The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-19

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Q rsad German together, bat keptup mi
I the time sober thinking. I didn't e.
rite 10 you very often then-somehow tir
didn't know what To say; was just mi
ai,ing to find out fairly where J stood; ~
nd I, was that October that brought &c
" fate.
! suppose Il d partly because Of the 80
risis 4 brought, and partly because I've vi
old so many people the story Of how Il m
appcned. but I can remember every III
ingle thing about that day ~ clearly ~ y
Il were only yesterday. remember
nSt how ran up and down stairs that &
I never felt more completely 81
sen and strong; and how Mrs. Steele |
anne dragging herself up after me. She a
,aid her side was very bad that morning, =
and said was sorry; and ] was sorry, !,
but I understood about - much Of how
.he felt as squirrel would In the top Of Z
, beAch.tree.
We started OF, . dozen or 20 In all, I
lust after dinner. gave viii Hsllowell {
nv Scotch plaid circular and he wore II
all the way over u Sanborn's Hill. John
went with as, too, that day; he took
Nelly Gardner's cousin In his care-she
was visiting Nelly At the time-a Miss
Something or other, Harrington, think.
Arthur had Helen .Jaffrey's basket, and
they were away up in the clouds some.
where In company with Beethoven or
Mozart Helen was wise in music and
never was. II you've ever been nutting
you know what fun 1t Is. The grove had
been used by picnic parties the summer
before, and there was IN old swing, Tor
gotten and still left hanging from the
limb OF great hemlock. George Edi.
son was swinging me; Il was delightful,
with long, outward sweep that made
you feel like bird. -, i
"Oh-just q little higher" said l
catching my breath with delight.
emo" said John very decidedly.
"don't send her any higher, George"
But he did give just one more tire:
mendous push, and laughed and said
we'd "let the old cat die" after that,
and I went once more sailing up, and
out, and farther into space.
You know what happened next. heard
q sort Of cracking, swapping sound just
as was starting to come back-l heard
Nelly Gardner scream-and the next
knew was falling. :,
You know how horrible that feeling Is
in q dream? II isn't much pleasantel
in reality. It seemed hours instead Of
seconds before I touched the ground.
remembered every single thing | eve'
did. There was o sudden terror In il
3 all-aud then there came q binding
$ crash Of pain and l supposed l wa
= dead.
y They told me afterward John carries
IS me, in q limp, white bundle, down Il
v Deacon SanbOrn's, and they sent for
r carriage and doctor and finally got m
q home, Arthur was almost faint himsel
% at the sight Of blood, and even II
IS hadn't been for that he never coul
le have carried me down that steep, roug
as hillside. for he was slender and light an
I'd wasn't used to more violent exercis
than organ vOluntaries and dancing
al Now, love to dance, and always did
ur but-still-bu Of course he wasn't
ny blame for that.
90 I'll spare you an account OF the wee
he that followed. Irene. saw nobody Il
weeks but father and mother and DO
". tor Spear-such . bundle Of quiveril
me- nerves! Still, you know the novel
l wears off from everything. Happine
he grows to be an old story after viii
yas and 80 found it was with pain. us
} a to lie there fat upon my aching ba
id, and try to imagine how | could e'
He have awoke in the morning from sou
be. sleep to any sort of comfort in bel
our alive. Icouldn't bear to see snybot
DIS, or do anything but think how misera'
ne. I was. 1t set my nerves on edge to III
re. tho children laugh, or to be asked . 6
he'd gle question; in fact | was the most
lit acting and querulous and dismal 'nva
was you ever saw.
ter. Arthur Lawrie? Oh, yes, he WAS
With town, but he left the Steele's and "
, somewhere else to board because
title couldn't use the piano there on acco
am. of me. don't wonder that he fOun
ent, pleasanter at the Gardeners. As tor
lany ever caring about that matter OF N
V or Gardner, you know whether that IN
deal any difference to me. He used to ct
and in TO see me sometimes when l got {
lture the first unwillingness to see anybod
d he but it didn't amount 10 anytnAng-
talk both knew it didn't, and that We re
Inns never belonged to each other; and
and finally, when be was going away
land. new situation in Providence, I felt
n. he it would be better to say so plainly
a the have It over. Igave him back the
l had worn till the day Of the sccit
next and told him knew that what
,vels. might possibly have been but for
: o me- dsy was out Of the question now,
7 VA: il | had cared . great deal for him
onrss that I knew my feeling had
i'd changed beside, and and 20 it was
: ovr every way. And of course he prot
tortv little and was pathetic . little,
mn !. somehow managed to leave mo Wit
dnrr impression that he had in some way
shont very magnsnimous and self-sacril
~ sH . And After he wss gone did mis-
i, . ~, YES. I did. felt sure that Il
REQ in. honest truth no w g's1 ~ ~ -
simply iree man. cus so@ 5M ~. s.,s ~
heart f0rsaken: NY 3on W SUM- S. !.
. most eawduss ana knew INV ~
gentle handsome Hoa I'M: s ese'yu; ;o.d "a
al Ut ana ma one oeen .e.y 'o us,
rder or what wonder sPen. soMo s9"'
stheart IA sorrow over Ns usst.I S:...
~ ~. ever came to think OF any bette
al asms Of spending the weeks and month
tile By IN moaning iaa gIos"'ns "xe. on ~
And troubles. oe$sn W S"yvsu ~ ~
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