Name: The Splendid Outcast
Author: George Fort Gibbs
ISBN: 978-1507616987

The Splendid Outcast

By George Fort Gibbs 10 Sep, 2019

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Excerpt.......Jim Horton awoke in high fever and great pain but the operation upon his skull had been successful and it was believed that he would recover. Something as to the facts of the exploit of the wounded man had come to the hospital and he was an object of especial solicitude by both surgeons and nurses. They had worked hard to save him that he might be alive for the decoration that was sure to come and the night had brought a distinct improvement in his condition. The nurse still watched his breathing eagerly and wrote down the new and favorable record upon the chart by his bedside. Miss Newberry was not in the least sentimental and the war had blunted her sensibilities, but there was no denying the fact that when the dressing was removed from his head the patient was extremely good to look at. He rewarded her on the morrow with a smile. "How long have I been here?" he murmured hazily. "Six days," she replied; "but you mustn't talk." "Six—? Wounded——" "Sh—. In the head, shoulder and leg, but you're doing nicely." "Won't you tell me——?" he began. But she soothed him gently. "Not now—later perhaps. You must sleep again. Drink this—please." Less

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