River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-01-22
HER HIGHLAND LOVER.
The Late Calamity ON the Tay---A
Scotch Lassc's Romance and lis Sad
Endin.r

Pittsburg Telegraph.
Some time ago /. gentleman who
lives in Allegheny went abroad for
pleasant trip, taking with him his wife
and young children. Some OF the gem
tleman's immediate ancestors had been
born in Scotland, and he desired to
spend considerable Of his timein that
country, and did SO. During the visit
of the party one of the children of the
party was taken sick at Dunkeld, a lit
tie town in Perthshire, on the left bank
Of the Tay. The town had but few ac-
commodations, but as the child was
too weak to be moved, the family were
compelled to take lodgings in a hotel
and wait for the little ones recovery.
The mother became worn out with
watching the sick boy, and his father
asked the doctor if he knew of any
one who could be obtained as a nurse,
and promised liberal pay. The doctor
said he knew just the right kind of a
person, provided she would consent to
serve as a nurse. She was JEANNE
daughter of the clergyman vino had
formerly had charge of the kirk, and
who had died, leaving his only child an
orphan, poor and almost frIendle s.
She had always been good to the poor
and needy during her fathers lifetime,
and alter he had left her she had gone
to the house of a friend to remain I'M
til she could get some kind of work.
The doctor told JEANNE how matters
stood, and she at once declared her
willingness to nurse the sick child, and
accordingly took her place at his bed
side. The bright, cheerful face of the
girl, and her winning manners, made
her great favorite with the children
and their parents. ans when they were
about to leave Dunkeld, the mother in
sisted on JEANNE coming to this country
with her as a governess of the children
and companion for herself. To this
JEANNE objected stoutly, and said, with
many bushes and much confusion,
that she could not leave Dunkeld. Then
the reason came out. She was en-
gagged to be married to the young man
whom she had known since childhood,
and who was to marry her as soon as
he was able. He was a guard on the
North British railroad.
"Why could not Stewart come, too?"
said the father of the boy whom jean
ME had faithfully watched. 81 will
find work for him in Pittsburg, and you
need not be separated !"
Then it came out that Stewart had a
sister who was bedridden, and whom
he had to support; and this was the
reason why the marriage had not taken
place before. JEANNE was persuaded
to go to Dundee to see Stewart and ask
his advice, and he was urgent in his
counsel that she should accept the lib
eral offer that had been made her and
go to America. He told her that he
would follow her here when he was. able
to provide for his sister. Stewart added
that the doctors said that the poor gill
could not outlive. the winter. Poor
JEANNE was all tears and sorrow when
she left with her friends, but she heard
regularly from Stewart, and ON arriv-
ing here she soon became accustomed
to her new life and liked it greatly.
About month ago Stewart wrote to
her that his sister was dead, and that
he would leave for America about the
LIST of January. Jeannie's songs and
smiles became more frequent, and she
looked forward eagerly for the arrival
of the new year.
Ga Tuesday last the papers contained
the account of the terrible accident to
the Marlborough train on the bridge
over the Firth of Tay. JEANNE heard
about it, and hurriedly read the meagre
account that had been sent by cable.
She did not say much when she finish
ed the dispatch until her mistress told
her not to worry about Stewart, as he
was probably all right. Then she be
gan to sob, and cried out: sit isna all
right; it was Stewards train, and Stew
arts drownedw Next morning came
tue particulars of the disaster, and
list of the names Of those drowned
Stewards name was among the list of
the trainmen, and when JEANNE read
it she went to her room and would not
see any one until the following morn
ing. Then she came quietly down
stairs and went about her usual duties
without a word to anybody. She look
ed ten years older than she did before,
hut she made no complaints, and has
not referred to her loss since that first
sad day, and her friends in their pity
and warm sympathy are watching her
anxiously to see that she does not do
herself some harm. And thus even
this PARKWAY calamity shows how long
reaching are the shadowy arms OF af-
Fiction and sorrow.