I hope it is not Paigecourt." "God forbid!" The doctor looked hard at the fiery sky, but said nothing more.
"How is Stephen ?" asked the younger man earnestly.
"Better." "Is he going to get well ?" Dr.Benton thought a moment.
"He was struck by a conoidal ball, which entered just above the interclavicular notch of the sternum and lodged near the superior angle of the scapula.

Assistant Surgeon Jenning, U.S.V., removed the bullet and applied simple dressings.

There was a longitudinal groove on the bullet which may have been caused by contact with the bone, but there are no symptoms of injury to the osseous tissue.

I hope he will recover entirely.

Miss Lent, his affianced, is expected to-night.