Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-03-25

named after he'd stopped immedi-
ately; but he wasn't and he went
straight ahead, throwing out his
legs, and snorting like q little
bull.
If I hadn't been there they would
have been killed. Fancy, than,
what mixture of Joy and fright /
was in. Rushing over stumps and
rocks, l dashed madly on, reaching
them just in time, and grasping the
pony with q grip of iron. He
kicked and plunged, and turning
short, almost dragged me with him
over the cliff. But in spite of Sc
we're wrench in my arm and sharp
plin in my knee, l held on to the lit
tie beast till he came to his senses.
Than, like all of his tribe, he felt
remorse for the way he had acted,
and stood there whinnying and
shivering till the ladies got out of
the carriage, and | had tied him to
a sapling. She came up to me to
thank me, and told me Whisker
had got frightened at an ugly
stump he had never seen before,
and that, oh 4! suppose hadn't been
there, and suppose | had not been
so strong and brave-and her voice
seemed to grow faint, and a mist
came over my eyes, and if it hadn't
been for the sapling | should have
tumbled down. What pity for a
fellow to lose a moment like that !!
called it a regular spite. There
she was, talking so pretty, and
holding out her little white laad to
me, and / couldn't even hear her,
nor have one little hug of her hand. l
toppled over, like an idiot, in a
faint. / suppose it was little
owing to my arm and knee; both
were badly sprained, and the pain
was fearful. But half of it was the
effect of her voice. / was such a
fool about her that it robbed me OF
all strength Of viii and purpose.
When came to myself l was ly-
ing in big bed with q splendid
canopy over it, and somebody was
bandaging up my head.
'Hallo!' said l 81 thought it
was my leg or my arm"
"You must have been thrown
AGAINST a rock, sir" said the gentle
man. "You'vc narrowly escaped
fracturiug the skull. It's u severe
scalp wound as it is, and viii re-
quire great care"
"IIum - said ]. "Whose house
is this May ] know your name 2"
"My name is DR.. Smith" he said;
"but the house doesn't belong to
me. Its owner is under o great
debt of gratitude to you, and /
must thank you in his name for
saving the life of his only daugh-
ter"
"Nyhat is his name p I enquired.
"Afr. Smith," said the doctor
"Alr. John Smith. He is away
travelling just now"
"Then you are the young lady's
brother p | asked, eagerly, for he
was q dcucedly handsome fellow.
mo, no." he replied, hastily I;
"mine is distant branch of the fam
lily. But you must keep quiet now.
You seem to have n good constitu-
ton, and may pull through soon, if
you allow yourself perfect rest.
Otherwise l won't answer for the
consequences"
"But, doctor, | demonstrated, 81
wish l could have palmer quarters.
Look at that pink thing up there,
and all these mirrors around us.
I'm afraid Pm robbing the ladies'"
"All the bed chambers are alike"
said the doctor. "The canopies are
all lined with colored silks, and
there are the same number of mir
rors in every ROOM"
81 wish the Smith hotel was
built - | murmured.
"That is to be all blue and gold,"
said the doctor.
"Then Mr.. John Smith is ma
bob 2" said l but the doctor re-
fused to answer any more questions,
and | went into troubled sleep,
from which l did not soon awake.
1t was an uneasy sleep, peopled
with monsters and dwarfs. Some
of them had horses heads others
took the fantastic shapes of rocks
and stumps of trees. l battled
with all of them, until overwhelmed
with numbers, sank. back exhaust
ed; and then came the pleasant
part Of my dream. Shadowy
shapes of women came to me, how
cred about me, laid their soft, cool
hands on my forehead. / heard
their voices without knowing what
they said. 1t was like a strange
tongue, low and musical, sweet but
unknown.
All this was dclirium. | lay thus
thirteen days, then awoke to the
shadow of my former self. / was
still in the bed with the pink cano-
by. AS l looked in the opposite
mirror a familiar skeleton appeared
there. The light in the room was
toned down by heavy curtains, and
everything was still. Suddenly l
heard deep sigh. 1t made my
heart jump for minute. Then |
looked over and 10y the window saw
woman. Her head was head was
turned for me, but l knew in a mo-
ment it was not my enchantress.
Never had her hair lain in such