The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-04-08

predicamont, trulyl The house locked
up; no train from Boston for two hours;
n cross cow at large; man with brol1-
en- leg to take care of; and three help
less females in distress. The ten acres
were little beyond enough just at that
period.
Meanwhile the COW was rampant, ,"Oh,
Maud" exclaimed Rose; "holla! Pm
sure | heard man whistle"
a clear, mclodiOus measure from
"Der Freischutz" sounded up from the
road.
Elolla holla n' screamed; "help!
help!" and young man turned in at
the avenue, and stood looking at us.
"Oh do come here, sir!" we called in
chorus again. "Oh! do catch our Govt"
for she appeared to be ruminating
which Of us should have the next toss. |
The young man sprang over the hedge |
and mother directed his attention to
the vendor of cows, who lay insensible
upon the grass, thoroughly co,oed.
'lf one Of you will step over to my
place, the next on the right, there are
two men who can come up and remove
him." said the stranger, after examin-
ing the broken leg in a professional way
which at once proclaimed that he was
q doctor.
"Rosie, will you go?" asked mother.
Rosie looked askance at the COW, but
undertook the errand. The stranger
held the gate open for her to pass out,
saying: ''Tell them DR.. Murray sent
you, Michael and John are to bring
up cart with a mattress"
Then DR.. Murray advanced towards
the cow, who, seeing he was not afraid
Of her, Immediately grew submissive.
After she was properly secured, and
the poor sufferers broken limb bound
up with a splint, mother explained our
unfortunate situation to DR.. Murray,
who Immediately proposed to us to
make his house our home until our own
was habitable.
Mother demurred, but he insisted,
and so it came to pass that when the in
ljured man was sent home in the cart
Rosie had been dispatched for, we all
started en- route for DR.. Murray's.
Mother explained her grievances.
"You see, sir, all this was so unex-
pected. l ordered our furniture from
Wares last week, and twas to have
been delivered Monday. And l told
Frank TO be sure and engagea couple of
servants directly, and have the house
ready for us. Then that dreadful COW
why, sir, the man declared that she was
perfectly gentle. l can't imagine where
Frank is, either"
The doctor assured her that the COW
would be gentle enough ifher calf were
with her,and advised its being sent for
explained how impossible twas to OBJ.
tain servants in the country; suggested
that Frank had gone to town to procure
them; condoled with her over the non
appearance of the furniture; and, as by
that time we had reached his house
ushered us into his warm, cheerful par.
lor, and begged Us to remove our out
side garments and make ourselves thor
oughJy comfortable, while he went tC
set the COW drivers broken leg.
DR.. Murray's parlor wasa Il very inter.
esting study. The room itself, long and
wide, with a multiplicity of alcove,
3 and arches, and long, deep windows
e opening upon the verandah and lawn
r was delightful. And then everything
4 was in keeping. Light straw mating
: covered the floor; the furniture was Gov
+ cred with mauve linen, and every ar
e ticle of it suggested comfort. There
was an open fire in front of which, on &
# bright,coored rug, lay stretched out n
f; immense st. Bernard dog, who greeted
t Us in dignified manner, and then re.
turned to his comfortable quarters.
But the walks, the alcoves and deer
1 windows! there lay the charm that held
: Rosie and me speechess with delight
G Pictures, statues and flowers; oil paint
[ ings, engravings, water sketches; every
e variety of picture, and all of them gems
c Of art; statues in bronze, marble ant
0 plaster, collection that must havt
5 been gathered from all parts of th
k world, with infinite taste and apprecia
tion. And the flowers! Well, if yol
e had heard RCsie's prolonged eXultan
Il "Oh, how splcndidw you would hav,
d known what they were to us.
Y There were several deep recesses ill
G ed with book. shelves, and as no inhos
: pitable glass doors, polished and LOCKED
S up, guarded the treasures, they were nc
g { cessiblc. a piano, flute and guita
n showed somebody was musical; an(
= strewn around the room were beautiful
n foreign nicknacks, bits of marvel from
If all the points of the compass, and
', huge pile of Photographic views from
d foreign parts.
e We concluded that DR.. Murray was
+ genius, and must have spent most o
IS his time in travelling, We said as muc
d to him when he returned.
q "Oh, no." said he ~ have travelle,
T. a little, but those are Philips. He's
n great traveller"
We remained in the house until lat
:, in the afternoon, when Frank returne,
l. from Boston with two servants, and a
- the same time three loads of furnitur
-. arrived for us from Wares.
For some days it stormed heavily
n giving us an excellent opportunity t.
( make our new home habitable.
4 Mother had let the house in town
with the furniture and carpets, and GU
(. new home had been carpeted, curtaineC
y, and newly furnished throughout, a
the carpets were all down, the curtain
all up and the furniture all new,
didn't take Us long to "settle." An
/. the shining of the sun upon our fourt
day was hailed with delight.
ID We began ont farming operations
- Acting upon the doctors suggestion
W mother had sent one of his men for I'll
L