The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

dos't know vhst 80 vas called,
said slowly. never knsw. Shs wss th
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her the young hi. ~ srsvslinI
alone but her folks had nksd shs conduc
Tor 10 look amer hsr. 6he vaa going %
70 some relative u hsrar hsr brother.
gucss. Who vas sick dovs 70 Sscramsnto
That was how she came v BE- there.
i Were the children undsf her carei
No. ma'sm; she vas I'll alone. = I TOLD
ycu: bnt she took then under her car,
from the very Afss. Ths3 had their faith
err and mothers along --thrss Of thsm had,
Il least, and The other tvo had thsis moth
or and nurse girl but somehow no ons
but the young lady seemed 10 be able "a
do anything with them. The poor little
things was half starved. you zee. and
there wasn't anything 70 amuss EN- 10 ths
dark car. and one Of them. Who was sickly.
irettsd Ill day and s'most all night. and
The mother didn't seem y hAss no iAsulty
erns kfiR0Y a hsr; ~ vAsesvss u.
ysuos lady cans rouoA SAal sict
young one All tho rest would stop crying,
and seem just ss clipper as II II was sum
mer time outdoors aud the whole train
iull Of candy.
4
don't see how she did II, be went on.
meditatively, throwing shovelful Of coal
10 At the furnace door. Some women ID
made that way. ! suppose. As soon y
We see how things were going, and how
bad they was likely to be, that girl kind
Of set herself To keep along. She had .
mighty gentle way with her. To-. You'd
never have guessed that she IN 70 plucky.
Pluckyl BY George. / never saw anything
like her pluck.
Was she prettys asked Miss Vaughn,
urged by truly fsmenins curiosity.
Well. l don't know il you'd called her
so or not We didn't think much how
she looked after the first. She was slen.
der. built girl, and her face looked sort
kind and bright both to me. Her voice
was as soit-well, as soft as voice can be,
and it kind OF sang when she felt happy.
She looked you straight in the eyes when
she spoke. i don't believe the worst man
that ever lived could have told that girl .
lie il 1t had been to save his life. Her
hair was brown. She was different from
girls in general, somehow.
! think We may say she was pretty, OBJ
served Miss Vaughn. with smile.
/ amt sure Of that. There's plenty Of
ladies come over the road since that l
suppose folks would say was better look
ing than she was. But I never zee any
face quite like hers. It was still, like .
lake. and you seemed to feel y il there
was depths to II. And the farther you
went down the sweeter it got. She never
made any rustlins when she walked. She
wasn't that kind.
Another pause, which Miss Vaughn was
careful not to break.
Idon't know what them children would
4 done without her, went on the engineer.
IS II talking TO himself, Then with aud
den energy: ] don't know what any OF US
would a done without her The only
trouble ws that she couldn't be every
where at once. Theie WAS sick lady 10
the drawing room at the end Of one Of the
Pullmans. She had weak lungs, and WAS
going out to California for her health.
Well the cold and The snow brought on
hemorrhage. That vas the second day
after We had blockadsd. There wasn't no
doctor on board, and her husband he was
mighty scared. He come through TO the
front car to find the conductor. looking ~
pale's ghost. My wiie's dying. said
be. Amt there no medical man on the |
trsin' And when we said no. be just gave
q groan. Then she must die, be said. |
Great heaveas! why did bring her on
this fatal journey2
Perhaps the young Isdy'll have some
remedies. suggested tne Of the porters;
for we'd all got into the way already Of
turning to the young kdy whenever things
were wrong.
Well, / went for her. and you never see
any one 80 level headed as she seemed 10
be. She knew just what to do; aud she
had the right medicine 10 her bag; aud 10 |
less than an hour thai lady was quite com.
and her husband the most re-
lieved man that ever was. Then the
young lady came along 10 where l was
there wssnt nothing for me to
do, but was waiting, for I didn't know
but there might be-nii she: Mr.. Scott.
l am growing anxious about the fuel. Do
yon think there is plenty to last? Suppose
we were 70 be kept here week?
Now just think OF i'll no one Of us dumb
fools had thought Of that. You see We
was expecting TO be relieved from hour to
hour. for we had telegraphed both ways.
md the snow bad stopped BY that time.
md none Of us had any notion that II was
going to be the Job il vas 70 dig Ms out
Only the young lady had the sense 70
remember that it might take longer than
We was calculating on.
Saws I. II ve are kept here I week. there
wont be shovel full Of coal left for aoy
of the fires. let alone the engine.
Then don't you think, says she, in her
loft voice. that il would be wise plan 10
get all the passengers 10 one car. and keep
! good FIRE up there. aud let the other
ares go out7 It's no matter II We are little
said she.
Well. Of course il vas the only thing 70
10. ~ We see at once when it vas put into
,ur heads. We took the car tho sick lady