"
"Yes, dear daddy--I will come back just as soon as I can get the
dust out of my hair and get brushed up a little," cried Ruth
bravely, in the effort to hide her anxiety, "and then Aunt Felicia
is downstairs."
Once outside she drew the nurse, who had followed her, to the
window so as to be out of hearing of the patient and then asked
breathlessly:
"What did Mr. Breen do?"
"I don't know exactly, but everybody is talking about him."
At this moment Miss Felicia arrived at the top of the stairs: she
had heard Ruth's question and had caught the dazed expression on
the girl's face.
"I will tell you, my dear, what he did, for I have heard every
word of it from the servants. The blast went off before he and
your father had reached the opening of the tunnel. They left your
father for dead, then John Breen crawled back on his hands and
knees through the dreadful smoke until he reached him, lifted him
up on his shoulders and carried him out alive. That's what he did;
and he is a big, fine, strong, noble fellow, and I am going to
tell him so the moment I get my eyes on him.
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