The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-11-05

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very unfortunately inherited her
mothers great beauty, consisting of
large blue eyes, golden curls. and
perfect features.
She had meanwhile reached the
store, and after an interminable long
day Of dull monotony and dreary
work prepared to return to her mis-
cradle attic.
It was a cold, bitter night in mid
winter; the streets of New York
were one sheet OF snow and ice, and
more than one warmly clad person,
as they turned the corner and faced
the wind, sleet and snow, hurried
along, grasping their wraps more
tightly about them, and cast one
sympathetic thought for the poor
unfortunates who had no place to
90, as a scene of cheerful wife,
warm supper, and pleasant Preside
passed before their gaze.
The people were hurrying, or
rather sliding along, as it was an
litter impossibility to walk, for af-
ter one thought they had a good
foothold and could manage their
equilibrium there would be an ig-
nominious fall of dignity, as, with
an ejaculation of ooh, N.Y. they
would go slipping down.
In front of one of the elegant
houses on 9Th avenue there was a
place unusually slippery, where at
least a dozen that night had fallen.
A little black-robed figure, in which
we recognize our friend Ethel,
in her haste stepped right on the
slippery spot, which was followed,
as many of her predecessors had
been, by painful fall. With low
moan of pain she dragged herself to
the step, thinking she was only
Jared and would recover herself
and then resume her journey. A
sudden.twinge of pain from her an
kle fairly caused her very lips to
turn white.
ooh, my anklew Everything
was growing dark before her. She
tried to raise herself, causing an
other twinge from her ankle, which
made her fall back-senseless She
had tainted.
A large, portly man, envelOped in
a huge over-coat, fur mittens, arctic
rubber, in fact everything that per-
tanned to comfort, stopped suddenly
as he started to ascend the steps,
my, what is thisT'
He hastily gathered her up in his
strong arms, gave loud peal to the
door bell, which brought several
running.to the door, strobe through
the hall, up the wide staircase, and
into his wife's sitting room, and
laid his burden on the lounge.
His wife, like the good, dear, sen
sible motherly woman she was, new
er stopped to ask questions and
give way to curiosity a woman's
failing but proceeded to administer
the needed restoratives.
Her efforts were soon rewarded
by a long quivering sigh issuing
from the lips of the patient. After
a quivering of the eyelids the large
blue eyes opened, looking wonder
ingly around at the grandeur such
as she had dreamed off but never
saw. The man at her side had
been looking intently at her from
the knit brow and thoughtful eye;
but when she opened her eyes he
started up, exclaiming: Glow like
my sister Ethel" Ethel attempted
to raise herself, but she fell back on
the lounge with a cry of anguish.
"My poor child, what is it?'
my ankle, think, is spairned?''
After the pain has somewhat
subsidized she said:
"Will you be kind enough to tell
me how 1 came here? l remember
fainting while coming home from
work."
"Never mind now, my child
The doctor, who had been sent for,
now arrived. He was the typical
osy-faced doctor, and soon had her
ankle more comfortable; and taking
his leaye with the injunction "that
the utmost care must be taken of
her," and the prophesying a speedy
recovery, and that he would bring
her around all right in a couple of
weeks"
After the doctors exit "mine
host" explained to Etheps satisfac-
ton how he had found her lying on
the steps. He could not look at
her without betraying the deepest
signs of emotion.
my child, have you any friends
or relatives who will be anxious
about you to whom L might send
wordpi
"Alas, have no friends. l an
only a poor orphan, with no one in
the wide, wide world to care for me.