Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-12-11

You must keep perfectly quiet. and
VIII coon return she said softly, hardl
knowing whether she Was heard or no,
and then IN an instant she was I'm her sad
die. dashiag - her utmost speed towar
0 The pearest farn-honse
liDssbine like ,ha wisd up TO the door
and startling quiet fsrmer Jessop sna nj
/ hmiiy nearly out Of their wits, Leon
cried
.Mr. Jessop. let your son ride at ONE,
to Dr. Wells. and cell him a geutiewa,
lies dangerously wounded on the road
near Hillside Spring; tell him to como
ihere q once. and you. Dir. Jessop. please
come o" With yosr esrrisge. and bring all
that you think necessary
Every one in the eounty knew and loyed
Esouc 6E6tfSrt. ss~F s.rs1ty &c. ysdrrs
we're obeyed. which observing. she wheel.
ed her foaming horse. aud again sped
away upon her return to the wounded
stranger
There he lay jus. as she had left him.
but groaning slightly. and each instant
dampening the blood stsined handkerchief.
| the girl awaited the coming of the sur
gcon.
Would they ever come? she though. !;
but at length. when it seemed hours in
stead OF minutes. the sound Of wheels
broke on her ear. aud the next instant the
surgeon drove up at rapid pace.
You are n noble woman. Miss Light.
foot. aud If this man lives he owes his lie
10 y"u.' raid the good old physician. as b.
approached and kueli beside the PROSTATE
form
'Rut will he live. doctor 2
For some minutes no reply was given
by the man OF science. who carefully
probcd and rxaminei the wound. bur then
he said slowly:
1T is serious injury-ha here have
the ball; yes. hope he will li,e;' and DR..
Wells took from the wound small bull
let. while he continued
Now he needs the most careful nurs.
ing
He shall have it. Thank God. here
comes Mr.. Jessop.' and immediately nf-
ter the carringe drove up. and telling the
doctor 10 come on with the wounded
again mounted her horse and rode ON TO
have all in readiness for bis arrival
II was weeks before the stranger was
sufficiently recovered to tell his story re.
garding the wound that had 30 nearly
proven fatal to him. and then by careful
nursing. he informed Leone. who had
been untiring in her devoted care Of him.
shAEi Ehsse%%sn hi was assbo bisRfs jesi
had come to America. and purchasing a
few acres of land in the West. made it his
home.
He also stated that business had called
him to New York. and that while enjoy
ing horseback ride he had been sudden
" fred upon. was thrown to the ground,
aud had an indistinct remembrance that
some one was robbing him. for his watch.
pocke,book, and all the valuables be had
about him were gone
That Clarence Ainslie was no ordina-
~ man Leone Lightfoot knew when she
frss saw him lying by the roadside. but
that he would ever possess the power TO
control her life she had never believed.
But SO II was. for each day proved to
her tha, she had met her beau ideal; and
yet vas he for her 7? Might he not already
have loved Might be not already be
married I
The thought chilled her very heart;
and vet when she saw the dark fascinating
eyes turned upon her with admiration.
and rcad--or hoped she did-therein q
deeper. holicr feeling. Leone fel, happy.
and louged to DO very slave. and become
a mere. automaton to the caprice Of Ga.
renee Ainslie.
Now. Arthur Lightfcot. and his pretty
wife looked upon the matter in q differ
ent light. for though hospi,ablc in the ex-
treue TO the stranger guest. they looked
upon him as poor English emieraut. n
petty Western farmer. aud did not like
the idea ,ha, he should wholly control the
hear, of Leone. for they were no, blind TO
her devotion to the wounded man
Still they could nat bu, aiinire the cour-
tcoas .manner of,heir stranger guest. when
after six weeks. bic was sufficiently reeov
cred to join. them in the parlor and al din
uer -r.'s Ft
That he had been reared a gentleman
was evident. aud that he had trsvcled
aud seen something Of the world was a!>o
evident. as was also that Mr.. and Mrs.
Lsh,foot had never seen 4 handsomer
man. they we're compelled to admit; but
,ha, Leone. the belle. the heiress. aud mo-'
lovely woman OF the day should love al
unknown aud poor Enehshman-bah tbs
thought. even. vas ridiculous
When the trunk of Clarence Ainslie ar
rived. for he had seat for il rs soon as h,
vas able TO speak. Mrs. Ligh,foot paced
around il for half an hour in the vain en-
deavar to 6nd something plebiaa about it
but the trunk was a good >onc,.> Engsis!
make. aud bore on il simply the letter
e. A. England.
4 With disappointed look the inquiSi
live little woman ordered il sent to th
y sick nan . room. and sought her cham
-. 81 .s.,a.s iazij tsa Ht@ IS ESQ
msArsAur. Leone really loves that wcun
II ded man, and what will become Of il all
L. 10 Lecns's romance. little wife; sh
will reeover from is; few tears =, par,
ing; harding riding Tor her peer horse.
|, .tew -ssusimeusal songs, and ssi win b
over mar eexR
, But. AEshnr. erpoee 4 should not b,
, suppcss hc should leve her. for you kno'
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