Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-12-31

| cnIlh Srr no one ,,rn.,inr nv C,rr ,r.,.l,
as | could against the GLASS. So | shouted,
Wait Iuprncnt. a,,i l,il!ilsing into pair Of
Lauta'cuil-. nI..!,c., the ticor of my rot:n.
"l he air # t,,c la, ,n.r nearly knor,cd me
,lown. II wa, terrible for n man. i'm thin
nj yht shirt and y p,ir Of trow .rIs Hut went
down in the tlaiK and nhcncd tie back door.
"Thuc W., a faint misty moonlight over
everything. The snow storm Wa, nearly over.
The oil moon was shining through driving
clouds. and hy its nrht saw lyinr ON my door
step Il motionl,>S t,lm. She bal fallen there
rs,lat>tcd. Il was tit.. .vo, Of an instant To
scz, aud liz her ar.;l carry her ~ stairs tony
warm ro IN r'af. her l.4:rl> aid her r,rr with
SOME whlsk s. Il had ;trrmar,ai,!y cnnyrI,irrt1
afl with stir.irr ,;IniInr arr,!ianrcs recall the
s:,irit to wlat 80, ard AZ int a marble statue
=" was Il L.rh,,Dr nl t'.i.tl.ciuht: but nn
one in town IT., y t'.at. / ,s,,..L riy:y, E.r
n widowcr. .!y Eo,l,c was lar.c and roolnv.
but occutirii il al.ro. win ONLY nh niI l.lnrk
lnan and III, VII. ior servants alI hn,l,, keen.
efs. They wcrc ha:h deaf. and # th. trumI,ct
# the an"I wi.k,> ta,m Wien tl,, day nf ih,
rising cun.r> it viii 10 more lian Vas eyer
able to do with Il corrh she'll at any hour, he.
fD:. five in the molI.ii,4.
II lou!,ci ia soine prit,,rNity atnIy Lati, IT.
She was very pretty. She Wa, mo. ihan tir.r
she was riI1"nIirrnt. lad read If bcauti
fat wUrnrn=-t Ind yrr71 i1-Hrrt1trrfwrnrrr-
wa> a country doctor. | had been about the
world a iittir. and or, danced IN !LC puti
Pa,acr W ih Il Grand pu.'.,s, for = paltncr.--
That i not >a,in, mnich. to auv one that
knows tie freedom Of lii" Court Of Tuscany.
bat il is sometimes told well 20 NV cnuntr\
praltirc.
But had never g,cn ANYTHING Mk, ibis.
Sac wa, tall. finely formed mr,on. l.ol,irn
now as if twenty. four or five. but When she
had partly rrrovc!,I. ,vi.!ti.tlv not above
tvcl.tv. S!.. had a..huln l.air--pcr,.ar,s Won
will cal ;tIt,!. it,.., h,:,, masses, .a,i-
cred ha.k Gnin by f.rrhc,.i. She was ,r,.
hap, It'll" lalror m form tlmli wa, necessary
to thc perfect out.in. 1f beauty. but thu, va>
l.ot to Le noticed when >!lc stood up anI
w;ihr
"Ait,r iilt}" restored h,r When The
blood came tinkling t. her cheeks and nrrii
alh .in srr ends, >i.c wa, >ilpcrh. Che rose,
iuu&t d about her, a.t,ni,hrI. a> well she mi~ht
iv, 80 fii.i herself :. !,r. i. Wa, AZ! for an
Instant She seemed conl,l,cl and n,c;runar.-
Sic staggered to a .cat but brr>niu. her >,nal
hand across her face, rs il to swrrrnwav som,
mist, She arpcarcI lu sec thIou ii it a.. in an
in,,ant.
"N ou an Doctor Styv..
"' nIn that person, madam, aud trust
can bc OF service 10 YOU
- believe | tainted ON your Step. re.
member calling to YOU and then sinking down
Pardon mr--it is 50 strange that | scarcely
vet recall nv Grand. 1t is Il terrible nghi
but you must 90 with me, durtcr Nv lath, !
is vcry i'll, and came for vuu myself. We
must br in haste; have been long here
No( five minute, s-bnt will YOU tell me
while throw on some clothes, who is voul
"Who am. am queer messenger
you Think at midnight, for the doctor. Ny
poor horse In,i>t he nyTrly from. will %
down end look after him Will. yea re. ready
-no-do, not he t'uublrd about me-l am
perfectly strong now did not faint from
weakness. 1t is Il fault, iling, Il disease |
have. | am we'll .upw- only hasten, doctor,
hasten.
" In three minutes ! found hcr Mt tie door,
in her cutter, and we drove oil ovrr tue wi.itc
road, plugging through drifts, da>hn. down
hill and up, like the very wind that was be-
hind Us.
"Whrn we were Glrv started. began to
question her and now learned who She was
For it was Strange that any one within NV
beat should he unknown to me, especially any
one like this beautiful creature.
at was ten miles 10 her home. OId Doctor
p. who killed the people in that ncighborhnod
with incredible doses Of ca)nmc|, had taken a
twenty grain dose himself, anl was past the
help of any one but the sexton. Hence it be-
came necessary to call me IN any llnUOl tau [