Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-23

Hf.Iid LOT venture OII 3E1in. / ne little
-choomarm looked sober and ANXIOUS.
ani more than once a suspicious nois-
ture might have iecn detected in hrr
bright eyes >lle wcpt and ,onver,ei
with her escort IN a low tore. but he eyi-
1entiy was out Of sorts and spoke very
cruIfly and saId as lie, hlnde,i !
h,r some crackers. If YOU are
hungry eat those" He had filled
HI packet, With the crackers She
gave the ctackers 70 child ami looked
n him with unuttcrahle scorn as she
--ald 1T YOU are not man enough to 90.
| viii. She buttoned her Jacket up 10
her dimpled chin. and lhrceN in. a shawl
around her shoulders was about To step
! out Of the door. when one Of the men
n.ar her laid detaining hand upon her
arm, and asked what she was about to
- Il am going out TO Search for the
Young man who went out some time ago
IS no one else will This va, too much
for the men you stay here and | will
70 SAID one, and H. and |, said
others. 50 mu'lilng UP, the rcsculng
party started, and the little schoolmarm
kept behind with the Others and
watched.
In about half an hour there was 4
shout. The rescninG party had returned
and they bore among them the apparent
! y lifelesS form of the active young man.
! They brought him III the car and LAID
| hun on one Of The lnpro>ised couche,.
! Life was not extinct but 1t would have
/ been ere long had he not been found. lie
ha evidently reached some house and
was on his way back, for sclasred IN his
arms uhen they found him III a huge
drift. " lf8Te he had sunk exhausted, were
frc loaves of bread and q whole ham
When the little schoolmarm saw hat he
was not dead, she frightened up Won
ierfully and was a>7brisk as ever.
They rubbed the active young man
With snow and finally brought
him back to consciousness. In the
excitement of restoring the active young
man, the provisions; for which he had
rlsked his lie. were forgotten, until
some one discovered the escort IL one
corner Of the ar cutting gteat slices of
the ham with his lack knife He was
Immediately requested to desist, and
was escorted out on the platform of the
ear by two or three strong men \ few
moments after he was seen to crawl out
Of a snow bank.
Somehow or other the little school
marin ,cemed to get near the active
Young man, and those standing around
were surprised to see that they knew
each other. and as the little schoolmarm
seemed able to take care Of him the
other people gradually gathered at the
other end of the car and left them alone,
casting knowing looks in their direction
every once IN while a short time
s.. ~ Il Al. $50
lady, whose acquaintance she had
formed that She and the active young
man had been lovers, and had quarrclcd,
and that the escort had come between
them, She thinking that he was 4 nice
Young man, but now She saw his true
: cllarae ter, and that Ill had been mad,
III between the active young man and
hcr,ef. and every boly voted that this
was aS it should be
Someone Glanced to look out Of tn,
window and discovered that the storm
was over, and ju~, then in the di,tanc'
was heard the shrilI, clear whistle OF th
locomotive. sIIclp was coming jim
trcd To blow ltn answering blast on th
whistle of old Scventv-thrce but steam
was low and the whistle frozen fast II
a few moments. with much putting an'
! y nhi.tlin-. three powerful engines JORGE
their way through the drifts The
: there was shouting and hurrahin@ Flv
hundred men soon cleared the snow fror
the bound train anl III" passenger
with HIGHT hearts. were again on thcl
. Journey.
When the train drew MP II III" sta
tOn. he baggage master taNlH the g
! cort on the shoulder and ,t.I Here
, ! box that came from Your store, an
! hauded Inn the broken crac kcr hes
The escort looked at the box until III
: truth dawncl upon him, and then VII
. something that 9nunle very l!kc a ei#
word, flung the empty box N M"
drift and walked rapdy away, With i
n laughter Of his companion u tie tra'
ringing ln hls ears.
;, Sometime. soon after tie = hool ter
closes. there i t. lt> q waidIn@ IN vino
: lie little schopmafm AMI the actN
voun1 man VII play the pfom1n :
: p1rt@ and take upon rh.m-' lxc- t"r i
the pltd.e~ renewed N banks OF snoy
. Yak. Bude.