Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-05-02
MIFFLINTOWN JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN Il. MAY 9, isGt

coming, Tor she turned to meet him. The
soit-brown eyes looked trustiu giy into his,
she asked the question in a whisper:
"Iou will save me ~
"With Gods help, if you will trust me-"
She put her hands into his. After that
all the powers Of the world could not have
made him faltcr or shrink He tore off
his coat, and wrapped it rouud her, took
her in his arms, and began to retrace b.s
steps. A broad gulf Of fire hcdsed Lis
way But on the other side the floor Of
the hall stood, and there was nothing tor
j: hut to hazard TIC leap. A less deter
mined man could not have made it, but
CoIfax did the terrible heat scorching
cat his very breath, and burning to crisp
the brown hair that had been his mothers
pride.
He reached the open air, and fell foi-
ward oo his face, and Nr. Richmond took
the half-fainting girl he had SAVED from
his relp,osa arms.
"Nly carriage is here" said young Rich
mond, supporting her tenderly. Il will
take you home at once"
She raised herself, and drew eollly
away from him.
where is the man shat rescued me :''
she asked.
Here said dozen voices eve
viii take CAFE Of him. Guess he'll live.
Hes only a common soldier"
Only a common soldier :" she said
with a sarcastic tone. "Ony the man
that saved me from death What do
care for bis rank Bring NE carriage
instantly, sir, addressing Richmond, Il
shall take him home with me-"
"My dear Helen" pleaded Riohmord,
"don't be 50 absurd. Only think vul-
gar soldier fellow, and people will talk so.
She grew red with Indignation.
Silence! No one has right to ques-
tion my motives. But for him should
Have been burnt to ciDders Thank God,
all the men are not towards ~
1t was useless &c attempt to resist her,
so they put the seDseless form of Earle
Coliax into the carriage with Miss Van
Kirke, and she took him TO the splendid
mansion of her mother where she queened
it so royalty.
The Physicians opiuion struck upon
her Ike death-Ane!l. Mr., Colfax might
live, with good care; but lie considered
the case exceedingly doubtful. He had
inhaled the flames, aud the doctor could.
as yet, promise nothing.
Helen Van kiIke put away her en-.
gacements with her Fashionable friends,
and devoted herself to the care of the man
to whom she owed so much. She grew
pale with her long unceasing vigils, but
she never faltered, and in the rawlings o!
his delirium she learned to know Earle
Coifax better than he knew himself. He
had revealed to her all his weary heart
;earning, all his temptations, and all his
inboru nobility.
Tie ceaseless attention, they said saved
him to life.
Miss Van Kirke's was the first face
that his conscious gaze met She put her
hand oyer his, and answered the question
his eyes asked.
'You have been ILL., You saved me
from the fire, you know. And you are at
my home"
From that time he convalesced rapidly.
But the housekeeper took Helen's place
as nurse, and Earle only saw her bright
presence once every morning, when she
came to bring him Aowers-fovers which
he received with apparent indifference,
but which he held in his bosom and to
his lips through all the hours that followed,
Insensib'y he grew to feeling better
again. Why he could scarcely have told.
AS soon as he grew able to be dressed, he
decided to 60 away. He had received
the offer Of an appointment in govern.
ment Office in New Orleans, and some
how he wanted to go away .ong dis
tancr. lie felt as if he would like oceans
to roll between him and New York
His preparations had Eeen made secret
ly. A carriage was at the door to take
him away. He had written brief note
Of thanks to Miss Van Kirke, and left it
in the library.
He would not see her again. She had
gone to matinee, and would not proba-
bly, return before noon
He descended the stairs, aud met her
at their foot
Something in his face must have told