The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-11-12

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By the time this was done. poor Mrs
Wait, trembling and terrified. arrived on
the scene with q little. oid-fasbioned
pocket bottle of smelling salte. and
cruet Of vinegar wherewith 10 bathe her
husbands head. These resloratiyes an
swered we'll enough till the doctor ar
rived. e :.
you're right sensible girl,n said the
doctor, when he heard what Sarah had
done. Any enc Of you fellows.n 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.''
Next morning, Sarah stopped at the
squire's gate to learn how he was. John
was spreading hay in fed close bv.
and ne came out to the road to speak to
her.
II say" he said, contemplating her
slight torn with genuine admiration,
"such little c.eetur as you be, to have
been SO knowin' and smart! Whv, YOU
can't be morn fourteen or fifteen at the
outside"
"Only fifteen, answered Sarah. with
queer smile. Just between hay and
grass"
II never did see the beat!' responded
John. GLOW did you know so we'll what
to dewY that's what I'd like to know!'
ooh! I learned it at school,, answered
Sarah, with little ar 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 that his life was
beatin' away, but nothin' we could do
wouldn't suit him, and, in fact, there
didn't seem to be nothin' we could do"
SWELL" she said, finding his wander
ing thoughts had come home again, "when
the blood comes that way and Is bright
rcd like that, you must do something at
once. You must put your force on
knot as I did, bntwecn the wound and
the heart. And, while knotted band is
being got ready, you ought to hold the
limb up as high as YOU can. That will
check the blood. I forgot that at the
time"
II never did see the beat!' answered
John, his limited vocabulary allowing no
more elegant phraseology in which to ex-
press his wonder and esteem.
Sarah was moving Oh when John called
after her.
"Say, sis, it's shame but those num-
heads went to work and tore that pootv
muslin thing of yours all to pieces, think
in cause you asked for one bandage
you'd want twenty more. Miss's Wait was
dreadful sorry. Said if there had been
enough left for an apron 'twould mt ben
80 bad"
Sarah laughed and went on, smoothing
down dusty alapaca overskirt-an old
one of Jenny's cut down.
A few days after, the Earle family were
all in the kitchen at supper, when there
came big knock at the front door. She
returned directly with package in her
hand, reading on the outside wrapper in
a rather disguised tone as she walked
in:
ITO the little girl who learns her les
son at school so well.''
s'susie Of course said Sarah, with a
lofty air; for Hattie had looked at her,
while Susie was aged six.
Il don't know why it mayn't mean you
too," retorted Hattie. ut looks like
Squire Waite's hand, though a little
shaky."
Sarah had half a mind not to take
the proHered bundled. As she took off
the newspaper wrapper she saw note,
Slipped under the string Of brown paper
parcel from city store, as was evident by
the advertisement. The note was direct
ed to "Miss Sarah Earle" and read as
follows:
Dear Sarah: l was dreadful sorry you
lost your overskirt and the squire was
too, and you shouldn't lose nothing by it.
So went to tho city, and went round
and round till I was tired to deth, and
my head was all of daze. Finerlly I
went into the incest looking store and
the one recommended the highest and
was shown to the proper clerk for such
things, and says to him in despairing
way, I expect: "Show me the genteelest,
handsome and most sootable dress for
young lady Of fifteen years." He asked
was you dark or blond2'' --
Says I, "Middling, with rosy cheek
and bright eye, and such look as you
might CESS glrl to have that tore her
bran new overskirt all to bits to stop my
husband from bleeding to DEATH" I can
tell you folks near by was interested to
hear all about it; and one gentleman Civ
me the book you find inclosed, with his
respects. The end of it all was, that the
head one of the store came up and sold
me the dress very reasonable, and leave
to change if you don't like it, and like
wise put in the piece of muslin for a
school overskirt, as near like yours as I
could see, free.
With my earnest hopes that you will be
as good woman as girl, remain your
humble servant, NJ. E. Wait.
Sarah had read the note aloud at the
eager request OF the family; but it had
been hard work for her, and she now
burst into tears and was running off with
out even looking at her treasure, when
her father called out, cheerlly:
"Come, Sadie, let's see what the squire's
wife bought for you. I allus thought
she was close woman and guess it's a
pink Calico"
"How can you, father2" asked Sarah,
indignantly. But she did dry her eyes,
nevertheless.
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