The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-24


Clean bedding is flung upon the couch
| and before Simon's eyes are rubbedwide
open Miss Vandervent is stretched upon
what, for weeks to her, was TO be rack
of torture. No use for poor Lin to smooth
out the hard pillows-the groans of the
soul awakening to the pain of an abused
tenement increase all the time. No need
for her voice to grow gentle and his fin
gers to touch tenderly the little hand
| whereon rests one heavy band Of gold.
Miss Vanderyent's lips and brows con,
tract in pain, and as the cliok-cliek OF
the telegraph goes flashing for DOCTORS
aid, poor little Dora moaDs and tosses
and cries piteously for "Sister Angelica
to depart from before her fevered vision.
| Poor Lin! The "peautiful Green"
shawl hangs limp across his arm as he
stands without the door listening eager
ly for the DOCTORS coming. There 10 no
| woman near this little station, for the
4 depot is built at the cross roads and the
towns which it benefits are both long
half mile away, and he can not bear to
leave her long enough just now to make
the journey thither in search OF female
help. et-; nae Hts
| At1A A. M. there comes rumble OF
wheels, and the doctor s gig draws up at
the carved pigeon box. The dove is still
mourning when the tat little M. d. finds
She nest. But by the dawning, bless
him, the roly-boly doctor has found the
| sprained limbs and bandaged tile ugly
| flesh wounds, ,and old Sol peeps IN through
| the Gothic windows upon d Ittie white
| bed, little white sleeper and an old
black Auntie, who moves about shod in
slippers Of silence, as is seems TO the re-
lieved Lin. All is we'll win her now;
and Lin walks up the track to view the
debris and assist other sufferers.
| IJ is an old page in the chapter OF &C.
eidents. Lin, works with alwill at
the timbers, the baggage and gfoan-
ing humanity, and it Is nigh noon before
| he finds that he has forgotten his erea-
| ture comforts aud is undenlably raven
Gus. Further up the road is. a large, fiat
rock, and here Lin sits down to rest a
4 bit before he starts out TO walk the long
mile to the Gothic depot. a hand-ear
has borne down upon the scene Of the
disaster while he was too occupied TO
| notice it. Upon it were three brawny
! work-hands Of the @ and z road and
a nun. The work-hauds have removed,
two wounded men to their little car, and
leaving the holy sister, nave jast re-
| passed the rock Whereon sits Lin,
How hungry a fellow can get, to be
surel And nothing to eat nearer than q
mile away-that is, nothing care for"
is Inns mental sollloquy. as. Dragging
| mis- Tong length to a perpendic ular posi-
tion,. be pfepares for his maFCh. DOWN
the track, a rev steps before him, moves
a black robed figureAa nun.
| "Where tie deuce is she going? Aha!
! Trying TO find my little runaway-l'n
your match, Slrs. Goodyagooay guess
| PHI do a. litJfe hiftlig Oh nay own account
l il.,Atg gla.r1 hllt f,ssl q hsAtlur ~
| You're EXCELLENCE Y our uighness-4Y Y our
lSuperlof Majesty ?7-Aand, SO mutGerlng,
! Liai'si long legs bring him to toe ''Woman
| oil the b,sii da -ed heird," as Lin mentally
| named her, beiofe they have reacned the
| first open worked rails SO dangerous to
likine.
81 say, most sublime sister, would you
! Just lev me carry tnat bundle of yours? !?
| 1t goes against my IDEAS of gentleman
Illness TO allow a young lady TO unneces-
sarily burden herself white L am by. You
refuse? Shy sister, do not troWn So vehe-
mently, nor cast those Lovely eyes quite
SO far DOWN.
But the nun quiekens her pace and
| says no word to the dashing young fel-
| low at her slde-Who l may add also
lquickens his pace and stalks heavily on
account of extreme weariness beside
liner.
i "Ix'e heard accounts Of your aversion
to men, but. would you credit my word,
L never believed theml All, have a care,
superior suDlimity, Or you wiz fail
arm, how. dol Again you refuse MY re- re-
quesL? Very we'll, shall nave to lift
your saintship oyer then. One, two
hover you go!r and Lin lands u somber
ligure safely across the broken bit OF a
1railroad tie that should stretca above an
open vfaduct. But afacki down between
the raifs the bundle has fallen, plump
! int4the green shiny water below. T.
| LIN looks aghast at the holy sister
whose eyes-ne could have sworn to
Ithat-are filed with big bona ,fde
tears, but whose brows are knotied
{blackly and ominously. 81 beg, beg
your pardon, ma'am; | will fetcA your
bundle in a moment"
sDesist, Deg OF yoW!'s cries the nun,
in a quick, smotpered voice. "lt,is no
serious matIer-ztle loss OF that bundle Y
81 s'pose not; but hang me if ! don't
feel ke a brute-say yuu'll let me 20
and gstit for youW Liu pleads.
LAS you please;' is her answer.
The emban4plent is. high and DANCE :
Gus, ana Lin cautiously descends upoa
The masonry at The rignt of the vadqct,
and, AFTER moment, his voice com" up
in faint "halioo!S that hath a sound OF
victory i'll lis tones.
ButWhen the irreligiOus scamp is once
again upon the track there is an III.
odored package in his haalds and a blank
look OF profound astonishment in his
face; for The sister Is nowhere visible
lie looks to the east, west, north, south
he looks into the deep thicket az one
side, and on the other side into the
standing army OF growing corn, whose
broad spears seem to whisper knowing.
ly. No use-the nun has disappeared at
if by magic; and, with d gruht OF pure
dissatis action, Lin tosses the green
sllme-covered bundle dow the emDahk.
ment and marcnes off in a something o
|. a temper.
When Lin's heavy tread grows faint il
its quick recedlny, there is a noise o
climbing, and the NUNS head comes a
last TO view from the left side of the EN-
, bankment, and the eyes, raised now
enough to allow the vision Of q broad
, shouldered young man disappearing
adown the long level .tfack-seem fuiLo
pleased satisfaction that the game O
bo-peep has been decided in her favor.
s'If I could only trace Dora Wander
!, vent! l am assured that she was not Oh
the train, else should have learned hel
ii WhprAabouts easily enough II must no