The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-05-28

son spoke; "it's Of some consequence
You'll lose your life, if you don't lool
out. I'll fix you"
He took bis own handkerchief an,
tied it loosely around Redway's arn.-
Then he took his knife, shut it careful
ly, put it under the handkerchief mex
to the arm, and began to twist it about
AS the handkerchief frightened on th'
urn, the blood ceased to flow.
'Send for DOCTOR" said Mr.. Har
rison.
"a doctor! uttered Redway. "Isn'
this good deal Of fuss over little
cut 2"
IA little cut" said MI. Harrison
"when you cut an artery, is big cut. y
DR.. Miner was three doors off, and
he came in few minutes. He express
sed great appreciation Of young Harri
sons conduct.
Young Harrison, al unconcerned al
a post. had returned to his inspection
Of the painting he seemed to admire SC
much. Mr.. Redway soon went off with
the doctor. !
The knife LAY On the table. Out OF
pure lmpudence, or some similar feel.
ing, took up this terrible knife, and
accidentally cut the end ef1eoe Of my
fingers nearly of. / screamed, leudly,
forit was horrid wound, audetho blood
flowed copiously. .r.,::- :: ....,1
"Well, upon my word~ remarked
Mr.. Harrison. >'.Here's another w:
.. Another! How contemptuous. the
word sounded to mel I, Margaret Bal
ley Monroe, confessedly a belle, a beau
ty, aud a:lady Of rare accomplishments,
besides being beiress to hundred
thousand dollars-I was just "another p
Why didn't he call me a person, and
done with it? ?". Well, what would he
do ~ith my frightful wound? -, Z
"Mix little -four and salt and rrut
on it," said he; "that will stop the
bleeding. 1t is a mere trlflc."
It may have been a triae,' but il was
enough to make NC swoon. Or per-
haps swooncd out If downright veza-
ton at the man. J.
When I recovered, he was gone. By
and-by, when Belle and I were alone
We roomed together-I asked her what
Mr.. Harrison said and did when I faint
ed.
"He said," Belle answered, "'lav
her on her back, and leave her alone"
"1s that all he said ?"
"No; not quite. Some one brought
the -four and salt, and he put it on your
finger, and said, There, tie a rag
around it,"
A rag!
I should certainly hate this young
man.
After that he became such an object
Of interest to me that I could scarcely
keep my mind off him an hour at .
time.
l was not long in learning something
of his history. 1t seems that love Of
adventure had sent him or a cruise
round the world, when he was boy Of
about sixteen, both his parents being
dead. He had been absent from his
native country four years without inter-
ruption, and on his return had decided
to 60 tc the academy short time to
correct lacks in his education. This
explained why a man of his advanced
age should be attending school-for he
was twenty-one if he vas day, Belle
assured me. l myself was about seven
teen. I was the only female student Of
German at the academy, and it was on
that account that Mr.. Harrison mani
tested some degree Of interest in me, I
suppose, for he was almost enthusiastic
in bis admiration of that scholastic
tongue. So I saw a good deal of him
after all.
The following winter, at q party at
Mrs. Sands, IN Sandford, one bitter
cold night, l ohanced to be alone with
Nellie Wells one mowent in an upper
chamber which was used as a cloak
room for the lady guests. There was
a furious fire in the stove, and its sides
were red-hot. Nellie was a very pretty
girl, but rather dull. She wore dress
Of some gauzy fabric, and going too
near the stove, it took fire. I ran out
screaming at the top Of my voice: >
"Mr. Harrison Mr.. Harrison Oh,
Mr.. Harrison !" .,...
He came quickly into the hall; saw
me; was up tho stairway with q bound !;
and as I was running back into the
room, he went past me, pushing me
aside rather rudely, and took in I'LL with
a quick, cool glance. Nellie had haul
ed a quit from a bed that was in the
room, and was trying to stiae the
flames. He threw her on the floor,
rolled her over and over in the quilt,
like: mummy, and extinguishcl tho
flames at opce-hugged her too. She
was not very badly burned after all ;
and her face was not. touched by the
flames SO that she remained as pretty
as ever.
"Remarkably sensible GIRL" said Mr..
Harrison afterward, to group that
clustered about him in tho parlor.-