he moaned. "Have they killed you? Have they killed you?" She
gathered his head upon her knees, moaning like a wounded animal.

"Good Lord, Mandy, don't go on like that!" cried Sam in a horrified
voice. "It's only his leg broke."

Mandy laid his head gently down, then sprang to her feet.

"Only his leg broke? Who done it? Who done it, tell me? Who done it?"
she panted, her voice rising with her gasping breath. "What coward done
it? Was it you, Sam Sailor?"

"Guess we're all in it," said Sam stupidly. "It was jist a bit of fun,
Mandy."

For answer she swung her heavy hand hard upon Sam's face.

"Say, Mandy! Hold hard!" cried Sam, surprise and the weight of the blow
almost knocking him off his feet.

"You cowardly brute!" she gasped. "Get out of my sight. Oh, what shall
we do?" She dropped on her knees and took Cameron's head once more in
her arms. "What shall we do?"

"Guess we'll have to git him in somewheres," said Sam. "How can we carry
him though? If we had some kind of a stretcher?"

"Wait! I know," cried Mandy, flying off up the lane.

Before many minutes had passed she had returned, breathing hard.

"It's--the---milkhouse--door," she said. "I--guess that'll--do."

"That'll do all right, Mandy. Now I wish some of them fellers would
come."

Sam pulled off his coat and made of it a pillow, then stood up looking
for help. His eye fell upon the prostrate and senseless form of Perkins.

"Say, what'll we do with him?" he said, pointing to the silent figure.

"Who is it?" enquired Mandy. "What's the matter?"

"It's Perkins," replied Sam. "He hit him a terrible crack."

"Perkins!" said Mandy with scorn. "Let him lie, the dog. Come on, take
his head."

"You can't do it, Mandy, no use trying. You can't do it."

"Come on, I tell you," she said fiercely. "Quit your jawin'. He may be
dyin' for all I know. I'd carry him alone if it wasn't for his broken
leg." Slowly, painfully they carried him to the house and to the front
door.

"Wait a minute!" said Mandy. "I'll have to git things fixed a bit. We
mustn't wake mother. It would scare her to death."

She passed quickly into the house and soon Sam saw a light pass from
room to room. In a few moments Mandy reappeared at the front door.

"Quick!" whispered Sam. "He's comin' to."

"Oh, thank goodness!" cried Mandy. "Let's git him in before he wakes."

Once more they lifted their burden and with infinite difficulty and much
painful manoeuvering they got the