Chapter 26
Larry moved to one side. The unexpected outcome of his interview had startled him. He did not quite know what to do. The doctor came up on the run and made a hasty examination of the patient. Then he sent for another surgeon. Larry heard them talking. "What is it?" he asked of his friend the nurse. "His skull is fractured," she said in a low voice. "They did not think so at first, but now the symptoms show it. They are going to operate at once. It is the only chance of saving his life." "There goes my story," thought Larry, regretfully. It was not that he was hard-hearted or indifferent to Retto's sufferings. Simply that his newspaper instinct got ahead of everything else, as it does in all true reporters, who, if they have a "nose for news," will make "copy" out of even their closest
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