The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-03-31


glimmcr Of their lights Inc had seen {:
but since then lie had noticed nothing
lit was waste through which he WAS
riding, with no lamp of hope held out
to him. And the delicate girl. but
half rcsuscitatcd. nc tllought-uli, how
many miles before safety!
An half hour passed, and through
Rus>cll's brave soul had already dart
ed the first doubt. Human endurance
could not last forever. and it WAS more
than he could do to preserve the feeble
life he had recalled. In another half
hour Ice and cold might conquer him.
He would die with her; he could not
live when that dear face was beneath
the sod.
\ quarter of II milc further on, and
hr SAW through the hIorn dark oh.
jrrl by the roadside. II .wps z hBill:
IN" Of some kind. aid il could shelter
them. lie turned his horses heads
that way and plunged through the
snow To- the door. There was no door.
1t WAS disn,anllrd log hut, with its
door gone, and lis one little window
broken out. But il was better than the
fury without. and in another five mln-
u;r> Alice was sheltered from the
wind. With painful and patient FUN.
bin" lc rucccedcdu in fastening the
buffalo skin in trout Of the doorway.
thus forming al insufficient barrier.
Then hc drew from his pocket his
ci"ar-caSc and his matches. and light
inm one OF the latter, looked eagerly
round the room in the tlirkrrin@ light.
Tiu glance told him there was an i'm
mru>r fireplace at one side Of the hut,
amd q divine light slrcamrd into hi,
soul nj ihr sight.
~ III, horse. had dragged the cutter
10 the huusr. Ihn runner had grated
nYrr the top rail Of n fence, and ih"
unseen l,nsl had nrarly upset tl" light
cutter.
The wliIc.Iin.rrrh fair faced En-.
gli-hmau worked with Il power that
WAS more ike fury. and when nj last Il
rudhv blaze flew up the broad chimney
tears VI JOY actually started from hi,
eyes.
Ex!.au>trI. happy, he hmrlr at ihr
feet OF Alice. anl hid lii> face in her
hamd>. With that rrvivim~ warmth
camr little OF strength t" hrr weary
soul. She leaned forward. Il smile up
on her lips and in her eyes. and muir
INJURED:
at Was heaven itself who sent You
here. l;"hcri.
Two hours later. Il graz dawn W..
-nuE%.in. through the c,"rII>; II
broad strip OF blue rmrir,lrd the w.t. :
II lac
old hui was "nIhcu with the wood fire
-, threw its radiance over The tw"
horse, that had been led in. and stood
mild and grateful in Il corner. their
eye, -irrin" ri ;lrr fire.
Rrn"va,rd. though weak. with Il
Happiness hry"ud words. warm in
heart. Alice Malcolm greeted her we'd
ding day. She had told her story to
Hubrr:--ilIr story OF her dr.crliom in
The >m0w. A. thr storm had come on
more lurinu>Iy. her driver, whom she
believed trustworthy. announced his
intention OF returning. She had dis
covered that hc WAS in 4 >"iui-inl"Ni-
Gated state: but size refused I" return.
and lac w";:ld not GOA step further. and
had cut the traces. and. mounting one
OF the horses. lett her To hrr fate.
She did not know. when she spoke.
that 4 nil" back. within few miles of
the city, h" lay frozen 10 death, the
rdhyin. SHOW drifting over hi, body.
lie had found Il fate which his mis-.
trr-s had escaped.
Backward. through Il Vista Of happy
years. looked Russell and his wife to
that night Of horror In Canada, when
peril revealed {" them the full depth
of their dcvotion--lIc imIimitudc Of
their love.