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A SOLDIER SAVED. 
lodged in the fleshy part of his arm near the 
chest. 
It seemed very long, under that scorching sun, 
before Mrs. Maxwell returned ; but at last she 
reached them, panting with her rapid exertion 
and the heat ; and, handing her sister the water, 
sat down in utter exhaustion. The ditch proved 
to be nearly dry, and she had gone still farther 
back, to try a well near a deserted cabin. She 
found it dry, and was compelled to bring him 
what she could get of the warm, muddy con- 
tents of the ditch. 
Bad as it was, the wounded man drank it ea- 
gerly ; then came the question of returning home. 
The vehicle was turned about, and, through the 
combined strength and ingenuity of them all, he 
at length reached the bed and was made as com- 
fortable as possible for the painful ride. His 
wound proved a dangerous one, and for many 
weeks Mrs. Maxwell’s whole time and attention 
were absorbed in his care. To her friends in 
sickness she is ever a most skilful and devoted 
nurse; and though her trip to southern Colorado 
was lost, she was happy at last in seeing her 
charge again able to be about and still in the 
possession of two arms. 
