Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-09-08

is to day-this morning! Let us
turn toward the station, Mamie; what
do you say?"
Mamie agreed very readily. They
had been travelling down hill for
some minutes. and the words the Ia
dies had uttered were brought out
by jerks; for the horses were "skit-
tish," and it took all the strength
of this strong country girl "to hold
them in." Now, however, she braced
her feet firmly, and the animals
reared back, snorted and made nu-
merous signs of dissatisfaction. The
road at this point was quite narrow;
and Miss Lightbourn's skill in driv-
ing came to her assistance now. With
very steady hand, Jip, the iveliest
of all horses, was given to under
stand that he must turn, for the
driver would not put up with any Of
his eccentricities this mornings;
whereat Jip snorted defiance, but
thought better, and commenced to
turn. A half circle was completed
very satisfactorily, and Jip was back
ing at the command of his mistress,
when suddenly snake, which had
been lying in the tall grass, started
up and gave a warning rattle, greatly
to the surprise of Jip and his COM
panion, who Immediately conceived
the idea that they were pursued by
twenty thousand devils with whips,
and that the only means of escape
was by flight. Accordingly they
made one bound, and were of like a
shot up the hill. Nothing could stop
them.
And what of that slight, fragile
person who sat beside the driver?
With gasp and prayer to Heaven
for safety, Mamie Raymond uttered
wild shrek and fell to the floor of
the carriage, clasping the knees of
her friend, who was standing and
Saving" with the reins the horses
mouths.
The shrek caused Eleanor to look
down for one moment at her COM
panion, and a pitiful smile fitted
across her flushed face.
''Mamier' she hissed through her
shut teeth. "Ihere is no hope for us!
At the end of this road there is a
fence, but it is low one, and Jip
will jump it and throw us into the
river. We are doomedr
The answer came back, bitter in
its intensity
Eleanor, am willing to die!'
The horses madly climbed another
hill, and Eleanor's voice was husky
with emotion as she dropped the
reins, sank down and clasped her
friend around the neck:
Mamie! Mamier' she said in
thrilling whisper. "Do you love
George Chester? Hurry-tell mep
"As God is my Judge I do, Ella"
"And know that that love is re-
ciprocated. Cheer up for one min
ute, and 1 will save your
81 will save your Brave words
are these for woman to say while
in the present position! Brave in
deedl But was the woman mad?
In an instant she was standing erect,
and in another she had made des-
perate spring and landed squarely
upon the back of Jip, and was
grasping the check rein! Jip. think
ing he was captured at last by the
leader of the band OF devils, made
desperate attempt to nearly fly, but
tie brown arms around his neck
still clung with the tenacity of death,
and the animal suddenly stopped and
reared back.
Nov, Mamie, noww exclaimed
the brave girl, "Jump for your lifel
Jumpw
1t took but q few seconds. Mamie
landed upon a grassy embankment,
but did not rise. Then Jip's feet
crushed the brave girl who was
vainly trying to disengage her hand
from some of the harness, and
bruised her, and the carriage wheels
mangled her, and with snort and
scream they were off again, leaving
behind them the lifeless body of the
bravest Of all women, and also Ma
mie Raymond lying in swoon upon
the greensward.
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The golden god rose again, and
shone upon steeple, trees, houses,
and newly married couple, and also
upon white tombstone underneath
knotted and gnarled oak, with a
stream Of silvery water at its base;
and the sunshine peeped through
the leaves and kissed the grave.
Birds warbled their sweetest, but to
me their voices were dull; nothing
was happy there but the brook,
which was tossing, ripping and
laughing. But the sun went down,
and the voice of the brook was ex-
tremely sad as it wandered along.
To night it seemed to say these
words-''The bravest of all women"
and repeated it several times. I
could do nothing but kiss the wom-
an whom Eleanor saved, as privi-
lege granted to the husband, and