Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-10-27

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ng machine, his right arm hid leg
broken by the wheels, his headut and
bleeding by heavy fall.
Meantime, Lefty, in the crlm-col-
ored house, had not been idle.
Tying on a great calico dron in
place of her white one, she haduietly
washed and put away the dinn} dishes
and reduced the dining room 4 order.
Tea was easily arranged, sinh it was
to consist of cold dishes, with asses of
milk for the men.
She threw table cloth der the
whole as soon as it was finishd. and
went up stairs into the spare Aambsr
to pack her trunk.
Yes, Lefty had made up herhind at
last. She was going away.
Lie had degenerated into qavery,
un6rlghtened, as she fancied, ray
Of love.
"And slavery will support be any
where" thought Lefty, as witt trem-
bling hands she locked and trapped
her trunk and fastened her few1ines to
George on the lid.
At the porch door she pauset for her
last look around the house tha might
nave been so happy.
She did not intend to glancdtoward
the bayfield,.
Yet, in spite of her resolupn, her
eyes turned that way to singlebut the
tall figure that guided the attling,
clinking moving machine.
II wonder if he will miss M a little
just ut first?" she unused. He can
get divorce, if l desert him, ad then
he can marry again. / hope hswill be
kinder to his next wife thanhe has
been to me-"
With tears that rose at the thiught oil
her successor binding his eye, Lefty
failed to see the figure that shesought
II am foolish to look at hin again
l have never been more than 1 house,
keeper to him from the firA," she
thought, stumbling blindly on toward
the gate and opening it, to fine herself
in the center of an excited group.
"1here, don't we take on lite thatp
said Solomon Wyse, who camefirst and
saw the tears upon her cheek before
she could wipe them away.
"Were you coming out to meet us
We were in hopes you didn't see any
thing of it. It's a bad accident; but
George is SO strong and heartythat he
will be up and around again almost
before you know it. We've ssnt Ber
Hill off on one of the colts for .he doc.
tor, and if you'll only tell us where te
carry him"
Garry him?' repeated Lefty.
Solomon stepped aside. ShS saw be-
hind him litter roughly made of hay.
rakes and covered over with chats, and
on that litter George was lying, pale and
bleeding, with his eyes closed.
ooh, Mr.. Wyse, is he dead?" she
asked, turning even paler than George
"Not bit of it. Worth twelve doz
en- dead men yet! Only bit of 3
break in one arm and one leg, and 8
little knock on the head when he fell
The horses didn't kick, and he'll be al
right as soon as the doctor sees him
Shall we take him up stairs, or where?
''Brin. him in here" said Lefty, re
covering herself. MOO
She led the way into the bedroom OF
the ground floor. and helped to shift
the manned figure from the litter to tn,
bed.
Her soul was dying within her TO
fear, yet not word passed her lips.
When the doctor came he found ,
capable nurse, dressed in dark print
who listened intelligently to his direc
tons and promised to carry them on
faithfully.
And so it happened that as Georg,
Brewster returned to life the frs
words that fell upon his ears were utter
ed by the doctor outside the window
as he mounted his gig:
Eyes, he will do, Mr.. Wyse; he will
pull through nicely if his wife nurses
him. And she can do so nicely ifsom'
one to take charge of the house. Sh,
is woman in a thousand. hope h,
knows how to value her"
The doctor drove away,
Lefty, bending over the bed absorb
ed in the invalid, had not heard him.
But she plainly heard the faint voice
of George calling her by name.
"What is it, dear9'
'The doctor is right. You are
woman in thousardl i always knew
it, Lefty, if never said it. So | tel
you OF it now, before | die, he added
going off into another faint.
1t was all that Letty's sore heart need
ed. Beside the bed OF suffering sh,
spent two of the happiest months of he
life. The first act of George Brewste
on his recovery was to secure help TO
his wife, so that she now has nov plen
tv Of time to get back her lost colo
and plumpness. They are one in hear
as one in name and home now. Ant
Solomon Wyse has never seen occasion
to administer the talking to-.
somehow or! other" drawls Solo
mon, getting run over by that NOW
ing-machine was the making of Ceorg
Brewster"
And Lefty and George think 50
too