Then the County Prosecutor, also a henchman of Kelly's, secured
from the Grand Jury--composed of farmers, merchants and owners of
factories--indictments against Thomas Colman and Victor Dorn for
inciting a riot.
Meanwhile Victor Dorn was rapidly recovering. With rare
restraint young Dr. Charlton did not fuss and fret and meddle,
did not hamper nature with his blundering efforts to assist, did
not stuff ``nourishment'' into his patient to decay and to
produce poisonous blood. He let the young man's superb vitality
work the inevitable and speedy cure. Thus, wounds and shocks,
that have often been mistreated by doctors into mortal, passed so
quickly that only Selma Gordon and the doctor himself realized
how grave Victor's case had been. The day he was indicted--just
a week from the riot--he was sitting up and was talking freely.
``Won't it set him back if I tell him all that has occurred?''
said Selma.
``Talk to him as you would to me,'' replied Charlton. ``He is a
sensible man. I've already told him pretty much everything. It
has kept him from fretting, to be able to lie there quietly and
make his plans.''
Had you looked in upon Victor and Selma, in Colman's little
transformed parlor, you would rather have thought Selma the
invalid. The man in the bed was pale and thin of face, but his
eyes had the expression of health and of hope. Selma had great
circles under her eyes and her expression was despair struggling
to conceal itself.
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