A doctor came out of the crowd. Other doctors proffered their services,
for Inza was not the only one who had been knocked over by the rush of
the horses. The injured tiger-keeper was picked up and bundled into an
ambulance.
"Right across here!" said the doctor who had answered Merriwell's call.
Then he led the way into an apothecary's.
"Nothing serious!" he announced, a minute later, when he had made his
examination. "The young lady will be all right in a day or two."
He spoke of Inza, and both Merry and Elsie sent up fervent sighs of
relief.
* * * * *
Coming softly into the room which Elsie Bellwood occupied, Inza Burrage
saw Elsie in tears.
"What is it, dear?" Inza asked, going up and putting her arms about
Elsie's neck.
Except for a telltale bit of courtplaster, Inza showed no sign of the
dangerous and exciting experiences through which she had that day
passed.
"Don't! don't!" Elsie pleaded, with a little shiver. "If you knew what
was in my heart you wouldn't speak to me, Inza Burrage!"
"Why, dear? Why wouldn't I speak to you--you who have proved yourself
the most heroic and courageous girl in all New Haven?"
"It wasn't courage half so much as it was fright. And if you knew the
thoughts I had!"
Inza kissed her.
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