The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-08-16

There was another spectator of the care
less happiness of the gay young lovers a!
they whirled along the quiet country road
Fanny Brood stood at her vine shadowec
easement. both hands clasped to he
breast, and an almost deathly pallor on he
oval cheeks. She was not splendid,
beautiful ike Christine Allan-she hat
not those dark flashing orbs of Orenta
fire, nor yet the scarlet ripeness Of thos<
dewy lips-she WIS merely pale sweet
faced girl, whose iiveliness grew dim be
side Christines beauty, us, as white
star shrnks from the path of the gIoriou:
bright sun.
As the carriage shot past, Charles st
! Glars face was turned full towards her in
! his animated conversation with his com
[ paniDn-she saw the glossy chestnut ring
of curling barr blown back from the broad
white brow, bv the wiud--she noted the
smiles that gaIiy hovered around his lip
the very sparkle cf his large black eyes
and i'll the same instant she shrunk back
as if serpent had stuug her.
| No longer mine. she moaned. - no
( longer mire-vet how gladly would | re-
sign him, could but believe that ske
loved him as truly as have done T.
"You might have known it," snarled
the village doctor. Those fast horses
never were Fl, for a Christian TO ride
afterf
Rot doctor surelv she isn't hurtr
eagerly questioned Mrs Allen. who stood
b. the sofa where they had laid the !nsen-
siole Christine, whose paiid checks the
9 i,nson ,idns Of re,urnina conscionsness
were Just beginning To flow through.
20, she's safe enough" jerked ou, the
doctor n few bruises won't bur, her, as
long os that pre,ty mink and white face. is
uniniurcd, But DOR St Clair he's nr.,
~ badly damaged -
What do YOU rnean. doctor p caspe,i
Christine. who had recovered CROUCH of
her bewildered senses to catch the import
of the fsw last word,
II mean. youug ll-iy. that ne is manned
and ,,i.frurcd for lir.-will prob ,bly Isse
an arm. and under the most favorable
circumstances. must carry a scar across
that handsome face of his, to the very
gave
Dear me, how dreadful" calculated
Christine
Yes said the doctor, al supposed
YOU would feel il even more than an acci-
l-n, to yourself, since kou AL. to b. mar
ried to him so soon
a Yes, but doctor, stammered tue young
lady. If he is % terribly iistigured---
" Well, sad the old man, watching her
with an expression IN his cage eye before
which even she, the seihsn, heafties5 CO
quettee quailed little.
WHY mean-of course he won / eS
pect matter. 10 80 on as IL ho'hinG hah
happened. II would De very unreasonable
To suppose am 10 DC '!t" ioF i''e 10
cripple
Dr. Jay turned away with countenance
OF intensc dis@ust
" The wi>eet thing ever did, he men
taiIv ejacIiated, was "hth rt,ha,itu Il
bachelor oi all the seihsh' soro'a 'n,hss
on earth 'oo'ao" Is the "ors'' iaiN o'
,coD'an derot'on-pshaw
iwo weeks han passeo' ana ohar,es S'.
lar just r+co'ereu !, 'Fo"' 'i'e 10" ur,'i ious
'ever which haa io''o"e" 'he ai'pu'a.ioI'
o, ms arm sl.,'s M up 20 -. -,
aoie tnroht oi P''o"e a"" t'"N
whiie 1T Jay was pouring ca' lneu'' '"e'
anu Sor,P ",i. -, ;, o.';,.a,i .;.e
wen ona',ty, M. ooy; pe. i .me
kiho heh''," o'i or'."' W y. -
heau,s, 10 pe SUR out you We ,'I o
mann 'u' ." Cnc..;S - -. -,
ou' y, os 49,. - r. thad
Sesseu ue'i'"'i' =, u 'i'"" "o' "'"
my way -,
Du'' u'c'or' easeiy ,,..ie .u
yo"ns man: "nert Is my u'',',ls "L''I
chr's,'"e h,diie an "e''ri"us '"ousp r.
,iNt, oeeh' sun 'e,a'h i'eiior.eS VI so'
nan" 'tia. S'hoo'"e" .ny p''ioI, - a'" o.,
uer t"'cnes "n ny .e H. ned
she inntei watched over me ''.e aut
ian spirit "ho "nS 's sue "o' "e'e ~
receive my '"ahAs
~, ""' sur NJ 81. ,st.,I >, 1a.,
Nhe been partic'iar'y ch'fiu, 20 Aetr
way. ~, a., h.r :, rote
Tor so'n"'h'hs. Ah' "e'e ~ "o.e
81. 's" NV ~ ~. ~ ,o,, bosd
hut nave ne p'n o", ~ "e. NM y" '"'N
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"A ho'e e. e't 70 me I; uos,T -
T'a'','eu ~ N''"'''
manu- :. ., &C.
"t - 'et !. ,4ios 80 ~ .o,t of
l1h, De" liderta ,'asl..nen win S'"s 49," -,
s'"" u. .,''u:.."",oe ,,.,, do.,i,
perase 'he o'''er sentence VI ms ." u - "e"'"
war ~, 'eh'.
10 De gwen uP-Gas' aS'e, :" ',;..,, tne
ou auVers.ty- le'n '""o ~
ohris'he Ai'ah io'e was s,Ve"
s!a,e'y: S'fohS man 90. 10 t"e M; IL,
sickiy inVat'd' an inns was l,'uefu ol'
ter dra"eht' ont ne nra"k II 10 the u'ese
WIN ioan ne 'alo do"h 'he ho'e' All"
closed his sickened eyes.
My dearboy. sad the doctor: earnestly
{" it may sound rough out l oeheve from
thpvery bottom OF my heart, that TINS
accident has teen the best thing that could
possibly happen to you 1t has taught you
the precise value OF Mss Ailan's loseF' /.
II know it, doctor murmured the
Young man, "but the blow falls very heavi
!y. nevertheless. 1855 o'ni bs7al.ua: -
Alter moment or t"o si'e"ce' i'e no