Part 22 (1/2)
”Then it must have been a deliberate attempt on Werner's part to blind Jack!” cried Andy ”Oh, what a pity we didn't catch him! Then we could have handed hiirls reached one of the docks at Haven Point Andy and Randy ran on ahead and speedily procured a taxicab Into this Ruth and Jack were hustled, and then Randy, sitting beside the driver, directed him to take the sufferers to the nearest doctor
At the first physician's house they learned that the doctor ay for the afternoon Then they hurried to another part of the town, and there found Doctor Borden, an older irls' school and the military academy
”Pepper in your eyes! Is it possible!” said the old physician ”Co is very serious”
”You wait on the lady first, Doctor,” said Jack ”She is by far the worse off”
”Very well,” said the doctor ”Come this way,” and he led Ruth into his private office
CHAPTER XIV
BOUND FOR HOME
While the doctor was attending Ruth the others of the party arrived at the physician's residence They found Jack walking up and down in the anteroo what he could to comfort his cousin
”What does the doctor say about Ruth?” questioned May quickly
”He hasn't come out yet They are in there,” and Randy pointed with his hand to the inner office
”Oh, Jack, how do your eyes feel?” questioned Martha, co earnestly at her brother
”To tell the truth, they don't feel very good, Martha,” he answered
”But I won't ets out of it”
The boys and girls sat down, some in the outer office and some on the piazza of the doctor's residence They had to wait nearly a quarter of an hour before the door of the inner office opened
”I think the young lady will feel much better by to-morrow,” said Doctor Borden, as he led Ruth forth He had placed a new and heavier bandage over her eyes ”I'll call at the school to see her the first thing to- to the eyes until that ti ladies are with Miss Stevenson?”
”We are,” several of theht not to be any trouble about getting her back to the school in safety,” and the physician set a taxicab,” said Randy, and lost no tio back to the school until Jack has been taken care of,” declared Ruth ”I want to know just how bad off he is The doctor tells me he doesn't thinkto bear up bravely, even though her eyes hurt her a good deal
But what the doctor had put on the the pain
Jack entered the inner office, and the doctor h exaet off so well, Rover,” he announced at the conclusion of the exaht before retiring, and I'll give you a treat, and I think in a day or two you will be as well as ever”
”And what about Miss Stevenson's eyes?” questioned the young captain anxiously
”I can't say very much about them as yet Of course, I didn't want to worry her, so I did not tell her how bad it ”
This was as much as Doctor Borden would say Jack received the treativen a s with the physician, he was ready to leave
”Do you want any of us to go to the school with you?” he asked of Ruth and the other girls