Ellsworth American., 1876-06-15

/ ttl III NbS NtodN' anu sut W u,
eager to hear the details OF The direction
! there. for she shared the popular freuzy
raging just then for bulrushes. and
thought of all things she should like
some great punches OF the brown yelvety
things in vases Tomorrow.
! Il believe. il rose early" she said. Il
| could he there aud back before H."
why llg' said Mallory, lazilv.
| "Oh. | have an engagement at that hour"
she replied. bending her head a little, that
he might not see the color creeping up.
Il am at yodr service" he said.
| ''Will YOU come along, Ncttie," she ask
| ed
AT five o'clock in the morning. and on
| foot: Not step. That hour in the after
noon, behind a pair OF bays would suit me
very well. Young Vary thought it would
suit him, too.
| VERY well. Mr. Mallory. Ii you will
| come At 5 tomorrow, shall have my bull
| rushes aud be back in good season."
| Wen not fail" said Mallory, land to
| that end. assure this company that it is
the witchug hour ot night when the sweet
c,t sound the ear can hear is the slam
ming Of the big house door" And with that
| they all departed.
| Al 5 o'clock in the morning came Mss
| Alice. with her shears hanging at her side,
I
| down ihe road impatientv. She quite Tor
/ get her freak with the old clock tbe night
| before.
1t i very indocorous way TO serve
| me " she cried. Ten minutes past eight
! And snail NOT wait another moment. |
! will have my bultushes. Mallory or no
| Mallory. Aud II | avn a ltlle late don't
! care; IL will seem a. though a body we're
1 not - very anxious; and don't know
/ I'm atiaid-l'm really AFRAID was gush-
/ Ing. last night. and | do 81 dcslise gu~h-
/ cr' And hc may only want-may only
want tp engage iuc 10 watch with Old Miss
/ Steers. the NIGHT sine take, ether tor that
| oprratiou!' Aui t&ereat tar little body
| Wl> uG for Lenders LAKE, with precious
small idea. nf the exact whereabouts OF that
! ptcliy sheet. 1--we = tongue IA my head,
/ suppose. laid -hc.
\ Miss Alice continued. her ideas grew
still less She feared she would lose her
WAY. aud would not be back AZ All, sine
/ wished >ue had waited Tor Mallory. But
/ ~. pjudd,d uu Ai;cg her best sense Of iu-
/ ca.ity. tore her gown with 1rIer>, lost her
/ vcil. broke her pArasoi. came near break
az her ankle, aud At II o'clock by her
/ watch >at down and crjcJ-Aot, oitton by
/ il.v,. tired out, and lost
When She had finished crying she look
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/ her tears. las Lender, lake, blue AS sap
! uhfc. iu the hol,uw of the hills. Her cour-
! AZ came back al u.,e. II she could not
/ Keep her appointment, she could show by
/ the hu!ru-ur> that she had intended 10.
! She forgot fstI cue, aud was OF Tor the edge
/ of the iakc. uot 80 easily reached. after
/ all. aud. with Triumphant handful OF the
! brown velvet wand, aud OF great blue
I nag. was presently homeward bound,
/ hIyiu. found the highway. and staying on
! IL To ask at the door oi a nttie hut tor
4 cup OF water.
Nobody answered her rap; the door was
/ up,n-,ue pushed il wider. and peeped III,
/ 6ut started back al the sound OF a groau,
| and 4 quick, sharp sob, i perfect storm ui
| >o1S. \ momc..t Mss Alice hcs.tatcd;
| but She was 10 coward where pain was
+ concerned. she took heart ut grace aud
+ walked in, and found there the brown old
/ berry woman with her little boy. her
/ .taudchl.d. bleeding 10 death in her arms,
oh" -he exclaimed, Il never knew you
] lived here. What j. the matter; How dI!
he do i;F'
w IN the axe. with the axe just now :"
cried the woman. Ard | cAut stop Il,
and can't leave him. and he'll dle-oh,
! he'll de"
.Uh. no. no." said Alice What have
down. Get a towel" for ,he remembered
her school lessons in physiology. And be-
fore the woman knew what had happened.
Alice had ri.ged a tuurniquct with the
handle OF a hair brush. aud WAS checking
ia some degree the nOw OF blood with
which the boys vitality Was eboluS. Now
don't let it slip, aud III run and iind the
doctors, II | drop. Perhaps some team
viii overlake me. Don't despair-the child
,haul die" and she kissed the brown old
woman. aud plunged out, eager - though
il were her own little brother.
Il know just where the doctor Is she
called back.
She knew no,hing OF the kind; She only
knew where he had been. "SAe's gone TO
Lenders lake with MIR. .tallo-y." Aunt
lulda had said, looking up aud down the
road, with a vague idea that her looking
would excu>c-lhe culprit-''ior bulru>hcr,
| heard them say.
The doctor, ejaculation would have hor-
riied Aunt iluldA il she had heard II; but.
bidding her good morning, lie had turned
about. determined TO have nothing more To
do with Miss Alice Iruc,dcll. Aud then
sort vi rage had flashed up And swept over
him. and he vowed 20 himself that he
would reduce the little rebel and >prdnS
into hi, chaise and urged his horse To run.
ANA ttldL WAS Tue NJ dl II NlAdbN'N tai-iNs 4'1N
than ten minutes after Alice lett the hut,
she saw something rolling up the highway
enveloped in as thick II cloud a. ever An
ancient god travelled in he saw "A little OBJ
irct diving down TO meet him, Curls and
ribbons streaming behind, dishelved TO the
last degree, and with only breath enough
| left TO say, Ms he. leaped from the chaise
Don't stop! He's dying. Back there
the hut"
Dr. Fowle did stop, long enough to take
| the little body and lit her into the chaise
aud spring up beside her. who's dying:
said he. sternly-Mailory
Mallory" gasped Mss Alice IN amaze
ment. And il it were" she said. the Old
s,,irtt uppermost as soon a. she could speak
| again ior her scalded lungs aud throat,
what would you do?"
..l.et him de-" exclaimed the doctor.
..It would be nothing 10 me If you did,
she said, touching the horse with the whip
| herself ''but YOU would be indictable at
| common law
..Nothing to you, What did you mean,
then? Who, dying?"
Not Mr.. Mallory--to my knowledge,
that is. | haven't seen hun to-day. \
child here in the woods
The doctor urged the horse himself
bending forward. his gaze fixed before
HlIii. anu ilOt Il
Aren't you ever going TO speak to me
again?" asked Alice at last. II meant 10
| be back at H."
He turned and saw the tears just ready
to gush, and as he gazed perhaps they ex-
| tinguished the fash of his wrath. Some
| how-he never knew how any more than
Alice did--the next moment the reins were
under his feet, his arms were about her,
and the tears We're being crowded back by
kisses.
Aren't you glad put the clock for
ward! Aren't you glad came out here
for bulrushesy' whispered Alice, as they
suddenly drew up at the little hut.
Ion. God bless you, doctor, and God
bless herr cried the voice OF the old wo-
man whiting. He's alive yet, and you've
come in the very nick of time .'-l Harper s
Bazaar.
Professor to Glass in Mythology-And
now. young gentlemen, ,can any OF you tell
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