Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-12-31

what shall ] do I"
Sarah could not hear the reply but
tho boy appeared satisfied, Tor he
quickly settled himself in the saddle,
ppplied tbs whip to the horse, and
was out Of sight 10 an instant,
Sarah hurried up the band and look
cd over the stone on Its top, At no
great distance she saw a man lying on
the ground, and three others standing
by him. In a moment she saw who
Il was, and as she ran toward the
group she guessed the truth-whicb
was that Squire Wait himself had re-
ceiyed, at the hands OF one Of his
laundering workmen, cut in the leg
from q scythe while moving.
The bright arterial blood was pour
lug from the wound, a dealh'like
pallor had oveIspread the sufferers
face, and his eyes were already half
closed.
Sarah whisked the muslin overskirt
over her head like a flash.
/ "Hclp mo tear a broad bandage out
of this T. she cried
The men wers dull-looking, plod'
ding laborers, but one Of them seemed
encouraged by her air Of determine
ton, aud IN a moment, from the back
of the skirt, a breadth was torn.-
Without any::words Sarah tieda strong
knot in this breadth. Then she stoop-
cd down, and with one great heart.
sinking, one cry Of the flesh against
the spirit, she lifted the rent garment
from the gaping wound TO see just
where it was then shc pressed the
knot just above the wound with all of
her strength.
"John," said she, steadily, "tie this
bandage under the leg, and one Of you
others 90 as quick as you can for n
stout, short stick
The blood, already affected in its
flow by her pressure, oozed more
slowly from the wound. The stick
vas brought in trice, and slipped
under the bandage where John had
tied it in "hard knot"
Now, john said Sarah, calmly,
",wist 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 little old
fashioned pocket bottle of smelling
salts, and cruet Of vinegar where.
with to bathe her husbands head
These restoratives answered we'll
enough till the doctor arrived.
"You're a right sensible girl" said
the doctor, when he heard what Sarah
had done. "Any one ofyou fellows"
continued 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.'
Next morning, Sarah stopped at
the squrcs gate to learn how he wns.
John was spreading hay in field
close by, and he came out to the road
to speak to her.
II say he said, contemplating her
sligb. form with genuine admiration,
"such little creeter as you be ha' ben
so KNOWN and smart Why, you
can't be morn fourteen or fifteen at
the outside"
"Only fifteen" answered Sarah, with
queer smile; 'jast between hay and
grass"
Il never did see the beat !" respond
ed John. "How'd you know so we'll
what to dew ! that's what I'd like to
know !"
"Oh |! l learned it at school, an
swered Sarah, with q 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 l sect that his life
was beating away, but nothin' we
could dew wouldn't suit him ; and in
fact, there didn't seem to be nothin'
we could dew"
"Well," continued she, finding his
wandering thoughts had come home
again, "when the blood comes that
way aud is bright red like that, you
must do something at once. You
must put your force on n knot as
did, between the wound and the heart.
And, while knotted bandage is get.
ting ready you ought to hold the limb
up as high as you can. That will
check the blood. l forgot that at the