The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-07-13
tiler rushed to omen the door.

voice OF one OF our neighbors, and he
stumbled IN carrying a man, pale and
hfeless, in his arms. ~ a gtE
.'Lay him right on the lounge--get
the oamphor bottle--herc's somebody,
sure enough-don't tell nue. again that
! sign ever fails. Who is it, Job %
Il dunno his name; city fellow, |
reckon; said he'd pay me most any
price to get him to Meridian tonight,
the mare did well enough till we got to
that ere hill, then flash scared her.
and she never stopped till she brought
up agin your fence. If he hadn't been
a fool and jumped out, he might IA been
as spry as am ;.bat some, folks don't
know nothin'." a.., $50 t,,t g..e,t.
"Thats SO that the rest can get a
Twin out Of 'em,n said my grandmoth-
er. Meanwhile she was vigorously
chatting his hands and feet, while 7 /
dashed tie caInphor in his face, and
hathed the, broad, white forehead,
which certainly promised well for the
brain behind it,.
ale must be dead" said I, 'Fhe don't
come to at all.n G
"No he amt. Folks can't be killed
80 easy. He'll give you trouble enough
before you're done with him. Now I'll
so after the doctor, faint no ways like
ly he'll know more what's the matter
than we do; but he'll pretend to, and
if the man dies it's his fault and not
ourn.n L
The doctor found no bones broken,
but the head was injured, and he must
be put to bed and kept as quiet as pos
sible. Now was my grandmother in
her element.
"You couldn't work any harder if he
were your own COUSIN" said I.
'<He's somebody's own son; we must
not forget that you know"
Our patient fell FROM his fainting Git
into a fever, and from morning till
night and night till morning again, he
tossed and turned with one continuous
cry to drive faster, he must be in Me-
ridian that night My grandmother
was nurse-in-e chief, but she often made
me her deputy when the labor began
to wear upon her.
The doctor found some cards in the
note book of our patient, with the
name of John Jacob Deape' engraved
on them, but we had no other clue to
his identity. It is Impossible to watch
over patient day and night, striving
to be both hands and brain to him,
without growing into q very strong
feeling toward him of attachment OF
dislike. It was SO with me, though ]
scarcely dared whisper to myself te
which order OF feeling my own should
belong. | thought of him all the time
and if he had died, it would have been
a blow to me, albeit had never heard
him speak a conscious word.
! 1t was the tenth day of the fever
and he had been mQtionless for Il Ions
| time; a sudden movement MADE me
look up his eyes were fastened on me
with a new expression. I knew thai
he saw me for the first time.
'.Don't leave me-" he said family, al
| was about to call my grandmother
4 I gave him the cordial which had beer
| kept for this crisis, and he revived a
once.
"Tell me all about it," he said. :"
was bound for Meridian; when then 2
"You jumped from the wagon whe1
the horse was running near our house
aud was brought i'll insensible."
T4ast night, I suppose; I must go Oh
to Meridian to-day
ave suppose it was ten days ago
and you could go to the moon as easil,
as to Meridian. The doctor says 80,
must be very quiet"
Jupiter Tonnans! Ten days!--
Whose house is this 2"
''It belongs to my grandmother, Mrs
Temperance Hall. l viii call her L,
see you.n
"Thank you; l can wait. Perhap
, the sight of another stranger might ia
, tigue me too much"
But thought he might safely be lei
alone for awhile.
Gle will talk all the time,n said t,
, my grandmother, when she went u
, stairs.
) II don't see but he's quiet enough,
she said, coming down again in a feN
minutes. Gle wants you to write
. !. letter, for him."
wrote on this wise, from his dicta
, ton:
Il "DEAe Mani came to grief fly
miles from Meridian, and they tell m
! have been light headed for matte
! Of ten days. The business that I cam
t on, viii have to be done all over agar
I Nevertheless, | will not abandon hop,
! till enter at the door which, accord
ing to Dante, bears that inscription.
!. 81 Ever Yours, j. j. DEANE."
fFYou must not speak another word
| said imperatively.
~ promise, if you viii sing agai