 



John was sent after the physician iji 

 hot haste, and his wife and Mary removed 

 Miss Betty's clothes, and got her into 

 bed. More than once, while* they were 

 doing this, they had to bathe her face, and 

 bring the camphor bottle, to prevent her 

 from fainting again. Every time her 

 knee was touched, s-he groaned, and once 

 in a« while she alm(?st screamed with pain, 

 so keen was the suffering it caused her. 



When the doctor came he examined her 

 knee, and looked grave. 



"It's a fracture af one of the bones," he 

 said. "I think she'll come out of it, all 

 right, but she'll have to stay in bed for 

 some time. And it's going to be hard 

 work to keep her quiet." He knew Miss 

 Betty, and her active ways, and this kno-wl- 

 edge made him rather doubtful about man- 

 aging her to his liking. 



(To he continued.) 



