The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-11-27

ne uI6W out large claSp-Ellie q
he spoke and began deliberately &
open il, looking at me all theAwhile
1t was come at last; should never
never see home again One flash o
thought, which seemed in a second {,
take in all my past life, with its littl
discontents, naughtiness, and grea
happiness-my aunt's anguish wheI
she found me lying dead uncle
opening of the telegram which woulC
bring the news-the daTkened home
the broken hearts which would surely
carry till they died the remembrance
of the dreadful fate of their Willful
but oh /! their loving darling-alI thi
occurred so vividly to me that, will
q great cry for help to heaven, 1 fel
at the mans feet and entreated hin
not to kill me.
"Kill you? I thought it was YOU
uncle who was to kill me! Bless you
little heart, 1 am going TO take car,
of you. You look pale. Now didn'
you come off in too great a hurry t
have breakfast? Have bit oflunch
eOn"-stOoping to take a black baI
from under the seat. "I always p
about provided with something good
Pm soft-hearted boy, am, and new
er see fine young woman suffer, if
can help it. Peck 4 bit now-do yol
have hungry look"
What could I-must do? l sa
up, and said as steadily as l could
choking back the tears-fOr / WOulC
not cry before him:
81 am not hungry; I will not eat
DO not speak to me any more. YoI
must not-I am lady"
"a ladyI l know that. Do yol
think I'd be so good TO you if yoI
were not ? / know lady when set
her-and hungry lady, tool knew
you was. Come, peck a bit Don'i
be bashful."
By this time he had unlocked til,
bag, and taken from it-yes, it may
appear improbable, but, OH it j.
dreadfully true-a turnip-a great un
| boiled turnip-a turnip still covered
with the soil of the field from which
the wretch had taken it! He begaI
to serape and pare it while l looked
on.
Was he mad? / would try to please
him, and do as he wished, and, ther
LC MOniu IOI knc.
should soon be with my aunt now
and at that thought L felt the tear:
coming again, but opened my eye
widely, and bit my lips hard-the
tears must not fall, crushed then
back, and sat watching my eompan
ion till, having peeled the turnip t.
his satisfaction, he cut off a thicl
slice and handed it to me. Raw tur.
nip And touched by those fingers
Come, take it, my beauty--a peach
ripe and downy as your own cheek
Peaches is dear, too, this season; but
give no heed to that. If so be as
find pretty girl TO eat ZEN, L don't
grudge the money. Come, peck away
or do you want me to feed YOU
No, you shan't have it without Thank
you.' After all my trouble, that AIM
Manners with a significant look al
the knife. ~
'sThank y0u,n 1 said, eagerly.
took the slice of turnip and began tC
eat it-yes. l ate it all, every mouth.
ful making me feel more i'll. An.
other slice was offered. l took it and
began t. eat, but my throat seemed
to be closing-I could not swallow.
nl4ASA 4ls OUDu IL
The ladies are always fond of a bit o
fruit. Don't be bashful-I've some.
thing here for you to wash it down
Nothing like a drop of brandy tC
make it agree with yOu," and h(
touched the neck of a black bottle
which stuck out OF his pocket. .
What would become of me? I haC
once seen a dreadful woman for few
moments at home-a new cook she
was-who was, oh so frightful
Nurse told me she had taken brandy
and was drunk. l had thought hel
mad. If he had made me drink it
and if, when Aunt Margery found me
but no, this 1 would not do; he
might kill me first. l went on eating
the turnip, and all the while l prayed
earnestly for rescue. Was my prayer
answered? The train began to slack,
en- its speed-it stopped; but there wa;
no station in sight. think it was 8
siding or something of that kind.
At the side of the carriage where
was sitting there was a steep banb
which shut out all hope; at the other
side were several lines ofrails; beyond
was the open country. In an. instant
my tOrturer was at my window
With an oath he commanded me tC
''be still, and stay where L was.n
heard some one pass, and, in reply to 6
question, l suppose, say that we haC
been shunted TO allow a special train
to go by-it would pass in three min.
utes. 1 called, but very family, 1 am
afraid, for no one answered, and the
lead" turned on me so fieTcely that
dared not try again.
The special train swept by, but ]
hardly saw it; my eyes, my whole
soul, were fastened on the figure of a
man who just then came down the
green bank which was at some dis
taDce. 1 pressed my face to tho glass
Which way would he take? He
stood up for a moment, and then
slowly, laZily sauntered toward me
The glass was up-my only hope wa:
| that he would pass close and see me
for was past calling or moving now
1 noted every trifiing detail of his fig
ure and dress; he was a tall, broad:
shouldered gentleman, dressed in light
gray; young, and with long, golden
beard; even the carnation in his but
ton-hole 1 observed, and the strength
and careless ease of his figure as ht
lOunged along. He stopped to whis
tie to his dogs, and then again stroll
ed on, idly twirling his cane.
do not know what kind of facC
was pressed to the glass on my side
it was a wild and scared one, 1 am
sure; but in another minute a pair o.
great merry blue eyes carelessly
Il in nd -
| tied into earnestness by the eyes they
encountered; the whistle sounded, bui
even as it did, a strong hand was OIL
the dOor-handle, the door was wrench.
ed open, the tram moved on-he was
beside me. l was safeI
l don't know what happened then
My deliverer says that l cried, and
held ole of his hands tight in both oi
mine; but that L don't believe. In
the first place We had never been in.
troduced, ard, in the second, two oI
his fingers are about as much as NV
two hands can contain at once.
know, when l grew calmer, that /
found him taking care of me, and thai
didn't dislike it az much as one
might have expected. I don't re-
member how 1 told him all; l sup.
/ pose the tIrnip and knife, which still
lay on the seat, helped me a little,
but do know that he told me "noi
to be frightened, for he would not
throw the scoundrel from the win
dow, as he deserved"-and that he
I looked SO fierce and SO strong that ]
could quite imagine it was a habit o.
his to throw scoundrels from win
dows, and that he rather liked it.
What he did was to take the creature
by the collar, and force him down on
his knees, in spite of his piteous pro-
testations that che never meant tc
hurt the lsdy-it was only a lark, he
would not have done it for ten-pun
note, not if he had known"
"Hold your tongue. Swallow this
and think yourself lucky to escape six
months on the tread-mill. For this
lady's sake, viii not prosecute you
and I'll not break every bone in YOU
body, as should like to do, as il
might annoy her to see 1t done. But
you'll eat this, to the last morsel-
Nmud and all should say it is not