The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-07

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He took her into Machinery Hall. The
great machines produc ID upon her the
effect of which so many women com
planned; stunning sense of ignorance.
and discomfort, from close contact with
great, active power, of whose nature
they knew absolutely nothing. w
You do not explain anything to me, !"
Observing that he pushed her chair
Though the aisles of moving, steaming 4
monsters, in silence. t..f- .aas;..s
:" How could /? 1t would be a work
OF years for. you to understand them" ?
Yet you seem to look at them intelli4
gently. N3 tl 'AG l,1iW tI9
20, men, you knowl Men in the
West. are brought up among pistons and
valves, and learn their nature and quail
ties unconsciously, as one does the house
one lives in. At least, did, ada
Letius go outsider This weight of
ignorance, accumulating from every side,
was growing oppressive. Was there
anything she did know? f'i'.'3F'
Here" said the giant, stopping be-
tore vase in another building, sis the
/ iog-book If the Polaris and the diary
kept for three months on that floating
~ Of ice" lie put out his finger, and
5oHosed ii gently Three months in
at darkness and cold Of the Arctic
MS Stsrging, at last; and he ice
nf e below them, day by day Wom-
4 Yss curious, how tender voice he
ia or giant Amy had neser heard
t.t 1ry She listened 10 Is, looking at
pages. stained with salt water; her
=; ehOked, and eyes wet She
gin Of the poetry she had quoted.
ject folly to babble about ''twink-
amps when the world was full of
, these sublime, tremendous realities. She
began too, to look back at her guide,
with curiosity. .H'5'"1 ,"""
"Yod understand everything she
said. B78 IF hre .-44aBr "a 9di lta,
| He blushed like girl, ~ l. know just
enough to understand that am misera-
| bly, ignorant But / always liked to col
lect facts; and I've knocked about the
world good deal in search of them.
What do you say to dinner, now, Miss
Pollok? | begin to feel raveneus,' ..,.{,
| She smiled. "You are to command
| the expedition" rs tI '7i 81" ti'1
He pushed her into a shady nook, un-
der tree. Every we'll. Now if you
| will sit here for a moment, L willrun and
order our dinner BY the time I come
back for you they viii be ready to serve
| It'll ..it " r29ytI3iN tBg % ,aiHuAj
When he was gone Miss Pollok sud-
denly felt gliding sense of defeat, He
had, indeed, commanded the expedition,
but too arbitrarily.
1t would have been more in consonance
with her resolve if she had made meal
of sandwiches and water than have al
lowed him to fling his money away in
costly dishes for her. She got up and
moved restlessly about The trains on
the Narrow Gauge Railway were pass
ing every moment Why not make the
circuit of the grounds while he was gomez
She had not once obeyed her own will
to-day. She would have ample time to
return before him. She was more per-
versely inclined to 60 because she felt it
was silly and unreasonable impulse.
For months-years, indeed-there had
been nervous strain upon her; the con-
tact with the cool, large good-nature and
common sense of Bristow provoked and
|
When Ralph returned the chair was
empty, and no sign of Amy could be
found in the neighboring grounds or
buildings. He wandered about, impa-
tiently enough, and then, becoming
alarmed, extended his search among the
passing crowds, with what success may
be easily guessed. An hour passed, and,
frightened and excited, he applied to the
police. t
+" Have you tried at the hospital?'' a
guard said. Not that it's likely you'll
find her there But there are accidents
every day. There were several this after
noon,' "i tta, ' s'H '+H
Bristow was soon at the great round
building, with its yellow flag flying on
top. ......,.... ............'
| "a lady here?" said an official, in an
swer to his inquiry. Eyes, several Ia
dies. There was one brought in an hour
or two ago, seriously injured from fall
on the railway. Fracture of the arm,
Young, pale-blue eyes ,f ........,
"Good God, it is she! Can see her?'
There was whispered consultation;
and, finally, he was admitted. Amy,
her sleeve cut off at the shoulder, her
arm already in splints,. lay, white and
motionless on a lounge.
| When Bristow came up tolit, he
dropped on his knees beside her. 1t
seemed to him, in his great pity, that he
had known her all his life; that she was
one of his own people. .'.,,y
| She opened her eyes; and, at the sight
of him, the tears began to run, in big
drops, gover her white cheeks. 40,
what is to become. of me?n she cried |
cannot move hand or, foot. I must stay
here for a fortnight, and II was going
to be independent. ef Owe "''i''.
There was worse hurt, he suspected,
which remained behind, untold; sorer
than the broken bones. ''She has no
money" he thought, ''Well, there's
some people in this world that do get
horribly crushed under foot; generally,
the littlest and best ones. Look here,
Miss Pollok, he said, in his rousing,
comforting bass: II know it's unlucky;
but you needed rest; that's what you
needed Now, you'll have it; You shall
liehere, and look out of this window,
at the grass, and beds of flowers, and
the people going by; and cousin Rhoda
and I will come, every day, to see you;
and when the two weeks are over you'll
have a new arm, and be new woman"