Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-04-10
small, square opening forawindow,
and a long panel9sIit for dior.

small, square opening for window
and a long panelaslit for a door.
Outside the window there wei
frostcoated mountains shooting nj
up above the sky line, and on til
other side of the door there Cain
swift, irregular sounds ot-wAat WA
ita What WAS that suundi An
where in the name of sense Wa
Roberta?
Why, there she stood right be
side her, ant, az her watchful eye
caught sight of Miss Matilda
wide, wondering ones, there cam
apink wave of gladness into he
face, as with a womanly sob sh
leaned over and caught her in he
arms.
"Berta." began Miss Matilda. il
such a small, faint voice that it We
~ nearly frightened her into 81
lence, live been ill. haven't Il7
Eyes, dear; the doctor says
aI'ye needed a doctor, thenY'
And whensshe had asked herques
tom she M oaned and closed lie
Berta could have told ! her sh,
came near needing a coroner. BIZ
she onlypatted the thin white hand
and4poured out a series Of soothing
endearments instead.
"And what did he say WINS the
. matter with me7 l feel as if every
bone in my body was splhlers-
my arm is broken, | know!"
"Indecd it isn't!" cried the girl
eagerly. "You were just shook up
don't you know, and bruised and
scratched all over, poor darling;
but there was nothing downright
dangerous the matter, because the
jury, or whatever you Call it, sat on
you, and, ofcourse, they ought to
knOw.n
Then Miss Matilda Darrelpseyes
fared open, and her moan was
something dreadful to hear.
''It only serves me right for trus-
ting IL child like yousyith the re-
sponsibilities, that belonged to me.
| don't blame you heaven knows;
but to GENE back to consciousness
in howell like this, penniless, and
manned perhaps for life-it makes
me wish | was dead-oh, I wish |
was dead -" And then the faint,
quivering voice trailed off Into Il
pitlful and most childish sob.
"If you knew what you we're
talking about, Teddy, you wouldn't
go on in that unteeling way. 1t
isn't a howell; it'savcrynice shanty,
with big blazing fires i'll both rooms,
and it's the loyeliest spot you ever
SAW outside, with high mountains
and miles and miles of pines-the
cars will be coming presently-don't
shiver like that, poor darling-;lrd
when you see the doctor-well"
and Berta accented her last word
with uplifted eyes and hands.
"And how am l to pay him, that's
-outIu, -Uu av-7,rtry-7eu -ts,-,--IA-----
you male of ourlast bit of money"
81 call it a very good invest
ment," interrupted the youngest
Miss Darrell, stoutly. 81 only had
a hundred dollars to work with,and
Pm sure Eve realized OIL it to the
extent offve thousand dollars and
Il beau!"
"Five thousand-dollars and
az
"Beau-your beau, not mine
Ny operations have been purely
DISTINGUISHED. l don't even exact
the usual per cent. Good gracious,
Matilda, don't stare ut a body like
that! Jack said must break 1t by
degrees, but he hadn't seen your
eyes when he gave me the ORDER
You see, when we determined to
westward Ho,' l wrote to Jack,
and the dear old boy-you just
ought to see what a drab col0red
head he has, With u round bald spot
in the middle-well, he said in his
reply that I was to buy tickets for
Goliville. and that he would meet
us at the station. Tho accident
happened six miles this side, and
asyou were not able to be moved,
he turned out the lumberman who
own this cabin and fixed us up so
snug. You can hear the men chop.
ping in the pines now-isn't it the
cheeriest, crispest music in the
world Pm going to marry q lum-
herman some day on account ofhls
axe-and dear old Jack OWNS q
comfortable home in GOldville and
gets all the practice in the town.
A bad investment, indeed"
Over Miss Darrell's face came a
tinge of faintest pink, and her lips
trembled like bahy's.
"Oh, yes, you are SO taken up
with Jack that you don't consider
the cash profits OF my little specu-
lation! The FIVE thousand dollars
is the result OF q compromise the
railroad made with me, aud I've
put it in Goldville bonds at six per
cent. which l consider u downright
good investments"