The weekly Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 1882-188?, 1884-03-13


and had turned off the main street and
were half way down the second hill be.
yond. Twas going to ask Jennie TO stor
running, for / was getting out of breath,
when suddenly some obstacle in the path
struck our feet from under us. We fell
headlong over a mass Of something
hairy, soft and warm, and our heads and
hands were thrown sharply against the
gravel beyond. We could not recove,
our senses before the heap over which
we had fallen began to rise under US.
was rolled to one side, Jennie to the
other, and with snort of dismav and
! pleasure, Peter McCreery's COW switched
her tail against my face and golloped of
into the road.
She had been lying across the warm
gravel, and we had run full against her.
When L began to recover my wits !
heard Jennie laughing in weak, hysteri-
cal way; then she began to sob, and
then to half shrek again with laughter.
L slowly picked myself up, lame and
bruised. and very. puch surprised to
find that no bones were ErofoS.-Is Isis
the plaitedi founces of my dress tb.t "a
got over ne cows horns was rinn@'1p t IF e
and dan8fln2 Under nv feet Ppe,!Iil I
dlmly so'e Jennie sitting on ,ho ~ .h
where tie COW had left her war;Io, w paw w
and fro, her face in her hands crri, ~@,ns n3 70
laughing both at once. i'l.g ana
l wJt to ask her if sho u..A,
Cant ou get up, dear >" T : sa;I ".fe ur1:
eFyn@ Try anS systt1 sst; The folks will be E,e
thought l already heard feet upon
the path, and did not want anybody to
see Jennie quite like this. She made O
| great effort to control herself and to gel
upon her feet. l took hold of her to try
and help her. But no sooner did she at
| tempt to raise herself than she fell back
with a little cry of pain, and then began
to laugh again il the same distressfu
manner.
81 can't" she said. "It is nv foot
Phoebe. The COW trod upon it, and
cannot stir. What shall I do %
By this time had caught her excite
ment, and was near to giggling as in
sanely as she. "What shall we do?" ]
echoed.
But now there was approaching steps
upon the walk that we both heard Jen
ME knew them in minute, and tha
minute restored her to herself.
"PhGbc," she said, firmly, Il will tel
you what we must do. You must rul
home and tell father to come with tn.
wagon. I will creep up here off the road
side, and keep perfectly still, and nobod,
will know am here till you come back.
"But cannot leave you alone so badl,
hurt. 1 cannot, Jennie w
"Please, Phoebe please hurry, dear
Somebody is coming ~
81 am glad of it." said I. "Somebod,
ought to come and help us"
"But, Phoebe, Phnbe-do not let then
find us-it is John !''
81 don't care if it is, I'm glad of it
and just remember. if he was going owe
to East Side with Jessie Sears he'd no
be here now. You've been too quick
Jennie; there's some mistake"
Poor Jennie could only give a littl
moan of pain for answer Her ankl,
was beginning to hurt her badly. Littl
as her moan was, John was near enough
to catch it, for that instant we heard hi
anxious voice calling:
"Girls Phoebe, Jennie, are yo1
there p
There was silence for a moment, an,
| lItu 5pOhC lCSS oOALl, VIC I'll
here, and we want you"
"You want me! What is the matter
What made you run away from me?
got ont as fast as l could 20 catch u
with YOU"
Dear how troubled and how kind
and how full of comfort, too, his ia
miliar old voice sounded.
"I'm so glad you have come !" cried
"Jennie is hurt.
"Jennie-hurt -
All you should have heard the ton
of his voice when he said that. / almos
, felt as if l ought not to be there to hea
l it. Why, there couldn't have bee
: more feeling in his voice if she had bee
+ his sister and mother and wife and chill
i all in one
> guess John was pretty well worn on
e with what he had gone through at Nc
/ Creery's, to say nothing of havin
wanted Jennie's company all the even
u ing and missedi it. And sometimes to b
u u tired out and sacrificed in the service {
= - r66++1IeT1-SS 6 Il sGttens and opens person
heart before he knows Il ~
Q He knelt down beside Jennie anu Ut
IL match to look at her. [ knew if vas ne
I. wrong for me to have taken a glance
the two faces that match lighted up
Is Johns so troubled and devoted and Je
II pies scratched and fearful, pitiful, WIS
u full, questioning.
le @ He spoke right Cut like a man to t
"a ;. silent cry OF the heart. my darling
~ !. he said, "my darling, what is the M
10, ter? ?"
Ut That was more than she could bt
"" lust then; she wavered as she sat, a
rd fell back in dead faint. John spra
d. to raise her heat. and l ran to the brc
at to sop my handkerchief with water
as bathe her face. I begged John to
me run home at once and send
or wagon. 1t was plain he could not b
ne to leave her, and I ran off as fast
ue s / could.
q, I was back again before the he
IN IT, could be harnessed, bringing with
= camphor and cologne. But Jennie
80 recovered her senses before l arrly
"a heard her talking in low voice
~ ~ John before l reached them. What
y had said to her do not know, but
was meek enough now-as humble
az ." grateful as possible when we lifted
'Iu into the wagon and got her home.
~. n And how heroic she was while
~ doctor was setting her ankle At IL
iau a thew all said that she was heroic; br
tiIe was my private belief she did not
~ the least pain for sheer happiness,
- therefore there was no vlrtne What'
,,,+ in her keeping as still rs lamp:
~ I told her the next day that she
le" not deserve her happiness, and
ls. owned she did not. l asked her If
no was not ashamed that I, who was
n@er @ his friend, had stood up for John
shs stanchly, in 10Y own mind, than she
Aea ~ was his lady-love.
50 Tt was only an accident, his appea
ihu tl with Jessie at the choir meeting
tne voung man from Woodville had
leIe Ie over to visit her, and detained her t
lall was late. On his way home he
. ,iic. brought her in his buggy as far a:
: II church and left her in the vestlt
en- RIGHT there she had met John, and
heh made as much of the opportunity q;
,od knew how.
reo' Would you like to hear what else :
-, did that night? When he had bro
ike the doctor and gone again on erran'
=, the druggists, and then stayed by
that conld learn that Jennie was mac
oout comfortable as possible for the u
low, :1I,,t saving ANYTHING to anyboC
ere "l.n, ia,toyn and went to search for
IT as 6I"nnv 6ofI COW He found her, drov
,und unn1 "a sbnt her into Mrs. McCre
yard The poor woman did not
have lin long afterward who had done he
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door IHE C,a.;o, ChoMn &c the limited s
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