Somewhere in the crowd a woman sobbed and collapsed in a faint. She was immediately carried out by two Boy Scouts who happened to be present, and who administered first aid to her in the rest-room, one of them hastily kindling a crackling fire of pine boughs by striking two flints together, while the other made a tourniquet, and tied several knots in his handkerchief.
Thomas WolfeAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: October 3, 1900
- Died: September 15, 1938
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