The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-08-24
IAnlBERTVIIE. N J.. WEDNESDAY,. AUGUsTF "a 1881.

who should have been nearest WAS an enen.
il dsguseg Lost IN moody reverie, Ii,
paid little attention to his work.
And at last, at three o'clock in the after
noon there was sudden uproar In the hay.
field etramping of hoofs, a rush of terrified
men, confusion of voices, and among them
all George Brewster lying on the ground be-
meath the moving machine, his right arm and
right leg broken by the wheels, his head cut
and bleeding with. a heavy fall. -
Meanwhile, Lefty, in the cream-colored
house, had not been idle. s
Tying on great calioo apron In place Of
her white one, she had quietly washed and
put away the dinner dishes and reduced the
dining room to order.
Tea was easily arranged since it was to
consist of cold dishes, With glasses of milk for
the men. ~ A&.AeA
She threw table-cloth over the whole as
soon as it was finished, and went up stairs in
to the spare chamber to pack her trunk.
Yes, Lefty had made UP her mind at last
She was going away.
Life had degenerated into slavery, unbright-
ehed as she fancied, by a ray of love.
And slavery win support one anywhere, .
thought Lefty, as with trembling hands she
locked and strapped her trunk and fastened
her few lines to George upon the lid.
ut the porch door she paused for one last
look around the house that might have been
SO happy k8I TX II "a
She did not intend to glance. toward the
ay-field. -f- .--fssk-s kzsesA- -
Yet in spite of her resolution, hereyos turn
ed that way to single out the tall figure that
guided the rattling, clicking moving ma
chine.
81 wonder If he will miss me little--just
at frst?o she unused ~ He can get a di-
vorce if l desert him, and then he can marry
again. hope he will be kinder to his next
wife than he has been to me SzE
With tears that rose at the thought of her
successor, binding her eyes, Lefty failed to
see the figure that she sought.
81 am foolish to look at him again. have
never been more than q housekeeper to him
from the first 2 she thought stumbling
blindly on toward the gate and opening it, to
find herself in the centre of an excited group.
"There, don't ye take on like thatl said
Solomon Wyso, who came first and saw the
tears upon her cheeks before she could wipe
them away.
Were you coming out to meet us9 We
were in hopes you didn't see anything of it,
It's bad accident, bat George Is 80 strong
and hearty that he will be up and around
lnf lyt4r -.
Ben Hill off on one of the colts for the doctor,
and II you'll only tell us where to carry him
Gary him9" repeated Lefty.
Solomon stepped aside. She saw behind
him litter roughly made of hay rakes and
covered over with coats, and ON that litter
George was lying, pale and bleeding, with his
eyes closed.
sob, Mr.. Wyse, is he tleadP" she asked,
turning even paler than George.
"Not bit of it! Worth twelve dozen
dead men yet Only bit of a break In one
arm and one leg, and little knock on the
head when he fell. The horses didn't kick,
and hel be all right as soon as the doctor
sees him. Shall we take him up stairs, or
where ?"
"Brng him in here" said Lefty, recover
ing herself. af
She led the way into the bedroom on the
ground floor, and helped to shift the MANNED
figure from the litter to the bed.
Her soul was dying within her for fear, yet
not q word passed her lips.
When the doctor came he found capable
nurse, dressed in dark print, who listened
inteligently to his directions and promised
to carry them out faithfully.
And 80 it happened that as George Brew
ster returned to life, the first words that fell
upon bis ears were uttered by the doctor out
side the window, as he mounted into his gig :
g Yes, he will do, Mr.. Wyse he viii pull
through nicely if his wife nurses him. And
she can do so nicely if some of you will send
some one to take charge of the house. She is
woman in thousand. l hope he knows
| how to value her.
| The doctor drove away.
Lefty, bending over the bed absorbed in the
| invalid, had not heard him.
But she plainly heard the faint voice Of
George calling her by name.
"What is it, dear?"
"The doctor is right. You are woman 10
thousand l always knew 1t, Lefty, If ]
never said it. So l tell you of it now, before
die,'' he added, going off into another faint
1t was all that Letty's sore heart needed. =
Beside the bed of suffering she spent two Of
the happiest months of her life. The first
act Of George Brewster on his recovery was to
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