The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-22

paused, and in that moment 1 seized
THE bits. Then commenced fierce bat-
tie with the frantic. plunging steeds. /
was thrown, down, tEampled upon, but
olung to them with despairing, energy.
Ten minutes ak0, my only thought had.
been to take life; now, my only desire
was to save it. So 1t was, clung to the
| horses and kept them there, until 1 felt
| stronger hands assisting mine, and then
the wild struggle, the broad fields and
| tue White road all faded away, and left
Inothing but.darkness and silence.
"When awoke-well, boys, | thought
| Aladdin's lamp had certainly come back
upon the earth, aud somebody had been
using it for my benefit. h 1 had come
back to life in our own room, Ranald's
and mine, might have concluded that
! the whole affair had been a horrible
idream, and 80 said nothing more about
lit. But it certainly was surprising to
| find myself in strange room, on a
strange bed,i with q rosy old gentleman
leaning over me on the one side, and
rosy old lady on the other, their faces
expressing the most lively solicltude,
while grave medical gentleman first
felt my pulse, and then rubbed the
lpalms of his hands together with great
satistaction. Nor was my astonishment
| decreased when the rosy old gentleman
SAID:
"The dear boy has come through. Al
low me to take your hand, doctor. We
owe so much to YOU"
| "Whereupon he shook hands very
heartily with the doc or, aud then with
tue old lady, and they all seemed eX-
uravagantly glad Of my recovery.
| 'It was astonishing, too. in the days
that followed, while was lying there,
too weak to move, to see how i was
waited on and made much of by the
whole family. Iney told me after "a
while how l had saved the lives of the
rosy old lady and her daughter, who
were in the carriage that night, and how
l was dragged out from under the horses
| feet, bruised and bleeding, and with my
lett arm broken; how L was brought
there, and never recovered conscious
| ness, but went off into a raging fever,
| and lay next to DEATHS door for weeks.
"They told me now | had talked in my
delirium-now arraiGning Mr.. Laclede
for base ingratitude, then fancying that
Ranald was upon my track wherever 1
went, and that he was going 10 make
me commit murder. Then l was waiting
behind the hedge with my finger upon
| the trig ger of the pistol, listening TO the
| rattle of carriage wheels ia; away on
| the road, and the next moment l was
crying that there were women inside,
| and that must save them; and would
| strive to rise, and would fall back eX-
hausted, only to begin all over again.
"Do you picture, boys, how l had
fallen upon ParadiseP Alter all there is
a divinity thai shapes our ends, rough
hew them as we may They had gatl-
cred the whole story from my rawlings.
| They knew what had been in my heart
that night beside the hedge. and yet
| they could be kind and tender. They re-
stored strength and manhood in me.
They made me feel that l was worthy of
| being honored and trusted. When was
able to work, the old gentleman found
| me splendid position, and l continued
my law studies i'll all my leisure mo-
ments. Lyndray gave me a most cordial
| invitatian to make his house my home,
and treated me with such confidence
| that must have made myself worthy
OF it, however ignoble and unworthy l
might have been. So it was that when
Mr.. Laclede came and offered me po-
sition as book-keeper in his establish
ment l was enabled to decline the
honor, with the old speech little more
proudly uttered: Il am Kenneth Lane.
| sirP And so itwas that every holiday
| took me back to the home Of my pre-
server, where Mr.. and Mrs. Lindray
| treated me like son, and their fair
daughter smiled on me at intervals. At
last l was admitted to the bar, since
which l have become-weIl, boys, you
know the rest"
''rhe most promising young lawyer in
the State" SAID Fenner, emphatically.
"But what about the daughter.
JudgeW said Graham. "You surely are
not going to leave us in the lurch, after
we all concluded that there was going
to be spice of romance about iLY'
son, yes-the daughterp said Ken
meth Lane, with blush. Then the ris-
ing young lawyer drew himself up with
the grace and pride OF young god.
"My friends" he SAID, with unmis tak-
able sweetness, "if you will go down 10
MIR. Lyndray's on the first day of the
new year, you will see me united TO
Ethel Lyndray, my queen among
women"
"Hurrah' Three cheers for the Judge
and his brideW springing TO his feet and
waving his cap, aud tue cheers were
given with vim that brought back their
| college days airesh.