The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

ton, the accommodation train had ter
minutes start, but the limited express
overhauled it at the Junction. The
tickets were half dollar more by the ex
press-the express was just leaving
When it left, it took me with it; and i
did overhaul the accommodation, but in I
very sudden way. To be concise, jus
rounding . bad curve, the express engine
and the rear accommodation car tele
scoped. One moments too long delay
occasioned by some woman's stopping Il
Kiss all her relations, and . couple Of
miles farther it was all over. Fortunately
the rear car was empty, and an old one
going to pieces easily, and, beyond few
bruises and the shock, nobody was hurt
but the trains were off the track, the car
wreck and ruin, splinters and smoke and
and fastened forward, to see Rose before
eager way in which she held outh arms
to me to be lifted down from the place
where the conclusion had thrown hel
made my heart bound. "Oh, l am &C
glad to see you'll Where did you come
AAOlAs A0vC OCCn ~ bAA0AN NAAO WINE
would take firev' che cried. Her tone
seemed to say, bat now there is nc
DANGER" Perhaps, as lifted her down.
l held her the fraction of an instant toe
long. Then she was only like piece OF
sugared ice.
"Well," I said looking at her and
laughing-I felt so light hearted and hap.
py all at once" what are you going to
do now!"
"Give you your umbrella" she said,
and find DR.. Wilder"
"And how about Brentford?" And
at that came q gust of tears. Tears 20
said l, "when we are safe and whOle?"
ut has been 80 dreadful" she ex-
claimed, lifting her streaming face like a
flower in the rain. 1--WE ought to be 80
thankful. Oh, indeed, we mustn't stay
talking; we must see If any one is hurt and
needs help"
" But you can't walk, with your ankle. -
ell will wait here"
disposed some scattered wraps about
her found that nobody was injured, and
came back and told her so. 'sAnd now,
how about BrentfOrd?" asked.
"They can't expect me back if the trains
don't rum" she said, with worried face
" But it's great misfortune; they are so
particular"
"There's DR.. Wilder" said l. "Stay
here, and will see that it is all right" /
stopped to speak with the doctor, and half
an hour afterward had returned with q
sleigh full of robes and hot soap stones.
"There is to be no m ore demurring," said
I, "Your Cousin Marcia's Cousin Fergu-
son can take all proper care of you in one
sleigh, and Dr. Wilder and this young
gentleman from Brentford ="
"Oh, yes, Mr.. Tiffany. Isn't this dread
full, Mr.. Tiffany"
I'm another. The sleighing is very
passable: we shall reach Brentford by twi-
light. And you will keep your situation
er-or get another"
She hung back moment. hcsitated
no more, but took her by her two little
shoulders and deposited her among the
furs, and tucked them all in about her /;
and as by that time coaches and sledges
and all sorts of cOnveyances were on the
ground for the others, touched whip to
the horse, and we were off, the other sleigh
behind us.
do you know the way!" she asked,
timidly.
81 can inquire" answered.
" straight ahead" was the instruction
given at every farmhouse gate; and
straight ahead we went, gay and laughing
now, and full of enjoyment of the pleas
ant bracing air. the bells, the swiftness.
At length we reached some crossroads,
where the wind had overturned the
sign-post. Which one of the roads was
the right one? We took the most travelled
way, at venture. 1t was the wrong one
1t led us on and on, aided by pumpkin
who grinned and said, "Av, ay." as we
asked if we were right for BrentfOrd. The
sky was already clOuding over, and it
was late in the afternoon when we reached
u village at whose little inn we stopped
for refreshment, insisting upon it, the
other sleigh pushing en- rather than wait
We were far out of the way, the landlord
told me; we must have made the mistake
a dozen miles back at the crossroads,
but yet If we changed our horse and per-
sisted. it was still quite possible to reach
Brentford that night. For my cOmpan-
ions sake it must be done. Warmed and
fed, and with additional robes, we were
on our way again. 1t was Of no use to
stop and speculate over DR.. Wilder and
Mr.. Tiffany; they would doubtless find
out their error and get on the right road
in time-before the snow thickened, it
was to be hoped 1t was beginning to
snow. gently but steadily; presently l
found that the wind was rising. I
thanked Heaven and Marcia for my um-
brclla. spread it. and secured it behind
US. Before long it was dark. Little Rose
had grown very quiet; l myself scarcely
spoke. I was anxious concerning her ex-
posture to the gathering storm, concerning
her solicitude. We we're in a hill coun-
try; now and then q light twinkled far
up some slope, but we passed no houses
at all; our hearts rose and sank with the
unwinding lengths of the rising and sink
ing road. The snow still fell, and now
it was drifting sadly; everything was
weird and strange; it was no longer posi-
BILE to distinguish the way. l left it to
the instinct Of the horse; he stripped stone
still, at last, in the middle of hill pas
ture, on the edge of q wood, unable to
proceed another rod. / struck my last
match. and looked at my watch; it was
already half past twelve.
There was no help for it. Here we
were to stav till morning, if we lived so
long. I was full Of apprehension, and,
although had done my best, was NOR
titled to the quick. "lt is not your fault,
Mr.. Ferguson" said Rose, TREMENDOUSLY.
1 ought not to have ventured it."
"And you can't imagine what Mrs.
Burbank will say" exclaimed, reck.
lessly.
She burst out crying. "Oh, what shall
i do? what shall do ~ she said.
l got out and broke down the drift q lit.
tie, before the horse, and then led him
cautiously just within the wood. "How
comfortablev' cried Rose, between hel
sobs. "It-it is almost like getting
home"
ut is the heart of the great mother, u
said /.
1t was going under real shelter; the
mind huohad tho c0vd ooffouo<N. nn1u