The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-04-12

)tCl, dlltl tltCittttt tllut ii 1lt WIS enough
in love to do thus and thus. it would be
safe for her beyond a peradycnture to
take her own time about making up. tc
show a supreme Indifference to his regard
No more heart than an adder indeed
What was il that ached so day after dav,
as the dull cold November winds sighed
about the house and touched the neigh
boring pines into Eolian harps and swept
up the dead leaves only tu scatter them
again Why WAS she always sIralnin9
her eyes down the frost -Whtened country
road And what was it that trelnbled in
her bosom whenever a Speck appeared
against the frosty sky But Louisa had
reckoneu without her host. Ben was not
the man who was fond of rciterating a
love that had been received 50 codly lie
didn't mean to leaycIhe woods till March,
il he could hold out 50 long. Moreover,
ii was Mr.. Bruce himself who proposed to
20 back with tho OK Team and bring SUP
plies and hire the men.
II don't feel quite right about the
head, said he, land | want Louisa to
cosSet me. Then I'll go out TO Shopton
and see Scales and Weight about the sup
plies, and be back before YOU and 81 have
eat up all this 'erc yictuals."
'All right. Sir, said Ben, 5H0thering Il
twinge of disappointment which he would
not own to himself "Wc'll get the hoyel
ready for the cattle while you're off and
take tramp through the woods and spot
the bes, timber for telling."
"Thtre's enough 10 do said Uncle
Simon.
you'll be back in five days, say!
elf I'm |urkt IIpW'S th,4 StnrpG vi i''
Good for a week, should say, such
as they are. But the soonor You get back
the better It'll be Il sight easier for YOU
ii You can manage to get UP before Il
heavy SNOW comes You see. we haven't
had ANYTHING but spits yet, though may
be we're going to hey an open winter"
-'Ay, ay." answered Mr.. Bruce, as he
drove off through the woods with the ON
team. ''PloVisions for 4 week, eh. Thatll
tide We over, | reckon. There's a sight of
work to be got through with i'll a week S
time. There's the supplies to be got,
and the hands to be hired lemme see-
five cutters, two teamsters, and a cook ;
that's about it. and to hev em ready TO
start when do, and amt SO Young as
was. Heyday, its rub and grind lum-
berman's life is =
Alas. there was more to be gotten
through within weeks time than Mr.
Bruce had an inklmg OF; 50 much that it
ran over into the next week, rs work has
d trick Of doing
When Louis, saw that ii was only her
father trudglng along With the returning
| OK team, her mercury went down To zero
| in half Il second. She saw before her a
weary three months of loneliness and long
| ing, and She saw, too thai she deserved
| it.
Its Il deucel cold day for an old man.
said Nh. Bruce, shlyering before the wood
fire. as if there should have been special
sets Of weather created to suit customers
'Whats that you've got cooking on the
crane, Lu Stew! / amt got no more
appetite than ii bear in August. Rlindlc
and Tlot were slow as cold molasses ;
they've seen their best days, reckon,
like their master Wish III snapped EN-
| to Dunn fol- the Nearlings and boot; it
would hey bin good bargain 81 sent
| his love IL You. Lu. Eve got a cold
reckon I'll turn i'll and sleep il off"
They oughtnt have let You come, "
said Lu, indignantly. as She carried him
4 bottle oi hot water for his feet Il ncle
81 on Ben ought to have come instead.
1T wasn't their fault | thought could
drive Il better bargain With The hands.
Ben said he'd come in my place. but his
heart wasn't set on it, which assurance
iii Ii" Wise coltortcd Louisa.
| Alr. Bruce was RESTLESS all night. and i'll
| the morning WAS Out of his hetd and did
mol know his right hand from his left, and
called Louisa Ben. and asked grandma 70
| put the oxen into the cart, miStaking her
| for Uncle Simon. And Louisa, half fright
entd to death, jumped upon old Roah'5
back and &alloped all the way IT, Sh"plon,
for the nearest doctor.
''Ahen Nothing more nor less tlun i
fever said he, the instant he laid his
eyes oll Mr.. Bruce
is he dangerous ?" asked Louisa.
Dangerous oh, guess he'll pun
through. I'll leave this prescription, and
be round Tomorrow. There, MIR. MAY
critk. of the tavern Maverick 5 tavern,
at our place had the same symptoms a
week ago, and hes about to-day. There's
no telling about these things; different
| constitutions take diseases differently. At
least, You needn't be alarmed at present.
Good-morning, With an emphasis on the
good. Louisa thought it was anything
but good morning, after the comfort of
his professional presence was withdrawn.
But the next day her father was no bet
ter, nor yet the next, though the doctor
! assured her that he was doing as we'll as
could be expected. whatever that might
be-
Louisa was too busy, and weary with
Watching and nursing, cooking and look
Il
mas cold, and keeping order and quiet
among the children. to take note Of the
sick mans delirious words, though he was
constantly talking about the camp, sixty
miles away - where her own thoughts
wandered whenever she had time to think
bargaining with imaginary team
sters, hagglmg with Scales and Weight
over groceries, and repeating, "Provisions
for Il week, for a week, and counting the
days on his fingers and losing the count,
and beginning over and over again, as if
it were q puzzle upon the solution OF
which his life depended. And so the
fever ran to the ninth day and turned,
and the patient fell into quiet sleep, and
awoke too weak and languid to put words
together, or to remember any thing but
that he had suffered a fearful nightmare
and il was over. 1t was perhaps the third
day after the fever turned that he sud
denly took up the thread of life where he
had dropped it, and he asked, How long
have been alaying here, Lu q"
''TWclve days"
"Where's Ben and Uncle 81 ?"
''Why, YOU left em i'll camp, father
LEFT 'cm i'll camp, Twelve days ago"
he gasped, with weeks provision |
shouldn't wonder if they were both in
heaven by this time. What hev YOU bin
thinking of all this while, eh?"
''l didn't know they had only weeks
provsons,' said Louisa, showing ghast-
ly face; 'and ] had to look after You and
the fever"
"Well, don't wait another minute round
me; just harness up old Roam and Quick
step, and take some brandy and things
and don't let EN- eat all they want; make
cruel keen 'elu short Come start yoll1-