Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-03-02
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He felt easier having done this. an
passed a better night than the previous
one, although there was In all his sleeping
and waking thoughts An under current OF
So.icitude over impending danger TO Mary
With an attempt rot to be anxious, YET
terribly apprehensiNe Mt heart, he tore
open the telegram that reached him about
O'Clock:
10 c. Murga,!, care Glsey 4 Co, Decatur:
Good Got what was this, Were hi,
forcbodiug, indeed true: If 50 he " as all
the more totally uuptepared for the truth
Hi, constant comfort had been that his
fears had not the slightest foundation tC
rest upon. and the more they crowded
upon HIM the surer he had been that they
were himsier than dreams. But here
staring him in the face were those fom
uminous words.
Come home first train.
Why had they not given him the whole
story; He started for the telegraph office
to send for further particulars, but stopped.
suppose Mary was dead, Did he want to
learn it hero. so far from his wife No,
he would wait Such story would un-
fold soon enough There were several
hours beroT" u train went his way; the
discipline of twenty Years asserted itself,
The ride home was one that can he uu.
delstood i'll its depths only by those who
have ben Similarly circnmstanced. he
train seemed to creep. The minutes were
/ like hours. The stops seemed to be in.
| termlnable. and every mile ICarer home
SCENE to he proportionately longer than
the previous one lIc reached the cty at
dark. The store was closed. lie had ey-
pectel TO find Manning there, but he sud
denly remembered that he I'D not te,c-
Graphed to him the time of his arrival
As he neared his home the first glance
showed him there was change The
lower part of the house was in darkness,
and only dim light shonc in the front
chamber, which was hut rarely Occur led.
They have laid her there. he said to
himself and all his soul cried within him
in anguish. His poor wife, How she
must have suffered. to have gone through
all this aloneI What n brute he was to
90 away Monday, when he ought to have
known. and did know. that something
dreadful was upon them! lie reached the
door: il was fastened; he would 60 to the
other side and enter quietly. But some
one heard his step, and, opening the door,
called him back
"Is it MI Morgan?' The voice was that
of neighbor.
Yes. He passed in, expecting to see
or hear his wife. Tho friend c,ose the
door and turned to him.
Have you heard, she began.
Il have heard nothing; is Mary" he
broke down. The door beside him opened.
"Oh, papa
Give him air, What mystery was this:
Mary. is it you? Are yol alive? Why.
| thought ! fcurcd--- oh. darling is
ii ycu:'
Yes. it was Mary Oh, thank God!
Thank God,
Tell me again, dear, ara You WELL"
ooh. YES, papa, but poor mammal"
Mammal What of her: Is She sick:
What is it: Tell me qu cl,' And again
he was pushcl fiom the heaven of happi-
ness to the bottomlcss pit of doubt Is
mamma sick? Where is She"
oh. papa, the doctor says she is going
"llnsh. " said the neighbor step iu-
side, sir; the doctor is with her now: he
will soon he down. Prepare yourself. Mr.
Morgan: your wife is very low. Tho SER
wants carelesSnesS caused an ovplo ion
in the kitchen, setting herself on fire; your
wife ran to her assistance and saved het
life, but ] fear, at the expense of her
own.
81 must 500 her
No. sir, not nov: bc guided l,v me for
4 moment. The doctor Will soon b down "
lie took Mary in his arms and they
wcpt toge thor Oh, if his wife his dar-
ling wife, were to be t tken from him, 1t
was the cruelcst blow God ever struck
And she saving anothers life, too, Hc
cursed and raved, but it was i'll his own
heat; and Mary, crying on his breast, only
knew what comfort il was to have papa
once more with hc".
The physician came down with menncr
50 grave that it told its own story. There
Is scarcely a chance," he said; won can
90 to her; she will not know you.
When did this hoppea;"
Monday evening""
Have YOU consulted others? Can
nothing more be donei"
Nothing except to help herto die easy. -
But She did not die She knew her
husband. He begged her to live, as only
a man can plead whose soul is bound mp
in Il womans lie, and whether love, or
whether medicine, or whether care saved
her do not know. But she lived. But
Morgan informed Manning that his travel
ing days We're over that new man must
be enga Icd for that route. They foun1
him. after diligent search, and much to
the surprise of everyone connected with
the house, he sold more goods for the
firm than Morgan had ever dole The
one who reioiceS most at this is Morgan,
who says he mas made ms last trIp.-Fr0m
4 Man If .S0apies, 6y VIM. H. Mdhcr
Movement Of Shot When Fired.
If man could only stand thirty or
forty yards away from the muZzle Of
the gun and watch the charges of shot
fly past him, he would lie astonished at
VIII t he saw. The shot not only
spreads ont into widening target as
they fly, but they string out one behind
the other to much greater distance
than they spread. Thus, with a cylinder
gun, when the first shot of charge
reach a target that is forty yards away
the last shot are tagging along ten
Yards behind. Even with choke bored
gun the shot lag behind eight yards in
forty. Tbs accoun $ for the long swath
that is moved in flock of ducks on
whom the charge of shot fall just right
About , per cent. only of the charge of
shot arrive simultaneously ut the target,
but the balance of the first half of the
charge is 50 close behind that bird S
muscles are not quick enough to get
it out of the way, although those who
have watched sitting birds when shot
at have often seen them start as if to
fly when the leading shot whistles by
them, only to drop dead as they were
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