The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25

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hef left arm wound around large sap
ling, an OfishoOt of the parent tree.
That gave her the thought upon which
Size acted. Tn far less time than /
have been writing this paragraph in
less time, perhaps, than you have
been reading it-she had taken her po-
sitloni and was awaiting Judith's ap-
proaeh.
Onswept the heEse. A second more
and sac shouted, standing there like a
young Pythoness upon the tripod, with
the Ightinings darting about her:
Judith! Judith Grant! j can save
you. Turn him this way!'
The sharp accents pierced the nearly
deadened ears, looking up, the white
faced rider saw Faith almost within
/ reach Instinct rather than reason
taught her to give sudden pull upon
! the side nearest to the stump. The
horse sNEeEEsed. Eaith,s arm was ex-
+ tended and clasped Judithis waist; the
seed rushed 0llWard, and the two girls
/ sell to-sl3e sSro8nd stunned and sense
less.
A while afterward-Faith never
knew how long-she sat up in the
! darkness. Her clothes We're wet. The
: storm had spent its fury, and the moon
! was breaking through the clouds. At
/ first she could not tell where she was
! or what had happened.
The girls had not fallen together.
Judith, breaking from Faiths clasping
+ arm, had dropped upon the side of the
! stump nearest the road. Faith, cling
ing to the little tree, had sRayed
/ around and fallen behind it. AS she
sat there now, trying to collect her
senses, she heard footsteps and voices
! and the rumbling Of wheels.
"Here she is, Mr.. Gray" said Ken
meth Marston's voice, "Oh, my GOdv'
Faith saw him drop upon his knees
beside the body that looked so like
death as the dim rays of the lantern
fell upon it. She saw him place his
hand upon Judith's heart; she heard
murmuring words of thanksgiving as
/ he found that she yet lived; she saw
him put the hair back from the fore
head with a tender touch; she saw him
stoOp over and kiss the pale brow, ere
he lifted the slight figure in his arms
ard bore it to Mr.. Gray's carriage; she
heard him speak o few low words, and
there was something in his voice that
she had never heard before.
The wheels rolled away in the dis
tance, and Faith got IIT, went home,
and to bed. She had saved a iife-that
was all; for the next day Judith's horse /
was found in the bottom of the TaYine. I
The next morning Faith was paler
than usual, and there were dark circles
about her eyes.
'NIotfer,n she said, "if you are will
ing, I will put the baby i'll her carriage,
and draw her up in the woods. I can
sew just as well there as here, and-I
can't breathe this morning.
Mrs. Harris looked at her in surprise.
"GO, if you want to, she answered.
"But I expect the baby'll get all stung
up by the mosquitoes
Faith went, nevertheless; and before
long Kenneth MarstOn Joined her. Re
did not speak at first, but held out his
hand silently, and looked at the patient
little face very much as one might
looked at Q pictured saint.
At last he.saisis
"Where were you last night, Faith
when I found Judith and took her
away?'
was-there,'' said Faith hesitating
"On the other side Of the stump.n
'And you did not speak to me-
would not let me thank you! On,
FaithP'
She did not answer, but her face was
hidden in her hands. He removed
them with gentle violence, and held
them close prisoners.
judith has told me all about it," !
he whispered. "HOw brave and noble
you were, and how you saved her
from certain death. You know where
they found the hOrse?"
Faith nodded, shudd ering.
"She wants to know you BETTER" he
went on. "She told me to bring you
to her to-day, for she is not able to sit
up, and she wants to thank and bless !
you"
Faith shook her head.
"YOu won't refuse, Faith. Is is not
like you-you who have given her life. ,
See, she has sent you this" he added, |
slipping a costly ring upon her finger
as he spoke.
Faith drew it off and laid it in his
hand again, while her face grew white
as ashes.
az do not wish to be paid for what
did" she said, while her lips trembled
painfully.
''Paid! Faith, she never dreamed of
such a thing. How could she? She
sent the ring simply because she could
not come to you herself She said, ut
means less than my simplest word,
Kenneth. But place it on her finger,
and beg hel to come to me- She bas
the gentlest, truest heart, Faith Do
not misjudge her."
A shade Of color had stolen back to
Faiths face. But at these words it
blanched again to the very lips.
81 can not wear your wife's ring" |
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tained voice. cit is impossible. But
tell her am glad that was able to be
of service to her, and that 1 hope there
are many years of happiness in store
for you both"
"NIy wife-ny wife's ringv' eXclaim-
ed the young man, OBTAINING her as
she was about to leave him. MY
wife! Why, what do you mean
Faith?"
Her eyes flashed, then fell as they
met his.
"I mean that ] saved your Wife's life
last night, Kenneth MarstOn, and-I
want to go home now. 1 am tfred."
She looked so, poor child!
"But, Faith, dear Faith'-and he
twined one arm about her waist, while
he tried to turn her face toward him
''lOOk at me and listen to me. Judith
Grant and my brother Hal are to mar
ried as soon as he comes back from
South America. They have been en-
gagged these two years. Did you not
know it?''
What could our little Faith do but to
shake her head, while the soft color
went and came upon her cheek, and
her heart fiuttered beneath his hand
like that of frightened bird.
Kenneth MarstOn read the sweet face
for an instant. Then clapsing her
closer, he kissed her lips.
"Faith, love you and you Only!n
| And the baby looked on in wide-eyed
wonder.
Among the letters found in the Tu-
| illeTies, is one written to the Emperor
| by the Empress while she was in
| Egypt. She warns him against pro-
ceeding with some new schemes of am
bition, and concludes with these words:
=" Believe me you cannot make success
fully two coatps a. etdt in one life.