The St. Cloud journal., 1875-05-13

her proportions would admit Of, hang
ing over the side of the pony-carriage
What could he do? 1t was. impps
sible for him to forsake the flaccit
partner Of his joys and sorrows in thil
|pitiable state, so most unwillipgly; hi
descended from the dog-cart anc
went back to her assistance, not Who'll
ly unconscious Of the absurdity ,ofthi
position or of the furtive grins which
passed between the servants.
After divers proppings and haul
ings on the part of her husband and
the groom, Mrs. Beauchamp: onc<
more reared herself into a sitti pe
posture and gazed languidly and re
proachfully on her spouse, her bon
net having assumed strange apc
fearful shape, owing to its late predic
ament.
"Come now; Betsey, my dear, 70,
are better, aren't you I? do you feel al
right?" said the Major, who, in spit,
Of his invariably. seeing these sudd der
attacks of illness come to-: a speed,
!
and favorable termination, coul6
never get over the weakness Of feeling
a certain amount Of alarm when the
made their appearance. (And .thi'
was most praiseworthY conduct, fol
the production of that sensation OF
his part was the very end and oTec
of their exiistence.)'
"Better, Charles" murmured th,
invalid.
"There now, then, you must &c,
home as quickly as possible, and igfi
and lie down. 7 shall make all thes
haste I can"
"You will not leave me! Charles
surely you will not leave mel" anf
there was again a plain tendency K
forsake the perpendicular and 'drqo1
over the side OF the pony-carriage.
"No, no." said the Major hast ily
dreading lest the railway whistl,
should not be far off: Certainly not
I shall send on the groom" and tear
ing a leaf from his pocket-book, b,
wrote the message on it, and desirei
the man to make all speed to Mars
ton.
At Thurston, meanwhile, DR.. Smith
had turned every one out Of the pa
TENTS room. Miss Turner and Mis-
Wright, two young ladies from
Leeds, nieces Of Mrs. Beauchamp
who were on a visit to their uncl,
and aunt, took possession Of Lad,
Gascoigne and drew her into the din
ing-room, eager to pour forth th'
whole history of the accident, O
which, it appeared, they had bee1
eyewitnesses. Marianne Turner, th,
elder of the two, was q short, fat lit
1tle creature, with pretty fair com
plexion, but not much beauty be
sides; whilst Isabella Wright wa
tall, dark, and handsome after rus
tic fashion, with bright rosy cheek,
and brilliant black eyes; some of hel
ways of using the latter had beer
known occasionally to be dangerous t
the noble sex, and caused members o
her own frequently to designate he
as mink.
Marianne, finding it quite useles
to cope with her cousin on the scor'
Of looks, had given it up, an<
now prided herself on her converse
tional powers, which she deemed Of
most brilliant order, and a free use o
slang added greatly to the piqnapc!
Of her flow of language, in her ow.
estimation at least. "I:can tell 20,
all about it, Lady Gascoigne," ,"she be
gan eagerly. Il was there, and" sav
your brother split, and rushed to picl
him up"
$50 did l." said Isabella, who strov'
to put in a remark occasionally, blu
who generally found herself perferc
reduced to silence in her cousins com
pany. "
"You were not so near as I, lisa
bella. 0, I had no end Of . # fright,
assure you, when I saw how. bad h
looked !"
II thought he was dead at first
interposed Miss Wright.
| "Nonsense, Isabella I told, you a
once that he was merely stunned: &
you could not think t hat. But h
did look queer, certainly; it was ,
horrid little cad with rattle VIII
did all the mischief"
"He frightened the horse."' sal
Miss Wright, "and-"
"Of course, everybody knows that
fortunately a farmer passed by, il
his trap, and he gave him lift t.
Thurston."
"Dr. Smith came"
isabella, it was I who sent for d.
Smith, so surely I ought to know mos
about it Yes, the doctor came imme
diately,-in fact, he was close by, a
the time, which was fortunate"
! Lady Gascoigne seemed scarcely t
comprehend all the chattering roup
her: she sat down in an easy7chai
and anxiously awaited summon
from the doctor. The sound Of wheel
was presently heard, and rushing
the door, she saw, to her surpr,is,
Major Beauchamp assisting his vii
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