The slightest nerve shock may have--fatal--results." Dan Barry sighed.
"Seemed to me," he answered, "that he was buckin' up considerable.

Don't look so thin, doc." "His body may be well enough," said the doctor calmly, "but his nerves are wrecked.

I am afraid to prophesy the consequences if you leave him." It was apparent that a great struggle was going on in Barry.

He answered at length: "How long would I have to stay?
One rain could wipe out all the sign and make me like a blind man in the desert.

Doc, how long would I have to stay ?" "A few days," answered Byrne, "may work wonders with him." The other hesitated.
"I'll go up and talk with him," he said, "and what he wants I'll do.".