Quincy said in quick, excited tones, "There has been an accident, Mrs. Mason, and your daughter's arm is broken; she has also fainted. I will take her right to her room and put her on her bed. You can bring her out of that." Suiting the action to the word, he took Huldy upstairs, saying, "I will go for the doctor at once."
Then he dashed down the stairs and out of the front door; as he reached the team he found Hiram standing beside it, his eyes wide open with astonishment.
"Had a smash-up, Mr. Sawyer?" he asked. "How did it happen?"
"All my carelessness," said Quincy. "Come, give me a lift on the buggy, quick."
How it was done Quincy could never tell afterwards, but in a very short time the buggy was righted, the mare on her feet and the harness adjusted. Hiram took off his cap and began dusting the mare, whose white coat showed the dust very plainly.
"Where does the nearest doctor live, Hiram?" asked Quincy.
"Second house up the road you just come down," said Hiram. "The folks say he don't know much, anyway."
"Well, you get him here as quick as possible," said Quincy. "I am going to Eastborough Centre to telegraph for a surgeon and a trained nurse. Can you remember that?"
Quincy passed him a dollar bill.
Hiram winked and said, "I guess I can," and darted off up the hill.