Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-14

his pOrtmanteaI was thrown on the top
OF the cab, and he himself was hustled
inside. The young men then jumped on
the box and dashed the horse into almost
a gallop.
For a few minutes Mr.. Fox was inclined
to accept the situation without objection,
so glad was he TO get out Of Dover; but
before long the pace became so great that
he felt bound TO put his head out of the
window and demonstrate with the drlV-
ers. He might as well have demonstrated
with the wind; they never paid him the
slightest attention. So after screaming
himself hOarse he had to sit down again,
exhausted and scared. He expected
every minute the cab would go over, and
he was surprised to find himself, at the
end of half an hour, still uninjured.
AS for Charley and Bold, they were en-
Joying the joke immensely. 1t was true,
they had carried it a little farther than
| they intended. Instead of the quiet
drive they had decided upon giving old
MI. Fox, it had turned out a wild gal
/ Top. But in their excitement they
I thought little of this. In fact, instead of
wondering whether they had not gone too
far, they began to consider whether they
could not go little farther. Show
I would it do to upset the cab?' suggested
I Charley. Before he had well spoken Bold,
who held the reins, turned the horse into
the ditch by the roadside, and IN a second
the cab went over, and Charley and Bold
/ were flung head-Oyer-heels to the ground.
Charley fell into the ditch. and was not
much hurt. He Immediately sprang to
4 his feet and caught the horse, which, not
I having fallen, and being frightened by the
shock, was plunging about in danger
/ Gus manner. Then a glance round
I showed him his friend Bold stretched in
| sensible on the road, and bleeding from
/ wound on the head. The cab, with one
/ shaft broken and all the glass smashed,
| lay against the hedge. What had hap
/ pened TO Mr.. Fox he could not say, but he
| was glad to know, by the cries coming
4 from the inside Of the cab. that at any
rate, he was alive. The serious state OF
/ affairs brought Charley to his senses. He
now saw the folly of which he had been
/ guilty in its true light.
As he was trying to calm the frightened
horse in order to leave its head to assist
4 Mr.. Fox and to see to Bold, a man came
running up.
upset, sir 20 be Inquired.
Yes; give us hand" answered Char
/ ley, thankful for the unexpected assis-
lance. "Help the gentleman out of the
/ cab"
''All right" returned the stranger. set
/ ting Immediately to work.
/ In few minutes Mr.. Fox was on the
road. He was considerably shaken, but
not otherwise injured; and Charley was
l delighted to see that he seemed to have
no idea that the upset was due to any
| thing but pure accident. Bold was next
/ attended to. He was suffering from cut
! on the forehead, which, though severe, /
was, as Charley's surgical knowledge
I enabled him to see, not dangerous. He
| was soon restored to consciousness. and /
I then was able to stand without support.
| But the upset put them all into diff
/ Guilty. They were still seven or eight
miles from Lllyburn, the cab shaft was
/ broken, it was too late to look for another
/ conveyance, and Bold was too much in
/ Jured to walk far. Under these circum- |
stances, things might have turned out |
/ very awkwardly if the man who came to |
( their help had not, with rustic generosity, |
offered to give them the shelter of his roof |
for the night. This they all at last de- |
cided to accept and the stranger con- |
Quoted them to his house.
1t was neat little farm homestead, at |
no considerable distance from the scene 1
Of their mishap, at pretty little place /
called Whitfield. Bold at once went TO 1
] bed aud Charley remained with him. |
/ They both, however. were very hungry, |
so the farmer kindly took them a sub |
stantial meal up in their bedrooms. Mr.. /
Fox had a little refreshment with his host. |
and then also retired to rest.
Charley and Bold did not wake up very
early the next morning; and when they /
did SO they didn't feel particularly well. |
Considering what they both had gone
through the previous night it would not
have been wonderful if they were neither
of them very sprightly. But they were
worse than could be accounted for BY any,
thing that had happened. They were
both deadly sick. Charley noticed that
B0ld's face was Of pea-green color, and
when he arose and looked in the glass he
found his own was the same. They felt
so weak that they could hardly summon
sufficient energy to put on their clothes.
Neither of them could suggest any posi-
bic cause for their sickness.
When they left their bedroom their
host asked them to have some breakfast,
but they both declined. The very sight
OF the rashers and eggs almost made
them sick. They naturally, however, in
quired after Mr.. Fox, when the farmer
told them to their surprise that their friend
bad leit-haying mad an early breakfast
and sta ted TO walk over to his nephew's.
They therefore deciI,cc,. to get back as
quickly as possible to Dover, more es-
pecialy as their host { who refused to ac-
cept anything for his hospitality was by
no means pleasant in his manner. He
kept LOOKING at them in an inquisitiYe !
and not Oyer-pleased way, eYidentlys
struck Ia their CHASTITY appearance.
You both look extremely ILL., he at
length said.
YES . answered Charley, with a sickly
smile, ''we don't feel quite as well as we
could WISH"
I've got your cab into workable order"
said the farmer; $50 | hope you will drive
back at once TO Dover and consult a
doctor"
"Oh, we're not so i'll as that" answered
Bold in a weak voice.
Il don't know" replied the farmer in
gloomy and almost sUlky tones; "but at
any rate l should feel greatly relieved if |
you left as soon as you could. / don't |
want any more sick strangers in my
house. / have had trouble enough that
way lately"
.'Of course We'll leave at once" said
Charley. We've trespassed on you long
enough already"
Don't mention that,v answered the
farmer. I'm sorry l have to appear so /
inhOspitable. But only four days ago a
Frenchman. whom / never saw before. |
while coming along the road, became sud
denly i'll. / was foolish enough 20 bring
him here and send for a doctor. He died
next night in terrible agOnies in the very
room you slept in; and the doctor said it
was cholera. You may guess what a
scare that was for me. Now l don't want
to brighten you, butyOu have just the same
look in your faces now as he had when
took him in."
s.cood heavensr" exclaimed Bold, turn
ing a shade greener than before. II
huGN AuEAC " as 5OL1SblAh5 AA45hNAAA bhO |
matter with me-"
''You ruffan!' shouted Charley. "Why
didn't you tell US that last night? Oh!
my gOodnessP' he mOaned, Pm dying;
/ know | am"
''Well, if you are, you're.not going to do
it here,'' cried the farmer, angrily; I'm
not going to have any more of that. Here,
get into your cab, both of you. One of
my men shall drive you home"
fsYOu scOundrelH' began Bold: but he
was too weak to say any more, and with
out making any opposition he allowed
himself to be put into the cab. Charley,
in a similar state, was soon beside him.
Then a labOrer mounted the box and
drove them rapidly towards Dover.
Every yard they went on their way to
Dover they felt, or imagined they felt,
worse, and by the time they reached their
lodgings they were almost unable to move.
In fact il required considerable eXertiOn
on the drivers part to get them out Of the
cab and into the house. Once they were
there the landlady was instructed to send
Immediately for a doctor.
Before the doctor arrived the pOstman
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