The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-05-29


you say requested your presence 2"
at was lovers quarrel and hot
one. In her excitement she dragged
so at the reins that her horse reared.
Blake instantly seized the bride,
shouting and pulling the beast towards
him. :" Let gol let gol'
In rearing, her horse had turned SO
that she did not see the danger in which
she stood. She was on the canyons
precipitious brink, and below ran the
river. Let go, YOU" she answered,
cutting him across the hands; chow
dare you touch my lines ? You have
lured me to leave the rest of the party
behind, in order that you might get me
alone in your power; but am not
afraid of you; take thatl" and in her
fury she struck him again. Between
the two the restive animal was half
maddened, for Blake was dragging him
forward and Kate backward, so that he
was plunging and rearing. Blake was
white with fear. He did not heed or
seem to feel her blows, only to see her
danger, for in spite of his herculean
strength, the horse was backing, back
ing nearer and nearer to the precipice.-
Another moment and she would be
thrown over the yawning chasm. He
sprang from his horse, seized both reins
with the left hand, and with the right
tore the stirrup from the saddle.
Impertinent clown ~ she shreked,
but he paid no heed to her screams her
foot free, he instantly let go the reins,
CRASHED her around the waist, and with
almost superhuman strength lifted her
from the maddened beast and flung her
into the road behind. He was not one
moment too soon, for, as he did so, the
horse backed over the cliff and disap-
peared.
When the rest of the party came gal
Looping up, alarmed by the screams, they
found the retired athlete in dead faint
on the edge of the canyon, and Miss
Winstanly in like plight lying some
distance from him, but not within sew
eral feet of the frightful precipice. The
young lady was soon restoredand proved
to be unhurt; not so Mr.. Blake. The
horse had trampled on his foot and the
| pain had caused him TO lose conscious
ness. Being only few miles from
Santa Cruz aid was soon procured, and
he was carried back to the hotel very
| sick and badly bruised man.
Now the willful and high-tempered
Miss Winstanly really loved Mr.. Blake,
but her pride had kept her from show
ing it or even owning it to herself
grabbing the lines had been to save her
from certain death, her heart was filled
with conflicting emotions - thankful
ness for her life, gratitude to him for
preserving it, and shame and remorse at
her unwomanly insolence and rage. She
had actually beaten him as he was try
ing to drag her away from the chasm.-
In her agony and penitence she opened
her heart to Emily Lytle, and confessed
that she had loved Blake all along, but
now that he had saved her life, her pas
sion overflowed all barriers, and she
wanted to tell him So Nearly all of
the gay party left Santa Cruz fortnight
after Georges accident but Radcliffe, his
bosom friend, remained to nurse him,
and Miss Lytle staid to keep her be-
trothed company.
Blake's foot was crushed, and it would
be long time before he could be remcv-
ed to San Francisco.
Kate resolved that she would not
leave until she had an opportunity of
asking Georges forgiveness. AT last, re-
ports were brought to her that he was
improving, was able to talk, and at
length TO sit in an armchair, but he
never alluded to the accident, nor men,
toned Miss Winstanly's name.
Day after day she piled Emily with
questions, and fierce despair seized
upon her when she comprehended that
she had lost him-and through her own
pride That was all swept away by her
new born love and humility. She was
so abject in her remorse and sorrow, that
to obtain a smile from the despised
"clown,' - as she had called him, she
would gladly turn circus rider herself.
One day she crept to his door. 1t was
closed against her, but she could hear
Emily's voice, and Radcliffe's talking
with Blake. She was shut out from
Paradise, but she had deserved and must
bear it. In q fit of silent tears she sunk
down on her knees and offered up a
prayer that she might yet obtain his for
giveness; suddenly the dooropened and