Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 217: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXIV. PERCY TREATS HAZEL PROFESSIONALLY, “One of the bones--the ulna—is broken,” he said, looking pitifully into her white, drawn face, as he touched the swelling where the bone was displaced. “T thought so, and I knew that you could set it for me,” Hazel replied, a little smile flickering over her | pale lips, while she tried to speak bravely. | “T think Mrs. Stewart should be Saioaede Percy | observed. “Oh, please do not, Per—Dr. Morton ; T will be very | quiet, ‘and give you no trouble. There is some strong | cloth in my work-basket which can be used for a bandage, and there are some thin wooden panels on | the table, which Iwas going to paint, and which, broken in halves, will do very well for splints. Trul [ can bear it better if no one else is present,’ Haze said, so earnestly, while she seemed so excited at the idea of Mrs, Stewart’s presence, that Perey decided to humor her. | He told Belle to bring him the cloth, from which he tore a long strip, and then showed her how to make itirtoa tight roll for his use. | Then he found the panels Hazel had mentioned, cut them once through with his knife, thus making aap very good splints, and then everything was ready. “Belle, dear, just step into the next room for a few minutes, and Dr. Morton will eall you when the bone is set,” Hazel said, seeing how pale the young girl haa grown, and wishing to spare her the sight of her own suffering. ‘Indeed, I shall not leave you—I shall stand right here beside you; and if Dr. Morton wants anything he can ask me to get it for him,’ turned, and Perey gave her an anprpointeecne ta