Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-02-08

I "Placc him there" said she, pointing
10 slight elevated bank; "snd lean hi,
head against the rock. Everything de-
pepds now on your getting q surgeon
SOON" continued she. "lf you will
follow that path to your right, around
the hill, You can find our cabin. There
lis q little pony which yoa con take
and ride 10 the little town Of Abe,thny
some five miles Of, where, fortunately
a physician may be had, At the cabir
you will find shepherd or two-tcl
lhcm to bring some bed clothes and {
scttcc, on which to carry your friend Il
tho house. 1t is an humble place, bu
better than the hillside. BY the tim
you get back with the surgeon. we shall
have your friend in a comfortable bel
and | hop: doing better"
She spoke with such quick pcrccp
tion Of what was best TO bc done, nn'
did it so composcdly, that the sports
man who had expected to see her fright
encd and embarrassed, was lost in al
miration, and submitted himself en!iral,
to her guidance, hastcncd TO execute
her commission.
When he had vanished around tho
Hill, the young girl took some water in
her hands and began to bniho the face
OF the wounded man. But he still lay
inscnsible. After having persisted in
her task for some time without any signs
of life being percoptibIe, the tears be.
gan to fall thick and fast from her love.
ly eyes.
"Alas!" she said, she's dead! What
If he has a mother, or ono dcarer still.
And yet, but half an hour ago he was
in full strength and manhood. 1t cannot
BEL have hcarI," she continued eager.
ly, as il a sudden thought had struck
her, and she began TO tear open his vest
to get at the wound, "that my grand.
sire died at Colloden from the blood CO.
ngulating in the wound, when, If sur.
geon had been BY, he might have been
saved. What If this should be the case
hcrc?"
She had by this time bnrcd sufficient
Of his person to get at the or6cc Of the
wound. The dark gore was almost stiff.
fenel about it. She gazcd at it an in.
slant, the tears falling fast in womanly
and then sudden idea seem.
ed to strike her, she stopped, and ten.
lcrIy approached the wound with her
lips and began to suck the blood away.
She had not been long engaged in her
task Of mercy when the wounded man
stirred and opening his eyes, fixed them
earnestly upon her.
She started from her knecling posture
covered with beautiful confusion. For
q while sense Of maidenly shame even
destroyed Joy at his recovery, and she
could not meet his gaze.
"Wherc am II" for his memory was
vet vague. "What spirit from Heaven
are you!-Ah! l remember-my gun
went off. But where is Harry"
The young girl had now in measure
recovered from her embarrassment.
"If you mean your friend" she said
half ,imidly, in voice that sounded to
the ears OF the sufferer incxprcssibly
sweet, "hc has gone for physician. ]
have consented to watch by you till
some shepherds come to carry you to
our cabin. And there they come, Hea.
ven be blessed" she exclaimed, clasp.
ing her hands. equally glad to conclude
this embarrassing tete.a.tctc, a"d see
the wounded man placed in situation
Of more comfort.
"Hcaven bless you'll" said the sufferer
with emphasis; giving her look which
brought the bushes again to her countc'
nance. "You have saved my lifc."
In few moments tho wounded man
was placed on settee brought by the
shepherds, and the little cavalcade wen
dcd its way toward the cabin. The mai.
den walked last, and by her stalked
the two dogs Of the sufferer, and the
dumb animals, with a sense almost hu.
man, asif approaching her kindness to
their master, looked up aGectionately in.
to her face every few stops.
The cabin was like those existing CIV.
erywherc in the Highlands, rude bu
cheerful habitation, but was both lar
ger than usual, and adorned with more
taste inside. The wounded man q.
he was borne into an inner chamber. o
which the house had apparently at lcas
two, noticed with some surprise, owe
tho fre.n1ace. an old fashioned targe