Ellsworth American., 1877-11-08
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Extra-Hazardous.

The hop tha: evening w. to bc Qu.'e
the event Of the season AZ the --- huu- 81.
one Of the most fashionable Summer tc-
sorts anon. the hills nf Ncw EusiauI-
Most Of the young ladies were getting up
their compilations 30 their tuuu-. AHI
Miss Antolueite Livingston wa- ia,i start
ing forth - refresh hers whore she bad
originally obtained W-out lu iAr ,lu sDl
breeze; not that H. de.icat, i.at looked iu
particular need OF rrirr,hmrut. a. She
stood on the piazza arrai ed lu q l.Ur-tl1th
wslking-,uit that fitted well to the tu.i vet
plant lines OF her rather tai figure. 4
little white plum. was stuck ln tlr l.uUfy
blue hat. the shining y,lloN hair. the envy
OF the other giri>, tell iu i1p,,- Dt down
her shoulders. and ihe DARK blue ,ycs
with which she scanned The surrounding
peaks OF the iorily mountains. Mere a.
wide opened. clear aHd coull,ut A. a
Child's-a cLld'- who lis. never been
frightened. And why indeed. should
they not. seeing thtt up CHILD Mas ever
more sedulousIv protected from ali that
could shock. pain Hr Er.ey-. .a .h, Lar-h
realities Of the world. Ihe pet of a family
that had been wealthy fH- r,nrr4i.ui.-.
tie ilaucred queen OF 'hc circle her beauty
had drawn around hes. The Mails Aai
angle. of life Mere indeed all upholstered
for her aud the Providence she laid hrr
PRAYERS t. was very polls" aut gen
liemanly deity.
Miss Livingston Il ally flushed her iu-
spccilon of ihcNnouniaiu- aud started on
brisk'y for her walk. drawing ai;er her 10
the next turn OF the road a skciu u admir-
Ing glAnces from the group, % ladies aud
gentlemen on the pialAa, A. one pulls out
a ball OF mola-ses candy. An hour, wAih.
seasoned with boianizjug. wa, her usual
| afternoon recreation. aud she had not in-
! tended that the programme TO-DAY should
! dltirF from the customary one. But, yield
| ing "a the seductiouS Of an old wsod road
half oyergrowa With bushes aud yuuug
| trees. she Was beguil,d on from one for \
and turn TO another. until she finally found
| herself fairly in the woods, the road h law
| ing passed by insensible gradailuu, into
| the forest. At dr>t she was not much di>-
! turbed. having no doubt that >ne could
| easily regain the road. and 90 out a. She
| came in. but. after walking vigorously )
! for half Al hour without coming 10 any.
! thing. lump began to come up in her
throat. sud she Was forced To admit that
she was lost.
| She had now come into an open. rocky
place, where the trees had grown iufre-
| quent and -iuuied. and the sun fell hotly
on slabs OF granite scattered around and
| inierspersed with tiudery moses and
| whortlebrrry bushes. With the feeling
| that she was lot, the strength suddenly
| left her limbs, and She sat down on the
shady side of mass Of rock. feeling very
/ much like cryin.. and with considerable
! ado to keep tnrt lump in her throat from
| growing unmanaseable. Although the
| lovely color had somewhat lett her face. |
know well the old rock had never borne a
| prettier flower on its rugged bosom. Il
would not do 10 give way to her feelings.
| however; she must keep her wits about
her. and so she BIT her lips to prevent them
| from trembling. and sought. by an effort of
the will. TO still the beating OF her heart.
But these praisewortby efforts a. self
control, were suddenly nullilied by sight
that for a moment stopped her heart en-
| tirely.
A big, rough-looking man was walking
with a swinging gate across one end of
the opening. The slouch hat. the coaiie-s
flannel shirt. the bronze face and unkrmpt
| beard. the bundle on q stick across his
| shoulder left no sort OF doubt in her mind
| that ne was genuine, unadultersted. aud
unusually formidable example OF the spec
les tramp-that variety Of wild beast that
| has succeeded the bears AMI wolves in the
undisturbed possession OF American fields
anu lOTt- y UuuufEh Aalts bi Tut hAti-
lent and bloody doings which have made
the tramp the terror OF all the women
and children the country through. with the
sense of her utterly helpless position.
flashed through Miss Livingston's mind.
| Apparently. he had not yet seen her.
| Scarcely daring to breathe, she rose to "A
erouchng posture, and, without taking her
| eyes frnm the tramp. silently stepped
| backward around the rock. in whose shad-
ow she had been sitting. and 10 her intense
relief found herself at length withdrawn
| from his possible view.
How loud that cricket sang? There il
was again; in spite of her preoccupation
she could not help noticing that il did moi
sound exactly like a cricket, either. II
| was more like the rattle of dried peas in a
pod. She glanced down TO the spot whence
il proceeded. Her eyes froze with horror.
second more. aud a huge rattlesnaSe
sprang like lightning upon her. Instinct
lively throwing out her arms To defend
herself, abe shrieked at the top Of bel
voice. 10 stepping around the rock. with
| out looking where she was going. she had
probably brushed across the reptile as il
lay basking in the sun. and thus enraged
it, In a moment the tramp. the idea o.
| whose existence had been shocked out o
her mind. came running up. She was toe
much under the horror of the snake tC
think of him. except a. a human helper
She pointed to the creature which wa
eoiling itself in readiness Tor another stroke
II becesssry; and the tramp. seizing frag
ment Of rock, hurled it with such fore.
and precision that the reptile was stretched
crushed and writhing Then be turne,
and stared at her with an expression in
dicating his profound astonishment as hap
pening on a fasbionably dressed youn.
lady in such 8 locality.
Are you better?'' he finally asked.
ct don't tnow : sha said