As it drove up to the office-door soon after, he sprang in, accompanied by Doctor Kline.

He had left his case of instruments at the house with Doctor Angier.
Not a word was spoken by either of the two men as they were whirled along over the snow, the wheels of the carriage giving back only a sharp crisping sound, but their faces were very sober.
Mr.Carlton met them, looking greatly alarmed.
"Oh, doctor," he exclaimed as he caught the hand of Doctor Hillhouse, almost crushing it in his grasp, "I am so glad you are here.

I was afraid she might bleed to death." "No danger of that," replied Doctor Hillhouse, trying to look assured and to speak with confidence.

"It is only the giving way of some small artery which will have to be tied again." On reaching his patient, Doctor Hillhouse found that one of the small arteries he had been compelled to sever in his work of cutting the tumor away from the surrounding parts was bleeding freely.

Half a dozen handkerchiefs and napkins had already been saturated with blood; and as it still came freely, nothing was left but to reopen the wound and religate the artery.
Ether was promptly given, and as soon as the patient was fairly under its influence the bandages were removed and the sutures by which the wound had been drawn together cut.