News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-06

where he's put them. It will save lots
OF time, and be more pleasant for YOU"
But only shook my head the more.
did you ever see stitch stubborneSs2'
muttered the fellow, tying up my mouth
again. 81 am afreed 1 shall have to make
you speak directly. But I never like to
be unkind to the ladies-unless they
drive me to it-oh, never!"
Saying this, he began an examination
OF the apartment, proceeding in what, as
l suppose, wsuld be described by a ''pro.
fessionap as the "best style;' anyway,
his movements were characterized
by extraordinary celebrity. Within
Il few minutes he had gone to the
bottom of every drawer and box in
the room, and also turned out the sofa.
bedstead where Ted slept at night. A
pretty litter he made of it all! But he
had not yet discovered the secret of my
footstool. Can any one imagine what
endured as as I sat there, helpless as a
little Chinese GLOSS" the cold perspira.
ton of fear on my forehead, while ]
asked myself, "What will the fellow do
| next?"
He turned round while proceeding
with his search, and, looking at me, he
said
'Hallo, Poppet, how pale you arel
Amt going to faint, are you? Oh, don't
faint, for I shall want you to talk to
me bit. FL open the window and give
you mouthful of fresh air. This room
is precious close"
He went to the window-the window
which dear Ted cautioned me not to
touch that morning-unfastene the
catch, and would have let down the
upper part; but he was saved the trouble,
for, the cord, being broken, down, quick
as shot, came the window, and, as luck
would have it, caught his eight fingers
between the upper and middle frames.
The pain and the shock must have been
dreadful, the window-frame being a wide
and very heavy one. He uttered howl,
then kicked frantically; but all was in
vain. There he stood, with both hands
he'd aloft, caught in as nice a trap as
could have been devised for an evil-doer.
Then he glanced at me, and the sight of
me, "picter of good behavior" that | was,
must have filled his soul with remorse,
since through his own act l was rendered
powerless to assist him He whined how
ever
Cant you help me?"
As it was impossible for me willingly
to look on while fellow creature suf-
fered such anguish as l knew he must be
enduring, | used every effort to get free,
but vainly He had tied me too firmly
for that. He took to kicking again, and
began to swear horribly. May | never
again hear such language as was forced
to listen to that afternoonl His hands
a1 T Il If
blood trickle slowly down the pane, the |
rings he wore on his dirty fingers having |
having been forced into the flesh. Tho |
piercing air, which rushed in freely |
through the wide aperture, must have |
greatly aggravated his suffering. l knew
was nearly frozen. And all this time
he clock on the mantelpiece kept tick
ng off the moments TRANQUILITY, as though
o assure me that time could not be
hurried into quicker pace by any con-
liberation of human distress.
Imagine what two hours in such stu
tion meant for both of US? Two hours
think the poor wretch at the window
ainted; but the horrible dragging of his
,ody on his poor MANNED hands reused
lin directly. Trembling with cold and
,ommiseration, l sat watching him, the
ears rolling down my cheeks. Oh, why
lad 1 refused Ted's kind proposal to send
cousin Milly to mel Why had been so
.aptious about her dear little baby? Bet
er room full of babies, all doing their
worst, than But here swooned, and
ell, chair and all, on the rug before the
old CRATE, the fire having died out long
ince.
Just on the hour of three became con-
ciOus of dull thud below, which 1
new to be knock at the door, l lay
istening, but rather wondering vaguely
What would happen next than taking
ny interest in things of this life, from
which | seemed in manner to have
loated away.
After an interval, heard steps plod-
ling up the stairs, and a loud CHEEKY
voice, which / recognized as that of our |
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