The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-30

which there awaited her might have mad
stronger nerves culver. Horse and MAJ
lay apparently dashed todeath BY blow
or many blows from the t1D1 otGble te
ITolVlng mill sails. At The inst RIanct
both, Indeed, seemed 10 b within theil
tell sWoop; but when Naomi had sufl
ciently collected herself, she saw that III
horse had been thrown quite Clear!6f Iii
sails by that stroke FROM them which hat
sm09hed the whole side Of bis.head, ant
doubtless killed him In an instant,
lrwas hardly possible to believe, how.
ever, that the man could be beyond tn
death dealing Circuit Of sails. Each ont
Us 1t swept down to within that foo
and a halt Of the ground T for he 10y
stretched face downWards, with his heaC
exactly upon the spot where the bean
passed the closest 10 the grass; but he wa
motionless, and as long a. he % remain
ed was as sale as II be had his head upor
his own pillow. But should he move o.
raise It an inch or two, he would inevltA-
bly, share the late Of his horse. Yet coult
he raise it? Was It likelyY This wa
what Naomi asked herself, as with rust
OF conflicting emotions, she stood as neal
as she dare, bending towards him.
And if he could should she let him
He was evidently not dead, only stunned
his breathing and the twitching Of ont
Of his hands told her thAt-and, " far as
she was able TO see, he was otherwise un'
injured. q = ~. i = -.
&c had fallen, probably, as II by mir
Rcle, clear Of the sails, and had received
no blow save from coming In contact
with the ground. II this were so, then II
another minute he, might recover and
move. He would raise his head, and i1
yet another mute he might have hi
brains dashed out before her eyes. And
should she stir to avert his tate Should
she save this man who had 80 deeply, sc
cruelty wronged her, and brought shame
and sorrow upon the gray hsirs Of her be.
loved father? The very words she had
used butan hour before, In the depth Of
her Jealous and revengetul feelings, rush.
ed back into her mindful saw Reuben
Straytor with his head upon the block oil
the guillotine, and had power to stay the
falling knife, l would not use i'll" And
here he lay before her In almost an equiv.
alent situation, '''H
Her fierce nature wavered, but happily,
not for long. A motion Of tho PROSTATE
mans arm recalled her to her better selE
He turned his body slightly, and showed
his face. She saw his eyes opeDi and saw
them vince as the deadly sail passed close
above them. a''
Why had she delayed 80 long? Why
had she not rushed back and stopped the
mill? She daro not go noW,it was too
late, he would recover while she was
gone In his stupeaed state she could not
make him understand the imperative me-
cessity oil y ing still. She feared even TO
speak, lest he might look up at her
Without a moments further hesitation
she threw herself upon the ground, and
creeping TO within arms length, and In
fearful proximity to the mill sails, seized
him by the collar, and with tremcduous
effort dragged him into safety just as the
bewildered man raised his head, and
passed hand across his dazed eyes.
By the miller's flreside, an hour later,
Reuben StraytOr is seated, pale, and still
somewhat confused, but unhurt. 1t seems
that the stupOr caused by bis fall h"H
saved his life: for al'h eusu MS unmanage'
able horse had blindly dashed within
se-sS -Sr-, tho mill sails, the animal had
thrown him into perilous safety, just as It's
desth.shriek rent the air.
Naomi and her father, soothing him and
administering restoratives, are bending
over the young man; the girls face beam
ing with its tenderest expression, for she
has been assured Of Jeanette's safety, and
knows that her suspicious were all
groundless.
When, after q while, Reuben is able TO
tell his story in detail, this Is what lie re-
lates:
Throughout the summer and autumn,
a day hardly passed when there was not
10 be seen the figure OF a certain man
lurking under the shadow Of the copse by
our barns at the foot Of the down. lie
was staying at Crewhaven, probably TO
recruit his health, ono ofthe many idlers
there, but one whom / CHANGED to know
by sight-chanced TO know as thorCu !h
~ dissIpated scoundrel; my London eXpe.
rience had taught mo that, You both
here had never observed him, dare say,
but had, and mysusplclons were aroused
Jeanettee was hardly likely to have cs-
capped his evil eye. Once l saw him
talking to her near the town. fhesitated
to say anything about 1t for the sake Of
your peace Of mind, hoping that with his
absence all would be well again, and here
was my only error.
"Nine days agol started, bag In hand,
Tor CrewhaVen, meaning to run up to
London to see about a matter that prom
lsed an opening for mo. Just as l was
leaving the farm Jeanette came up and
we walked on together. In two. minutes
! could tell that was in the way. She
tried hundred pretty little devices TO get
rid Of me, and when we come to the turn.
ing to the station, bado her goodbye. l
had taken my seat In thes train when, l
saw her again; she was on the platform
with this man, and evidently In great
trepidation. There was rather a crowd
about, but | did not lose sight Of her; and
to my great surprise, instead Of their both
getting into carriage, she only. entered,
he handing her small bag as she did 90.
he leant in at the carriage window, for a
moment, and directly atterWard the train
was In motion, and he left standing on
the platform.
II was amazed, but my course was
clear. would not lose sight Of her. At
the first station we stopped at, I thought
l would get into the same carriage, then
l decided 1t would DO better not. ! would
take care, however, that she did not leave
the train without my knowing 1t. At Red.
hill Junction there was crowd again;
still l could have sworn that the door OF
the carriage In which jeanette was, had
not been opened. Then the train went
through TO London without stopping. II
was 4 o'clock. l went straight 10 the car.
riage, fully determined what to do. To-
my dismay, she was not in II; yet was 80
quick that the other passengers had not
even begun 10 leave 1t. Then looked in