The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-15
to the horse, and was out of sight in an in

over the stone on Its top. AT no great uls' |
tance she saw a man lying on the ground,
and three others standing by him. In
moment she saw who it was, and as she ran
toward the group she guessed the truth,
which was that Squire Wait himself had
received at the hands of one of his blunder-
ing workmen a severe cut in the leg from a
scythe while moving.
The bright arterial blood was pouring
from the wound, death-like pallor had
overspread the sufferers face, and his eyes
were already half-closed.
Sarah whisked the muslin overskirt over
her head like flash.
"Help me tear broad bandage out OF
thsp she cried.
The men were dull-looking plodding
laborers, but one of them seemed encouraged
by her air of determination, and in a mo-
ment from the back of the skirt breadth
was torn. Without any words Sarah tied a
strong knot in this breadth. Then she
stopped down, and with one great heart
sinking, CEe cry of the flesh against the
spirit, she lifted the rent garment from the
gaping wound to see Just where it was;
then she pressed the knot just above the
wound with all her strength.
"John," said she, steadily, " tie this band
age under the leg, and one of you others go
stick"
The blood, already affected in its flow by
| her pressure, oozed more slowly from the
wound. The stick was brought in trice,
and slipped under the bandage where John
had tied it in hard knot"
"Now, John" said Sarah, calmly, "twist
the stick till you tighten the bandage so
| that the blood shall stop altogether"
BY the time this was done, poor Mrs.
Wait, trembling and terrified, arrived on
the scene with a little old-fashiODed pocket
b title of smelling salts, and a cruet of
vinegar wherewith TO battle her husbands
head. These restoratives answered well
enough till the doctor arrived.
You're a right sensible girl" said the
doctor, when he heard what Sarah had
done. Any one of you fellows" CON
tinued he, "could have stopped the blood,
or mostly have stopped it, by pressing the
limb above the wound with your fingers
till help could be got" lN.
Next morning, Sarah stopped at the
| squire's gate to learn how he was. John
was spreading hay in field close by, and
he came out to the road to speak to her.
"I say" he said, contemplating her
dight form with genuine admiration,
"such a little creeter as you be to ha' ben
so KNOWN and smart Why, you can't be
MORN fourteen or fifteen at the outside"
"Only fifteen" answered Sarah, with a
queer smile. Just between hay and
grass"
"Inever did see the beat ~ responded
John. How'd you know so well what to
dew? that's what I'd like to know !"
"Oh | learned il at school," answered
Sarah, with little air OF patronage and
humility combined. "You see, John, the
blood that comes straight from the heart is
bright red, and comes in jets as the heart
beats; didn't You notice that"
Yes yes see his life was beatin
away, but nothin' we could dew wouldn't
suit him; and, in fact, there didn't seem t.
hc nothin' we could dew"
dwell" continued she finding his wan
dering thoughts had cone home again
"when the blood comes that way and i
bright red like that, you must do something
. at once. You must put your force on
knot as | did, between the wound and tn
heart. And, while knOtted bandage il
getting ready, you ought to hold the lint
? up as high as you can. That will check
/ the blood forgot that at the time"
' 81 never did see the beatp answered
John, his limited vocabulary allowing n,
$ more. elegant phraseology in which to ex
e press his wonder and esteem.
> Sarah was moving on when John calle,
!. after her.
"Say, sis, it's shame but those nun
e heads went to work and tore that poot
muslin thing of yours all to pieces, think
in cause you asked for one bandage you
o want twenty more. Miss's Wait was dret
:, full sorry. Said if there had been enoug
y left for an apron 'twouldn't ben so bad.
IL Sarah laughed and went on, smoothin
)f down dusty alpaca overskirt-an old on
e of Jonpy's cut down.
4 lew DAYS after, the Earle family wei
a all in the kitchen at supper, when thei
ID came "A knock at the front door. She r.
Ig turned directly with package in her hant
reading on the outside wrapper in raIh'
J. disgusted tone as she walked in:
of "To the little girl who learns her lessc
,u at school so WE'LL"
to "Susie, of course" said Sarah, with
If. lofty air; for Hattie had looked at he
,r, while Susie was aged six.
OF al don't know why it mayn't mean yO
to too" retorted Hattie. "It looks lii
Squire Waite's hand though little shaky
b? Sarah had half a mind not to take Il
Z. profered bundle. As she took off the new
tn paper wrapper she saw a note, e,slipped und
en- the string of a brown paper parcel fro
be city store, as was evident by the advC
nd tisement. The note was directed to I" Nj
to Sarah Earle" and read as follows:
ne DEAR SARAH: Twas dreadful sorry y
lost your overskirt and the squire was tC
Ter and said you shouldn't lose nothing by
as So went to the city, and went round a
mt round till was tired to deth, and my he
was all of a dsze. Finerlly l went il
I'd the incest Looking store and the one reco
gs. mended the highest and was showed to I
tty proper clerk for such things, and says
- him in despairing way, expect: "Sh
me the genteelest, handsome and most so
in able dress for young lady of fifteen year
rise He askt was you dark or bland?
be- Says l, Middling, with a rosy che
way and bright eye, and such look as J
,ht, might CESS a girl to have that tore her bl
ess. new overskirt all to bits to stop my h